Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads
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An elementary school in our district recently got 30 iPads and asked for some advice implementing them with students and teachers. In addition to suggesting some starter apps, I recommended that we have conversations with kids around the appropriate use of these devices. While almost every child has used an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone, the exciting learning opportunities these mobile, Internet-connected, media creation devices create also open the door to new challenges. Cyberbullying or inappropriate web publishing happens more through the camera than regular computer use does; the mobility of the device combined with the reality that multiple users are using the device with no personalized, password-protected, network-tracked accounts makes it more challenging to keep track of who is doing what with the device or that the device itself is safe.
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The challenge of providing aid in organization for some students with special needs can be ameliorated with just a few available tools. Google voice could be used to record up to 3 minutes of oral instructions given by the teacher that can be replied when needed. The possibility of sending assignment or test oral or printed reminders that can be listened to a whole group of students has great potential.
