{"id":757,"date":"2012-08-16T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.efrontlearning.net\/?p=757"},"modified":"2016-05-06T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:45:52","slug":"study-finds-benefits-in-use-of-ipad-as-an-educational-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/study-finds-benefits-in-use-of-ipad-as-an-educational-tool.html","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Benefits in Use of iPad as an Educational Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following is an excerpt from an article published on Emerging Tech<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The study looks at the use of iPads at the\u00a0Longfield Academy<\/a>, where a large scale 1 to 1 iPad program was implemented last year. A brief overview of this groundbreaking study is provided below:<\/p>\n

Longfield Academy in Kent, England is a recently built school covering years 7 through 13 (ages 11 to 18). Over 800 students (the vast majority of students at the Academy) had or were issued iPads, across the full spectrum of grade levels (although not everyone had one, apparently a small percentage of students used other devices).<\/p>\n

The study used surveys to assess the impact of iPad use on motivation, quality of work, achievement, collaboration, and other factors.<\/p>\n

Among the findings:<\/p>\n