As I have mentioned we have been lucky enough to have iPads provided for every student. But to be honest we didn't implement this technological renewal as well as we could have done. I think we didn't got enough updating education for teachers and it took some time until we could understand the possibilities which came along with the new technology. For me personally the new technology wasn't any problem, the pedagogy was. This kind of tablet-pedagogy was pretty new for all of us and it didn't matter how well one could handle all the apps and technological contraptions if there was no change in pedagogical practices. I guess I wasn't the only one who didn't quite know how to plan lessons which could fully benefit these new possibilities.
So, what do I need to consider at whole-school level when using tablets?
I think it would be wise to choose beforehand some applications, a learning environment and some cloud service which would be used in the whole school. Then teachers should be introduced with these and made familiar with the pedagogical opportunities included in these applications and platforms. Then I would provide enough time for teachers to share their good and sometimes not so good practices so that they could encourage each other.
There is rarely enough time to plan and think your everyday pedagogy in the middle of these occupied school routines. So how could one ever have the needed time to carefully plan this kind of major pedagogical shift? I guess we just have to prioritize. Definitely one of the key things is to create time and space to think how to teach and learn with tablets. Because it can't be the same old thing with a fancy new toy.
I think it would be wise to choose beforehand some applications, a learning environment and some cloud service which would be used in the whole school. Then teachers should be introduced with these and made familiar with the pedagogical opportunities included in these applications and platforms. Then I would provide enough time for teachers to share their good and sometimes not so good practices so that they could encourage each other.
There is rarely enough time to plan and think your everyday pedagogy in the middle of these occupied school routines. So how could one ever have the needed time to carefully plan this kind of major pedagogical shift? I guess we just have to prioritize. Definitely one of the key things is to create time and space to think how to teach and learn with tablets. Because it can't be the same old thing with a fancy new toy.
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