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Technology was influential in my childhood and early career, and thus on professional placement, I expected to see novel and innovative ways to engage students in learning via technology: this was not to be the case. I decided to investigate the barriers to integrating tablet computers into education and the educational value of integration. From conversations with teachers, it was apparent that the majority of them were indeed using tablet computers. They indicated that tablet computers were an important component of inquiry-based learning using a collaborative approach. From my observation of teachers’ use of tablet computers with students, it was apparent that they lacked the pedagogical expertise and appropriate applications to use the tools to full potential.
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May, D. (2019). Approaches to Teaching on the Tablet: Why Australian Public Schools Might not Be Rushing to Introduce Tablet Computing to Classrooms. In: Geng, G., Smith, P., Black, P., Budd, Y., Disney, L. (eds) Reflective Practice in Teaching. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9475-1_20
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