Student and Parent Resources - Internet Safety and Cyber Responsibility (KSD) Seattle iPad Open House (VIDEO) · techwithintent. Videos: iPods & iPads in Canby Classrooms. In June of 2011, Canby School District decided to interview staff and film some students using iPod touch and iPad devices in the classroom.
In the past year, we hosted hundreds of visitors to our buildings, and are set to do the same this year. For those folks who just can't make the journey, we've posted the videos of staff and students to give you a better idea of what it looks like. These videos reference both our 3rd grade iPod touch and iPad 1:1 programs for the 2010-2011 school year.
This year (2011-12), we've expanded to 4th grade for iPod touch and have added several more iPad 1:1 classrooms, from Kindergarten through 12th grade. There are two versions of this video. Small version 102 MB: iPod User Group. Impact of iPod nano on Low-level Reader's Fluency By Lorena Zúñiga Roa, Elementary ELL Teacher Download a copy of my presentation here: I.
Purpose My purpose in conducting this research is to determine the advantage that a student with certain difficulties to learn to read and write may gain when using an Ipod Nano to record her voice while reading aloud and listening to herself after recording. II. What happens when a teacher implements Ipods nanos to accelerate a student with certain reading & writing difficulties? III. My school district, like many other school districts in Oregon and throughout the country, is extremely aware of the legal problems when classifying a specific student with a learning disability or difficulty to learn. According to the International Dyslexia Association, dyslexia is a neurologically-based disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.
Among their reading characteristics, a dyslexic student “does not make random reading errors”. Mobile Learning. McAllen ISD - TLC3 gaining speed – iPads on the way. Posted Feb. 3, 2012 TLC3 gaining speed – iPads on the way Putting a high-tech learning tool into the hands of every student is moving closer to reality each day as the McAllen ISD project takes flight.
Since its launching on October 18, students and parents have seen their excitement grow and the world is taking notice. Innovation in Singaporean Education: More similar to Finland than the U.S.? Editor's Note: Below is the fifth installment in a guest post series by Bill Jackson, former math teacher who presently provides consulting and teacher training on Singapore and Japanese approaches to mathematics teaching and professional development.
While this series emphasizes the technology angle in education most expressly, we cannot help but see certain non-tech (and tech) similarities to Finland's much-admired school system and overt differences to the U.S. system, which is troubling to say the least. While this is Part 5, no need to read each installment in exact order. - C.J. iPad in Education. The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom. How Students Benefit From Using Social Media 14.60K Views 0 Likes A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it's not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.24K Views 0 Likes.
What I Wish I’d Done Before Deploying the iPads to 735 Middle Schoolers. There are many things I’ll detail over the course of the year, but there is one thing sticking out right now, and I must share it with you in case you are considering a similar 1:1 project: Each of our students and staff members has a Google Apps for Education account to create documents, collaborate online, and communicate.
Since they submit many projects and lessons through email, they have the ability to email teachers. These are 6th, 7th and 8th graders who have limited or no experience with email. They do know how to text, so the logical step for them was to use their Google Apps for Ed email account just like a giant texting feature. They are emailing constantly with not that much to say. The problem is that they are emailing everyone many times a day, including their teachers, principals and former teachers. Teachers report up to 120 emails a day with such intoxicating content as “Go Tigers!”
Each of these needs investigation and discussion. Professional email vs personal email. One-to-one computing programs only as effective as their teachers. Experts say 1-to-1 computing research needs to focus more on classroom practices—and less on equipment By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor Read more by Meris Stansbury February 16th, 2010 Studies show that 1:1 success depends more on teachers than on the equipment itself.
A compilation of four new studies of one-to-one computing projects in K-12 schools identifies several factors that are key to the projects’ success, including adequate planning, stakeholder buy-in, and strong school or district leadership. Not surprisingly, the researchers say the most important factor of all is the teaching practices of instructors—suggesting school laptop programs are only as effective as the teachers who apply them. The studies were published in January by the Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, a peer-reviewed online journal from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.
4J Continuous Improvement Plan - home. Top 50 iPad Rollouts by Enterprises & Schools (Updated April 25, 2012) As part of my research mapping the largest iPad and other tablet deployments by schools and universities, I also updated my list of the largest publicly-known iPad deployments, including companies, governmental agencies, etc.
Notable additions include Coachella Valley Unified School District, one of the poorest districts in the US, which has deployed 4,000 iPads, and may, depending on outcome of Nov. ballot, deploy another 16,000, according to Superintendent Dr. Darryl Adams. IPADFA - home. BPS Educational Technology Team. Other Districts/Schools Using iPads in the Classroom.