If your school is investing in tablets, be sure to have a plan for how learning should change.
During one of our first visits to an iPad school, students told us that their favorite use of the tablet was for note taking. They had an app that enabled them to leave their paper notebooks at home and organize their notes in one place.
We're not opposed to gains in productivity, but if all tablet computers do is replace notebooks with notebook apps, we're unlikely to look back on the United States' investment in tablets with much enthusiasm.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Tablets
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/what-are-the-skills-needed-from-students-in-the-future/
I scooped this article because I am currently working with a school that is in the beginning stages of implementing ipads.