IPads in the classroom: The right way to use them, demonstrated by a Swiss school. - Sl... - 244 views
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kwan tucksoon on 16 Apr 13iPad as a creation tool rather than a consumption tool.
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Ten years ago, Stanford’s Larry Cuban noted that computers in the classroom were being oversold and underused. In short order, the iPad craze could take the same turn. My lesson from ZIS is that we should make sure we have teachers who understand how to help children learn from the technology before throwing a lot of money into iPad purchasing. It wasn’t the 600 iPads that were so impressive— it was the mindset of a teaching staff devoted to giving students time for creation and reflection. Are American public schools ready to recognize that it’s the adults and students around the iPads, not just the iPads themselves, that require some real attention?
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"It wasn't the 600 iPads that were so impressive- it was the mindset of a teaching staff devoted to giving students time for creation and reflection." So correct! So, how do we develop such a mindset? Does PD ever emphasize this?
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When you introduce anything new in most schools, you have to sell it to teachers as making their lives easier. An app that reteaches a math skill makes teacher's lives easier, whereas asking them to develop an authentic assessment with multimedia does not. The challenge is, how can we use these technologies to something different and more effective, not to do the same things easier.
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The SAMR model developed by Dr Ruben Puentedura is the one that will help teachers use technology most effectively.
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Need to remember the SAMR model. The NEW alsways IMITATES the old: e.g. early TV a film of radio etc.
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