After six months of using iPads in their 5th grade classroom, students reflect on how using the devices is impacting learning.

1. iPads in the Elementary
reflections of the 5th graders of
Bentheim Elementary School
Andy Losik • Elementary Infotech Teacher
Hamilton Community Schools • Apple Distinguished Educator

2. Andy Losik
Grades 4-6 (1994-2000) Infotech (2000-)
Blue Star and Bentheim Elementary Schools
Hamilton, MI
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3. Why I teach:
• My philosophy: Finding ways to
foster higher order thinking skills as
we make school work for all kids in
the most efficient manner possible.

4. iPads do that.
No, iPads help teachers do that.

5. Not just a sales pitch
• 5th graders handed the “Prove ‘Em or Lose
‘Em” challenge.
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6. How has using the iPad changed learning
for you as a 5th grader?

7. How has using the iPad changed learning
for you as a 5th grader?
~ iPads make it easier to understand the subject
we are learning about. We can remember the
things we learn by connecting it to the iPad.
~ iPads are making it easier for pretty much
everyone in the school. iPads make everyone want
to learn.

8. What changes in classmate behavior have
you seen now that you are using the
iPads?

9. What changes in classmate behavior have
you seen now that you are using the
iPads?
~ Kids in my class tend to listen more and try
harder to get their work done so they don’t lose
iPad time.
~ Kids used to mess around a lot because they
lost focus. It is hard to lose focus now.

10. If an iPad was sitting next to one of our
laptops, which would you rather use?
Why?

11. If an iPad was sitting next to one of our
laptops, which would you rather use? Why?
51 out of 52 chose iPads
~ I would use an iPad because you can just touch
it and not have to click a mouse.
~ I would take the iPad. Both can go on the
Internet but can you download awesome
educational apps on a laptop?

12. If an iPad was sitting next to one of our
laptops, which would you rather use? Why?
~ I would rather use an iPad because they help
me focus. There aren’t as many “thingys” to click
on like on the laptops.
~ No question an iPad because it’s a
touchscreen...and you don’t even realize how much
it is helping you do better for tests.

13. Compare using an app like Rocket Math
to a website like Jet Ski Addition.

14. Compare using an app like Rocket Math to
a website like Jet Ski Addition.
~ I would prefer to use an app like Rocket Math
over Jet Ski Addition because it lets us use a
scribble pad which makes it so much easier.
~ Touching the screen to do math is much more
natural than clicking stuff.

15. What if anything would you change about
how your teachers are using the iPads?

16. What if anything would you change about
how your teachers are using the iPads?
~ I would change how much we get to use the
iPads. We should use them all of the time.
~ Use one of those cords to show it on the
projector.
~ I would be really proud.

17. Great Apps

18. Questions?

19. Andy Losik
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