Many see the iPad as having the potential to transform learning and teaching in schools, although deployment raises a number of issues, not least in terms of pedagogy. We return to the theme of mobile and hand-held learning from Lecture 4, but focusing specifically on the iPad as a platform for learning and teaching. You consider some of the ways in which iPad apps can be used to support learning across the curriculum, both within and beyond school, considering both individual and shared access to devices. You work as a group to compile a wiki of recommended apps for the primary curriculum.

1. Apps
Leading Learning in ICT
Lecture 8, 19 November 2012
Miles Berry

2. Steve Jobs, 1980
"Right now, if you buy a computer system and you want to
solve one of your problems, we immediately throw a big
problem right in the middle of you and your problem which
is learning how to use the computer. A substantial problem
to overcome. Once you overcome that, it's a phenomenal
tool. But there is a barrier of having to overcome that
problem.
What we're trying to do … is to remove that barrier so that
someone can buy a computer system who knows nothing
about it and directly attack their problem without learning
how to program their computer.
Our whole company, our whole philosophical base, is
founded on one principle. That principle is that there is
something very special and very historically different that
takes place when you have one computer and one person.
Very different than if you have ten people and one

3. Mellhuish & Falloon, 2010
The education sector must
keep its eyes open and
assess the benefits and
challenges of any innovation
through the lens of what is
known to be effective
teaching and learning....
A new mobile device might
eventually be a catalyst for a
sea-change in the way we
perceive education, but the
urgency and relevance of
the learning need should
always drive its use.

4. Queensland, 2010
Not constrained to one
curriculum area
Best suited to personal
use
Enthusiasm, maturity,
respect and creativity
Ownership of learning,
both independently and
in collaborative

5. Three mantras from the first
two years
Technology as accessible
as paper
A computing platform for
everyone
Technology for subjects
not traditionally well-
served by technology
Speirs, 2011

6. Heinrich 2012
Use strong in English,
Maths, Science
Homework and beyond
school
Motivation
Quality
Collaboration

7. Burden et al 2012
Supports the curriculum
Transformative tech
Personal ownership
Leads to changes in
professionalism and
pedagogy
Parental engagement

8. 4 reasons why tablet
rollouts fail
Deploy iPads, do nothing else
Theft and damage
Ignoring the network
Choosing an immature platform
Lai 2012

9. the school that swapped its laptops
for iPads... and wants to switch back
Image-conscious headmaster
Staff still cling to old documents and resources
created in software such as Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint
One of the biggest problems is the storage,
since you can’t connect USB memory sticks to
it
A classic case of the chap with the chequebook
making the decision
Noble, 2012

11. EYFS KS1 KS2
Across the
curriculum
English
Mathematics
Science
ICT
bit.ly/uorapps

12. Codea

13. Codea

14. App Inventor

15. App Inventor

16. Apps for Good

17. Apps for Good