Using iPads

As someone who has used iPads in a lesson this term, I would be grateful if you could spend a few minutes giving some feedback on your experiences.

If you've had dramatically different experiences with different year groups or subject areas, please feel free to submit a second questionnaire.

* What subject(s) have you used iPads in?

Art

Computing

Drama

DT

Engineering

English

French

Geography

German

History

Humanities

Italian

Life Skills/E4L

Maths

Music

PE

PSE

RE

Science

Spanish

* What year group(s) have you used the iPads with?

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

* How were the iPads incorporated into your scheme of work and lessons?

This was a new topic to utilise the the features offered by the iPads

This was an amended topic, modified to use the iPads because I had identified an opportunity where they could enhance the learning

This was a trial, to see if the iPads could add to the learning experience

This was an unplanned experiment, they were free so I thought I'd give them a try.

* How were the iPads received by the students in the lesson?

Casually, with little interest

Some interest, but not as much as you had expected

Enthusiastically

With uncontrollable excitement

* And how well did the students work with the iPads?

Apprehensively, not sure what to do with them or how to do it

Foolishly, spending a lot of time playing around on it

Confidently, diving straight in and seeing what they could do on it

Sensibly, a mature approach seeing them as a valuable tool for their learning, using only apps or internet access for the purposes intended

* Thinking about the whole class, what was the impact of the iPad use on the learning?

Little difference, could have done as much/well without them

Some improvement, they certainly got more out the topic by using them

Big difference, understanding was much greater, they really help embed the learning

Huge difference, the iPads really helped reinforce the learning of the topic, why didn't I use them earlier!

* Thinking about the vulnerable groups in your class (PP, EAL, SEN, etc), do you think the use of the iPads for this topic enhanced their learning?

A little, but could probably have managed without them

Yes, they provided an alternative approach to the learning which was useful for some

Yes, they provided a form of learning that I haven't been able to utilise before

Absolutely, there hasn't been this much learning and understanding before

* Did the use of the iPads make the students more independent?

No, I had to constantly tell them what to do

Pretty much, with only occasional pointers in what to do

Yes, once I'd pointed them in the right direction

Completely, I didn't have to tell them what to do

* What were the students mainly using on the iPads?

Accessing the internet

Using the apps

* How confident did you feel at using the iPads in the lesson?

I was somewhat apprehensive and hoped everything would be OK

I knew enough to not have to worry. If things had gone wrong then one of the students would have known what to do

I was confident about using them, and could sort out any problems that came up

Did you have any problems using the iPads in the lesson?

* Will you continue use iPads in your lessons?

Probably not

Yes, on an infrequent basis

Yes, regularly

Absolutely, I could happily teach most of my subject using them

If you are a subject Leader and have not already modified your schemes of work to utilise the iPads, will you now do so?

No, my subject doesn't lend itself to using the iPads

No, I don't see them as being that important to the learning we do

Possibly, I can see potential but need to investigate further

Yes, they have demonstrated a gap and I can see how to usefully bring them in to the learning we do

Are there any specific apps that you would like added to the ipads?

Do you have any other comments?