ipads in the science classroom
Overview of Project:
Overview:
As a Noyce Master Teacher in the Streamline to Mastery Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I am working with doctoral student Ben Van Dusen and fellow Streamliner, Dr. MaryBeth Cheversia, to investigate the impact of tablet (iPad) technology within the urban secondary science classroom. Through equipment grants from the NSF and from our principal at Northglenn, I was able to purchase a class set of iPad2's in October 2011. Since then, we've been exploring science through technology and technology through science! One of our goals is to evaluate the impact of tablet technology on understanding and opinions toward science. Our classes now use iPads for a variety of work, ranging from completing daily warm-ups on Edmodo, to creating screencasts on Explain Everything, and using Vernier's video analysis to derive kinematics equations.
2013 AAPT & Noyce Poster Abstract:
With the explosion of tablet technology and e-Resources available to students
who are digital natives, it is vital that teachers develop strategies for purposefully incorporating these resources into the learning experience. In this study, iPads were utilized as tools for students to teach, create, synthesize and apply ideas in a physics classroom. This research investigated the impact of a 1:1 iPad environment on student achievement, engagement, agency, and attitude toward science in an urban science classroom. Students who utilized iPads to create teaching tools, such as screencasts, animations and other digital models, report an increased sense of pride in their product and confidence in their understanding of the content material. Ongoing investigations are being conducted to determine whether student achievement is consistent with student perception of content mastery. Project was partially funded by NSF grant # DUE
934921 and Northglenn High School, Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
As a Noyce Master Teacher in the Streamline to Mastery Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I am working with doctoral student Ben Van Dusen and fellow Streamliner, Dr. MaryBeth Cheversia, to investigate the impact of tablet (iPad) technology within the urban secondary science classroom. Through equipment grants from the NSF and from our principal at Northglenn, I was able to purchase a class set of iPad2's in October 2011. Since then, we've been exploring science through technology and technology through science! One of our goals is to evaluate the impact of tablet technology on understanding and opinions toward science. Our classes now use iPads for a variety of work, ranging from completing daily warm-ups on Edmodo, to creating screencasts on Explain Everything, and using Vernier's video analysis to derive kinematics equations.
2013 AAPT & Noyce Poster Abstract:
With the explosion of tablet technology and e-Resources available to students
who are digital natives, it is vital that teachers develop strategies for purposefully incorporating these resources into the learning experience. In this study, iPads were utilized as tools for students to teach, create, synthesize and apply ideas in a physics classroom. This research investigated the impact of a 1:1 iPad environment on student achievement, engagement, agency, and attitude toward science in an urban science classroom. Students who utilized iPads to create teaching tools, such as screencasts, animations and other digital models, report an increased sense of pride in their product and confidence in their understanding of the content material. Ongoing investigations are being conducted to determine whether student achievement is consistent with student perception of content mastery. Project was partially funded by NSF grant # DUE
934921 and Northglenn High School, Adams 12 Five Star Schools.