Download - One White Elephant Per Child
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One White Elephant per Child
A review of the arguments for a 1:1 iPad program
One Laptop Per Child
Netbooks
<£200 Laptops
iPad/Tablet
Your thoughts Donald Clark?
• Lookup device, not a creation device
• Touch screens = “awkward”• Coding = “ridiculous”• Proprietary software and
equipment• Robustness to the high school rigors
iPad Scotland Evaluation
Kevin BurdenCentre for Educational StudiesUniversity of Hull
What can the iPad do?
• Motivation• Engagement and Autonomy• Autonomous Research• Media creation• Sharing• Quickened synthesis• ‘Skill and drill’
THE MUNDANE - COMPUTERISED
QUICKED THROUGH I.T. BUT NOT IPAD
SYNTHESIS
GENERIC/UNINFORMATIVE
CONNECTIVISTSYNTHESIS