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Q1: Why do I want to use tablets in class?
The main reason why I would like to introduce tablets in my classroom is basically to make my students become active learners. I would like them to use technology instead of me.
Tablets can help them personalise their learning paths and develop HOTS skills through collaborative tasks.
In the last three years I was fortunate enough to teach in another school where I could experiment a lot with technology in the classroom. I also attended some courses (including two by the EU Schoolnet Academy) on innovative teaching and learning scenarios.
This year we do not have much technology available at school and we do not use tablets as part of our daily routine. Nonetheless, because nearly all of my students constantly use What'sUp and other social media, I have decided that if "I cannot beat them" I will make friends with their smartphones (lol!). So we have started using my students' smartphones also for teaching and learning purposes in the classroom. Mobile devices in general are more flexible and offer inbuilt options like videocam recording, text-to-speech, Internet access, etc.
We have used smarphones in class for researching information, flipped classroom and in-class flipped learning through videos and websites, collaboratively tasks for creating content on Padlet, Edmodo and other apps as well as for tests, simulations, webquests, groupwork, video storytelling, QR Codes, etc.
If students are already familiar with these devices and use them as soon as they step out of school, why not then exploit their potential also in class?