Well, I enjoy using tablets but it's my job to get the kids reading rather than get them addicted to the ipad.
I love tech but the culture here is anti tech with kids. I think that's with good reason as possibly we don't know how to handle screens properly yet... I guess education here being almost completely techless is better than western countries like the USA.
But I love tech and maybe they can sense that, which could be influencing them.
There are different problems though. For very young kids they find the interactive screen really interesting. For older kids they
seem to just not really absorb the information as effectively... but you're right, that could be my preconceptions seeping through. I mean, I guess to figure this out you'd need double blind experiments and everything.
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Originally Posted by barryem
As I read the OP's post I began to wonder if his/her distaste for teaching with tablets is coming through to the students and discouraging them. I'm certainly not a qualified teacher but I did work with VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools) teaching 3rd graders who hadn't learned to read yet, to read. That was long before tablets were invented. One thing I learned was that my enthusiasm was important.
Maybe I'm misreading the post or maybe the frustration expressed wasn't there while teaching but I think it's worth considering.
Barry
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