c.+School+based+Strategies


 * __Integration__**

Schools will inventory their current technology resources (hardware/software) to identify any gaps for iPad integration. § iTunes, Wi-Fi, training for staff & students **required** § Protective cases, mobility cart (storage, recharging) **recommended**

Schools will provide professional development hours to the pilot project teachers (primary/intermediate) to learn how to use an iPad in the classroom. They will attend a workshop in June and have the summer to experiment and familiarize themselves with the iPad. Additional support will be available through a special “iPad in the Classroom” blog created with the attendees of the June workshop. This blog will provide the teachers with a place to ask questions, share ideas, and learn from each other. Board IT personnel will be invited to join the blog in order to answer technical questions.

Schools will provide specific iPad teaching days within the classrooms.

Schools will provide pilot project teachers with an iPad PLC every other month (1/2 day) to discuss successes/challenges they are experiencing within their classroom.

__**Classroom Instruction**__


 * Daily iPad Integration: Primary**

Here is a list of applications for teachers to use iPads on a daily basis within their classroom program. Early Learning § **Alphabet Tracing** [] § **Teach Me: Kindergarten** [] § **Preschool Adventure** [] Language: § **Dr. Seuss ABC** [] § **Rock n Learn Easy Reader** [] § **Magic Word** [] Math: § **Math Magic** [] § **Monkey Time** [] § **Cloud Math** [] Science: § **Pocket Universe** [] § **StarWalk** [] § **Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History** [] Music: § **Magic Piano** [] § **JamPad** [] § **Percussive** []

Language: § Dictionary [] § Newspapers [] § iThesaurus [] Math: § **Graphing Calculator** [] § **PCalcLite** [] § **Ruler** [] Science: § **Planets** [] § **Periodic Table of Elements** [] § **Science Glossary** [] History/Geography: § **Civilization Revolution** [] § **History: Maps of the World** [] § **On This Day: Historical Events** []
 * Daily iPad Integration: Intermediate**

This list is a small sample of apps that teachers could use in their classroom for daily small group centres or whole class activities. For a full list of “education” apps visit the iTunes store [].

iPads do not require specific apps to be useful in daily instruction. They are Wi-Fi capable meaning every student would have the Internet at their desk. This creates unlimited opportunities for research, referencing or online games during free choice.

Teachers can also use the iTunes store to purchase audio books, videos, or music for the iPads.


 * __Classroom Management__**

Classrooms would have a mobility cart ([]) that would allow teachers to safely store and recharge the iPads The school would follow the steps below to initially set up and sync the iPads. 1. Create a school/class iTunes account. It’s so much more coherent to have a dedicated iTunes account that does not mingle with your personal one. 2. Dedicate one computer (ideally a Mac) to be the ‘mommy’ of the devices. Having personal apps/music/etc. mingle with your class ones is a recipe for confusion. Purchase enough USB hubs for multiple-device syncing. They are made by about a million different manufacturers, are sold in every electronics or computer store, and are very inexpensive. 3. Sync each device individually for the first time and give each a unique name for identification purposes. I named our class devices ‘Hannah Montana’, ‘Justin Bieber’, ‘Harry Potter’, etc. 4. Use any drawing app to create number pictures (as you see in my photo above). Save them to the photo library of the device, then set them as wallpaper. Voila: internal labelling! 5. Whenever possible, download and install apps on the ‘mommy’. This way, they will automatically get installed on all the devices the next time you sync. 6. [|Create a class GMAIL account] to use for sending files, [|set the account up on all the devices], from any of the devices to wherever you need them to go. Students can learn to get into the habit of sharing and submitting work this way. 7. Create a class dropbox account to share files to view on the devices. Essential.
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 * __Community Connections__**

Student-Student § Group work: wikis, blogs, Google docs
 * § ** Social networking: penpals, homework

Teacher-Teacher
 * § ** Social networking: online staffrooms, wikis, blogs

Teacher-Student § Homework scheduling § Class wiki, blog, website § Whole class instruction using an app or the Internet § Differentiated instruction
 * § ** Daily agendas, rules, routines on the iPad

Teacher-Parent § Class website, school website § Homework, newsletters § Online communication (email)

The majority of connections that are made with the iPad are Internet based. It could be argued that all of these connections can be made with a desktop computer. The difference an iPad makes is that every student has instant access to these connections when they have their iPad. Students can instantly update blogs or wikis, upload documents to Google docs to work on at home, or send an email to their parents reporting an interesting fact they learned in class that day. The Internet is at their fingertips and they can use their iPad to make personal connections instantly.