Have you considered how the use of Apple technology could impact on teaching and learning? If you’ve not seen what is possible then you definately need to investigate.

I recently got my hands on an iPad and it’s had a significant impact on my teaching and students learning. There is just so much scope for this technology compared to anything that’s come before. I’m sure you heard the same story when tablet computers last made their way into schools, which was executed very poorly – the problem was this technology just wasn’t ready, or some would say just did not work as advertised.

Well here’s your solution – and it works! If you want to take full advantage you’ll also have to get yourself an Apple TV, a small box which plugs into a projector or TV that provides a wireless link to your iPad. When you have this set-up you can seamlessly stream what’s on yout iPad to the projection screen! Brilliant!

I’ve been playing around with this for a few weeks now and love it! Apart from that I can’t put the iPad down there’s so many things to explore and so many apps you could use in lessons. So far the use of an iPad has impacted my lessons in a number of ways:

• I can walk around the classroom and control what students see on the board
• I can set up my lesson ready to go (no need to log on and load up PowerPoints,  Websites, Videos, YouTube etc)
• I can access loads of Apps covering so many areas, I’m sure they’ll be more than a few Apps for you!
• I can more easily inject pace (I use a timer app to set off an alarm at set intervals letting me know I need to move on).
• I can record students feedback, thoughts, questions, work, ideas and then instantly stream them to the projector and share this with all students,

These are just a few ways in which I’ve used this technology so far, but I’m sure you’ll come up with many more once your get stuck in! I’d love to hear how you get on – so please leave comments!