The+Benefits

=The Benefits - how do we know this makes a difference?=


 * Improvements in student achievement** in writing were reported in t[|his article in the Aucklander] at Point England School using Google Apps and BYOD "r esults from 2011 show improvements in students' writing were up to six times above expectations. Pasifika students achieved up to seven times the expectations and Maori students up to eight times the expected shift." "It [technology] enables the teacher to focus on the direct instructions, then the children to go away into a rich environment and keep working. So we're getting a substantially increased improvement in reading, writing and maths."

= Research on the impact on achievement using computers = John Hattie’s analysis of things learning and achievement in schools says the use of computers does not have a huge impact on achievement. Studies in which the use of computers showed a positive impact had these pre-requisites:
 * a) Diversity of teaching strategies
 * b) Pre-training in the use of computers as a teaching and learning tool
 * c) Multiple opportunities for learning
 * d) The student, not the teacher is in “control” of learning
 * e) Peer learning is optimised
 * f) Feedback is optimised

These describe effective pedagogy for teaching and learning. e-learning and apps are merely one tool for teachers, not the only or even the most important tool.


 * Hattie, J., (2009). //Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analysis relating to achievement//. Routledge

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