iPads in the Classroom Gayle Thieman, Melissa Lim and Dawn Guildner Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR

3D Game Lab in Tech 101 -Gamification of curriculum -Self-paced -Student choice -Earn badges tied to learning targets

Google + Communities -Share projects and resources -Announcements -Kudos/Comments -Discussion For Staff And Students

Google Docs In Biology 1.Doctopus-push out assignments to students 2.Give feedback on document with comments 3.Goobric-assess assignments with rubric

Websites made easy with Weebly

Schoology-everything in one place

Project Based Learning in Tech 101 Team Choice-Lip Dub or Stop Motion -Google Doc for team collaboration and teacher feedback -iPads or phones used for video -Video editing: Youtube, Movie Maker, We Video, iMovie, Stop Motion Studio

Edmodo on the iPad

Edmodo empowers EL students’ use of tech Easy to use for teacher and the students ● simple design that is accessible to the students ● closed site with no public access or advertising ● connects to Google Drive ● organizes all resources for a unit into a folder Students can ● post links to pictures or documents to a group of students or individual student ● reply ● participate in polls and quizzes

iPads support oral language and reading ● iPad lowers affective filters ● Practice oral language by recording into the iPad and listening ● Raz Kids ( ● Read online books or listen to a digital recording and follow along with the highlighted text ● Read at, below, or above their reading level and choose books of their interests

iPad use supports student research Students research for personal reasons ● take initiative to find information on topic of interest ● watch and learn from videos they find ● recommend that teacher post on Edmodo for class Students research for classwork ● first access images with less text because reading level is still low ● don’t know how to select reputable sites so teacher/students collaborate ● teacher puts pre-selected links on Edmodo

Suggestions for implementing iPads in the classroom ● Develop clear protocols for iPad use in class ● Allocate enough time to introduce the device and allow students to explore and be comfortable with the applications ● Be clear about the end goal of the lesson ● Decide which technology is best to use and when it should be used in the lesson

Policy Implications ●Communicate importance of iPads to faculty, students and families ●Promote sustained and systematic use of iPads across the curriculum ●Ensure equitable access for all students ●Develop an evaluation system to analyze implementation success ●Prioritize professional development ●Provide time to explore and practice specific apps ●Learn how to maximize student learning with iPads ●Focus on fewer apps used schoolwide ●Provide tech support ●Efficient distribution of iPads and orientation for students ●Maintenance and update of equipment Reform implementation requires sustained focus over time