Presentation for the American Association of School Librarians national conference, 2013. Case studies of tablet computers in your libraries and classrooms.

1. Fabulous Tablets in your Library
Heather Moorefield-Lang

2. A Little Tablet History

3. Image Courtesy of www.ancientegypt.co.uk
Rosetta
Stone

4. Okay that may be too old

5. 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.

6. The Dynabook
Image from edibleapple.com
Conceptualized by computer
scientist 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

7. The Apple Bashful
Image from technabob.com
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!

8. The GRiDPad
Image from thetechcentral.com
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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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

12. Now Lets Talk about Your Tablets

13. So You’ve Decided to Manage Tablets?
Photo courtesy of stock.exchange.com

14. Or

15. Your County Has Purchased Tablets
and you get to Manage Them!
Photo Courtesy of istockphoto.com

16. 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?

17. At What Level Am I Using the
Technology?
Image courtesy of hipassus.com, Ruben R. Puentedura's Weblog

18. Case Studies

19. iPad and QR Barcode Library Tour
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

20. VT
Newman Library
Image courtesy of lib.vt.edu

21. • 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

24. • 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

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

27. 4D Anatomy

28. TouchCast

29. School Library:
Montlieu Academy of Technology
High Point, NC

30. Image courtesy of Montlieu Academy of Technology

31. • 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

32. Image courtesy of Montlieu Academy of Technology

33. • 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

34. • 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

35. A Few other Apps….

36. Class Dojo

37. Nearpod

39. Electric Slide

40. Courtesy of http://www.schrockguide.net

41. Photo courtesy of Place it by Breezi and AASL Best Apps

42. Photo courtesy of Place it by Breezi and AASL Best Apps

43. Circulating iPads
Liberty Middle School
Ashland, Virginia

44. • 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.

45. • 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

46. What is Happening in Your
Library?

47. Questions for Later
• Heather Moorefield-Lang
• hmlang@vt.edu
• @actinginthelib

48. Don’t Forget your Apps
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