Get Deeper Learning with Tablets!

Conn, C. (2013). Get Deeper Learning With Tablets. Learning and Leading with Technology,41(2), 34-35. This article was very interesting, and discussed how a teacher used tablets to enhance and deepen the learning of the students in her class. The students in the class used live streaming websites to complete an extended observation of habitats of different animals living in the wild as well as captivity. With use of this technology, Conn discusses how excited the students were about the lesson, as well as how engaged they were. Aside from how effective the lesson proved to be within this first grade classroom, the article also discusses how efficient it was to have the means to utilize technologies in the classroom as opposed to taking the whole class to the lab every day. Getting Deeper Learning with Tablets is relevant because it allows us to see the importance as well as how effective lesson plans can be with the use of technology. Utilizing the resources and seeing that they have worked really well for others can help to effectively foster creative learning, and allow students to broaden their learning “outside” the four walls of their classrooms.