Bitefile Tablets and Education

Tablets can be a fruitful education tool for education. Specifically, tablets are useful because:

kids quickly learn how to use a tablet;
tablets enhance kids’ engagement during reading and math classes;
tablets make learning more attractive and easier for kids;
tablets make working together on assignments easier for students;
e-books on tablets and traditional print books are equally effective for learning.

Kids learn real life problem-solving skills using tablets.
Preschoolers (3-5 y/o) improve their literacy skills, such as better letter sound knowledge and name writing skills, when they have access to tablets at home.
Kids (4-6 y/o) improve their vocabulary when their parents read to them from interactive e-books on tablets.
However, the amount of time that kids spend on a tablet is no indication for better literacy skills.
High school students are more positive, learn better and more about the educational content when they use an e-book.

For the tablet to be a successful education tool in the classroom, it is important:

to use applications that trigger kids’ imagination and creativity;
to link the interactive elements in e-books directly to the storyline. Otherwise, the interactivity can be a distraction to kids;
to give definitions of difficult words in e-books, as this will improve kids’ vocabulary even more;
that schools and teachers plan the use of iPads in the class thoroughly, as sometimes it can also be a distraction to the lessons.