By RYAN LYTLE, US News
Many of the issues teachers have faced using iPads in the classroom can be solved through proper training, notes Joel Backon, director of academic technology at Choate Rosemary Hall, a coeducational boarding and day school in Connecticut. Backon will be overseeing iPad training for teachers at The Choate School, and he says most teachers have found iPads to be less intimidating to use than laptops after spending time with the tablet device. Ultimately, the biggest adjustment for teachers will not be in understanding the functions of tablet devices but in incorporating them into their teaching styles, Backon notes. “Most teachers are accustomed to a teacher-centric classroom where the teacher is the center of the classroom and the giver of knowledge,” he says. “Now, the iPad allows us to put the responsibility of learning into the hands of the students.”
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