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Digital | Lessons from a one-to-one iPad program

During the session, Carl Hooker, West Lake’s instructional technology director, explained how the school went about adopting a one-to-one iPad program for its 1600 students. He admitted that his teachers didn’t have enough time to be trained on how best to use the iPads, as they only got them a few weeks before the school year, and that some teachers have been slower to incorporate them into their lessons. “It’s hard for some because it’s giving up control of the classroom to the kids in a lot of ways,” Hooker says. Training at West Lake takes place at “Lunch Learns” and “Appy Hours,” where teachers can learn about one or two new apps at a time. They have set up a “Juice Bar,” where teachers and students with questions about or problems with their iPads can receive help. Hooker says one of the biggest challenges is not to use iPads simply as substitutes for analog notebooks and textbooks, as he said they often can be, but rather to use them for what he sees as their value in creating multimedia learning oppor… http://dlvr.it/1rXYkM

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How I’m Using My iPad in a Classroom of 30 StudentSample

Mr. Guymon’s Classroom Follow Mr. Guymon Home Classroom Blog About Mr. Guymon Mr. Guymon’s EduBlog How I’m Using My iPad in a Classroom of 30 StudentSample 07/12/2012 0 Comments The versatility of an iPad for education is endless. I am no expert, nor even a veteran in curating apps for the classroom, but I am off to a great start for this next school year. Here is how I have discovered using an iPad in the classroom. No, I’m not referring to a 1:1 iPad scenario. I am talking about a 1:30 situation. Skype for the iPad is invaluable for connecting with classrooms around the world. Recently, I’ve learned about the Mystery Skype Project. MSP is a network of classrooms willing to invite other classes into their via Skype. The catch is that students are not told where the location of the visiting class is. Instead, students are put to the test of discovering where their visitors are from by asking “yes” or “no” questions and actively doing research and logical reasonin… http://dlvr.it/1rVbzJ