tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32633265226053410162024-03-04T23:06:50.886-08:00Using Technology in the ClassroomI mostly blog about my experiences using educational technology in a High School. Since I teach in a 1:1 iPad class, most posts are related to this. Comments are always appreciated.KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-66657439105074707452018-02-23T20:47:00.000-08:002018-02-23T21:20:47.170-08:00Phones, Social Media Apps, and Students - What to do?!<div style="background-color: white;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There has been some frustration lately that I have seen by some educators towards students use of cellular phones. These teachers are upset with students short attention span and point towards their addiction to phones and social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram. All valid points. They have even shown a TED Talk by Tristan Harris called <i>"How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day"</i>. You can watch it from the link below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tristan makes some valid points. However, the answer I believe is not to block these addictive social media platforms. The answer is also not to ban or collect student's phone's when they enter a classroom. Doing these things will not bring about a better classroom tone, less cyberbullying, teasing, distraction, poor attention span, or a create a perfectly compliant child. These behaviours existed before students had powerful computers in their pockets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The focus by some has been to move towards blocking these apps like Snapchat and Instagram on the school WiFi. However, I believe that by blocking the apps we will not achieve the goal of stopping students from being off-task with their phones in classes. We are focusing on the symptoms and not the root cause: cyberbullying, distraction, off-task behaviour, self-regulation, etc. These are skills that students need to learn as basic life skills and we as educators are failing. They are part of the <a href="https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies" target="_blank">core competencies</a>. Society in general is having trouble dealing with being distracted using devices: how many use phones during professional development sessions and during staff meetings. There is an explosion of distracted driving and workplaces all over are grappling with this too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our solution should be educating students, modelling positive behaviour (which we can't do with Instagram if we block it), and consistent rules, expectations, and consequences. Perhaps we need to develop a comprehensive program around phone use and digital citizenship. This should start with the younger grades. This will take time to do and require some resources put towards it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Otherwise the abstinence plans that get proposed (like blocking WiFi), I believe will see no real improvements in students behaviour. Fear and threats rarely work for the long term.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for reading my ramblings and thoughts on how to deal with devices that students have. I try to embrace the technology and have students use it in class for their assignments. That way are engaged more and have less time to spend on these social media platforms during class. To quote Sylvia Duckworth: "We can't tell our students "Not to" use social media, or "Be careful" and then put our heads in the sand. Instead, we need to teach them how to be safe & responsible digital citizens (because they're going to be using it anyways.)"</span><br />
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Post your comments below, I'd love to hear from you and your thoughts. Note: comments won't appear immediately because I am trying to filter the spam comments I have been getting lately.</span>KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-14101708457646549652018-02-23T13:55:00.000-08:002018-02-23T13:57:29.959-08:00Presentations of Learning for Inquiry Classes<div style="background-color: white; color: #333366; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
Students created multi-touch books using the Book Creator App on their iPads. The purpose was to present their learning on their inquiry topics. Students have been "learning to learn" and developed many of their core competencies. </div>
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Below are three multi-touch books with content created by my students.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333366; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I am proud of my students following their interests and passions.</span>KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-52289859634043719922017-02-22T09:29:00.000-08:002017-02-22T09:31:08.292-08:00Westsyde Tech Institute 2017 - Session LinksThanks for attending the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/westsyde-apple-tech-conference-tickets-28156429639" target="_blank">Westsyde Tech Institute 2017</a>. Below are some links for resources you will need for my sessions.<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/explain-everything-interactive-whiteboard/id1020339980?mt=8" target="_blank">Explain Everything</a> - Free or Paid version $10.99 (iPhone or iPad)</li>
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<li>More detailed tutorial that I created on how to use <a href="http://www.teachreid.com/2017/02/my-new-favourite-ipad-app-for-digital.html" target="_blank">Toontastic 3D</a></li>
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I am a big fan of the new upgraded <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/toontastic-3d/id1145104532?mt=8" target="_blank">Toontastic 3D app</a>. This app has had a major update and is now so easy to use and a great way for students to show what they have learned. I have found that this app is a great way for students to present and show their learning on any topic. Before you have students use </div>
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KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-36770166756840344612015-02-20T10:26:00.000-08:002015-02-20T10:27:19.061-08:00Fostering Creation Using iPads for Student created ebooks and iBooks<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 13px;">Publishing digital books today is now really easy. Whether you have 1 iPad or 30 iPads in your classroom, you can guide students to create amazing work. Mobile devices today can be used to weave together audio, video, images, & text in creative ways (App Smashing). </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 13px;">I put this session together for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6fAB5pT0u-OQpeB4FNJfPCUMykXvOmoMYmSN667AmA/pub" target="_blank">Vancouver iOS Summit on January 31, 2014</a>. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 13px;">I will show you how to get students away from consuming content to be creators of content and then publishing it as a digital book. Digital creation can engage students at any grade level while enhancing their writing, understanding and critical thinking skills. We will discuss why you should create digital books in your classroom and how to create them with easy apps and techniques. You will see many sample eBooks that students have created to give you ideas and inspiration.</span><br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/jjjreid/using-ipads-to-create-student-created-ebooks-and-ibooks" target="_blank" title="Fostering Creation Using iPads for Student created ebooks and iBooks">Fostering Creation Using iPads for Student created ebooks and iBooks</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/jjjreid" target="_blank">J Reid</a></strong> </div>
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KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-81256243603296428792014-02-21T00:10:00.002-08:002015-01-02T12:16:33.410-08:00Digital Story Telling & Portfolio Creation on an iPad or Tablet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having students publish their school work online has been something I have been interested in over the past five years. Once I started using iPads in the classroom I began to think about educational artifacts that students could be proud of that would last beyond their time in my class.<br />
Last year I began to experiment with publishing eBooks on Apple's iBook Store. My students and I have now published 4 digital books and made several revisions.<br />
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Here is a list of books that have been published:<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/human-rights-abuses-in-20th/id667474940?mt=11" target="_blank">Human Rights Abuses : 20th Century</a></li>
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<li><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>iBook created by Mr. Reid's History 12 class in 2013 & updated in 2014.</b></span>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/war-of-1812/id665279955?mt=11" target="_blank"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>War of 1812</b></span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>iBook created by Mr. Reid's Grade 9 Social Studies class in 2013.</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b> </b></span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/russian-revolution-comic-book/id744459669?mt=11" target="_blank"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>Russian Revolution Comic Book</b></span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>iBook created by Mr. Reid’s History 12 class in Fall 2013.</b></span></li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/a-great-adventure/id815769136?mt=11" target="_blank"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>A Great Adventure: The Age of Exploration</b></span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><b>iBook created by Mr. Reid’s Grade 8 Class in 2014</b></span></li>
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Lately I have greatly influenced by the S.A.M.R. Model by Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura. This model has encouraged me to move more and more from Enhancement to Transformation.<br />
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Below is a presentation/workshop that I gave on <b>February 21st, 2013</b> for a group of public school teachers in SD73 Kamloops.<br />
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Now I have been a high school teacher for 13 years I am still working and using technology in new and creative ways.<br />
Over the past two years I have been eating and breathing iPads. Not because I am an Apple Fanatic (but I might be close) but because the ease of use for educational reasons. Over that time I
have had alot of trial, error and troubleshooting. But now I have the benefit of being familiar with iPads strengths
and weaknesses. Most of the apps that I have listed in the presentation are ones that I have used myself or with my students. These apps have survived the test of being easy to learn, easy to use, and powerful. They are basically my top picks.<br />
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I gave my presentation/workshop on <b>February 15th, 2013</b> for a group of public school teachers in SD73 Kamloops.<br />
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In this workshop, I focused on powerful apps to use as a teacher on the back end & great apps to use in the classroom. These will work if you have 1 or 30 iPads in your classroom.<br />
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I have organized the student apps into three categories: <br />
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Below is an embedded copy of the presentation and a direct link to it in Slide Share. Also included are some recommended resources, sample student video's and criteria rubrics that are mentioned in the presentation. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<li>Presentation in <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jjjreid/why-every-teacher-should-have-an-i-pad" target="_blank">Slide Share (Direct Link) </a></li>
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxnOj9x_vYOdblBPUnExaWpwRE0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Mind Map Rubric</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxnOj9x_vYOdRDB2bUdSaFQtYU0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Video Lab Report Rubric</a></li>
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<i>-Rubrics courtesy of Mr. Beeds</i><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxTnK_x2c0" target="_blank"> Heart Dissection Video Lab RE </a><b></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK6pJbdhaWc" target="_blank">Heart Dissection Video Lab With Questions</a><b></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQQrdWa95c" target="_blank">WSS Heart Dissection Mr Beeds Class VK</a><b></b></li>
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<i>-Links courtesy of Mr. Beeds</i><br />
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<b>Other Interesting Blog posts on iPads I wrote earlier.</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.ca/2012/10/15-ways-to-use-ipad-in-middle-high.html" target="_blank">15 Ways to Use an iPad in Middle & High Schools</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-setup-ipads-for-school-rollout.html" target="_blank">How to setup iPads for school rollout</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-5-of-ipads-in-classroom-video.html" target="_blank">Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://appsineducation.blogspot.ca/2011/04/7-reasons-you-need-ipad-in-your.html?m=1" target="_blank">7 Reasons You Need an iPad in Your Classroom and 10 Ways to Use Them</a></li>
<li><a href="http://m.infobarrel.com/Top_10_reasons_why_tablets_will_proliferate_in_education" target="_blank">Top 10 reasons why tablets will proliferate in education </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/01/educators-reveal-why-and-how-school-districts-are-adopting-tablets" target="_blank">Educators Reveal Why (and How) School Districts Are Adopting Tablets </a></li>
<li><a href="http://elementaryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/the-single-ipad-classroom/" target="_blank">The Single iPad Classroom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/01/10/using-digital-media-enhance-educational-transfer-kristen-swanson/" target="_blank">Using digital media to enhance educational transfer </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachthought.com/ipad-2/teachthoughts-most-popular-posts-on-ipad-integration/" target="_blank">10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/09/30/the-ipad-what-it-should-and-shouldnt-be-for-education/" target="_blank">What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/ca/education/ipad/" target="_blank">Apple's Education iPad Page (with good ideas & apps)</a></li>
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KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-29682800128279195572012-10-18T23:00:00.000-07:002015-01-02T12:11:38.726-08:0015 Ways to Use an iPad in Middle & High SchoolsI have had the privilege of being able to plough new ground in my classroom with a class set of iPads. I now have over a year of experience in using them with my students everyday. Over that time I have had alot of trial, error and troubleshooting. But now into my second year I have the benefit of being familiar with iPads strengths and weaknesses. All of the apps in my list of 15 Ways to Use an iPad are ones that I have used with students.<br />
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Below is a copy of my presentation/workshop I gave on Friday October 19th, 2012 to a Middle School who just received a set of iPads.<br />
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In this workshop, I focused on some easy to use and powerful apps that I use regularily in a High School. I tried to focus on some quality apps that I have found great to use with students.<br />
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I have organized the apps into three categories: <br />
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<b>Here is a Direct Link to the<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jjjreid/15-ways-to-use-an-ipad-in-middle-high-schools?ref=http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> SlideShare above.</a> </b><br />
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<b>My list of favorite apps for use in High School.</b><br />
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<li>These are my <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Presentation_Tools_For_iPad_%26_More" target="_blank">favorite apps for students to use for projects</a> and to demonstrate learning.</li>
<li>These are my <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Best_Social_Studies_Apps_for_iPad" target="_blank">favorite Social Studies apps</a> for the iPad.</li>
<li>These are our <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Best_Science_Apps_for_iPad" target="_blank">favorite Science apps</a> for the iPad.</li>
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<b>Other Interesting Blog posts on iPads I wrote earlier.</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-setup-ipads-for-school-rollout.html" target="_blank">How to setup iPads for school rollout</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-5-of-ipads-in-classroom-video.html" target="_blank">Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing</a> </li>
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<b>Extra Links for iPad information</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.teachthought.com/ipad-2/teachthoughts-most-popular-posts-on-ipad-integration/" target="_blank">10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/09/30/the-ipad-what-it-should-and-shouldnt-be-for-education/" target="_blank">What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools</a><br /><br /> </li>
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<br />KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-64871963159881670732012-02-22T15:20:00.000-08:002012-10-18T23:04:43.305-07:00What Can You Do With iPads in Your Classroom? | A WorkshopWhat Can You Do With iPads in Your Classroom? If you have wondered what all the hype is about iPads and other 1:1 technology in classrooms, then this is the presentation for you.<br />
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Here is the workshop that Jim & I gave to Kamloops teachers on our 24 Feb 2012 Professional Development day at TRU campus. This workshop was designed to be hands on, so we brought a dozen iPads so attendees could try out some of the apps we regularly use.<br />
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Below is the presentation and links that we went over.</div>
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<b>More details on my favorite apps for use in High School.</b><br />
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<li>These are my <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Presentation_Tools_For_iPad_%26_More" target="_blank">favorite apps for students to use for projects</a> and to demonstrate learning.</li>
<li>These are my <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Best_Social_Studies_Apps_for_iPad" target="_blank">favorite Social Studies apps</a> for the iPad.</li>
<li>These are our <a href="http://wss.sd73.bc.ca/wiki/index.php/Best_Science_Apps_for_iPad" target="_blank">favorite Science apps</a> for the iPad.</li>
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<b>Links to example Student Work</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im-RYhOEsKY" target="_blank">Sock Puppet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://animoto.com/play/uenIomHKnUSxygBuWN5DOg" target="_blank">Animoto</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7YOuSbbIik" target="_blank">iMovie</a></li>
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<b>Other Blog posts on iPads</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-setup-ipads-for-school-rollout.html" target="_blank">How to setup iPads for school rollout</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-5-of-ipads-in-classroom-video.html" target="_blank">Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-4-good-bad-ipad.html" target="_blank">Week 4: The Good, Bad & the iPad</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/09/third-week-using-ipads-in-classroom.html" target="_blank">Third Week Using iPads in the Classroom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachthought.com/ipad-2/teachthoughts-most-popular-posts-on-ipad-integration/" target="_blank">10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/09/30/the-ipad-what-it-should-and-shouldnt-be-for-education/" target="_blank">What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools</a><br /><br /> </li>
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<b>Contact</b><br />
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twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mrreidwss" target="_blank">@MrReidWSS</a></div>
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Jim Beeds</div>
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twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mrjbeeds" target="_blank">@MrJBeeds</a></div>
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I recently had the opportunity to link my Grade 11 class with a Holocaust survivor. So we put the iPads away for a class and linked up over Skype with the Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society in Vancouver, BC (VHEC).<br />
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VHEC has an <a href="http://vhec.org/outreach.html">outreach speaker program</a> where they link a Holocaust Survivor with a classroom for a 60 minutes. This could be quite expensive for our class to travel down to Vancouver, so I asked them if they would consider connecting over Skype. And they said yes!<br />
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During the last week of classes on 12 December 2011 we linked up with Lillian Boraks-Nemetz over Skype. Lillian told her testimony of what happened to her in Poland when the Germans took over and she found herself living in a ghetto. We did not know until later that she is great story teller and an author of an acclaimed book titled: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Old-Brown-Suitcase-Lillian-Boraks-Nemetz/dp/1553800575/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326342659&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Old Brown Suitcase</a>.<br />
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For the most part the Skype connection went very well and everyone learned alot. During our video conference by Skype we had only a few times where the connection was hard to hear. But overall, the students felt that this glitch was not that bad and should not prevent us from hearing from others in the future.<br />
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There was 20 minutes at the end of her testimony where she answered questions from my students.<br />
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As a Social Studies teacher I felt that this was such a great learning experience for everyone involved. The students experienced first hand what the Holocaust was like, and they did this without their textbook!<br />
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I am really thankful for the VHEC deciding to take a chance and try using Skype to connect with teachers and students. I hope they will continue to use this as a way to reach those interested and I hope to do this again in 2012.<br />
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<br /></div>KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-75945515684511493552011-11-04T13:11:00.000-07:002015-01-02T09:24:35.218-08:00How to setup iPads for school rolloutIn September 2011, I completed a roll out a complete class set of iPads for use in Social Studies, History and Astronomy classes. The big question that I have sought to figure out is how do I setup these tablets in a quick and efficient way.<br />
Here is what I have learned so far:<br />
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1. I got a <a href="http://apple.bretford.com/products/powersynccartforipad">Bretford iPad cart</a> to charge and sync all the iPads. This cart arrived in one piece, no assembly required. It is made of solid steel and has heavy duty castors that enable it to be moved around easily. This car has one electrical plug to go into the wall, very convenient. It also has all the slots and cables ready to go for all 30 iPads: they are even laser engraved with numbers 1-30 to organize and keep track of them easier. There is also a shelf inside to hold your laptop. What I loved about this cart is that it is all pre-wired and ready to go; except for plugging in the power supply for the laptop...but this was easy.<br />
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Recently I got some vinyl numbers and put them infront of the iPad slots because I found students had trouble matching up the laser engraved numbers above.<br />
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2. Next a 15" Macbook Pro computer was purchased. A Macbook is required to use for syncing to the iPads, a PC won't do. My understanding is that only a Mac computer can sync 30 iPads simultaneously to one USB port. I went through the setup on the Mac and charged it (its really easy). Then I had my school computer tech to setup some logins and printers to access. I love this computer. If you get a Windows computer then you will have problems syncing multiple iPads at once. So insist that you get a Mac so you don't waste your time syncing and upgrading.<br />
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3. Next I setup a school itunes account. You need an email address to setup this account, so I had a special school email account created called itunes@myschooldistrict.com<br />
I think this is the best way to proceed since you don't want it linked with your personal account. I also bought some itunes gift cards and loaded up the account with some money to purchase apps. Mostly we are using free apps and they will sync automatically to all devices with easy account management. I await the <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/education/">App Store Volume Purchase Program</a> for the Canadian market.<br />
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4. Open up itunes on the Macbook and sign-in to your newly created itunes account. Then I started to download apps that I wanted to use that fit with the teachers and classes that will use them. I will be doing another post later that will go over my app choices and reviews. I tried to keep my choice to mostly free apps, but I have a few exceptions.<br />
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5. Our school district requires all technology to be bar-coded and serial numbers recorded for inventory purposes. This was handled by our library and didn't take too long. These codes will be covered up when we get the <a href="http://www.myincipio.com/iPad-2-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPad-2-Smart-feather-Ultralight-Hard-Shell-Case.asp">Incipio iPad 2 Smart feather Ultralight Hard Shell Cases</a>. Eventually we will get matching SmartCovers for them, but they are too expensive to afford at the moment.<br />
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UPDATE: These Incipio Smart Feather cases started to break. Incipio took them all back and swapped them out for another model. I think that this new model is much better to protect the iPads. I ended up getting the <a href="http://www.myincipio.com/iPad-2-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPad-2-NGP-Matte-Semi-Rigid-Soft-Shell-Case.asp">Incipio NGP Matte Semi-Rigid Soft Shell Case</a>. This case does not work with the SmartCover, but we have now decided we don't need it.<br />
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<i>This is mostly all I did to start. Then I waited for the iPads to arrive.</i><br />
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I waited with anticipation for the first shipment of iPads to arrive. We waited about 2 months for the first 8 iPads to arrive. The rest of the 30 arrived a couple of months later. Once they arrived I was eager to get my hands on them and begin the setup.<br />
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6. The first thing that needed to be done was to get the iPads inventoried, labeled, and bar-coded. This again was done by the library. The serial numbers are really small numbers and hard to read on the back of the iPad, so I recommend that you read the number off the iPad box instead.<br />
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7. Now the iPads are all mine to begin to setup. The first thing I did was to unpack them and take off the protective plastic cellophane wrap. Since I don't have hundreds of these to do, I don't need a big production line. I got some help from another teacher who will be using them also.<br />
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8. What about numbering the iPads. Originally I was hoping to be able to have Apple do free engraving on the back with "Property of School District# " and also add a unique number to each. But, this was not possible because purchasing of them was done at the School Board offices and I had no control over where they would buy them. Also, If I put a number on the back of the devices, it would be likely not seen because they would be covered up by a case. So what do you do?<br />
I ended up setting the lock screen image to be different on each iPad and contain a unique number with the school logo. Then I put a passcode lock the device with that same number. This, I think will make the iPads easy to identify because they will fit into the Bretford sync cart's individually numbered slots.<br />
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This will make it clear to each student and me what number each iPad is. This will be important because students will be required to use the same numbered iPad each day.<br />
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9. The iPads are really easy to setup. You just plug them into your Macbook via a USB sync chord and follow the onscreen instructions. Unfortunately, you need to do this individually for each device for the 1st setup. Once I did the iPad setup and logged into the itunes account, I was able to do my first sync of all the devices at once.<br />
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10. I have found that for major iOS updates that you can't use the Bretford Cart to sync and have to plug in each device one at a time. For more thoughts on this I did another <a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/10/ios-5-is-it-for-classroom.html">blog post that you can read here</a>.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Conclusion:</span></b><br />
Now that the iPads are fully setup, the most difficult part is integrating them into your everyday classroom. What will you change? How?<br />
You can't keep doing things the same way that you always did in your classroom. But, on the other hand you don't want to over rely on the device and loose focus on curriculum and instead put all your focus on an iPad.<br />
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here are some really good sources that I consulted before starting:</span></u></b><br />
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<b>A ning page with info on iPads/eBooks in education</b><br />
<a href="http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your-school-for-an">http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your-school-for-an</a><br />
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<b>Managing a Major Deployment</b><br />
<a href="http://wiki.canby.k12.or.us/groups/ipodusergroup/wiki/98ee1/Managing_a_Major_Deployment.html">http://wiki.canby.k12.or.us/groups/ipodusergroup/wiki/98ee1/Managing_a_Major_Deployment.html</a><br />
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<b>3 Ways to Manage Student iPads in the Classroom</b><br />
<a href="http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=1557">http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=1557</a><br />
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<b>How to setup iCloud for "Find my iPad"</b><br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/find-my-ipad-setup/">http://www.apple.com/ipad/find-my-ipad-setup/</a><br />
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<b>39 Sites for using iPads in the Classroom</b><br />
<a href="http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/38-sites-on-using-ipads-in-classroom.html">http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/38-sites-on-using-ipads-in-classroom.html</a><br />
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<b>iPads in the Classroom Resource Page </b><br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/schrockipad/">https://sites.google.com/site/schrockipad/ </a><br />
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<b>iPad App Tracker</b><br />
<a href="http://www.padgadget.com/ipad-apps-tracker/">http://www.padgadget.com/ipad-apps-tracker/</a><br />
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<b>Sites for Using iPads in Education </b><br />
<a href="http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/05/sites-for-using-ipads-in-education.html">http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/05/sites-for-using-ipads-in-education.html</a><br />
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<b>Wiki on<i> iPad in Education</i> sponsored by the Department of Educational Technology in the School District of Palm Beach County</b><br />
<a href="http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/">http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/</a><br />
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<b>iPads in School Wiki - Huge resources on all areas</b><br />
<a href="http://ipadschools.wikispaces.com/">http://ipadschools.wikispaces.com/</a><br />
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<b>Great Question Checklist from Palm Beach: Preplan List</b><br />
<a href="http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/documentsharing/Document_Sharing/Main_files/iPad%20Implementation%20Planning%20Worksheet%20Reduced.pdf">http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/documentsharing/Document_Sharing/Main_files/iPad%20Implementation%20Planning%20Worksheet%20Reduced.pdf</a><br />
<br />KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-86862560399167624582011-10-17T14:23:00.000-07:002011-10-21T10:48:08.770-07:00Oct 21 Pro D @ WSS<b>Some ideas for interested teachers at WSS: Agenda</b><br />
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8:30 to 10:00 watch the <a href="http://cuebc.ca/cue/2011/10/16/conference-streaming/">live stream</a> of CUEBC (Computer Users Educators of B.C.) keynote by <a href="http://www.cuebc.ca/mobile/key.html">David Warlick</a>.<br />
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Other ideas for the AM & PM:<br />
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<li>Using Moodle to have a classroom Website (Jenn)</li>
<li>Using Collaborative Classroom in their teaching (Jenn)</li>
<li>Using and setting up Prezi's for the classroom (Jenn)</li>
<li>Interested in seeing how iPads are being used at WSS (Jeremy)</li>
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<li>Pearson E-Text</li>
<li>Internet access at seat</li>
<li>iMovie</li>
<li>Pages & Keynote</li>
<li>Twitter for the classroom & for Pro-D or alternate backchannel: <a href="http://gosoapbox.com/">Soapbox</a></li>
<li>Moodle & iPads</li>
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<li>WSS's Media Wiki Server: our own Wikipedia (Jeremy)</li>
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Some student ipad created video's<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS9ruZG6Os">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS9ruZG6Os</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVF81jwz4dA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVF81jwz4dA</a><br />
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Movie Trailer<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yjz3bdU7bg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yjz3bdU7bg</a><br />
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<br />KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-40647925980860264422011-10-15T19:27:00.000-07:002015-01-02T12:13:57.263-08:00iOS 5: is it for the Classroom?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was eager to upgrade to iOS5 this week and foolishly tried to download it minutes after it was released on Wednesday. Well it took forever to download and since it was a large file I had overloaded the capacities of my schools WiFi. Although the download problems may be more from too much demand on Apple's servers. I ended up having to continue the download and install on my iPad at home.<br />
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I though the next day at school that I would try to sync all 30 iPads at once in the sync cart. Why not I though, it normally works like that for all other updates. Except I found out that it would only start to do the iOS upgrade one iPad at a time with someone having to keep clicking buttons throughout the install. After waiting over an hour for the first iPad, it all ended with "unknown error occurring" message where the upgrade failed. Then the same thing happend with the second iPad. So at this point I gave up on a mass sync, and plugged in a single iPad and went through the upgrade...close to <b>1 1/2 hours each</b>...I am still not finished upgrading and will slowly work on them next week. Apple needs to have better and less time consuming ways available for the education market.<br />
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I had my hopes up on the iCloud as a way for students to store and possibly hand in their completed work. However during the setup it appears that the iCloud is setup with your iTunes account. This is a problem because we have all the iPads setup with the same iTunes account (or Apple ID). So for the time being, until I research it more myself, I turned iCloud off.<br />
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<b>UPDATE</b>: I slowly upgraded each iPad one at a time and it took me about 2 weeks getting about 5 done per day. I hope Apple comes up with a better way to do these major updates in the future because this is really time consuming. What if I had hundreds to do?...<br />
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Initially when we got the iPads we bought the <a href="http://www.myincipio.com/iPad-2-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPad-2-Smart-feather-Ultralight-Hard-Shell-Case.asp">Incipio Smart feather for iPad 2</a>, we were planning to eventually buy SmartCovers for them later when we had more money. In the mean time, this past week we noticed that 3-4 cases broke in the top corner and would not stay on the iPads anymore. As I looked at other cases closer, the majority of them had micro-fracture cracks and would eventually break also. I contacted Incipio at the start of the week and today I got an email that they are replacing all of our cases with another model that is softer and more malleable. I think this might be a better option for us since we decided that we no longer want the Smartcover. Thank you for some great customer service from Incipio, you don't often get that from many companies today.<br />
<br />KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-53373725632232352182011-10-10T14:40:00.000-07:002015-01-02T12:15:02.824-08:00Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video EditingThis week has gone quite smooth overall. The students are adapting well to using the iPads daily in our classroom and I find that I have to spend less and less time on the basics. They are becoming more proficient in moving from app to app and website to website. I think we are learning together to be more efficient.<br />
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This week I decided to try out some video authoring on the iPad. So I had some assignment for two of my classes one using the Animoto app, and the second using iMovie.<br />
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Prior to having iPads in my classroom I was enjoying using Animoto.com in our computer lab with students to put together some small presentations and for them to showcase their learning. Now with iPads, we decided to try the Animoto App. I should have known not to try it because it is written for an iPhone and projects small on the iPad screen. I had students follow these steps for their short animoto presentations<br />
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<li>Get your pictures and save them to the camera roll</li>
<li>Create some images on your camera roll with some text ...they could use any apps they wanted.</li>
<li>Open up Animoto app, login to the account I created. Then start by adding the pictures and putting them in the order you wish.</li>
<li>Choose your music from the selections built into animoto.</li>
<li>Then publish and upload it to animoto.</li>
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All of these steps went well except for #5. The Animoto app seems to be really prone to crash and did so numerous times, it really impeded the flow of the project for some. Those who finished and then hit publish found themselves waiting forever (it appeared to be frozen) for the video to upload and render. I think this may be that our WiFi system hit its limit. However, I really don't think it should be so easy for it to freeze up. I managed to create a quick video myself on my iPhone and it uploaded quite fast on 3G. So I am not sure why we couldn't get this working so well. Another WiFi infrastructure issue maybe?<br />
I ended up having many students switch over to iMovie where we had no problems...I just had to give them a quick tutorial on how to insert images and sound.<br />
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My recommendation is to NOT use the Animoto app any longer until they release an iPad only app.<br />
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Another group of my students did some great work in iMovie this week. They easily figured out how to add photos, video, text and music to create some very nice group videos. The only issues that surfaced was that there seems to be no way to divide video clips into shorter segments so they can insert pictures. This is easy to work around by not filming longer segments. Again, I had some difficulties when students went to upload to our class Youtube account. It was slow and I basically tried to only have one student at a time upload. This ended up stalling many groups from uploading their finished video, which is why I am still waiting for some. These technology issues are not the best use of my time, but I had no choice.<br />
I will definitely have students use iMovie again and I think their proficiency with it will make it go faster.<br />
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This week I also did some experimenting with a backchannel conversion using <a href="http://gosoapbox.com/">SoapBox</a>. I heard about this from someone on my PLN: twitter. Anyway all I did was create a free account with Soapbox, then create a new Box for my class. Then soapbox displays an event code that students enter to join the Soapbox. Now I had students logged on to this on their iPad while we watched a video. I posted questions here as the video went along and encouraged students to chat, ask questions, and answer other students questions.<br />
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Beside a few off topic posts by students (which I could delete while the event was open) it went really well. I am going to experiment with this some more in the future and encourage more participation. One thing I liked about Soapbox was the fact that the chat was not public like twitter and is really easy to use for participants.<br />
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Well it had been a good week and as alway, I expect I will learn lots more next week.KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-18531844508405334172011-10-02T15:25:00.000-07:002011-10-02T15:25:59.957-07:00Week 4: The Good, Bad & the iPad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week has not been all that revolutionary in using the iPads in class. But I have found out some ways of using them and some limitations.<br />
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I am finding that I have trouble getting 2-3 iPads to automatically sync when I plug them into the <a href="http://apple.bretford.com/products/powersynccartforipad">Bretford Powersync 30 iPad cart.</a> I have not figured out why yet, but I just have to plug them in separately, so its not that bad of an inconvenience. I probably should call Bretford up about this.<br />
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This week I spent alot of time trying to get the School District mail setup on all the iPads with a generic "no-return" email. However, to date all I have is some frustration, wasted time, and no ability to have students email from their desk.<br />
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One of the problems that I am having is getting student created work off of the iPads for me to assess. I have been involved with a great discussion on this over twitter with some tweeps and this has given me some ideas.<br />
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<b>So far I have used the following techniques to get student work:</b><br />
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<li>students enter their work directly into a Moodle forum, this works well and is easy for me to access and mark. The only problem is everyone in the class can see each others posts...might be okay for some things, but some copying can occur.</li>
<li>students create their work in the Pages app and then copy/paste it into a hand-in folder (called: assignments-online text) in Moodle. I used this for the first time this week and it worked great. Students posted a historical letter they wrote, it was private and I could easily mark, assess, and write return comments for them. I plan to continue to use this method.</li>
<li>I had students setup Evernote accounts this week for them to enter notes into and be able to access them on the iPads at school and at home on their own computeres. But, the sharing features really only work on the paid version, so this won't work for sharing files. If I want to share some files with students, I can put them up in Moodle in less than a minute. I love Evernote, but for class its only good for student to keep notes organized.</li>
<li>I have attempted to get students to put a Pages file into dropbox, but you can't do that... Too bad because this would have been a convenient way to have a "hand-in" shared folder.</li>
<li>I have also resorted to walking around and physically viewing and assessing student work right off the iPad. Not very efficient and it interrupts their other work.</li>
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<b>Here are the ways that I would like to be able to receive student work on iPads:</b><br />
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<li>via email, it should be easy to setup, but no I am having infrastructure issues with IP ports blocking connections. I might resort to setting up a generic hotmail account to test and see if students can just email me content.</li>
<li>Google docs....but its relatively incompatible on the iPads. Why can't Apple and Google just get along.</li>
<li>I would like to be able to have students be able to print from their iPads. I am not sure how to go about this and what it might cost though. I do know that we can get a WiFi printer or we can setup dedicated print-servers. But again not sure how to go about this?</li>
<li>Blog. Waiting for word on the setup of Wordpress accounts for every student at my school. We will be piloting this for the district. I am wanting students to reflect on what they are learning here and comment on other classmates work. We have the Wordpress app on the iPads and will be able to post content easily once setup.</li>
<li>Wiki. MediaWiki is already setup and I will shortly begin having students develop our own school-wide wiki. This will be all student created content. I just have to teach them some of the coding before we start. </li>
<li>Video. I am hoping there will be no problem posting to Youtube from iMovie on the iPad at school. I have a project starting with my Grade 11's this week. So my fingers are crossed here also.</li>
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I am looking forward to the October 4th Apple event where they should release new products and especially iOS5. I will be upgrading to this new version right away and hoping that some of the difficulties mentioned will evaporate away.<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Nowthat the third week has passed, I have decided to do a quick postwith my thoughts on using the iPads in the classroom. Really it'sjust been two weeks of using them in the classroom since the firstweek was spent getting them properly registered in our librarytechnology tracking system. Then there was some time taken to get theWiFi setup on them by our local tech guy. I was inspired to blog weekly because of posts from <a href="http://www.keithrispin.com/">KeithRispin</a>, another B.C. educator doing a iPad pilot.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">I have approached this newschool year with both excitement and nervousness. Excitement with thefact that there are 30 shiny new iPads waiting to be used whileteaching Social Studies. Nervousness mostly with the fact that I knewthey were not fully setup and I felt there was some technologyinfrastructure issues that were unresolved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">I have started my studentsoff on using the iPads slowly trying to use their strengths andfind out their limitations. I am currently using them in a Grade 8class, Grade 11 class and a Grade 12 class. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">With my Grade 8 class I usedthem for web research at their desk. Students were able to go beyondtheir textbook and find more details. This went really well andintuitively the students knew how to use the web browser knew how tonavigate on the devices. I had pre-selected some links for them tovisit and posted them on my Moodle page. I also had students doingsome map review by using a few different map quiz apps. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">I think that this is wherethe iPad really shines, we can do extended individual research rightat our desk. No more leaving the classroom, going to the computerlab, students find seats, start up the computer, login, wait, then goon to research. With the iPads it is becoming way more efficient andwe get to work quicker.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">With my Grade 12 Historyclass I dove right in and we tried all kinds of different ways to usethe iPad in class. They were kind of my guinea pig class totry things out. The results have been hit and miss, however thelearning immeasurable. I wanted to really try to reducepaper usage in this class and do much more work on ouriPads. I am posting notes, handouts, and web links all in my classMoodle page. I have experimented a few different ways for students tocomplete some class work. I posted a PDF up on Moodle and they had towrite some answers...this turned out not to be that great becauseeven with the GoodReader app...it was hard for them to edit and typein the blanks. Mostly we waisted a bunch of time and the student werefrustrated. If I only wanted them to highlight then PDF format mightbe okay. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Next I posted a Worddocument on Moodle and they were able to download it into the Pagesapp. This worked really well because the students were able to get towork and answer questions right away. However, I think I want to getPages on my Macbook and post documents on Moodle in that formatinstead, there were a few glitches with the formatting ofthe MSWord document. I am having trouble getting the finisheddocument from students because our WiFi won't let us email from thedevices...frustrating, I think it has to do with the proxy server orfirewall. Not sure, but I am trying to get our Tech guys to fix it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">I also had student post someof their work onto Moodle directly in a Forum. This was terrific andI am leaning towards this type of entry in the future. Also thinkingabout EverNote, but this currently doesn't sync to the cloud. Mightalso be a proxy server or firewall issue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">With my Grade 11 class wehave had some issues and this last week did not go as well as I wouldhave liked. We just used the iPads basically for the first time thislast week and we were using the Pearson e-Text app. When we weretrying to download the chapters it ended up completely bogging downthe school WiFi network and no one was able to download theirchapters. I tested the WiFi that the iPads connect to and it showedaround 4Mb/s for speed. Is this fast or slow, I don't know? It mightbe an issue; however, we won't be downloading stuff like thiseveryday. The next day I had two students at a time download, I couldonly get 6-8 students to download the current unit...owch.Fortunately, the chapters are also available in the app </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">In the Grade 11 class I havealso been posting work in Moodle and have used MSWord format thatallows students to edit the document in Pages. I will be making alotof use of Moodle forums also in this class. I am waiting for all mystudents to get Wordpress accounts hosted on our server- our schoolwill be piloting this. I am hoping to use this for students to postonto and create a sort of e-portfolio to showcase their learning overthe term.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times;">It has been a good week,still some glitches to work out with the district tech guys. I amgetting alot of support from my principal and district tech staff, soI am hopeful the these issues will work themselves out over the nextweek. </span></span></div>
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<br />KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-89172038374316831802011-06-25T12:19:00.000-07:002011-06-25T12:40:17.198-07:00Literature on teaching with Video Conferencing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyToOLUWPfW65emPfz_ED3z07PVK79wQXp8JOY-3VOieNJrtMaFcOB7eoVFvV_Sgw5D-iGEc_KUvcItB24BBHRRuGxzKO9TZbCALUv1XmxcsYy8uT31AE_Wnq6zqepiCX4pIZZ8KGTBo/s1600/5398212277_ae909a21b4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyToOLUWPfW65emPfz_ED3z07PVK79wQXp8JOY-3VOieNJrtMaFcOB7eoVFvV_Sgw5D-iGEc_KUvcItB24BBHRRuGxzKO9TZbCALUv1XmxcsYy8uT31AE_Wnq6zqepiCX4pIZZ8KGTBo/s320/5398212277_ae909a21b4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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In SD73, we have at least one VC equipped classroom in each high school. These rooms are used for teachers to teach with students in front of them and also at other campuses. Additionally, the rooms are being used to connect to other content providers to open the doors of the classroom. This is like a virtual field trip.<br />
Here is <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/news/123956534.html">one example where our district is using VC to connect with experts around the globe.</a><br />
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One of the best resources to connect to content providers is to visit <a href="http://www.cilc.org/">http://www.cilc.org/ </a>where you can search content providers you can dial into for virtual field trips.<br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: center;">Armstrong-Stassen, M., Landstrom, M., & Lumpkin, R. (1998). Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction. <i>The Information Society</i>, 14, 153-164.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This article by Armstrong-Stassen et al.(1998), examines how university students react to videoconferencing as an instructional form. Students perceptions are taken at various stages in the completion of their course to gauge their acceptance of this as an instructional medium. It is a good study because it deals with many concerns that learners have related to videoconferencing. Although videoconferencing technology has changed alot since this articles publishing date, I still think this article's four major areas of concern are still true today.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Gill, D., Parker, C., & Richardson, J. (2005). Twelve tips for teaching using videoconferencing. <i>Medical Teacher</i>, 27(7), 573-577.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">As the title of this article suggest, it gives the reader twelve tips for using videoconferencing from an instructors perspective. Videoconferencing is being used more and more across wide geographical sites to deliver courses. Gill et al (2005), breaks down many lessons that others have learned and put these tips together in a well organized list. The authors are very positive about videoconferencing and believe that teaching sessions can be delivered effectively and enjoyably.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Knipe, D., & Lee, M. (2002). The quality of teaching and learning via videoconferencing. <i>British Journal of Educational Technology</i>, 33(3), 301-311.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Knipe and Lee (2002) discuss how it is “naive to assume that merely linking distant groups or individuals at different locations creates an effective learning environment.” They are concerned that quality of teaching and learning is not always being considered when videoconferencing is introduced to an educational institution. Knipe and Lee examine diaries that students of a videoconferencing class kept to record experiences in this classroom situation. From these diaries, they conclude and explain why local videoconferencing students had a higher occurrence of learning over remote students.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Freeman, Mark (1998). Video conferencing: a solution to the multi-campus large classes problem? <i>British Journal of Educational Technology</i>, 29(3), 197-210.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This article found benefits to the use of videoconferencing, but his main criticism was that students and staff felt that lecturing learning activities and interactions were not improved by this mode of delivery. Freeman looked at videoconferencing and discuses the problems that staff encountered that led to distractions at the remote site. Concluding the article he outlines four recommendations that need to be resolved by technical staff and administrators.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Dreyfus, H. (2001). Disembodied telepresence and the remoteness of the real. <i>On the Internet </i>(pp. 50- 72). USA & Canada: Routledge.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Telepresence is an answer to the impersonal nature of distance education according to Dreyfus (2001). Using telepresence or videoconferencing, a teacher can change and acertain what is working or not working in a lesson and respond accordingly. This ability for a teacher to be able to notice social cues like mood, give them the advantage to respond and perceive the class environment more skillfully.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Saw, K.G., Majid, O., Ghani, A., Atan, H., Idrus, R.M., Rahman, Z.A., & Tan, K.E. (2008). The videoconferencing learning environment: Technology, interaction and learning intersect. <i>British Journal of Educational Technology</i>, 39(3), 475-485.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Saw et al.(2008) look at videoconferencing classes by examining the interactions that occur. They looked at teacher initiated interaction to whole class, teacher initiated interaction to a specific student, student initiated interaction to the teacher, and student initiated interaction to other students all via videoconferencing. The large amounts of data that is collected leads the researchers to three major findings that deal with technology configuration in a videoconferencing classroom.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Anderson, T., & Rourke, L. (2005). Videoconferencing in Kindergarten-to-Grade 12 Setting: A Review of the Literature. <i>Canadian Association of Distance Education Research: Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University</i>, Athabasca: Crown in Right of the Province of Alberta.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Anderson & Rourke (2005), conducted a literature review of Internet Protocol videoconferencing from kindergarten through to grade 12. They look at six topics: outcomes, learning activities, interactive learning processes, keys to success, special populations, and equipment and technology. In their government conducted review, they attempt to collect information on videoconferencing for policy makers. They do conclude that the literature on Internet Protocol videoconferencing from kindergarten through to grade 12 is still relatively new and in the early stage of implementation.<br />
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Distance education via videoconferencing is promoted as a way to free up students from the constraints of time and place to allow them to have easier access to education no matter where they live. Videoconferencing is being used to link rural learners with teachers and classroom communities. We really can't expect that just because learners at different sites are linked together with technology, that this will create an effective learning environment. There needs to be a number of things that are considered. Instructor and students need to have proper training and have timely access to technical support when problems arise. Instructional methods, strategies, and course planning need to be considered if they will function properly in a VC environment. Teachers need to make sure that they make connections with students at the remote site to make them feel as though they are part of the class. The technical setup and structure of the VC equipment needs to be done in a such a way as to make both sites feel included and part of the class. Videoconferencing will continue to change over time as the technology gets upgraded and there is no doubt that some of the concerns with VC will be overcome. But the most important piece to me is that VC create a cohesive classroom of students and a good learning environment.</div></div>KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-82381995811317170902011-06-17T15:15:00.000-07:002015-01-02T12:10:46.336-08:00Digital Learning Using AnimotoMy Grade 8 Socials has just finished learning about European explorers. In the past I have had my students create trading cards for some explorers; much like hockey cards.<br />
This time I wanted to teach them to use Animoto and be creative in making videos. They found Animoto easy to use and I really didn't have to help them much on the tech side of things. One of the limitations of Animoto is the number of characters they can add into the presentation (its less than twitter). I told them to be careful with what they say and to be concise with their message. I actually found this to be good because they had to summarize very carefully; they could not copy paste from websites.<br />
I was thinking of getting them to make graphics and add text by using the Gimp image software program. This image then could be imported as a .jpg into Animoto. This would allow for more detailed text to be added to the video. Its and extra step and I might integrate it when I use Animoto next time.<br />
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So below are a few of the animoto videos that students created. <br />
The class is seeking comments on their work. <br />
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Explorer John Cabot<br />
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Christopher Columbus<br />
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Ferdinand Magellan<br />
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So below are the six animoto video. The class is seeking comments on their work.<br />
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Thanks for looking at them, please leave some feedback below!KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-7181007894090072892011-05-30T13:46:00.000-07:002011-05-30T20:29:56.014-07:00Five ways to get iPads for your classroomI have had many people ask me what I did to be able to get a classroom set of Apple's newest tech gadget: the iPad. How did I do it? If you want to hear about what the project will involve, check my <a href="http://kamloopsedtech.blogspot.com/2011/05/ipad-pilot-project-for-kamloops-sd.html">previous blog post</a>.<br />
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</div><div>The big reason I was able to get 30 iPads (along with other complementary equipment) for a pilot project approved in an era of declining school funding are:<span id="goog_1169825380"></span><span id="goog_1169825381"></span><br />
<div><ol><li>I am passionate about school technology and have been an early adopter of using computers and technology in my classroom; from projectors to Smartboards, to clickers. And, I have always been trying new Web2.0 tools with my students.</li>
<li>I have been a technology leader and advocate at my school.</li>
<li>My principal caught the vision for what I wanted to do with iPads in the classroom...at least to some extent at first. I convinced him and he became an advocate to the school board.</li>
<li>I put together a very detailed plan and analysis for the project using the Bates and Poole SECTIONS model that I submitted to administration (copy below).</li>
<li>I did not give up and take no for an answer. I was tenacious.</li>
</ol>I have always been interested in technology and getting students using technology for projects in the classroom. Before I was a teacher I was a computer sales person and technician; so I was really comfortable around technology. I am also currently working on my Masters in Educational Technology and this has got me researching and thinking more about technological changes in education.</div><div>It is important for you to have a clear plan and explain how you are going to use the technology or device. Next don't give up, keep trying and telling others about your plan.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jonmroz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/divider2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="http://jonmroz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/divider2.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div>Here is the detailed plan that I submitted using the <a href="http://id.ome.ksu.edu/blog/2007/apr/21/sections_model_for_instructional_design/">Bates and Poole</a> model that was developed to help education planners to analyze new technology for implementation.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In purchasing any educational technologies, Bates and Poole (2003) suggest a framework to evaluate technology purchases. This framework is called the SECTIONS Model. This framework suggests that the following eight questions be answered before the purchase decision is made. Here are the questions and my responses to them based on the purchase of thirty iPads for use in a classroom as a replacement for textbooks and going to computer labs. The use of iPads for education is called m-learning and it facilitates a portable/mobile learning that frees up students from the confines of a desk, computer lab, etc. I would propose that the iPads be signed out to students for use during class only, and that they remain at the school; this would enable them to be used for several blocks of classes at a time and help prevent damage.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Below is the rationale and an explanation of the how the technology would be used.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">S</span> - Students: What is known about the students - or potential students - and the appropriateness of the technology for this particular group or range of students?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-Students are very used to mobile devices and many of them already use iPods everyday. By bringing in iPads the students will find the environment very familiar and there will likely be a very small learning curve. High school students will be capable of using the devices; most likely the students using them would be 15-16 years old. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">E</span> - Ease of use and reliability: how easy is it for both teachers and students to use? How reliable and well tested is the technology?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-With the purchase of 30 iPads, there will be a syncing & charging cart that will be purchased. This cart will securely hold the devices and allow for them to be easily charged and quickly ready to use. The cart will also have a dedicated laptop that will allow for simultaneous syncing; this will save a huge amount of time for the teacher. Syncing will be appropriate for uploading new apps, documents and upgrades to the iPads; and it will backup content on the iPads. The students will be quite familiar with the function and operation of the iPads because most of them already know how to use a iPod which operates exactly the same. The technology is in its second generation now and has proven to be a well adopted device. There are currently over 65,000 apps available for the iPad and this includes many that are very appropriate for schools.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">C</span> - Costs: what is the cost structure of each technology? What is the unit cost per learner?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In purchasing iPads the following hardware would be required for purchase:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-The iPad purchase would require a few pieces of technology. There would be the purchase of the iPad which are $519 each. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-The <b>iPad Smart Cover</b> is $45 each. This protects the screen and allows the device to we elevated for ease of use.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-The charging and syncing cart is the <b>Bretford Cart for iPad</b> cost $2,599.95. This cart is on wheels, it securely locks and allows all the iPads to sync and charge at the same time. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-An Apple laptop is also required that will be able to hook to the cart and it will host the software to sync apps and music and videos. I would recommend a <b>Apple Macbook Pro 15”</b>: it would cost $1749. <span style="font-weight: normal;">The system requirements for the Bretford Cart requires an Apple computer.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>--Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit</b> is $35 and would be useful to have 3 of these (one per 10). This allows for students to import photos/video’s and other files onto the iPad</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3263326522605341016&postID=718100789409007289" name="coherent_id_45"></a>--<b>Apple VGA Adapter</b> allows the iPad to hook up to a monitor or projector for $35 and it would be useful to have two of these. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>-Apple Digital AV Adapter</b> is another adaptor that allows the iPad to hook up to a monitor or projector for $45 and it would be useful to have one of these. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>--Apple Component AV Cable</b> allows the iPad to hook up to a tv or projector for $45 and it would be useful to have one of these. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">--It also may be useful to have <b>Apple iPad Keyboard Dock</b> that allows a keyboard to be hooked up to the iPad, I would recommend that we get six of these at $69 each (1 per 5 units).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">--<b>JAMBOX by Jawbone Wireless Speaker</b> – Black. This will be used for presentations so the iPad has sound for a class to hear, costs $199 (only 1 required).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-In addition, some money would be required to allow for the purchase of apps/music/movies. Amount would vary and the focus will be on free or low cost apps. Several hundred would be needed for iMovie, Keynote, Pages, & Garage Band.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The total cost for all the iPads and accessories is approximately $25,000 + taxes .</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This works out to approximately $800 per user.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">T</span> - Teaching and learning: what kinds of learning are needed? What instructional approaches will best meet these needs? What are the best technologies for supporting this teaching and learning?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-I will be teaching Social Studies with a focus on Constructivism pedagogy. This will entail lots of projects and research; student construction knowledge with the guidance/supervision of their teacher. In doing this, I will make great use of Moodle, PDF documents, eReader, and other Web2.0 tools. I would use the iPad as the replacement for a textbook and a tool for students to access the primary content of the course. The iPad is the ideal technology because it is not bulky and can easily be used at students desks, or in small groups doing research and collecting information on curricular topics. Ipads are easy to use, require no boot-up time and with the availability of all kinds of apps, can be used to quickly find the information required. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Students would each be assigned a particular numbered iPad and it would remain in the classroom to be returned to the iPad cart at the end of class. Students would be able to do homework outside of class time by accessing the class Moodle and by using other Web2.0 tools either through the Linux computers(outside of class) or a computer at home. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">I</span> - Interactivity: what kind of interaction does this technology enable?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-It is very interactive and engaging. The technology allows for the ease of mobility of the class; they are no longer having to remain in their desk or go to a computer lab anymore. All kinds of web content can easily be accessed at their desk anytime and very quickly. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">With available accessories students can hook up the iPad to a projector and share content on the Smartboard and projector very easily and quickly. Images and video can also be imported and/or edited on the iPad, and again this content can be shared with the class in a presentation format.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">O</span> - Organizational issues: What are the organizational requirements and the barriers to be removed before this technology can be used successfully? What changes in organization need to be made?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-I have done some preliminary enquiries into the ability of 30 iPads to be able to use the WiFi on our schools current configuration. I have spoken with district computer technician regarding this and he does not see any problem with this unless everyone is streaming video at the same time from the web; this will likely not be done. The setup and upkeep of the iPads by district tech staff will be minimal; only setting up the </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">WiFi passwords after purchase. The iPad will be maintained by the teacher in the cart. This cart will keep the iPads fully charged and it would be easy for the teacher to upload new apps to all the devices simultaneously. The library could record the technology into inventory and put appropriate SD73 stickers and ID numbers on the devices (although Apple does do Free engraving on iPads...perhaps we could supply them with the number to avoid stickers).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">So, with the new system of WiFi that was just installed at WSS, I don’t believe that there will be any barriers for us to adopt iPads.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">N</span> - Novelty: how new is this technology?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-Tablet technology has been around for over ten years. However, this touch technology has become popularized on the popular iPod touch/iPhone platform. This platform launched in 2007 and was quickly accepted. The great thing about this platform is the ease of use and the large numbers of apps available; currently around 350,000. The iPad is just over one year old and is on its 2<sup>nd</sup> generation; it has already sold over 15 million units. There are many android tablets that will be shipping over 2011 also; however, the prices are similar to more expensive than the iPad and they don’t have very many available apps. The iPad is much more developed and refined over its competition.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red;">S</span> - Speed: how quickly can courses be mounted with this technology? How quickly can materials be changed?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">-Well, the iPad has virtually no start up time, this saves time for students to get to work much quicker. The Social Studies course that I would be creating would be in Moodle on the WSS website, this takes very little time to create and the content will be available to students anywhere (school or at home). Technologies are also available to create custom iPad apps that then can be loaded on all the iPads.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">There are also opportunities for students to also make extensive use of Web2.0 tools and to create an individual electronic portfolio as a culmination to the course. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I hope that this technology proposal will be accepted. iPads for educational use is rapidly expanding worldwide. Some school districts are investing millions of dollars into them.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This review of implementing the iPad technology into the Social Studies curriculum was completed by:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">J. Reid</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">WSS Social Studies Teacher</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div></div><div><b>Source:</b></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Bates and Poole. (2003) “A Framework for Selecting and Using Technology.” In Effective Teaching with Technology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Pages 75-105.</div></div><div><br />
</div>KamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263326522605341016.post-42384109283832043922011-05-16T21:07:00.000-07:002015-01-02T12:15:51.792-08:00iPad Pilot project for Kamloops SDI am awaiting the hardware arrival of the first batch of Apple iPads to WSS in Kamloops, BC. They are going to be used mostly for Social Studies and for Astronomy classes. Our schools new and improved WiFi network will enable this project to go ahead. <br />
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It was really a surprise that this project was approved and that the funds were somehow found. In a later post I will explain how I got it approved.<br />
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I am also planning on using this blog to chronicle the implementation of a class set of iPads on the school and learning of students.<br />
Also we will share our experiences and best apps around for educational use.<br />
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How are the iPads going to be used in the classroom? Again a future post. Sorry you will have to wait, but I wanted to start the blog somewhere. <br />
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Jeremy ReidKamloopsEdTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13693179181015785097noreply@blogger.com4