1. iPads & Tablets
in the Classroom
Mobile devices are now ubiquitous in classrooms across Penn. This session will
present data from the Library’s “iPads in the Classroom” pilot and the Graduate
School of Education’s large-scale iPad distribution, and then discuss those
programs and the future of mobile computing in education.
We will be joined by colleagues from the Wharton School.
Presenters:
Anu Vedantham
Michael Herzog
Olaino Hardaway
Caitlin Shanley

2. iPads
@ Penn Libraries
Anu Vedantham
Caitlin Shanley
Weigle Information Commons

3. WIC iPads engage
multiple, different users
in a course-specific context
under faculty supervision.

4. Policies and procedures

5. Examples of WIC iPad usage include
integrated studies,
critical writing,
digital literacies,
music in urban spaces,
copyright in culture,
productivity for faculty physicians,
urban studies and
staff exploration.

6. Most classes that participated in
the pilot project used the iPads
for multimedia creation or writing
projects.

7. We have to find a balance
between using the iPad as a
personal device, and using it as a
classroom device.

8. “
Please list five words that come to
mind when you think of an iPad 2.”

9. before
participating
after
participating

10. “
Students found the interface very
easy to learn and use, requiring
little or no instruction on my part.”

11. “
My students were most endeared
by the media elements of the iPad,
such as the camera and sound
recorder.”

12. “
Make sure it’s actually a good tool
for the project and not just trying
to shoehorn iPads into everything.”

13. iPads @ GSE
Michael Herzog

14. iPads @ Wharton
Olaino Hardaway

15. Q:
How might iPads and tablets make
students more creative?

16. Q:
Are iPads and tablets so
fundamentally different from
laptops that learning outcomes are
improved?

17. Q:
What helps faculty to incorporate
iPads and tablets into their
classroom activities?

18. Anu Vedantham
Michael Herzog
Olaino Hardaway
Caitlin Shanley
Thank you!
Image credits:
WIC images from http://flickr.com/pennwic/.
Bretford cart image adapted from http://apple.bretford.com/files/h3635lla/h3635lla.001.jpg/.
Vector graphics adapted from http://openclipart.org/user-detail/lmproulx/.
Word clouds created using http://www.wordle.net/.