Emerging Technology PlanEmerging Technology Plan

Electronic Books with

the iPadBy: Thanh Nguyen

What are Electronic What are Electronic Books?Books?Electronic books (also known as e-books or digital books) are an electronic copy of a printed book that allows anyone to read it while using a computer or by using a form of digital eBook reader such as an iPad.

Electronic books show you digital texts and images of the original printed book.

Technology Use in the Technology Use in the ClassroomClassroomAccording to The Horizon Report -2011, “Electronic books are beginning to demonstrate capabilities that challenge the very definition of reading. Audiovisual, interactive, and social elements enhance the informational content of books and magazines.”

Reasons to use Electronic Reasons to use Electronic BooksBooks

1. You can get, view, and read the ebooks anytime you want without the wait.

2. You can bookmark pages, make notes, highlight passages, and save selected text.

3. You can highlight any key information that are helpful.

4. It is lighter and easier for you to carry around without straining your back with a heavy bookbag.

5. The search bar makes it easy for you to find the books you need.

6. There is a built-in dictionary as well as ways to alter the color and style of the text.

7. You can print up to 10 pages at any time as long as you don’t go over the limit of 150% of the total number of pages.

Electronic Books support the Electronic Books support the vision for technology use in the vision for technology use in the districtdistrict

According to Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Comprehensive Instructional Technology Plan, it states that “each school implements instructional technology as part of the curriculum, and the performance goals for students are integrated into the learning activities.”

GCPS is combining technology literacy goals and instructional goals to strive for better education.

By having Electronic Books in the classroom, students are integrating technology into reading. Electronic Books will enhance the different ways of reading a book. Electronic Books support the vision because a technology tool is implemented as a learning activity to help students perform better to achieve the performance goals, instructional goals, and technology literacy goals.

Who can use Electronic Who can use Electronic Book?Book?Electronic Books are appropriate for

students of all ages and grade levels to use. Faculty and staff are also able to use Electronic Books for their own purposes.

To ensure equitable access to Electronic Books, teachers must make sure that there are different eBooks downloaded to match the different reading levels of each student. Teachers should compile a list of books that students can read according to their reading level so that students can easily access to it.

Items needed to implement Electronic Items needed to implement Electronic Books:Books:

As stated in the 2011 Horizon Report, “multifunction devices like the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy represent a new class of tools that merges the utility of electronic book readers with web browsing, a wide variety of applications, and an expanding set of entertainment options. The ready availability of both reading devices and digital content makes it very easy to integrate electronic books into everyday portable computing.”

For our school, we should focus on getting the Apple iPad to implement the use of Electronic Books into the classroom. An Apple iPad is a touch screen tablet that has an application to use Electronic Books. The goal is to have an iPad in each classroom.

The only software that we would need with the iPad would be to download the Electronic Books applications, so that we can have access to the Electronic Books. There are different applications for Electronic Books that you can choose from such as Ibooks, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Google Reader. Headphones are also needed so that students can listen to the story as it is being read to them.

Technical SupportTechnical Support

http://www.apple.com/support/iPad/ http://www.apple.com/support/ios/ibooks/ http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefa

q&geo=United_States&product=iPad http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

Students rely on their teachers as their technical support. Teachers rely on the school’s technical support personnel to fix any problems that arise with the technology equipment, the iPad.

Technical support are available for teachers, administrators, and technical support personnel online through the Apple Store. Websites are attached below. If the problems are not fixed after the online support, the in-store support is always available to help. In this case, the iPad will need to be brought in to look at to fix any problems.

Content StandardsContent StandardsElectronic Books could be used to help students: recognize, listen to, and read a variety of literary and informational text for a variety of purposes inclu

ding to answer questions and stimulate ideas (GPS, CE) (1LA_B2009-6) make predictions using prior knowledge (GPS) (1LA_B2009-7) self-monitor comprehension and reread when necessary (GPS) (1LA_B2009-8) ask and answer questions about essential narrative elements (e.g., beginning-middle- end, setting, ch

aracters, problems, events, and resolution) of a read-aloud or independently-read text (GPS) (1LA_B2009-15)

distinguish between real and imaginary content (GPS) (1LA_B2009-16) compare and contrast content within and between stories and between stories and personal experienc

es (GPS) (1LA_B2009-17) recognize plot, setting, and character within texts, and compare and contrast these elements among t

exts (GPS) (1LA_B2009-18) read grade-level text orally with appropriate accuracy, speed, and expression at a target rate of 60 wo

rds correct per minute (GPS) (1LA_D2009-24) increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge (GPS) (1LA_D2009-25) apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode new words (GPS) (1LA_D2009-34) read words containing digraphs (sh, th, wh, and ch) (GPS) (1LA_D2009-36) read words containing vowel digraphs (ai, ay, ea, ee, and oa) and r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, and

ur) (GPS) (1LA_D2009-37) use spelling patterns and word families to recognize words (GPS) (1LA_D2009-38) apply learned phonics skills when reading words, sentences, and stories (GPS) (1LA_D2009-39) apply letter-sound knowledge to decode accurately and quickly (GPS) (1LA_D2009-40) identify 200 common sight words in isolation and in text (GPS) (1LA_D2009-41) identify words that are opposites (antonyms) or have similar meanings (synonyms) (GPS) (1LA_D2009-

43) recognize grade-level words with multiple meanings (GPS) (1LA_D2009-44) read compound words in grade-appropriate texts (GPS) (1LA_D2009-45) read contractions in grade-appropriate texts (GPS) (1LA_D2009-46) read words with inflectional endings (-ing, -ed, -s, and -es) (GPS) (1LA_D2009-47) begin to use dictionary and glossary skills to determine word meanings (GPS) (1LA_D2009-48)

Technology Standards for Technology Standards for StudentsStudents

Electronic Books on the iPad could be used to meet student technology standards.

2. Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.◦ a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others

employing a variety of digital environments and media

5.Digital Citizenship: Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.◦ a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information

and technology◦ b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports

collaboration, learning, and productivity◦ c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning

6.Technology Operations and Concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.◦ a. Understand and use technology systems◦ b. Select and use applications effectively and productively

Student Learning GoalsStudent Learning GoalsThe usage of Electronic Books through the iPad will

help students with: ◦ Working with different technology tool: students will learn and be

expose to a different tool that will help educate them more.◦ Writing Process: Students will be able to write down the summary

(beginning, middle, end) to what they read. Students will use the Writing Process to help them write stories in relation to what they read.

◦ Comprehension: Students will comprehend what they are reading with continuous exposure to the stories.

◦ Higher-Order Thinking Skills: Students will put higher-order thinking skills in use before, during, and after their readings in order to show that they can make inference and personal connections to what they read.

◦ Fluency: Students will develop fluency as the story is being read aloud.◦ Listening/Speaking: Students will develop better listening skills as they

follow along to the story being read. Students will take what they hear and learn how to pronounce the words the correct way. It will help them with their speaking voice (speaking skills? OR It will help them carry out a conversation which will also help them develop fluency) which will also help develop fluency.

◦ Collaborative learning: Students will work with others (classmates, teachers, parents) to achieve the knowledge and reading skills. Support amongst everyone will help students achieve their learning goals.

Collaborative Learning & Collaborative Learning & Communication Communication

Research shows…Research shows…

Meeting the Needs of the Meeting the Needs of the LearnerLearner

Limitations/Challenges/Limitations/Challenges/ObstaclesObstacles Can only read Electronic Books when you have

the device to read it such as the iPad Can only read one book at a time per device Fragile; therefore, you must be careful Limits copies that can be made There’s a fee to download the Electronic Books It is difficult to evaluate students’ reading Some books are restricted to certain users restrictive copyright licensing on some Limited range of titles offered Can be unorganized with students alter the

format No short summaries of the book before you read Glitches with voiceover for the audio reading

Safety Safety There are some safety precautions to

keep in mind when implementing Electronic Books through the usage of an iPad.

Device theft: Users might take the iPad away from it’s normal area. It is small enough to keep it hidden away in bags.

Identify theft: Others can sign/log in as you and pretend to be you. Who knows what they can do with your identify.

Viruses may occur if users are not using the Electronic Books like they are supposed to or they might have wander into sites that exposed them to viruses. Technical support will be needed.

Legal IssuesLegal IssuesLegal issues that might arises

with Electronic Books would be copyright issues. You would want to make sure that the publisher of the e-books did not break any copyright rules before purchasing the books for your students to read.

Funding & Financial Funding & Financial ConcernsConcerns To be able to implement Electronic Books in the classroom, we

need to purchase iPads. Each iPads cost $400. For each teacher to have one in their classroom, the school will have to put out $5,600 which covers 14 iPads. After purchasing the iPads, funds are needed to be put aside to buy Electronic books. An estimation of $2,000 will be needed to purchase 200 Electronic Books that will be shared throughout the whole school through the iPads. Funding for books are continuous.

It does not cost money to train teachers and administrators to use the iPads. Time will be needed to play around and see how it works.

A potential funding source that can be applied to support the implementation of the Electronic Books through the usage of the iPads would be the Conover Mobile Technology Grant. The purpose of this grant is to give individuals iPads to use to improve their ability to work independently.

Donor Chose is another potential funding source that lets donors have the opportunity to donate to a great cause of technology.

Professional Development & Professional Development & LearningLearningAfter receiving approval from the school to implement Electronic

Books to the school environment, the technology team will go forth to get funding for the devices and all equipments required. Afterwards, they will hold a Professional Learning Session to the staff and faculty at the school regarding Electronic Books.

-During the Electronic Books PLC, the technology team will: Introduce the purpose and reasons behind Electronic Books in

the school setting. Introduce the device, Apple iPad, that will be used to

implement Electronic Books into the classroom. Model/Show participants how to utilize the iPad. Model/Show how to download/locate/use the applications to

get the Electronic Books. Model/Show how to find different genres of Electronic Books. Model/Show how to incorporate Electronic Books into their

everyday routine. Answer any questions regarding the usage of Electronic Books

into the classroom before implementing it with the students.

ReflectionReflection When selecting Electronic Books as my emerging technology, I didn’t intend

on focusing it all on iPads. At first, I was referring to any smart devices that are capable of having the e-book software which includes the kindle and nook. The iPad is a tool that I normally use a lot to read all of my books on the go. After seeing and learning all new vocabulary words from the books that I’ve read from the usage of the built-in dictionary, it came into mind that students are able to learn the same way. My students often have to get up to use the classroom dictionary to look up the meaning of the words in the middle of their reading. My students are able to quickly look up the words without having to get out of their reading area. This shows that having an iPad as an Electronic Book in the classroom will be very beneficial.

When researching and evaluating, I didn’t realize there are so many limitations and challenges with Electronic Books. Of course, it didn’t help when I read about the legal and safety issues dealing with them either. I also learned that there are risks I have to take when implementing Electronic Books into the classroom. Before letting the class be exposed to Electronic Books, I, myself, have to understand the full potential and usage of the Electronic Books first.

This experience both improve and strengthen my professional practice because it lets me be expose to the emerging technology that are taking place in this world. If I want to help my students do better and do better, I need to get out of the box and explore the horizon because there’s so much out there that I can incorporate. I know there’s just so much out there that I can’t get to all at once. However, I’m gaining knowledge each day as I am expose myself to different technology aspect to further students’ education.