Sharing insight on how technology can truly impact learning

This Spring I had the opportunity to work with the amazing Kristi Zoerhof and her first graders at Bentheim Elementary School. Through Sony's Education Ambassador program, I was afforded the chance to develop a case study where we would see how big of an impact we could make on teaching and learning with the company's Xperia tablet over the course of three weeks.

It was a whirlwind of an experience, but a great one. I recently completed a blog post at Sony's EducationAmbassador.com detailing the case study, how we followed the SAMR progression, and  complete with a video that offers not only the kids' reflections but Kristi's as well.

A Case Study: Great Teaching And The Sony Xperia Tablet Impact First Grade Learning

The Road to Redefinition: Teaching with iPads and Android mobile devices

The Road to Redefinition: Overcoming the impossible by teaching with iPads and Android mobile devices

The SAMR model describes the progression educators make with technology from simply "substituting" analog tasks with digital tasks to "redefinition" which entails changing teaching and learning to the degree results were inconceivable before the invention of the technology. Investigate the progression and explore practical examples of how real teachers are accomplishing this with iPads and other Android devices.

Below are my presentation slides. I will be presenting this on Wednesday July 24 at Learning in Disguise in East Grand Rapids, MI and then again on August 22 at the St. Clair RESA 21st Century Symposium in Marysville, MI.

The Road to Redefinition: Overcoming the Impossible by Teaching with iPads from mrlosik

Sony Education: First Grade Xperia Tablet Case Study: Lite version - Extended version