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....
Teaching Channel has great videos and lesson ideas for classroom teachers. All lessons connect to the Common Core standards What is lacking is the role of technology.
insert link onto pictures posted on your blog. Wonder if it can be used in new apple/iPad books created by teachers for students. Click abe lincoln and go to site with hie biography etc..
"Many educators view information inquiry as the foundation of all "traditional content areas." Rather than focusing on individual skills, teachers prefer to use a problem-solving or inquiry-based approach to the process of working with information and creating communication. Others focus on a subset of skills and call these study or research skills."
All classes begin with a discussion about what research is and why we do it and how we do it. Each grade will be using their research and applying it to a larger question or problem. For instance, rather than having my third regurgitate answers back to me about animals, they will use the information they find to answer the larger question. (i.e. "Your parents said you can have any pet you want. What will you need to keep the pet?")
"innovators in this field have created some of the most provocative and stimulating ideas in the history of education. What follows is a brief chronological history of some of the more interesting ideas and developments.
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Diane Darrow is an Information Media Specialist at Bel Aire Elementary School in Tiburon, CA. This past year she joined the tribe of Apple Distinguished Educators. She enjoys entertaining innovative ways mobile devices as the iPad can help improve instruction in our schools.