iPads in Education

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Technology and  the Modern School Library

If you were building a new school today, would you build a library and if so, in what ways would it be different from the traditional school library?

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Collecting Student Work in an iPad Classroom

Started by Sam Gliksman in Tips, Tricks & Suggestions. Last reply by Sam Gliksman on Sunday. 9 Replies

There are many ways to go about collecting work from students but this is one method that works very effectively.** Submitting work with a Printopia Virtual PrinterIf you haven't checked out the blog post on Printopia, it's worth a read. …Continue

iPad workflow?

Started by Cheryl Colpoys in iPad Device Management. Last reply by Randy Rivers on Sunday. 7 Replies

We have started using the iPads 1:1 in our 4th grade. One things we are looking for is a good way to have students store work in the cloud as well as hand work in to teachers (and for teachers to send things back after they have made comments and…Continue

iPads in the School Library

Started by Sam Gliksman in General. Last reply by Randy Rivers on Thursday. 1 Reply

How are iPads and technology changing the role of your school library? If you were building a new school today, would you build a library and if so, in what ways would it be different from the traditional school library?Add your comments to the…Continue

iPads in Math and Science

Started by Sam Gliksman in General. Last reply by Greg Port on Thursday. 8 Replies

I thought it may be interesting to start a discussion around some of the more innovative learning activities occurring with mobile technology in Math and Science. If you're doing anything interesting - or know of anyone else that's doing anything…Continue

Instructional Leader Spain Park High School Hoover City Schools

Started by Cheryl Morrow in General. Last reply by Sam Gliksman Jun 7. 1 Reply

Has your school administered an assessment that seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of using iPads in the classroom?  If so, what did the data reveal?  What questions did you present and what stakeholders (teachers, students, parents) responded to…Continue

Itunes account for just free apps on devices already managed by Apple Config tool

Started by JW in iPad Device Management. Last reply by Sam Gliksman May 8. 1 Reply

We have several carts of Ipads for the Math classrooms. They are managed by the Apple Config tool with an itunes account.The teachers want to put free apps on and are asking to have a seperate iTunes account just for them to put free apps on.I am…Continue

Teachers Sharing: iPads and High School Social Studies

Started by Andrea B in General. Last reply by Andrea B Apr 22. 2 Replies

Looking for an iPad-integrating high school SS teacher(s) who'd be interested in sharing how their classrooms and practice have shifted since including the devices. Share would be through Go-to Meeting or something of the like on Tuesday, April…Continue

School iPad Implementation Survey

Started by Mike Guerena in General. Last reply by Haol Yao Apr 17. 1 Reply

I have created a survey that will allow all the different schools/districts using iPads in their schools to share information amongst each other on a variety of different aspects. These include MDM, security, charging, professional development, and…Continue

Volume purchasing program and Apple config tool

Started by JW in General. Last reply by Daniel Atha Mar 22. 1 Reply

New to the Apple Config tool and using it to push our purchases from the Volume Purchasing site.I have 3 different schools with 70 ipads total. They want about 10 different apps (70 of each) but at different schools.The Config tools are set up at…Continue

Charging Cart / Windows

Started by Jill Benoit in iPad Device Management. Last reply by Daniel Atha Mar 22. 2 Replies

HiI have 20 ipads with an Anthro charging cart.  I am going to manage them with a windows based computer.  Has anyone had any experience with that.?  Also, I am going to go ahead  and charge and add apps with the 20 i have.  I will be getting…Continue

 
 
 

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