The reason: L.A. Unified selected a relatively costly product — a higher-end Apple iPad — and also paid for a new math and English curriculum installed on the tablets.
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Patricia Daniels's curator insight,
August 26, 2014 7:28 AM
Slides from Nik Peachey concerning iPad use in the context of one-to-one teaching. As well as providing some practical tips there are some useful links to tools that will enable students to practise diverse literacy skills.
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
August 27, 2014 12:10 AM
Here is a great presentation filled to the brim with simple ideas for using iPads - from Tellagami (recorded animation) to TodaysMeet (backchannel) to Fotobabble (recording voice over a picture). Some of these are ones we have used at school before, others open up new channels we are yet to explore! |
This article refers to range of USA institutions comparing tablet and laptop usage and notes that the iPad is more expensive because of curriculum requirements (Pearson math and English added $200 per device). One thing that stood out for me was the comments from the education institutions, throughout this they mention bigger screens, being able to print etc, nothing about affordances of tablets against laptops which indicates that staff development may be needed - devices are only as good as the people using them.