iPad minis in Kindergarten

Bessie McKinnon

Goal � To acquire knowledge on

integrating technology to support student learning in Kindergarten.

Research Teacher/Environment/Authentic

� Dewey (1938): The teacher is a facilitator of learning by creating the learning environment.

� Sawyer (2008): the environment must be engaging for children to learn.

� Gay (2000): for learning to occur it must be authentic to children.

Digital Natives & Digital Immigrants (Prensky, 2001) � Digital Natives: Students have lived their

entire lives with technology.

� Digital Immigrants: Teachers have had to incorporate technology into their lives.

� Integrating technology in education is a commitment to effectively utilize all the advantages of technology a diverse education can provide.

Redefinition -learning at this stage

could not occur without technology

Modification-educational tasks are

redesigned

Augmentation-substitution is occurring with some minor

improvements

Substitution-technology is used as a substitute for previous methods of teaching

Puentedura (2009): SAMR model of technology integration in education. Learning occurring in the top two stages improves student academics

verify

collaborate

recognize

Searching or Googling

Subscribing

simulate

rearrange

Highlighting

Social NetworkingSocial Bookmarking

Graduate attributes and capabilities

energy, passion & enthusiasm

understands strengths & limitationstrue to values & ethics

empathizing, time management skills

gives credittransparent & honest,persevering

learns from errors & experiencelistens,

good communicator

remains calm, thinks strategically

Create

Evalu

ate

Analyse

Apply

Action Verbsimagine

hypothesize

produce

invent

transform

find an unusual way

create

suggest

design

composesuppose

originate

changeexplain

infersummarize

identify

exemplify

describeAction Verbs

list

retrieve

name

find

match

expandreportinterpret

compareparaphrase

locate classifyRemember Understand

Blooms

Cognitive Domains

Word Processing

Bullet Pointing

Bookmarking or FavouritingMind Mapping

Recalling

ActivitiesBlog JournallingCommenting

iPad Apps

iPad Apps

iPad

App

s

iPad Apps

iPad Apps

Activities

graphingsurveying

spreadsheetingbuilding questionnaire

creating advertisement

reporting

diagraming

charting

summarisingcreating mashup media

interviewdemonstrate

contrast

Action Verbs

infercompare

outline

examine

differentiatedistinguish

classifydeterminesequence

categorise

survey

deduce mashdeconstruct

conference

moderate

network

Actio

n Verb

s

conclude

discuss

comparedebate

judge

rank

support

prioritisedecide

evaluate

appraise

give your opinion

select

justify

defend

post

critique interviewconstruct

run

Action Verbsimplement

carry outuse

executeload

play

operate

hack

upload

share

edit

draw

simulate

teach

record

Activ

ities

critiquing

judgement

opinion

reportingcourt trial

news item

Self-evaluation

Summary

Recommendation

Survey

Hypothesis

new game

podcasting

Activities

animatingmixing

video editing

videocasting

storytelling

songstorytelling

cartoonePub or iBook

multimedia presentation

Rap

TV/Radio Program

making diary

Activities

movie making

collecting

role playingediting

presentingdemonstrating

interviewing

scrap booking

sculpturing

simulating

taking photograph

drawing diagram

making puzzle

mapping

The Padagogy Wheel V2.0

This Taxonomy wheel, without the apps, was first discovered on the website of Paul

Hopkin’s educational consultancy website mmiweb.org.uk That wheel was produced by

Sharon Artley and was an adaption of Kathwohl and Anderson’s (2001) adaption of Bloom (1956). The idea to further adapt it for

the pedagogy possibilities with mobile devices, in particular the iPad, I have to acknowledge the creative work of Kathy

Schrock on her website Bloomin’ Apps

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Developed by Allan Carrington

Designing Outcomes

The Padagogy Wheel by Allan Carrington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Based on a work at http://tinyurl.com/bloomsblog.V2.0 Published 280513

iThoughtsiAnnotate

Facebook

Bump

Google SearchDocsToGo

MentalCase

Quizcast

CourseNotes Maptini

Blog Docs

Twitter

FeeddlerRSS

iMovie

Aurasma

Voicethread

ScreenChomp

Fotobabble

Creative Book Builder

Garageband

Interview Assistant

Easy Release

Prezi

iTimeLapse Pro

Toontastic

Wordpress

Nearpod

StudentPadGoogle+

AIM

EdmodoSkype

Taposé

Notability

Evernote Peek

Prompster Pro

ShareBoardWEB to PDF

WikiNodes

iCardSort Inspiration Maps

MindMash

SurveyPro

MiniMash

Comic Life

FilemakerGo 11

Bento

Numbers Pages

PoppletDropVox

UstreamExplain

Everything

Keynote

Sonic Pics

GoogleDocs

Adobe Connect

Articulate

Perfectly Clr

AudioBoo

Quick Voice

Evernote

Animation Creation

A Bloomin’ Better Way to Teach

The original blog entry explaining the use of the wheel and a link to a two minute YouTube video.

V2.0: It’s all about Transformation & Integration

This is the blog post which explains the new features of the latest version of the Wheel

Allan’s contact details

A PDF of the Wheel with Links to Apps

This PDF version prints well as an A3 poster which many teachers have requested.

Tuesday, 28 May 13

This wheel shows the SAMR Model of technology integration on the outer rim and educational apps that integrate technology at each of the stages.

I surveyed the students to see how they felt about “iPad” before I introduced the iPads to

our learning environment.

What I did

�  Integrated iPad minis in the class as an activity centre. (no headphones for months to encourage communication among the students)

� Demonstrated how to navigate the home screen.

�  Introduced the students to some educational apps

� Taught the students how to take screen shots of their work and how to take selfies. (to document their learning)

A variety of apps were installed on the iPad minis that support language, math, art and science.

What happened

�  The students were engaged in learning with the iPad minis.

�  Students have no fear of making a mistake because they see the iPad as non-judgmental-just try again.

�  The enthusiasm was infectious as they learned to navigate different apps on their own.

�  The communication between the students was evident.

�  The students were articulating their learning with each other and teachers.

�  Some students independently moved to the redefinition stage of learning with technology.

What I learned-the power of technology in education!

Increased Communication

� between the students in the class

� between school and home (pic collages of student work was emailed to parents)

� between parents and students at home

� between students and a classmate that has moved

Quotes from students

�  “I feel happy about the iPads.”

�  “This is so much fun!”

�  “I have to get the number exactly right to get the checkmark.”

�  “I have got 12 coins-I can do a lot!”

�  “My favourite game is Jump Start.”

�  “I like making cartoons!”

�  “I can do this!”

How do you feel about “iPad”? After the use of iPad minis in the class

Barriers to technology in education

�  Resources

�  Teacher education

�  Devices

I have broken through those barriers with this project and have contributed to further the research of technology in education.

References �  Dewey, J. (1938). Experience & Education. New York, NY: Collier

Books.

�  Gay, Geneva. (2000). Culturally responsive teaching: theory, research, and practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

�  Prensky, Marc. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5), 1, 3-6. 

�  Puentedura, R. TPCK and SAMR-As we may teach: Educational technology, from theory into practice. Retrieved from https://itunes.apple.con/us/itune-u/as-we-may-teach-educational/id380294705  

�  Sawyer, K. (2008). Optimizing learning: Implications of learning sciences research. OECD/CERI International Conference “Learning in the 21st Century: Research, Innovation and Policy”.