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The first iPad was announced on January 27th,2010. Even though it was announced to the world in 2010, this communication technology was created before the iPhone, even though the iPhone was developed and released before the iPad. It is rumoured that the development, operating system, and planned release of the iPad began in 2002, before its introduction to the world in 2010 (Wikipedia). Historically and culturally, the iPad brought together a communication technology that is in between a smartphone and laptop. Apple has kept improving the software and adding new features year after year. The newer version of iPad, called iPad Pro has become almost as versatile as the MacBook. As Steve Jobs mentioned in 1983, the goal of creating the iPad was “to put an incredibly great computer in a book that you can carry around with you and learn how to use in 20 minutes ... and we really want to do it with a radio link in it so you don't have to hook up to anything and you're in communication with all of these larger databases and other computers" (Wikipedia).
Ever since its launch, the iPad has become more versatile. When the first iPad launched, it was capable of most of the everyday tasks you use your laptop or desktop PC to do. (Nations, 2020). This shows what it was/can still be used for.
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In 2023, Apple has created 4 different iPad models. There is the iPad , iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. The iPad provides the users with creative versatility to perform a multitude of tasks. If you purchase the Apple Magic Keyboard, it is a portable MacBook, with a camera that can shoot 4K videos and take stunning photos (Polanco,2022). With the evolution of the iPad, academic institutions around the world have started implementing the iPad into educational practices. This article will show how the iPad has become an academic learning tool which has helped educational institutions around the world increase student engagement, reading and writing skills with the use of the iPad. Technologies have completely transformed education systems, and the expectations the public has in regard to the education system. (Karsenti &Fievez, 2013). Research 10 years ago showed how the iPad “increased motivation, facilitated access to management and sharing of information, fosters student learning and performance, allows a wide range of teaching strategies, fosters individualized learning, improves the reading experience, encourages communication and collaboration between students, it is portable, nurtures students’ creativity, and facilitates learning how to write (Karsenti &Fievez, 2013, p.6)”.
When applied in education, the data shows how the iPad has helped students learn, improve, and succeed in reaching their academic goals in reading and writing. In the 2014-2015 school year, 87% of students in K-grade 8 at the Cathedral School in Portland Oregon performed at or above grade level in reading (Apple, 2018). At Montlieu Academy of Technology in North Carolina, “Five years after implementing their one-to-one iPad program, this Title 1 school reports growth in test scores in all core subjects. The use of iPad has transformed the way the students learn and in the most recent year, their academic achievement has improved by 44.9 percent in reading and over 55 percent in math and science.” (Apple, 2018, p.5)
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In 2012, The Victoria Department of Education conducted a trial of 700 iPad devices in primary and highschool schools. The results indicated that 83% of primary teachers reported improved literacy outcomes, and 67% of special education teachers also reported improved literacy outcomes (Apple,2018). Another fascinating iPad development in regard to reading was at the Valencia Park Elementary School in California. All the classrooms had implemented a one-to-one iPad program. This elementary school is well known in the USA to use Apple technology to transform learning, teaching, and their community. “For most second graders, the average expected words per minute reading fluency rate increase is one word per week. Yet, over the course of 8.4 weeks, Valencia Park reports that second grade students participating in the Young Scholars Program, where they used iPad in the classroom, increased their reading fluency rate by 4.6 words per week. Because of this success, they have expanded the Young Scholars program to include a VIP take-home-pad-program for fifth and sixth grades” (Apple,2018,p.10).
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Another study which showed the noticeable impact the iPad has had on reading in schools is the one from Escondido Union School District in California. In the last 8 years, the institution has reported a huge increase in student achievement in regard to reading comprehension. “With two different iPad implementations across their district—100+ classes with shared iPad and 150+ classrooms with a one-to- one model—Escondido observed that students in the district’s first one-to-one mobile device classroom made nearly two years (one year and eight months) of progress in reading comprehension in just six months, while a comparative classroom showed just two and a half months’ growth in reading comprehension in six months.” (Apple,2018,p.11)
In 2011, Dingtuna skola in Sweden implemented a one-to-one iPad pilot program. Their results showed that students learned to read faster and handle larger amounts of text with the use of the iPad. This helped improve their overall reading comprehension (Apple,2018). 3 years after their iPad implementation, 98% of year 4 students passed the national reading comprehension test. (Apple,2018).
"We are so proud of what we’ve achieved with iPad—and now we can help others to be successful too.”
Anna-Karin Florén Ström, Educator
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Another great and important example of the use of iPad in education was by the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division in Canada. This school division provides students with rooted indigenous learning models. They implemented the application called “Help me Tell my Story” assessment app on the iPad. This helped provide a new way to measure “early learning success and real change in the oral language development of children across the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division” (Apple,2018,p.22). Four years after launching the app (2014-2015 school year), they measured the impact the application had by correlating data with report cards at the end of the school year. The results showed massive improvements for the students who participated in the “Help me tell my Story” program compared to the students that didn’t complete the program. There was an “increase in reading behaviours and skills, including comprehension, fluency, and listening. The Help Me Tell My Story app has been used in more than 125 schools across Saskatchewan, reaching more than 4000 children.” (Apple,2018, p.22).
The integration of the iPad has had a positive impact on education and literacy. From preschool to college level, reports from institutions globally suggest that students who use iPads find that it increases their motivation and engagement when learning. The reports also suggest a decrease in disciplinary issues and dropout rates. (Apple,2020).
Below are a few examples of iPad applications that have been used and shown to improve reading and literacy :
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Learning with iPad has seen students around the world thrive when learning about literacy, reading and writing skills. The impact this communication technology has had on literacy and education cannot go unnoticed. The iPad has helped students transition from the traditional learning to a more innovative way of being educated with technology. For instance, 20 years ago books, stickers, colourful books would provide enough to keep students focused and motivated. Now things have changed. Students have evolved with this technology and are not fully inclined to learn in the traditional setting (Al-Bogami & Elyas, 2020). “Outdated and traditional teaching methods have been cited as one of the most important reasons that have contributed to students’ low levels of performance and loss of interest in EFL classes” (Al-Bogami & Elyas, 2020, p.1). Integrating the iPad in education provides an innovative approach that meet students’ needs while enhancing engagement, improving their educational experience, and making them reach their academic goals. The iPad has become a tool that is widely available for households and has started to be implemented into education (Al-Bogami & Elyas, 2020). As educators have started implementing the iPad into their curriculum, encouraging results have been reported. There was a positive correlation between the use of the iPad in the educational setting and an improvement in literacy skills, academic goals, reading and writing skills (Al-Bogami & Elyas, 2020). “95% of students indicated that the use of the iPad in class facilitated their reading and vocabulary learning, while two thirds of the students showed a strong agreement (80%), stating that the iPad was easy to use, particularly in enabling them to create their own content. Similarly, the majority of students (80%) commented that reading comprehension passages on the iPad was easier than using the traditional (print) textbook in com- parison to approximately 15% who showed a preference for reading from the traditional textbook” (Al-Bogami & Elyas, 2020, p.6).
Below are different ways and learning activities in which students can use the iPad to target their literacy skills:
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References
Al-Bogami, B., & Elyas, T. (2020). Promoting middle school students’ engagement through incorporating iPad apps in EFL/ESL Classes. SAGE Open, 10(2), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020926570
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Karsenti, T., & Fever, A. (2013). The iPad in Education: uses, benefits, and challenges .
Nations, D. (2020, December 31). Find new uses for your venerable (but still-functional) ipad. Lifewire. Retrieved April 6, 2023, from https://www.lifewire.com/uses-1st-generation-ipad-1994359#:~:text=Apple%20stopped%20supporting%20the%20original,for%20your%201st-generation%20iPad.
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