24 | ROUNDTABLE: TABLETS IN SCHOOLS | PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
CON T RIBU T O RS:
Mobile tablets can definitely transform both teaching and learning. In your experience, how have schools benefited from using tablets in the classroom?
Mary Palmer, Director Tablets for schools
Lisa Cowell, Director Learning and Teaching, and Assistant Headteacher at Penwortham Priory Academy
Lisa Cowell: Mobile tablets are definitely transforming teaching and learning in those schools that are using them with vision. If tablets are used in a truly mobile and 1:1 environment where children can create content, personalise their responses, collaborate and sometimes flip the learning, there are enormous benefits to be gained. Engagement is heightened, confidence is exuded from a child who might have been less able to access the curriculum, further research is possible and there are a wealth of resources being developed to get the best use out of the devices. Just having the instant ability to take a photograph and instantly embed it into a document has quickened the pace at which we can work as opposed to a couple of years ago where you’d have had to download photographs from a digital camera before using them.
Mary Palmer: Tablets for Schools are studying the effects of 1:1 tablets in 40 schools across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Our research from these schools using 1:1 tablets shows us that pupils are learning in a way that prepares them for the future with the ability to research, make informed judgments, and present their ideas and learning. Specifically we see positive changes in:
Derek Trimmer, Executive Headteacher, Hove Park School
Pupil engagement through beter atendance, beter behaviour, higher quality work – leading to higher atainment. Pedagogy – we see pupil-led learning with the teacher as a facilitator and teachers able to tailor their lessons to every child’s individual needs, wherever they are on the spectrum Collaborative learning – teachers sharing with pupils and pupils with their peer group Independent learning – pupils more capable of seeking out learning for themselves with the teacher transformed into a facilitator of learning
Shaun Marklew, Sales Director, Clevertouch
Shaun Marklew: From our experiences of DisplayNote and Wordwall Response some of the major benefits of utilising tablets in the classroom have been where students can collaborate together as well as work independently and share their resources.
Derek Trimmer: When tablets are introduced you can see a speeding up of the learning process. The range of tools available to staff and students allows for much greater creativity and for students to personalise the ways in which they work. Ready access to information, the ability to quickly process ideas and the speed with which students are able to share work can all add up to a transformed learning environment.
Do the benefits outweigh any security risks?
LC: Children need to be taught about risk. Parents and teachers teach them not to cross the road without checking it’s safe, we also need to teach them to
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