Examining Teachers’ Use of iPads in Instruction
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Min Liu, Amanda Willmann, Cynda Fickert, Yujung Ko, The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Austin, TX, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-27-8 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
We examined how 342 teachers from a large school district used iPad in their instruction. These teachers participated in their district provided professional development as part of the district launched iPad initiative and were given an iPad to use 24/7. We were interested in how they used iPads in their instruction given the PD provided and any change in their use of iPads from mid-year to end-year during the one-year implementation of this district wide mobile initiative. The results showed a wide variety of iPad uses by the teachers and their students from basic uses such as using the device for monitoring noise level and playing music, or as a projection tool to more interactive use such as creating artifacts. Specific examples are documented. There is much interest in using mobile technology in K-12 education. However, there lacks sufficient empirical research to understand how teachers use tablets in their instruction. Such evidence-based research is much needed.
Citation
Liu, M., Willmann, A., Fickert, C. & Ko, Y. (2017). Examining Teachers’ Use of iPads in Instruction. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1705-1713). Austin, TX, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/177451/.
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