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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 17, 2012
Damon Williams
Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Summary Sentence:
You’ve jumped on the tablet bandwagon and use your iPad for everything from checking email to perusing the latest news headlines. But have you ever thought of using it as a learning tool in your classes?
Full Summary:
You’ve jumped on the tablet bandwagon and use your iPad for everything from checking email to perusing the latest news headlines. But have you ever thought of using it as a learning tool in your classes?
Teaching with iPadsYou’ve jumped on the tablet bandwagon and use your iPad for everything from checking email to perusing the latest news headlines. But have you ever thought of using it as a learning tool in your classes?
“It was the size of the iPad that prompted me to start using it in class,” said Damon Williams, assistant director for education for the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL). “With iPads, you and your students don’t have to deal with using white boards any more. And using this type of technology enables you to do creative things in class like have students create quick presentations.”
Williams shared his experiences with using iPads in class at CETL’s teaching kickoff event in mid-August. He estimates that about 50 percent of students in his classes have an iPad or tablet, so he creates small groups for in-class activities around students who have one of the devices.
The technology especially lends itself nicely to business and science classes because certain apps allow students to easily create diagrams and presentations, according to Williams.
“And I’d encourage engineering and math professors to use iPads to slowly pull away from traditional lectures at the board and find ways to engage students in new ways,” he added.
Here are four must-have apps that Williams recommends for anyone interested in using iPads in their classes:
Each of these apps is fully functional on a second-generation iPad, which is what Williams has. However, if you have a first-generation (there are three versions of iPads), be aware that Williams has heard rumors that some apps and other display features don’t work properly on these older devices.
For more information, contact Williams.
