Written by It has been so nice to have discussions today about the variety of strategies different schools use with regards to their students interacting with ipads. In the near future, I am going to have to set up some meetings with the admin staff at my school in order to present some of my ideas regarding our particular circumstances and how we can connect with other schools for advice.
I am also hoping to reach out to the cohort to discover what the most effective apps they have found to use in their classrooms.
I will keep everyone posted in the near future!
Hi Laura,
I enjoyed our conversation today! I thought of some ways I play with my kids with technology this afternoon; in fact, I thought about my plans for playing with our early years students in the future: Lego WeDo. Kids build lego robots, the programming is all visual (no reading necessary) and can be done on an iPad. I think the building is collaborative and the screen time is minimal – perhaps an interesting option to investigate? I liked this low-key video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-7eWQnxkI
Hi Laura,
I think that you’ll be doing some very important work for you school. You can being by collecting resources for you and other teachers on ‘iPad best practices’.
One place to start would be here: http://www.ipads4teaching.net/
I look forward to hearing more!
Hi Laura,
We are so thrilled that you are taking the initiative to learn about this, and are looking forward to our upcoming meeting with Garth to see what else we can be doing at the school. I am particularly interested in hearing your thoughts on how to manage iPads and laptops at the same time.