EdReNe Seminar – Oct. 26-27 2011

EduTablettes R&D project on the uses of tablets in K-12 education

Mônica Macedo-RouetJean-Michel PerronAgence nationale des usages des TICECNDP

A new and emergent technology.

A growing market : 17 millions in 2010 >>> 69 millions in 2011 (Gartner Consulting 11) ; 30 tab >>>> 100 under dev 2011

Little is known about its uses in K-12 education…What the research says

First classroom experiments in France : 2010-11.National initiatives (French MoE website)

Tablets

http://www.cndp.fr/agence-usages-tice/temoignages/utilisation-de-tablettes-tactiles-en-primaire-1184.htm

Example

EduTablettes project

EduPad – CNDP/CDDP – CG 19 – Cité des savoirs

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

EduTablettes

Development and use of applications : iTooch

Curriculum compatible,

6th-9th grades,French,

English, Math, History,

Geography, Biology

1Test new models of content generation (user generated). Introduce changes in the production, diffusion and marketing of educational contents.

Project goals

Project goals

2Determine the impact of the uses of

tablets and drill activities in the context of a virtuous circle involving students, teachers and parents via social networking or other modes of interrelation.

Project goals

3Gain a better understanding of users’ (pupils) behavior

and determine the factors that influence efficient use, in the classroom as well as outside school.

Expected results

Gain insight on the actual uses of tablets in education

Develop meaningful educational applications for tablets

Gain expertise in R&D projects involving partners from different backgrounds

Build up new publishing models in education