Pilot Explorations of the iPad to Extend Classroom Collaboration

Pilot Explorations of the iPad to Extend Classroom Collaboration
Joshua Danish, Ph.D.
AsmalinaSaleh

A tale of three activities
Our goal
Explore students’ use of the iPads
iPad may not be “required”
Use it in pedagogically sound ways
Organizing principle
Pedagogical goal
Collaborative approach
Context
2 Education Graduate Level courses
1 Education Undergraduate course
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jdanish@indiana.edu | www.joshuadanish.com | @jdanish

Activity 1: Model and Report
Pedagogical goal:
Help students apply the model (activity triangle) to their research topics
Challenge them to reflect on their theoretical choices
Collaboration:
Cycle through tasks
Model, feedback, report
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PROJECTED INFORMATION
KEYNOTE: TO EDIT MODEL
TWITTER: TO REPORT
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Activity 1: Model and Report
Pedagogical goal:
Help students apply the model (activity triangle) to their research topics
Challenge them to reflect on their theoretical choices
Collaboration:
Cycle through tasks
Model, feedback, report
Outcomes
Richer models and discussion
More cross-group discussion
Positive feedback
The iPad
Supported easier templating, sharing, reporting
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Activity 2: Video Analysis
Pedagogical goal
Challenge students to apply the theories to messy classroom (video) data
Collaboration
Via a blog
Intentionally independent
Individual pace
More detailed comments
Outcomes
More voices, more details noticed
Some students felt isolated
The iPad
Great media player
Some challenges typing (students wanted to use laptops)
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Activity 3: Markup and Pass
Pedagogical goal
Challenging students’ assumptions of theories as applied in real-life situations
Collaboration
Students marked observations on Airsketch
Pass to group members and build on previous ideas
Outcomes
Challenging assumptions
Resolving cognitive conflict
Application of theory in practice
I-pad role
Ease of finger-drawing & passing around
Adding color, saving, submitting
P R
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Takeaway…
If there’s an app for that
If typing is minimal
Then
Supports easy, fluid collaboration
Supports sharing of ideas
So, we’d like to see
Richer collaboration features
Easier sharing, passing of content
Easier input
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Pilot Explorations of the iPad to Extend Classroom Collaboration

by Joshua Danish on Mar 05, 2011

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