It’s Tablet Time: K-12 Students Find Learning Advantages

The use of tablet computers in K-12 schools is rapidly increasing. And they’re changing the dynamics of the learning environment in significant ways. Their small size enables students to move between learning spaces without difficulty—whether those spaces are in school, at home or elsewhere. And while they are not a replacement for laptops or desktop computers, especially for content creation, they promise to make learning more fun and interactive for young students.

Touch-Screen Tablets: The Perfect Tech for Kindergarteners

Using technology that lets our youngest students get hands-on with learning at an early age makes sense.

Think about one of the main activities most people associate with kindergarten: finger painting. It’s a simple, messy, fun way for kindergarteners to learn about color and expand the boundaries of their imagination.
But with tablets, and an app that simulates finger painting, teachers can unleash the artistic potential of their fresh-eyed students — without all of the usual mess and cleanup.

iPad trumps PC in sales to schools for first time: Report

PC sales to schools in the U.S. are seeing its long-established lead in the education market overtaken by Apple’s iPad, according to a new report.

While PC education shipments fell by 265,000 units, or 13.9 percent, from the June quarter a year ago, Apple sold almost a million iPads to K-12 in June, according to a note to investors sent by Needham & Company analyst Charles Wolf.

Some Schools Actually Want Students To Play With Their Smartphones In Class

 

If there is one thing that the mobile-computing era has made clear, it's that kids love touch screens. Because those touch screens — smartphones, iPads, Kindles and the like — are an inevitable added distraction to the classroom, schools across the country are struggling to deal with the growing prevalence of the technology.
But a growing number of schools are embracing these hand-held, Internet-ready devices by creating policies that put them to use in the classroom.

Edutopia: A guide to mobile devices for learning

Edutopia is a part of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, and it has developed a new, free guide with Google to help teachers use mobile devices, including cell phones, tablets and e-readers, to engage students – and to help parents wrap their head around how mobile technology fits into their child’s education.

Tablets, laptops and mobiles in the classroom: top tips from teachers

Tablets, laptops and mobiles aren't there to replace traditional teaching tools, but designed to complement them. Our panel of education experts share advice on using one to one devices in schools .

This week we've been exploring how technology is being used to educate and engage in the classroom and our piece on using mobile phones in the classroom caused quite the stir, attracting comments from enthusiasts, skeptics and those teachers in between.