Fabulous Tablets in your Library

Heather Moorefield-Lang

A Little Tablet History

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Rosetta Stone

Okay that may be too old

The Telautograph

Patented in 1888, the telautograph, is considered the precursor to the fax machine and to the modern tablet computer.

The machine uses an electrical stylus-type device to create handwritten messages that can be sent from one station to another.

The Dynabook

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Conceptualized by computerscientist Alan Kay in 1968, the Dynabook was intended to be an educational tool to be used by children.

Interestingly, Kay, who is involved with One Laptop per Child, has inspired the development of an under-$100 OLPC tablet, the XO-3:

Visit One Laptop per Child for more information: one.laptop.org

The Apple Bashful

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In 1983, Apple dreamed up the Bashful, an early tablet-like computer that never made it to the market.

The photos of these prototypes were only revealed in 2011, after Apple’s actual success with a tablet product!

The GRiDPad

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In 1988, the GRiDPad was released. The touchscreen worked on a handwriting-recognition system that was used in Palm devices. Palm Computing was later founded by the GRiDPad’s creator, Jeff Hawkins.

A GRiDPad cost $2,370, and was mainly used by professionals in healthcare and law enforcement.

The Apple Newton

The Apple Newton , although it may look like a precursor to the iPad, was actually one of the first personal digital assistants (PDA) on the market. That term—personal digital assistant—was actually coined by Apple’s CEO (at the time) John Sculley.

The Apple Newton was 4.5 X 7 in., and weighed nearly a pound.

The MS Tablet PC

The MS Tablet PC, like the one pictured here, started shipping in 2002. This is the image that many think of when they hear the term “tablet computer.” Really, it’s simply a laptop with a swivel screen.

These machines ran Windows XP Tablet PC edition, and included pen-enabled, handwriting-enabled, and speech-enabled applications.

The iPad

2010: Steve Jobs unveils the new “touchscreen tablet” that renews the way that consumers view and use “tablet” computers.

While the first generation iPad had a few issues--no camera and no multitasking--the iPad re-envisioned personal computing, and led to the boom in touchscreen tablets that we currently see. Image from apple.com

Now Lets Talk about Your Tablets

So You’ve Decided to Manage Tablets?

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Or

Your County Has Purchased Tablets and you get to Manage Them!

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Common Questions Asked

• How do I circulate? • How long? • To whom?• Do I circulate them

separately?• Do they circulate as a

class set?• Do they stay in house?• Can they leave the

building?

• What should I circulate? • Which apps should be

standard? • Do I allow

students/teachers to download their apps?

• Do I make them wi-fi accessible?

• Do I lock them down?

At What Level Am I Using the Technology?

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Case Studies

iPad and QR Barcode Library Tour

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

VTNewman Library

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• Ten iPads that can be checked out at the library circulation desk for library tours

• Students can use library iPads or their own handheld devices• Screencasts on each section of the library • Numbered QR Barcodes linked to screencasts• Barcodes are scannable • iPad scans code and tells student about that part of the library• Beautiful in its simplicity

Tours

• Tours are so popular that faculty/library led tours that were offered up until last year have now been cancelled

• Students now take these tours instead• 2,000 tours taken in Fall, 2012 alone

So this is just one example using QR and other types of Scan-able

Codes

4D Anatomy

TouchCast

School Library:

Montlieu Academy of TechnologyHigh Point, NC

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• Montlieu: Given half million dollars for all of their students, approximately 430 students, to have an iPad. There is additional funding for following years.

• They stay at school. But in 2012 4th and 5th were able to take them home.

• Teachers each got an iPad and a Mac Book Pro as well as a cart for charging. Received technology during the summer to train

• Tech Person hired full time for training and trouble shooting

Grant

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• Facetime to read books from another room

• Facetime to speak to class when teacher is not at school that day

• Digital pen pals using Facetime with other schools across the country or world

• Letters Learning for Letters

• Doodle Buddy for letters• Take screenshots of

work to show parents for parent/teacher conferences

Examples of Use in Classrooms

• Staff meet every quarter and share apps. Have to “sell” your app. The best apps get purchased for the educators.

• Teacher Pal App: Seating arrangements, picture of the child, information on each child. Very useful for substitutes.

• Differentiated instruction for the children. 21st Century learning skills and Technology skills for the teachers.

Professional Development For Teachers

A Few other Apps….

Class Dojo

Nearpod

Electric Slide

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Photo courtesy of Place it by Breezi and AASL Best Apps

Circulating iPads

Liberty Middle SchoolAshland, Virginia

• 12 iPads that stay in the library for teacher circulation

• Two rolling carts with 30 iPads each for classroom use

• One cart stays complete with 30 while the other cart can be broken up for smaller groups and classes.

• Librarian has an online reserve system• Every iPad has a barcode for circulation stats• Tablets are due on the 15th and 30th of the

month regardless of checkout date• Teacher check out only at this time• Student can use “blue tickets” for in-class use

of iPads. Students collect these at school through a behavior incentive

What is Happening in Your Library?

Questions for Later

• Heather Moorefield-Lang• hmlang@vt.edu• @actinginthelib

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