iPads & Tablets ���in the Classroom Mobile devices are now ubiquitous in classrooms across Penn. This session will present data from the Library’s “iPads in the Classroom” pilot and the Graduate School of Education’s large-scale iPad distribution, and then discuss those programs and the future of mobile computing in education. We will be joined by colleagues from the Wharton School.

Anu Vedantham Caitlin Shanley

Michael Herzog Olaino Hardaway Presenters:  

iPads @ Penn Libraries

Anu Vedantham Caitlin Shanley Weigle Information Commons  

WIC iPads engage multiple, different users  in a course-specific context under faculty supervision.

Policies and procedures  

Examples of WIC iPad usage include integrated studies, critical writing, digital literacies, music in urban spaces, copyright in culture, productivity for faculty physicians, urban studies and staff exploration.

Most classes that participated in the pilot project used the iPads for multimedia creation or writing projects.

We have to find a balance between using the iPad as a personal device, and using it as a classroom device.

Please list five words that come to mind when you think of an iPad 2.”

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before ���participating  

after participating  

Students found the interface very easy to learn and use, requiring little or no instruction on my part.”

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My students were most endeared by the media elements of the iPad, such as the camera and sound recorder.”

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Make sure it’s actually a good tool for the project and not just trying to shoehorn iPads into everything.”

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iPads @ GSE

Michael Herzog  

iPads @ Wharton

Olaino Hardaway  

How might iPads and tablets make students more creative?

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Are iPads and tablets so fundamentally different from laptops that learning outcomes are improved?

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What helps faculty to incorporate iPads and tablets into their classroom activities?

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Anu Vedantham Caitlin Shanley

Michael Herzog Olaino Hardaway

Thank you!  

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