Jinling Middle School devaluation ipad teaching, innovation or gimmick?

Introduction: After successfully implementing the “Cloud Classroom” using ipad in Shanghai Luwan First Central Primary School in 2011, Nanjing Jinling Middle School also launched the relevant content of ipad teaching in the new China-US Class Admissions Consultation Conference: Jinling Middle School in September this year. The newly recruited students from the Chinese and American classes will use the iPad to teach in class. If the pilot is successful, they will consider that all students from Grade 1 to Grade 3 will be equipped with an iPad. This measure has not yet been implemented. There have been many discussions in various sectors of society. Ipad instead of traditional paper books teaching, in the end is good or bad, is the admission of students or real teaching innovation?

Jinling Middle School, Dr. Zhong Panmei, said: “There are many advantages to using the iPad as a medium of instruction for new media.” First, students can free their shoulders without having to carry heavy schoolbags every day; at the same time, because they cater to children’s tastes, Improve the students' enthusiasm and participation in the classroom, so that children take the initiative to learn; again, through the ipad to obtain a variety of software resources is more convenient, students can access more fields, learn more knowledge.

Despite this, the introduction of new things is always full of controversy, many parents have expressed that using ipad as e-education media, the current domestic development situation, is still in the exploratory period, there are still many potential hidden problems. For example, direct impact on the students' vision, high cost of ipad teaching popularization, compared with paper books, e-learning media maintenance costs and service life and so on.

Of course, many of these parents are most worried that their children will not use their ipad to play games and entertainment. Dr. Kwong specifically explained this: “Chinese and American students do not have any games on the iPad, and they have “masked” chat tools and social network clients through special settings. The teacher has full control over each iPad. Students cannot install games on their iPad without the permission of the teacher."

Ipad teaching from the presentation to the implementation and then recognition is a process that requires proof of practice. Similar to the computer teaching in our computer courses, ipad is not used today, and other electronic media will emerge in the future. This is also a trend in the development of teaching media. Xiao Bian personally thinks that the bold attempt to implement such an initiative is a challenge and an opportunity. Regardless of the general concerns of the general public, this type of action itself requires wisdom and courage, isn't it?