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- How to create a shared iPad cart model. During the 2011-12 school year, the Blue Valley School District developed an innovation technology project to create technology-rich classrooms where teachers would integrate technology into classroom instruction.

- How to create a shared iPad cart model

The project – Innovation Spaces - was designed to provide students with instructional activities to increase engagement, application and personalize their learning. Due to the size of the district and funding limitations, district administrators determined that a 1:1 initiative would not be feasible. After significant research and product evaluations, the decision was made to move forward with a shared iPad cart model. Teachers involved in the Innovation Spaces project will be required to share a mobile cart of 30, 32GB, Wi-Fi iPads. Initial planning and preparationEducational Technology team members were charged with researching, evaluating and learning which apps would support classroom integration.

The rubric used to evaluate the individual apps is included below. 21st Century Student Handbook: Teaching Today’s Web-Centric Kids. 2/27/2012 By: James Careless Lots of schools are talking about the importance of preparing their students for an increasingly inter-connected, Web-centric world.

21st Century Student Handbook: Teaching Today’s Web-Centric Kids

Here are some districts that are “doing” it. Some of their advice may be able to help the reader avoid mistakes, etc. Creating ePortfolios Increasingly, job recruiters are not satisfied with paper portfolios: They want to know what prospective employees have achieved online. The best e-Portfolios are those that contain a wealth of materials compiled over time. “These portfolios represent purposeful collections of student work that serve as evidence for their individual abilities,” says Ken Holvig, the school’s Head Computer teacher.

“Our seventh graders have responded to the challenge by building robust documents rich with chosen artifacts and personal reflection,” Holvig notes. Developing Internet Literacy Susan Luft is a first grade teacher at Fox Meadow Elementary School in Scarsdale, NY. Chats and Tweets as Teaching Tools. Welcome to Google Docs. The Mobile Native. iPad blog for app reviews, news, tips,how-tos. iPad for Teaching & Learning. iPad Classroom. Apple iPad2 and iPad Alternatives - TopTenREVIEWS. Tablets Why Buy a Tablet?

Apple iPad2 and iPad Alternatives - TopTenREVIEWS

The top performers in our review are the Apple iPad Pro, the Gold Award winner; the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, the Silver Award winner; and the Google Pixel C, the Bronze Award winner. Here's more on choosing a tablet to meet your needs, along with detail on how we arrived at our ranking of the best tablets. Tablets: Computers Built for Mobility At first glance, a tablet might look like a step down from a full-size laptop or desktop computer. The biggest factor that distinguishes tablets from other types of computers is their size. For alternatives to tablets, our main computers section includes reviews for a variety of product families like business laptops and ultrabooks.

Tablets: What We Tested, What We Found In our review, we looked at top-rated tablets designed for average home users. Gaming & Tablets For families with young children or teens, tablets are useful devices for both schoolwork and gaming. How Much Speed Do You Need? - My Ten Most Used Apps to Become Fluent on the iPad. 0 Comments March 25, 2012 By: Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano Mar 25 Written by: 3/25/2012 7:13 AM ShareThis It is no secret, that I enjoy my iPad tremendously.

- My Ten Most Used Apps to Become Fluent on the iPad

Fluency on the iPad, like language fluency, does not necessarily come natural to most people. I see too many educators (administrators and teachers), who with an iPad at their disposal, are using the iPad: as a paper weight on their desk, leaving them in their car or forgeting the device at homefor playing games onlyto hand it over to their kids at home to play withas an after-thoughtas a “translation” tool (figuring out how to do something the same way they are used to doing on their desktops or laptops)and are frustrated that is does not come easy and natural to themand are not putting in the time (consistently) to become skilled to gain iPad literacy and fluency I view the iPad, not as a replacement for my laptop, but as a: I want to share my favorite apps that help me be a fluent (-ish) user of the iPad.