This presentation reports on my 7 week iPad project. The objectives for the project: to offer alternatives to paper-based writing tasks; to create collaborative spaces for students to read, write, and share research synchronously and asynchronously; to foster motivation in learning by employing iPads; to develop research methods through the use of iPads; to use sketchnote apps to annotate reading texts; to empower students' learning through iPad apps. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/EVENTS/

1. 2015 iPad Project
CERLL Seminar, January 15 2016
Anna Bartosik
http://bit.ly/1Zpmh6l

2. The challenge
My teaching situation
● partial load teacher
● course assignment
changes from
semester to
semester
● use technology with
students but know I
can do more
● school slogan is Get
Creative
Context
● no extra money (but
I found $50)
● all apps must be
free
● EAP course - 7
weeks
● need buy-in with
students
● conscious of
balance
My questions
● Is technology a
motivator to learn
more ESL?
● what role does tech
play when studying
reading/writing?
interactivity?
● where will this
project take me?

3. Challenges deep-dive
Challenge 1
Get apps
● personal
preferences
● other teachers
● Twitter
Challenge 2
Use iPads productively
● how often?
● which apps?
● how do I use iPads
for reading and
writing?
● collaboration - is it
possible if everyone
has own device?
Challenge 3
Check-ins with students
Check-ins with admin
Check-ins with me - the
bigger picture

4. One Solution
My blog
https://annabartosik.wordpress.
com/

5. Implementation

6. 05.05.15
1st request
10.01.15
Permission granted!
10.19.15
iPad Health Check
with CTL
11.01.15
Began using iPads
with students
12.18.15
End of 7 week trial

7. Initial
Impact
● Pre-class survey
● LMS
● Anonymous

14. An activity

15. Plagiarism in
the Digital Age
http://padlet.
com/ambartosik/plagiarism

16. The half-way
mark
● Students’ responses

20. Getting the bigger picture - open-
ended questions from survey

21. Final check-in

24. What were my
thoughts?
reflections

25. Other results?
Benefits?
CERLL Informal Seminars
collaboration with teacher at
another college
the subject of another grad student
chance to use iPads again
ideas for future research

26. Next Steps
From 7 to 14 weeks with a Pre-
Intermediate Listening &
Speaking Class
Want to add these apps:
SeeSaw
VoiceRecord
Podcasts
New Concerns:
???

27. Thank you
Thoughts, suggestions, reflections?
anna.bartosik@mail.utoronto.ca
@ambartosik Twitter