EdReNe Seminar – Oct. 26-27 2011
EduTablettes
R&D project on the uses of tablets in
K-12 education
Mônica Macedo-Rouet
Jean-Michel Perron
Agence nationale des usages des TICE
CNDP
Tablets
A new and emergent technology.
A growing market : 17 millions in 2010 >>> 69 millions in
2011 (Gartner Consulting 11) ; 30 tab >>>> 100 under dev 2011
Little is known about its uses in K-12 education…
What the research says
First classroom experiments in France : 2010-11.
National initiatives (French MoE website)
Example
http://www.cndp.fr/agence-usages-tice/temoignages/utilisation-detablettes-tactiles-en-primaire-1184.htm
EduTablettes project
EduPad – CNDP/CDDP – CG 19 – Cité des savoirs
Sept 2012
Sept 2013
EduTablettes
Development and use of applications : iTooch
Curriculum
compatible,
6th-9th grades,
French,
English, Math,
History,
Geography,
Biology
Project goals
1
Test new models of content generation
(user generated). Introduce changes in
the production, diffusion and marketing of
educational contents.
Project goals
2
Determine the impact of the uses of
tablets and drill activities in the
context of a virtuous circle
involving students, teachers and
parents via social networking or
other modes of interrelation.
Project goals
3
Gain a better understanding of users’ (pupils) behavior
and determine the factors that influence efficient use,
in the classroom as well as outside school.
Expected results
Gain insight on the actual uses of tablets in
education
Develop meaningful educational applications for
tablets
Gain expertise in R&D projects involving
partners from different backgrounds
Build up new publishing models in education