iPad experiment shows kindergarten students more focused when using technology

By John Kennedy, Journal Inquirer

The Learn 2014 iPad Initiative started with the intention of finding out if the Apple technology helped students, but it ended up helping teachers more. School Technology Director Kevin Lemoi said the difference between students who used iPads to learn and those who did not was not statistically significant, but the technology ended up helping with classroom management. According to Lemoi, 18 students in Diane Sirois’s morning kindergarten class at Center Road School and 11 in Elizabeth Larson’s morning kindergarten class at Maple Street School used the iPads for 15 minutes per day. He said they used 20 to 30 learning applications, and that the same lessons were given to those teachers’ afternoon classes, which did not use iPads.

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