1. Emerging Educational Technology Research Project
ITEC 7445
Faheem Sabree Rasool

2. iPads In The Classroom Purpose
The purpose of using iPads in the classroom as an Emerging Technology if implemented in my school/district would decrease the budget by eliminating the purchase of textbooks for classrooms/subjects, thus eliminating storage and accountability. This technological advancement would make our district more competitive with other schools/districts.

3. Vision for Technology
iPads can be used to download textbooks for all subjects and eliminate the thousands of dollars spent on textbook purchase.

4. iPads Overview Vision
Technology in the schools should be engaging each student in an “Constructivist” method of Pedagogy that creates an environment for thinking, exploring, with social interactions with other students.

5. iPads In The Classroom Overview Vision
This Emerging Technology would allow the classrooms without computers for students to have assigned computers for the students to use to complete their assignments or work with the teacher.
The grade levels for all students K-12

6. iPads in the Classroom
“Students will now experience the most amazing textbooks they’ve ever read. They can flip through a book by sliding their finger along thumbnail images of the pages”
. If they don’t know the definition of a word, one tap takes them to a glossary or dictionary. No longer limited to a single picture. They can access a photo gallery .
A new kind of textbook. For a new kind of student.
or dive into an image with interactive captions. They can use a finger to rotate a 3D object to show a human brain from every angle, or have the answer spring to life in an interactive chapter review.

7. Strategy for teacher/Student Use.
Use in classrooms for daily class assignments can be pre-loaded on the computer for all courses taught
You will have access to the World library catalog free from
Major universities.
You will be able to use the Apps store to
Access multi-touch textbooks.
iBook's textbooks from the textbook section of the iBook store downloaded to iPads

8. Equipment You will need iPads for every teacher and students.
You will need a mechanism to lock the iPad to the individual desks for student daily use to prevent theft.
Video output cable
Video output cable so you can stream wirelessly to any HDTV or via Apple TV.

9. Technical Support
Technical support will come from the Apple team at CCSSD.
All of Apple computers are not vulnerable to viruses,therefore problems will be minimal.

10. Cost and Funding of Emerging Technology
Each iPad cost the consumer $499.00, the school will probably get a discount for purchases in bulk.
Funding could be Technology Grants
SPLOST funds
Corporate support.

11. Meeting Standards in The Classroom
Teaching Engineering Technology standards in the classroom will be met by each student using this device to access books,articles, relating to the GPS Focus standards ENGR-FET-2-5
GPS Academic standards SCSH 3-4
Where the student will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific data and equipment.

12. Meeting Standards in The Classroom
Students will have all of the information needed to complete an assignment within this device(iPad) they will be able to use high order thinking skills, they will be able to differentiate between students.
The emerging technolgy device would alow each student to communicate world wide with other students studying the same projects.

13. Research &Implementation
There are plenty of schools/districts around the country and in the U.S. that uses this technology in the classroom to assist and support the teacher in the classroom.
There will have to be a workshop/training session for all administration, teachers and faculty during the summer when school is out for everyone to be trained. There will be staf development credit.

14. Reflections of Emerging Technology
I really believe that the implementation of the iPad will be beneficial to the school and the district. I am just getting started with the research through Apple and its many avenues of research.
I am looking forward to its completion. I learned a lot about iPad and its capabilities .

15. Reference slide http://www.apple.com/education/ipad