iTEACH: Lessons Learned
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* iTEACH Elizabeth Park Ellen Hoffman Grace Lin (iPad for Teacher’s Educational use at Children’s Habitat) Lessons Learned
Transcript of iTEACH: Lessons Learned
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iTEACH
Elizabeth ParkEllen Hoffman
Grace Lin
(iPad for Teacher’s Educational use at Children’s Habitat)
Lessons Learned
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Background
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Gutnick, A. L., Robb, M., Takeuchi, L., & Kotler, J. (2010). Always connected: The new digital media habits of young children. New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.
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Wartella, E., Rideout, V., Lauricella, A. R., & Connell, S. L. (2013). Parenting in the age of digital technology: A national survey (pp. 1–46).
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Wartella, E., Rideout, V., Lauricella, A. R., & Connell, S. L. (2013). Parenting in the age of digital technology: A national survey (pp. 1–46).
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Rideout, V. (2011). Zero to eight: Children’s media use in America. Retrieved from http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/zerotoeightfinal2011.pdf
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Shuler, C. (2012). iLearn II: An analysis of the education category of Apple’s app store. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
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Shuler, C. (2012). iLearn II: An analysis of the education category of Apple’s app store. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
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Shuler, C. (2012). iLearn II: An analysis of the education category of Apple’s app store. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
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Technology as a Tool
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Project Overview
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Project Goals and Objectives● Design and develop professional development
workshops.● Implement of professional development workshop for
teachers in phases.● Develop ways to sustain Community of Learners (CoL)
to share best practices in mobile technology for education.
● Design and implement surveys for teachers.● Institute ongoing data collection processes to provide
feedback to refine and improve teacher strategies in using iPads for assessment.
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Professional Development● Changing the model from talking at teachers to talking
with teachers.
● Community of practice
● Sustainable, allows for dealing with rapidly changing technology
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Research and Evaluation
● Short-- and long--term gains○ gaining skills and knowledge in mobile technology○ gained confidence and openness towards
technology use for learning○ new insights into more efficient use of technology in
assessment○ possible distinctions between age--appropriate use
of mobile technology for young children.
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Research and Evaluation
● Unanticipated results○ affected by teaching styles and technology
confidence○ replace other more traditional tools○ concerns about a hardware design that impacts use
with students○ attitude change○ policy and guidelines○ active learning valued by teachers
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Outcomes● Teachers’ increased knowledge of iPad use made their use
of time more efficient and effective (i.e.GOLD® app eliminated the middle step so it saved time);
● The multiple affordances of iPad make it possible to use in place of other multimedia devices as well as with more spontaneity (teachable moments);
● There may be differences in how iPad should be used in the classroom depending on the age range of the children;
● Teachers learned best through establishing opportunities for Community of Learners (CoL); and
● School policy needs to be clear about what uses are appropriate, particularly in relation to use by children and in sharing with parents.
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Next Step● Further research in this area
○ policy and guidelines○ developmentally appropriate use of technology○ how to maintain and sustain community of learners
● Follow up proposal submitted (iTEACH Connect)○ connection to assessment data○ connection to community○ connection to family
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ResourcesKCAA Preschools of Hawai’i
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) Michelle Kuamoo [email protected]
Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment (Ele) Activity
Alien Assignment
Toontastic
Everyday Grooves
Teaching Strategies GOLD®
Chaminade University Early Childhood EducationElizabeth Park [email protected]
University of Hawaii at Manoa Educational TechnologyEllen Hoffman [email protected] Lin [email protected]
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ReferencesGutnick, A. L., Robb, M., Lori Takeuchi, & Kotler., J. (2011). Always Connected: The new digital media
habits of young children.
McManis, L. D., & Gunnewig, S. B. (2012). Finding the education in educational technology with early learners. Young Children, May, 14–24.
NAEYC & Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media. (2012). Technology and interactive media as tools in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Joint position statement. Washington, DC: NAEYC; Latrobe, PA: Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning at Saint Vincent College. www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PS_technology_WEB2.pdf.
Rideout, V. (2011). Zero to eight: Children’s media use in America. Retrieved from http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/zerotoeightfinal2011.pdf
Shuler, C. (2012). iLearn II: An analysis of the education category of Apple’s app store. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
Wartella, E., Rideout, V., Lauricella, A. R., & Connell, S. L. (2013). Parenting in the age of digital technology: A national survey (pp. 1–46).
