Des applications recommandées pour l’usage de l’iPad en apprentissage et en enseignement De tous les produits proposés par Apple sur le marché de l’éducation, l’iPad semble être celui qui bénéficie de la mise en avant la plus évidente en ce début d’année 2011. En effet, j’assistais, ce mardi 1er février, à la session parisienne du « Leadership Meeting » de l’ »Apple Learning Tour 2011« , et l’iPad faisait l’objet d’un éclairage particulier. C’est ainsi que tous les participants se voyaient prêter une machine pour la journée. Et les intervenants d’Apple ont vanté les mérites de cette tablette dans un contexte d’apprentissage. Sans nier la désillusion temporaire que rencontrent certains usagers, ils ont insisté sur les points fort de la machine : sa réactivité, son adaptation à la lecture sur le web, les bienfaits d’un accès à iTunes U et, plus généralement, le contenu (livres, applications, etc.). Une des grandes richesses de l'iPad est la diversité de ses applications. Attardons-nous donc sur le contenu, et les applications utiles dans un contexte pédagogique. Divers
One-to-One in Texas, Tom McHale 1/22/2007 By: Tom McHale from Technology & Learning Irving Independent School District isn't your typical candidate for a locally funded one-to-one computing program. With more than 31,000 students, most of whom are minority and economically disadvantaged, technology-rich classrooms and wireless laptops for all seems a pie-in-the-sky goal. But in October 1997, taxpayers approved a $47 million bond that would begin to fund a vision that has since resulted in National Blue Ribbon School, Microsoft Center of Excellence, and other distinctions for the district schools. Irving's recipe for success lies in strong leadership and the collaboration of community, educators, students, and administrators. Funding The first bond monies went toward building the Academy of Irving, a high school for technology and careers, and providing each teacher with a laptop and professional development opportunities. Six years later, all high school students have laptops for school and home use. How It's Working
The Minerva Project The Anytime, Anywhere Learning Foundation Experience tells us that sustaining and growing the reality of anytime, anywhere learning across the country requires more than just technology alone. AALF provides the resources that are essential for implementing and sustaining anytime, anywhere learning. These resources will help schools in developing anytime, anywhere learning, in building community support, in sustaining anytime, anywhere learning in evaluating school programs and in better understanding alternate implementation strategies and styles. These essential resources include: * A collection of the research reports on 1:1 implementations. * AAL Education Topics to assist all schools undertaking anytime anywhere learning. * Essential References to guide and aid in AAL developments. Please follow the links below to access AALF's Resources: Education Topics Research Newsletters Reference Library What's on Your Nightstand?
Activité intiation iPad secondaire 1 Lors de la journée d’accueil des élèves de secondaire 1 qui a eu lieu mercredi le 22 août, ceux-ci ont vécu une activité avec les iPad qui leur a permis de se familiariser avec l’appareil avant le grand déploiement qui aura lieu lors des deux premières semaines d’école. Le Rallye iPad permet à l’élève de manipuler l’appareil et de faire appel à sa débrouillardise et son autonomie. Vous pouvez télécharger le document ici : Le Rallye iPad Le corrigé du Rallye Like this: J'aime chargement…
Bandwidth Quandary Looms for Districts, Christopher Heun When Greg Blount looked at Internet access throughout the Merced City Elementary School District two years ago, he knew he didn’t have enough bandwidth. Every day, the network would clog, and students would wait as long as 10 minutes for their screens to refresh during online tests. “We were bottlenecking every day where our network would grind to a halt because of legitimate usage,” says Blount, the district’s director of information services. But when Comcast Corp. started laying fiber throughout the county for cable television service, Blount had an idea. He called the company and arranged for Comcast representatives to meet with the Merced city manager and county officials to discuss the possibility of installing gigabit fiber between all of Merced’s 18 schools. The local government offices, which had fewer locations, piggybacked on the project, helping share the installation costs in return for new fiber, too. Faster, Better Network Looming Issue Planning for Growth
Technology in the Classroom | Technology Integration Ideas that Work Technology has become integrated in the classroom in so many ways, that we often don't even think about how we are using it. The Education World Tech Team offers lessons and activities to help educators make better use of technology tools for instruction, and to help students improve their technology skills within the context of the regular curriculum. Included: Integration activities that utilize the Web, PowerPoint, Excel, digital photography, SMART Boards, and more. In more and more schools today, technology is recognized as an instructional tool, not as a subject of instruction. "Using technology in the classroom is becoming easier for teachers," instructional technology consultant Jamye Swinford told Education World. Probably the technology tool used most often for student projects is the World Wide Web. "The Internet has many sites that easily lend themselves to classroom integration," Swinford pointed out. "Refdesk also has links to newspapers, listed by state and country.
Study reveals factors in ed-tech success Results reveal that one-to-one computing programs can have a big impact on achievement if properly implemented By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor Read more by Laura Devaney June 28th, 2010 If schools can afford to make only one key investment in education technology, it should be infusing their intervention classes with technology, the study suggests. Schools with one-to-one computing programs have fewer discipline problems, lower dropout rates, and higher rates of college attendance than schools with a higher ratio of students to computers, according to the results of a major new study. Sixty-nine percent of the schools in the study reported that their students’ achievement scores on high-stakes tests were on the rise. The findings come from Project RED (Revolutionizing Education), a national initiative that aims to prove that when properly implemented, investing in technology can boost student achievement and will result in monetary savings for schools and local governments.