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Tablets for Teaching Kids

Can the iPad and Android Tablet help improve early childhood skills?

Teachers are increasingly tech savvy

Types of interactive tech teachers use:

93% use Laptops/Desktops,

55% use Interactive Whiteboards,

34% use Tablets/iPads,

34% use handheld devices and

5% use multi-touch tables/surfaces.

So are kids:

More than 50% of teachers as well as administrators said children use technology 5 days a week in their classroom and less than 10% of them said children use technology less than once a week.

iPads and tablets are already widely used in the classroom:

In elementary school:

1/3 of students surveyed (32 percent) said they use small tablets versus 21 percent using larger tablets.

26 percent use basic ebook readers

5 percent netbooks

[a full 35 percent use smartphones]

In middle school, the numbers skew slightly more toward smart phones and laptops:

• 25 percent use small tablets;

• 23 percent use larger tablets;

• 17 percent use basic e-book readers; and

• 12 percent still use netbooks.

[ 70 percent of middle school students use laptops for learning; 66 percent use desktops; 47 percent use smart phones]

And in high school:

• 19 percent use full-size tablets for educational purposes;

• 17 percent use small tablets;

• 16 percent use basic e-book readers; and

• 10 percent use netbooks.

[75 % use laptops; 65% desktops and 60% smartphones]

Why should technology be used in the classroom?

80% of teachers and 69% of administrators said, “The children enjoy it”.

54% of teachers and 48% of administrators said, “Technology helps children meet the goals of the program”.

60% of teachers and 54% of administrators said, ”To support dual language learners”.

65% of teachers and 69% of administrators said, “To support children who have special needs”

And less than 10% of them said that they used technology only for teacher-controlled activities.

Ways students use tablets/iPads in school:

70% for research

70% for homework

55% check assignments

47% take notes in class

46% read digital textbooks

39% check class schedules

33% take exams

8 million: number of iPads in classrooms in first four years after introduction

94%: Apple’s share of tablets in education [see pros and cons below]

107,844: number of education apps in Apple’s App store

97,000: number of educational apps in Android’s Google Play store

Pros…and cons of iPads in k-12

iPads, Pros:

• Students love them- iPads in the classroom will get even the most stubborn students excited and engaged.

• Good battery life

• Apps galore

• Platform for e-textbooks

• Communication tool- Have any shy students not willing to speak out in class? Using iPads in the classroom can help fix that.

• Great content viewer

• User-friendly to students with disabilities- There are many apps for students with cognitive disabilities.

• Lightweight and portable

• Fast and easy to use

Cons:

• Doesn’t support flash- one of the biggest criticisms of the iPad is its lack of ability to work with Adobe Flash and JavaScript.

• No USB port

• Lack of multi-tasking- multiple windows and files can’t be kept open side by side. Expensive

• Potential to be distracting

• Lack of production capabilities- a great content viewer, but not as great for content creation.

• Typing is sometimes frustrating

• Not good for sharing. With the incapability to enter logins, each student needs his/her own. Personal information can’t be stored if students are sharing iPads.

Sources:

http://everdayfamily.com

http://edtechreview.in/data-statistics/531-kids-mobile-technology-infographic

http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/05/08/report-students-use-smart-phones-and-tablets-for-school-want-more.aspx

Pearson Student Mobile Device Survey 2013, published April 2013

Source (of education apps numbers): Ed Tech