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diane darrow

Education Technology - theory and practice: iPad Resources for Teachers - 1 views

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    Last post topic was use of iPad in Classroom, iPad tutorials and goals for our iPad project in six Finnish upper secondary schools. There are lots of great examples of iPad use in school. In this post i present some fantastic iPad resources for teachers.
diane darrow

iPad As.... - 2 views

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    Over the past few months, iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. In webinars and blog posts, we have talked about the iPad as....
diane darrow

Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Here Come the iPads - Now What? iPad Deployment - 1 views

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    Sale of 2 million devices: - iPod: 1092 days - iPhone: 114 days - iPad: 59 days As you look at deployments, the model is important working the numbers
diane darrow

Preparing Your School for an iPad Implementation - iPads in Education - 2 views

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    Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. You need to ensure that you clearly understand and communicate how the technology integrates with your overall pedagogical objectives. Too many institutions purchase technology and then search for ways to utilize it ... or leave it collecting dust on the shelf.
diane darrow

Putting the iPad to Work in Elementary Classrooms -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    The combination of rich graphics, an intuitive touch screen, and lightning-fast processing speed is bringing educational technology to new levels of student engagement, she told a packed session titled The iPad Revolution: Innovative Learning in the Classroom at this year's International Society for Technology in Education conference in Philadelphia.
diane darrow

iPad in Education - 5 views

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    Ipad implementation plans, technical info for iPad users and schools. Tremendous resource
diane darrow

iPads in the Classroom - 4 views

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    This site will be both a support site for my presentations about iPad use for teaching and learning and it also includes links to other iPad information pages. I hope you find it useful! AMAZING RESOURCE This is the woman who created a updated version of an apprubric found earlier
diane darrow

Lessons from an iPad Rollout -- THE Journal - 3 views

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    Florida's "first iPad high school" has deployed 300 iPads to its high school teachers and students. Thanks to preparations on the infrastructure, training, and security fronts, the fall rollout has proved relatively snag-free.
diane darrow

You Want iPads For Your School ... But Is That Enough? - iPads in Education - 0 views

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    "Everywhere I turn schools seem to be buying iPads. Critics, even in this forum, question whether investment in a relatively new and untested technology can be justified, especially given the current economic climate. To some degree, I think their scepticism has merit."
diane darrow

iPads in Chicago Public Schools - 1 views

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    Chicago public schools iPad resource page. Great place to visit. iPads in all grades, excellent tracking of services and assessment procedures.
diane darrow

iPad4Edu - 1 views

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    Place to ask questions about using the iPad. Social netwrok for educators with iPads
diane darrow

iPad power: how to transfer files | Tablets | Working Mac | Macworld - 0 views

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    t's true that you can use your iPad instead of your Mac to take care of many common computing tasks. But unless you're ready to ditch Mac OS X entirely, you'll still need to transfer files back and forth between your iPad and your Mac if you're going to get work done.
diane darrow

Teaching Teachers iPad Ed Tech. Some reflections on an ongoing process. - iPads in Educ... - 0 views

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    iPad professional development
Janet Cerni

Education Week: Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad - 1 views

  • centerpiece of a social studies curriculum that blends online and face-to-face learning.
  • supplement
  • But such rapid adoption of a device with such a short history means that figuring out the best educational use can involve a lot of trial and erro
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  • “Is this the best use of our funds, or is it simply a tool to engage and motivate our students?”
  • “Of course, technology has that capability, but is that always the best angle?”
  • In September, Virginia announced the purchase of 350 iPads for 4th, 7th, and 9th graders in four counties to test the use of the device as a 1-to-1 computing tool in social studies classrooms.
  • th and 9th grade classes used gaming and assessment applications
  • Pearson
  • personalize reading assignments based on proficiency,
  • e-text feature
  • most teachers and students supported continuing the pilo
  • Pearson officials say their material would be more refined a second time around after learning their own lessons about designing content.
  • that can lead you to want to overload the presentation.”
  • Excluding the fad factor, experts say there are legitimate reasons for educational interest.
  • For this to work, really, next year, you need to have a team—one or two or three teachers—who will just sit down and go through this and put stuff on there that’s going to matter,” he says. “Trying to do it during the school year is just crazy.”
  • Teachers in the pilot also reported having to learn on the fly.
  • iPad to help highlight key vocabulary words
  • some apps to help students understand fractions and decimals
  • definitely a work in progress
  • The question may be whether the iPad is best suited as a 1-to-1 device or to be shared as part of a stable of digital classroom tools.
  • students can choose which device to use for an ongoing book-publishing project
  • students rotate between workstations
  • 34,000-student Irving Independent School District, where all high schools follow a 1-to-1 computing model, about 10 students and 20 administrators are testing an assortment of tablet-computing devices to see how they would meet their daily needs
  • administrators
  • tablets to access their calendars and email while on the run through campus, as well as how to use their touch-screen capabilities to check off rubrics for teacher evaluations like they would with an evaluation form.
  • RANDA Solutions,
diane darrow

OITQueens - iPad Institute for Innovative Leaders - 1 views

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    Office of Educational Technology iPad Institute for Innovative Leaders
diane darrow

iPads in Education - Implementation Stories and Lessons Learned (continued) | Emerging ... - 0 views

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    Last week we started looking at rollouts of iPads in schools by searching out, reading, and summarizing findings in articles discussing these types of programs. This week we continue our examination of this topic by sharing take-aways from this excellent article in the March/April 2011 Educause Review.
diane darrow

iPad Training 101 -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    Throwing new technology equipment at teachers and hoping that it sticks is an ineffective approach to integrating IT into the classroom. That's why Southfield Christian School in Southfield, MI, is putting professional development first on its to-do list for a fall 2011 iPad rollout.
diane darrow

iPads in Classrooms on Long Island - The Educator's PLN - 0 views

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    district in Long Island iPad pilot. High school. Short video.
diane darrow

iPads in the Classroom - 0 views

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    article about iPads in the classroom
diane darrow

ISTE take-home message #1: It's all about the iPads | ZDNet - 1 views

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    This message is especially important for those of us who develop ed tech products but is a big heads up for anyone who thought the iPad just might be a fad.
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