iPad U Participation Requirements - 20 Total Hours
2 one hour face-to-face sessions
6 two hour Apple Learning Center Badge training sessions (Task One)
6 one hour online discussion sessions (Task Two)
iPad U Activities by Month
iPad U Opening Face-to-Face Meeting (January)
iPad Basics (January)
Task One - Earn Your iPad Basics Badge
Task Two - iPad Basics Online Discussion Prompt - "Of all of the things you looked into, what do you feel is the single most useful thing to help students improve their iPad experience? Explain how it would help your students."
Pages (February)
Task One - Earn Your Pages for iPad Badge
Task Two - Pages Discussion Prompts (Choose one of the following)
"How is using Pages different than your experience on Word or Google Docs?"
"What student projects/challenges come to mind using Pages that you hadn't thought of doing before?"
Keynote (March)
Task One - Earn Your Keynote for iPad Badge
Task Two - Keynote Online Discussion Prompt - "Jason and Jeff argue that Keynote is the best tool out there for personalized education. Illustrate why they are either correct or why they are morons."
Numbers (April)
Task One - Earn Your Numbers for iPad Badge
Task Two - Numbers Online Discussion Prompt - "How is Numbers different from a conventional spreadsheet and how might you use it in your class?"
iMovie (May)
Task One - Earn Your iMovie for iPad Badge
Task Two - iMovie Online Discussion Prompt - "They say a picture is worth one thousand words. How many words is a video worth? Explain your answer."
GarageBand (June)
Task One - Earn Your GarageBand for iPad
Task Two - GarageBand Online Discussion Prompts - Select one of the following:
Garageband on the iPad has a pretty big learning curve. It's a huge app that does way too many things. What struggles did you come across when using Garageband?
What's one part of Garageband that your students could use tomorrow?
iPad U Final Face-to-Face via Zoom
Join us in celebrating all of our certified Apple Teachers!!
CORE Participant Survey Results
Grant Goal Two - Increase teacher competency and collaboration in the effective use of educational technology to promote personalized learning.
Question Two - What have you learned in CORE so far that will help you personalize the learning experience for students?
My students are able to choose between Pages, Keynote and numbers to create their projects.
I have been able to differentiate instruction for the various levels of student learning in my classroom. Some students work collaboratively on class work through the use of their technology using their Apple IDs.
The ability to teach kids to use the different apps so they can then create a piece of work that meets the requirements of the project as well as put their own personality into it. Kids could put as much or little into their own projects.
I have learned how to enhance students’ learning and engagement through technology. There are now different ways that students will be able to demonstrate their learning and be active during a lesson.
I have a better grasp of Keynote and have incorporated it into my lessons allowing students to create animal reports and poetry folder presentations. I loved hearing all of the ideas of ways that others were using apps with their students. Sharing our monthly projects gave me lots of things to think about. I actually have a better appreciation for the iPad and the apps and how useful they can be in the classroom allowing students to demonstrate their learning and creativity.
Having a better understanding of different apps and how to use them will help me better serve my students. Personalized learning is made easier with the support and multi-disciplinary structure built into the iPad and apps.
I feel that my students will be able to use several of the apps to create projects in the classroom. I love that there is flexibility and the children can have options when they are learning content. It can be adapted to meet the needs of children at any grade level.
I would be more comfortable allowing students to choose their own projects to showcase their understanding. They could use Pages, Keynote, or any of the other programs that they feel comfortable within because now I understand the value of the software.
'Understanding we all learn in different ways and being able to adapt to each students learning style will benefit them as well as myself.
I have learned several ways to differentiate learning for my students. Using technology should be able to prioritize the student and help teach them in the best way possible.
There are a lot of apps that I maybe never knew about or at least never touched before CORE that would definitely bring my teaching and student engagement to the next level. I have totally embraced a project mentality this year, and so having these apps readily available allows me to broaden my project horizon and give the kids different options. So…I guess what I’ve learned is that THERE IS WAY MORE OUT THERE than what I initially thought.
I think the creation of different projects from the student’s point of view was a great way to see how the technology would support student learning. Doing the work was a good way to see what worked and what didn’t. It was also great to see the projects that others made to see what else could be done and then try to apply it on how I would use it in my classroom and help others use it in their classroom.
By learning how to use so many different apps that I wouldn’t have tried before opened me up to so many different ideas. For example, I was never a big Keynote user, but now I love it and there are so many features that would be really great for the students to take advantage and show both their learning and creativity. I also will use iMovie moving forward. That is an app I have used for personal reasons, but not much for school. I already have ideas of how to use it for next year.
Creating student projects and then getting to see and share projects with other teachers has been very eye-opening on the possibilities of integrating more technology.
This is a huge work in progress for me. What I learned in this course will help me have a much larger tool shed to use when individualizing for students. I was able to see different ways to show learning. I know this will impact my teaching and in turn help me help others as well.
I really enjoyed learning all of the different apps and the features within them and learning the relation of projects and activities to the SAMR model. Being able to support students in different avenues of expression and understanding of learning.
I have learned about ways students can work together, share projects and enhance work they do in the class. While also providing different ways for students to express what they have learned.
I know what is capable of being created with apple’s programs. I also know, from experience, what to do and what not to do when it comes to having students use some of these programs. I can create assignments that engage students but makes good use of their time so we can actually utilize the abilities of our student machines. And taking the SAMR model in to consideration, I’m able to evaluate what I’m having them do to make sure they are getting the most out of their experience.
Increased ability to allow technology to assist students who struggle with reading, writing etc. Can now more easily include personal interests
The way that students can individualize and personalize their devices and projects to fit their learning needs has made learning more meaningful for the individual needs of the student. The greater degree of product differentiation has also led to a greater degree of differentiation in all aspects of learning. This seems to help keep the students more interested and engaged in their own work as well as the work of their classmates.
I love that technology, especially the apps that we’ve used lately, encourage (almost demand) personalization and creativity. If the expectations are known, the students are able to utilize the app that best suits their learning styles, preferences, and needs to create a product totally unique to themselves.