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2. Taking Maryvale into the Future

3. Why Maryvale? Why now?

4.  iPad 2 iPad 2

5. An iPad is a book-sized touch screen computing device.

6.  Multi-touch glass with one single button  Small, 1.5 lbs.  Battery lasts up to 10 hrs.  Built-in speakers  Built-in microphone  Relatively inexpensive  Powerful  Can be used with a keyboard or a stylus

7.  Wow!  Cutting edge technology  Computer capabilities in a small package  Makes learning fun  Addresses all learning styles  Lighten the backpack  Organization

8.  Instant “on”  Email  Apps  Internet  Productivity tools  Memory  Ease of use  No viruses

9.  It’s time…going green, “cloud” computing  Access to the Internet for all classes  Students want to use it – motivational

10.  Will the textbooks be on the iPads?  Does the $150 tech fee increase mean that you are buying the iPads?  What are the students going to do with the iPads?  Will the students be able to take the iPads home?  Will the students be able to buy apps?  Will students get the new iPad 2?

12.  Use Apps  Specialized apps for differentiated learning  Play Music  Listen to music in a foreign language or play a piano  Listen to Podcasts  Learn grammar or listen to a first hand account

14.  Take Notes and Create Presentations  Use productivity tools such as Pages, Keynote and Numbers  Watch Videos  Learn about a chemical reaction or the human body  Do Research  Immediate information available at their fingertips  Read books  Never leave a book in the locker or lose it again

16.  Use technology their way  Supplement learning  Motivate - options for learning  listening to podcasts  online activities  Real time learning – always connected

17. Textbooks or specific chapters can be downloaded anytime that there is an Internet connection. They can be read even without an Internet connection.

18. FREE  Jane Eyre  A Midsummer’s Night Dream  Romeo and Juliet  Sharp Grammar – Kaplan Study Guide  The Odyssey  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare  United States Bill of Rights

19.  Going digital  All novels will be on the iPad  If want a book, can purchase it but expectation will be to use iPads  Exceptions may be the vocabulary and sentence writing books  Still have a couple of workbooks

20.  Kindle App available for iPad  6 th grade books available on Kindle  The Giver ▪ Kindle Edition – $6.64 ▪ Paperback - $6.99  Number the Stars ▪ Kindle Edition -$6.64 ▪ Paperback - $6.99  Bridge to Terabithia ▪ Kindle Edition - $5.99 ▪ Paperback - $6.99

21.  Some textbooks available now  New ones added recently  Buy the entire book or a chapter at a time for $3.99 each  Books Available Now  Biology  Psychology  Photography  Music Appreciation  Sociology  Elements of Style  The Art of Public Speaking  Medical Physiology http://www.inkling.com/ http://www.inkling.com/blog/

22.  March 23, 2011  Both McGraw-Hill and Pearson, two of the largest educational content providers in the world, have invested in Inkling.  Announced some significant content commitments, including the following: The top 100 undergrad titles from McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The top medical reference titles from McGraw-Hill Professional. A full MBA curriculum from Pearson Education. Top undergraduate titles from Pearson Education. A full medical education curriculum from Wolters Kluwer Health.

23. Many apps are added on a daily basis!

24.  Unlike expensive software for laptops, the most commonly used apps are either free or relatively inexpensive for the iPad - from $0.99 to $9.99 (for Pages or Keynote).  Microsoft Office 2010 - Suggested retail price: $279.99

25.  Continuous Internet access while on campus and possibly at home if a student’s family has a wireless home network set up.  Students will use their parent’s iTunes account to use the iPad.

26.  Screen reader  Support for playback of closed-caption content

27. New printers are on the market that can be used with iPads.

28. Send your Pages files to yourself to be printed from a computer.

29.  Parents and students will sign an iPad Agreement.  A new Acceptable Use Policy will be implemented.  Parents will be trained to use the iPad before student iPads will be issued.  Safety controls and Internet Safety information will be available.

30.  iPads will allow students access to the Internet and electronic resources they need for their classes.  Piloting an iPad program for one year would give us valuable information regarding its use inside and outside of the classroom.

31.  Educational comparisons between other devices and the iPad indicate that the iPad would suit our students’ needs.  Buying the iPad and by assessing a yearly $150.00 device fee, instead of having the students purchase their own, allows for all families at MVP to afford this technologically advanced learning tool for their daughters.

32.  Contact Lisa Cohen cohenl@maryvale.com 410-308-8595 Sarah Butcher butchers@maryvale.com 410-308-8596