Entries Tagged as 'iPad'

iPad in Education: Debate for iPads in a Kindergartner Classroom

November 11, 2011 · No Comments · iPad in Education

From Auburn, Maine School Committee Meeting on the decision to purchase iPads in kindergarten classroom. I found this here.

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How do you keep your balance?

November 7, 2011 · 1 Comment · Miscellaneous, reflecting

I was here reading about keeping a balance in our personal and professional life: to connect or not connect.  Work can usually go with me and be a part of me 24/7 with my iPad, blog, twitter, Google Reader, etc. When I am not connected to work or researching my professional curiosities, or reading or [...]

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iPad in Education Series- Storyboarding in 2nd Grade

November 5, 2011 · No Comments · literacy, video, writing, Writing Worksop

Robert Pronovost uses grant-funded iPads to teach his 2nd graders about the elements of good storytelling. This make me think about the work of Katie Wood Ray. Visit this post: Katie Wood Ray- In Pictures and In Words.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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A New Age!

October 22, 2011 · No Comments · 21st Century

This too good not to share in my digital space! This is a good example of how literacy has change.

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