Hutchson, A Literature Review

As the number of technological devices increases dramatically in the U.S. so does the arguments for and against these devices being placed in little kids hands (Hanes). Even if these iPads and Tablets have “educational apps” the impact they make on children shouldn’t be praised. UCLA scientists found that sixth-graders who went five days without a digital screen did tremendously better at reading human emotions than sixth-graders who continued to spend hours each day looking at their

After using the technology in the classroom setting, some studies showed that interactions between the child and their class mates improved (Mozes, 2013). Using an iPad, or similar device, has the added benefit of not making child stand out. Most of their peers have and use an iPad. This is a great way to assist the child, without the making the student feeling like they stand out.

iPads and tablets have become a popular choice of teachers in many classrooms worldwide due to the positive impact it has on the students. Tablets offer a wide variety of educational applications that have the ability to be downloaded onto the tablet for the students to use. The use of tablets in the classroom, “offer a unique home-school connection by providing students with a classroom experience that relates to the technology-saturated real world” (Blackwell, 2013, pg. 233) The use of iPads and tablets in the classroom provides students with a hands on learning approach to any

Students don’t just watch, listen, or read with iPad — they create with it. iPad

Samantha Light, grade 1 teacher at St. Juans catholic elementary in Toronto, Ontario noticed that her students learn better when they use technology, such as iPads. Light wants to make learning more enjoyable not only for her students, but kids everywhere, as she thinks it will make students want to participate in their teachers lessons more.

Huges, N. (2011). Schools expect to have more iPads than computers in next 5 years. Retrieved

Learning methods have also been transformed by technology. Before technology was incorporated in schools, essay writing was hand written, regardless of how long the essay was. Mathematical problems were solved mentally or calculated on paper until the solution was found. Handwriting skills in children was good, because of the amount of practice they had using it everyday in their school work. Furthermore, children developed a vast amount of book knowledge by using library resources from actual books. However, today it is not the norm. Almost every school issues students with devices like iPads or tablets from as early as kindergarten. It is important to realize that with the use of technological devices, children would prefer the quick action of iPads and tablets in contrast to handwriting or reading a book to find reference points. To put it another way, children will end up using mobile devices both in and out of school, leaving no room for outdoor forms of recreation. A Northlines article, “Information Technology and Children”, mentions that the availability of Internet connection on mobile devices is harmful, because they can use it negatively, giving children an uncontrolled source of entertainment and connectivity. Similarly, the availability of

and iPods has increased from 6.21 hours a day among 8-18 year olds to 7.38 hours a day over

Because of this the opportunities to integrate technology become nearly limitless. First, I want to eliminate the textbook from daily use. All of the readings need to come from online text or a PDF copy students can upload to their iPad. This allows students to annotate the story or article without using a bunch of Post-it Notes or the teacher running off over 100 copies of the text. Also using Apple technology allows students to look up an unfamiliar word by simply highlight and clicking it instead of skipping or stopping reading so the teacher can define the word in question. Also for students who struggle reading complex texts Apple provides and option to highlight the text and the device reads it to them while the student follows along. Next, I want to make sure all student type and take notes using their technology. Year after year it shocks me to see how many students do not understand the most basic etiquette of typing. This becomes more pressing because during their sophomore year, students take the End of Course exam in English Language Arts. Part of this assessment includes their ability to type an essay. Due to this reason it becomes essential students understands proper typing etiquette. Finally, I want my students to learn how to effectively collaborate within a team. Every time I ask someone outside education, “What is the number one skill employers want us to teach?” They

For the purpose of this research paper, the disability I will address will be autism and the technology will be the use of Tablets to teach a third grade self-contained classroom of students mathematics. This paper will focus on the understanding of the autism disability as it relates to learning and the effectiveness of incorporating the use of Tablets in the classroom to reinforce learning for academic

The author provided a literature review of the popularity of use of the iPad in the classroom, among students with or without disabilities. The review found that students with disabilities had greater engagement and behavioral response rates when using iPads and teaching applications on the iPads as opposed to more traditional methods of teaching. Through this background knowledge, the author sets up her research proposal.

The program introduces the basics of learning how to read and gradually advances children to higher learning opportunities with scaffolding. Educators can use the application in pre-kindergarten to second grade classrooms. There is an opportunity for higher grade level students who are learning English and/or struggling overall in literacy to benefit from this program. This program is also excellent for 1st and 2nd-grade history and science lessons. For example, if an educator has a lesson on George Washington they can incorporate this application into their lesson plan. This application along with other available applications in literacy can assist in learning and understanding especially for children who have difficulty in literacy. All applications possess advantages and disadvantages in using tablets to enhance literacy learning in the classroom. According to the article “Exploring the Use of iPads” on page 22 an example, of an advantage they stated, is students can use their prior knowledge to navigator through the application without a lot of instructions from the teacher and a disadvantage is manipulation in an application, for example, changing the font size. Overall using tablets for literacy enhancement can improve a child’s learning with proper planning and use of the application in a lesson plan. For parents, it is an excellent tool, for extra learning and acts as a tutor for students to improve their literacy skills at

A book is a single-task item that is written to distract the reader from everything else happening around them, they are technology designed for the best possible reading experience. An e-reader, however, tends to be a multi-tasking item with the ability to play music and videos as well as hold books. The iPad has a reading function but the focus is

Omer Faruk Sozcu, Smail Ipek, Erkan Taskin all agreed that "The establishment of preschool children's classroom environmental setting needs to be able to guide children in to participating in active play, silent reading, music, drawing, blocks ...ECT. for motivating children's interests." Which brings up the impact of technology on teaching and learning; in my classroom we use an app on the ipad called speakazoo which is an interactive zoo experience; the friendly speakazoo animals will ask you questions and respond appropriately. Although I personally feel that, since we downloaded the app our children have increased the amount of talking they do, not only with the app animals but with their friends and teachers; There are others that feel using these electronic learning devices takes away from important human interaction that children need at that age.

Education has found its way into the loop of technology. Teachers are using ipads and laptops during class time to help conduct experiments, or share a presentation. This is allowing the students to gain instant access to the information they are seeking. Students also receive the opportunity to complete their homework online and print off their assignments instead of just using paper and pencil. Another pro for Technology in Education, there are countless sources out there which help enhance learning. In one research conducted, they compared the performance of teaching kids how to read a clock. One group was coached by an online app, another was shown by a toy clock, and the last group was trained by a drawing example. The results revealed that the children that were taught by the toy and app exceeded the paper drawing group (Galetzka).