Students no longer carry binders and textbooks, while teachers administer tests on their iPads.Įducators at Manor Lakes P-12 Specialist School in Wyndham Vale, Victoria, Australia, found that the iPads were most effective in prompting their most disconnected students to i nteract in the classroom and have fun while learning. Jackson Christian School in Jackson, Tenn., has virtually paperless classrooms. For example, AutoRap will take your words and turn them into a rap and Strip Designer enables the creation of comic strips. The Holy Family School in Ashland, Ky., is taking advantage of teacher and student-friendly apps that convert educational texts into engaging material for students. Students used their experiences in the virtual landscape to tell a story in the medium of their choosing. NURTURE CREATIVITY WITH STORYTELLING PLATFORMSĮducators at Ringwood North Primary School in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, created the Epic Citadel Challenge to foster storytelling, creative collaboration and individual initiative. International Snooker was used to help students solve problems such as, how many ways are there to score a set amount of points? Angry Birds, a catapult game with high scores, was used to help teach students how to order and partition large numbers. Similarly, John Burk, a ninth-grade physics teacher at Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, used Angry Birds to teach students constant velocity and constant acceleration.Ħ. Red Bull Kart Fighter, a track racing game, helped teach students how to calculate averages. PROVIDE INTERACTION WITH MATH AND PHYSICS CONCEPTSĬhris Williams, the Mathematics Co-ordinator at Spring Cottage Primary School in Hull, England, has a list of ten interactive iPad apps that helped him teach math to his students. While that particular app hasn't hit the market yet, Apple already has an app to take attendance for teachers called Attendance.ĥ. Lonnie Strickland, Professor at the University of Alabama, is testing out an iPad app that tracks student's attendance and participation. Mitchell projected the tour of the Royal Navy Museum onto the SmartBoard in her classroom where students were able to interact with the museum guide and ask questions. However, Monica Mitchell, a fifth-grade teacher at Albert Harris Elementary in Martinsville, Virginia, took her class on virtual field trips to the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth, England and Yellowstone National Park using the Skype app for the iPad. Most students and schools cannot afford to take a field trip to another country. Julie Wilcott, a science teacher at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, uses the eClickerapp to poll her students on what they know and don't know, which allows her to spend more time teaching the lessons they struggle with. While the material is the same in the textbook, the iPad helps students understand how to solve math problems because they can view videos explaining the material as many times as they need. Presidio Middle School in San Francisco, California uses iPads to teach students algebra. So just what are they doing? Education Dive has compiled a list: Teachers can have paperless classrooms, take attendance, share interactive presentations and test their students-all on their iPad. However, many teachers are unsure of how to use them effectively. Coupled with concerns over the costs involved, iPad implementation in schools is seen as an unnecessary and expensive risk.Īs the case studies below demonstrate, iPads are being used in education environments around the world with great success. Apple's iPads are quickly becoming a popular and powerful educational tool for classrooms. Beyond the immediate benefit of engaging students, iPads can improve education efficiency and standards.
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