From Auburn, Maine School Committee Meeting on the decision to purchase iPads in kindergarten classroom. I found this here.
Entries Tagged as 'iPad in Education'
iPad in Education: Debate for iPads in a Kindergartner Classroom
November 11, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
Tags: Auburn Maine·iPad·Kindergarten
iPad in Education: For Every Kindergartener
November 10, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education, video
Kindergarten classes in Auburn, Maine are set to start working with new high-tech tools. Can the technology take the place of the teacher? I am not sure I like what I am hearing. I do like the idea of iPads in kindergartner classroom. Listen to what the public is thinking! Kindergartener
iPad in Education Series- Digital Documentary
November 9, 2011 · 1 Comment · digital writing, iPad in Education
This is an overview of a classroom literacy project where students used iPads to create their own Digital Documentary.
All of the student-created animal videos can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/channels/animalproject.
This is interesting until it reached the point where the teacher talked about the technology and the skills needed. We have move away from talking about the technology but talking about the learning that is taking place. However, there is great conversation about the writing process using the technology.
Tags: literacy·Mercer University
iPad in Education Video Series: 1:1 iPad Initiative in China
November 4, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano and Mike Fisher had the opportunity to visit Steve Wilmarth and his 1:1 iPad initiative at the Number 1 Middle School attached to Central China Normal University in Wuhan, China. This mini-documentary video is the result of their visit.
Tags: China·Curriculum 21·iPad
iPad Video Series- “The 3R’s” Using iPad in Reading”
November 2, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
This video features the process of students using iOS devices (iPad, iPod Touch) to help build reading fluency skills. Students in the classroom use “The 3 R’s” — reread, record and reflect, to help build meta cognitive behaviors to asses their own literacy.
iPad Video Series- iPad in Literacy
November 1, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
In this video you’ll see how a first grade classroom uses the iPad to learn literacy skills.
Tags: iPad·iPad in Education·literacy
iPads in Schools
October 31, 2011 · 1 Comment · iPad in Education
iPads in schools are growing leaps and bounds. Even in South Carolina, the Lexington School District I will be distributing High School Students iPads this month. iPads Expected to Outnumber Computers in Schools Within 5 Years | PadGadget tells us that within five years, a survey of 25 technology directors in 25 U.S. school districets reveals that their will be more tablets per student than computers – a total of one iPad per six students, compared to the current 10 students per computer. The iPad allows for a tailored, individualized learning experience that is harder to provide with a computer.
A recent survey of 25 technology directors in U.S. school districts revealed that every single one was testing or using the iPad in schools.
Are our schools prepared for such transformations? What implications will this have on school leaders and teachers?
iPads in Education- iPads in the Classroom- Video
October 31, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
The iPad is an excuse to revisit and rethink teaching and learning.
iPad in Kindergarten and Second Grade- Video
October 31, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education
Kindergarten and second-grade students use iPads to supplement their classroom instruction.
Halloween Fun with an iPad
October 31, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education, Miscellaneous
Enjoy! I found this here.
Tags: Halloween
