8. Our participants
Name Age Gender Ethnicity Grade(s) Subject Area(s) Public/ Location
Private
1. Ashleigh 48 Female Caucasian BK-4th Computers Public Michigan
2. Steven 25 Male Caucasian 9th-12th Math Private Kentucky
3. Pam 53 Female Black 8th Inclusion Public Tennessee
4. Isabella 29 Female South American 3rd All/Dual Public Tennessee
Language
5. Marne 43 Female Caucasian 9-12 Spanish Public Tennessee
6. Gabe 27 Male Black 9-12 Algebra 1 Public Tennessee
7. Tony 29 Male Black 6-8 Input Technology Public Mississippi
8. Mike 39 Male Caucasian 12 English Public New York
9.
10. Findings
Ĺžď⯠Control & ownership of mobile
computing devices
Ĺžď⯠How teachers are using mobile
computing devices
Ĺžď⯠Teachers seek out & receive
professional development
Ĺžď⯠Technical problems & frequency
Ĺžď⯠Administrators as champions or not
11. Control and ownership of
mobile computing devices
Ĺžď⯠Control
â˘âŻ Teachers use only
â˘âŻ Teachers determine use
â˘âŻ Students determine use
FINDINGS
12. Control and ownership of
mobile computing devices
Ĺžď⯠Ownership
â˘âŻ School owns the devices for students to
use in school.
â˘âŻ School owns the devices for students to
use in school and take home.
â˘âŻ Students own the device
â˘âŻ Teachers own the device(s)
FINDINGS
13. IN THEIR WORDS
â I use it as a documentation tool. I can
type out a quick note on my phone, and
it will save it and it will sync to my
computer automatically, so that I can
look at that later whether in a
conference meeting with parents.
Steven
â
15. IN THEIR WORDS
â They want to be involved, so they are
actively involved in the application, 99%
of the time.
â â
The students before didnât really care if
they couldnât use the computers,
â
Ashleigh
16. IN THEIR WORDS
â My lessons are more student-centered.
Students are directing their own
learning. I only serve as a facilitator.
â â
Yes, they (students) are going to play
around on their iPads or what I call "high
tech doodling, but it is up to the teacher to
keep them on task.
â
18. IN THEIR WORDS
â It's almost like you're tricking them into
learning, which is what we're always
trying to do anyway...We want them to
learn without realizing they're learning.
Isabella â
19. How teachers are using mobile
computing devices: Isabella
FINDINGS
20. How teachers are using mobile
computing devices: Isabella
FINDINGS
21. IN THEIR WORDS
â You're more eager to plan because it's
like, "wow, wait 'til I show them this!"
They are so eager to learn and
participate.
Pam
â
24. Teachers seek out & receive
professional development.
â˘âŻ Teach for America â˘âŻ iPad + iPod=Same
â˘âŻ Apple â˘âŻ Background
Distinguished Experience
Educator
â˘âŻ Summer Webinars â˘âŻ Self-Taught
FINDINGS
25. IN THEIR WORDS
â If they offered more (PD), I would
definitely go!
â
â With my background in working with
mobile devices as well as outside training
outside the school, I believe that both
â
have proved to be adequate training
26. Technical problems &
frequency
â˘âŻ network errors â˘âŻ Overload of network
â˘âŻ Flash based â˘âŻ Lack of daily access
programs not to devices
compatible. â˘âŻ E-mail only way to
â˘âŻ Lack of LCD send or recieve
projectors to show data.
images from
devices
FINDINGS
27. Teachers' perceptions of
benefits to mobile devices
Ĺžď⯠Efficiency
Ĺžď⯠Differentiatinginstruction
Ĺžď⯠Enthusiastic planning
Ĺžď⯠Students that... Want to participate!!
FINDINGS
28. Administrators as champions
â My principal fully supports the integration of
technology into my lessons.
â My principal has allowed me the flexibility of
conducting classes in other locations such
â
as outside and in the auditorium in order to
give children the opportunity to interact in
â
different learning environments.
Raymond
FINDINGS
29. Administrators as champions
â I showed her everything and she was just
sold on the level of organization and
documentation that it gave me per student.
Steven
â
FINDINGS
30. Administrators: Support vs. Budget
â It would be helpful if the principal would buy a
classroom set.
Barb
â
â
Weâve had a discussion about becoming closer
to a one-to-one school where weâve got rolling
carts and have iPads on them, and things like
that, but as far as the teachers are concerned,
they give each teacher a laptop, but I think
â
thatâs as far as theyâll go with teachers.
Steven
FINDINGS
31. Administrators: Misguided Logic
â
Our board is really where we are not getting
â
our support.
â
Iâve heard that the board, and again this is just
what I heard, is that several of the board
members did not understand why, and I guess
some of the teachers didnât understand why
they would be put in the lowest grade level
âG S
school first.
Ashleigh
FINDIN
32. How can this help?
â˘âŻ More ideas on how to use MCD in
classrooms
â˘âŻ Teachers will have an expectation of
how they will be supported and trained
â˘âŻ Administrators will understand teachers
perceptions
â˘âŻ Software developers
33. What we still want to know
â˘âŻ Student achievment?
â˘âŻ iPod vs. iPad vs. iPhone?
â˘âŻ Use of non-Apple products?
â˘âŻ Impact on teaching practices?
â˘âŻ Why are some schools and teachers not
using them?