{"id":57261,"date":"2019-01-29T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/academia-group.ch\/ipads-for-learning-whats-the-buzz\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:57:48","slug":"ipads-for-learning-whats-the-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academia-group.ch\/en\/ipads-for-learning-whats-the-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"iPads for Learning \u2013 What\u2019s the Buzz?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the summer of 2017 Academia Bilingual School Basel embarked on a programme to enrich media and computer science in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Phase 1 saw a considered shift away from PCs to screens and individual iPads through grades 6-8.<\/p>\n

Phase 2, kindergarten and primary classes, were instigated in August 2018 following the pilot\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Naturally, a shift in methodology required a movement of thinking within our teaching team.<\/h3><\/div>

It was clear pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge were embedded in the professional skills of teachers, yet the goal of having technological knowledge on par with them required due consideration.<\/p>\n

Thus the T<\/strong>echnological, P<\/strong>edagogical a<\/strong>nd C<\/strong>ontent knowledge (TPAC) concept was commenced at academia International School Bilingual. Only with this level of understanding would we be able to transform our methodologies within the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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As Einstein coined, \u2018If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got\u2019.<\/h3><\/div>

As teachers are a reflective bunch, the following questions remain at the forefront of our work.<\/p>\n