All Blog Posts Tagged 'ipads' (9)

This is copied from my new blog.

schoolipads.wordpress.com

I have just started my blogging of my school and how I manage the iPads but I plan to try and cover it all. So, check there if you don't see more from me here.

Ok, this is a good one. My school is already setup with a printer in every classroom. They are not AirPrint ready but they are networked or connected to a computer on the…

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Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered. -Marvin Bower

I posted here recently my students’ reading scores.  Obviously, we are excited about them.  Student achievement and closing the achievement gap is our top priority.  School-wide, our MAP (Measurement of Academic Progress) scores are up.  

What other positive things are we seeing…

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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in new eyes.” -Marcel Proust

A recent conversation between 2 of my students went something like this:

“I saw a python in my yard over spring break.”

“No way! Pythons don’t live here.”

“Yeah huh I really did. I bet you $10.  Have you ever seen one?”

“No. Only on tv.”

“Dude, come look on my iPad. I will show you one.”

At that point,…

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Sorry, this isn't a blog post about boating in the beautiful Charleston area. The anchors I'm referring to are anchor charts.  

Anchor charts are valuable visual support tools to assist students in learning new concepts.  Teachers and students may refer to them all throughout the year.  When we are working on new content in our Reading and Writing Workshop mini lessons, anchor…

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Our school has recently made the leap to provide not only iPads as an available technology to classes, like the laptop carts and desktops in labs, we have also committed to giving out iPads to students as they arrive in the 9th grade year.....

As I am digging for content and apps that fully utilize the adoption of the new technology, I can't help but think of the 'geeks' that will blaze new trails in the use of the device.  Why the geeks?  Geeks are celebrated for not only learning…

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I work with a lot of school leaders who are really getting on board with iPads. Many of them like the notion of not having to lug around a full laptop to do things like attend meetings, observe teachers via 'walkthroughs,' have access to quick student data while visiting classrooms and so on. I've put together a wiki at http://ipadbackpack.wikispaces.com. The goal of the wiki page is to have a place for school leaders,…

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I have an honors section of my Tech class in the College of Education at Kansas State. Each student has an iPad and we are exploring ideas of how they are useful and could be used in education. Each student in the class has a blog and we are collecting resources too.



Check us out at http://cyndidannerkuhn.info click the the link to iPad Resources. I will also be showing this site to my class Wed and… Continue

One of our school division goals is to make laptops/netbooks/computers accessible to grade 9-12 students on a 1-1 basis.



At our annual planning day, our staff felt that we needed to focus on the K-8 area as well, because technology is typically not as available to them. We considered both ipads and netbooks.



After speaking to our technology resource director, he suggested that we consider piloting a pod of ipads/netbooks in the classroom. As a result, I spent a fair… Continue