TABLETS IN

OUR
CLASSROOMS
AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGICAL
RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS
BY: ZORAYDA BECERRA
EDU 214
-WHAT IS A TABLET?-
ACCORDING TO WWW.TECHOPEDIA.COM : A TABLET IS A WIRELESS TOUCH SCREEN PERSONAL COMPUTER
(PC) THAT IS SMALLER THAN A NOTEBOOK BUT LARGER THAN A SMARTPHONE. MODERN TABLETS ARE
BUILT WITH WIRELESS INTERNET OR LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN) AND A VARIETY OF SOFTWARE
APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, WEB BROWSERS AND GAMES.

Students use tablets daily for various reasons. Depending

-How it is used by students-
on the individual teacher, students may use tablets for
different amounts of times. Students can access learning
platforms such as Canvas. Check emails and video
conferences. Educational apps can be assigned for a
learning assignment. Students can take notes, create
presentations, or work on group activities while logged in
to their tablets. As technology develops, so do the ways a
tablet is used in a classroom.
PROS

Can be used anywhere and at anytime

Facilitates personalized learning
Reasonable cost for schools
Touchscreen allows young students to use
Educational apps
Prepares students for the future
Encourages learning
 Students may be
Teachers may have distracted by other
limited experience applications during
lectures

CONS Eye strains and Higher excuses for

headaches due to not completing
constant screen time assignments
USING TABLETS IN THE
CLASSROOM

Technological issues
such as freezing or Expensive to repair
lagging
 TABLETS USED IN CLASSROOMS:
* APPLE
Links
* SAMSUNG
* MICROSOFT

Videos on students using tablets in the classroom

PHOTOS OF
TECHNOLOGY

• THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

TABLETS UTILIZED BY STUDENTS. THE
MOST COMMON IS THE APPLE IPAD
(SHOWN). THIS TABLET IS USER
FRIENDLY. PRE-K STUDENTS THROUGH
COLLEGE STUDENTS USE THIS TABLET
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
WORKS CITED OF ARTICLES

• SHADIEV, R., ZHANG, Z. H., WU, T.-T., & HUANG, Y. M.

(2020). REVIEW OF STUDIES ON RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS USED TO
ASSIST LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION. EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY, 23(4), 59–74.
• DOVIGO, F. (2021). THE ROLE OF TEACHERS' ATTITUDE
TOWARDS THE USE OF THE TABLET IN THE FIRST-GRADE
ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT USING
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,
17(3), 234-248.
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