Comments on: iPads in my library!!

By: Carolyn Foote

Carolyn Foote — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:26:35 +0000

Cathy,

WE’ve been charting the process as our school has gone from a few iPads in the library into a 1:1 iPad environment on this blog: http://eaneswifi.blogspot.com.

I’ve also written about it a lot last spring and how we were using iPads in the library on my blog if you are interested!

By: John Woodring

John Woodring — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:39:24 +0000

I have been using a loaner iPad the school got from the TIPs award and it drives me crazy I cannot get certain apps on it. The main apps that I don’t have that would be useful are a word processor and presentation creator. The school does not have the $ and I don’t want to invest in a tablet I don’t get to keep. Make sure students can create basic documents, presentations, and media with the iPads. Good luck!

By: Heather Loy

Heather Loy — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:16:17 +0000

I so totally agree with you on the limitations of students not being able to personalize the devices. I’d love to know how your students use them. I’ll send you a list of the apps I personally have/use that I think the kids would like and/or that I feel would be useful in classrooms.

Keep us updated!
Heather

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blogthek - iPads in der Mediothek — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:19:04 +0000

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By: Cathy Jo Nelson

Cathy Jo Nelson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:12:02 +0000

What a quick response!! I will be following your blog to learn from your experiences!! I really want my school to graduate to a one-to-one ipad setup, but with almost 2600 students, I just dont see that happening soon.

But I HAVE to start somewhere. So five is my start. I sat in on Steve Dembo’s webinar on Ipads in the classroom just this evening, and wow i REALLY need my principal to drink the koolaid!!

I’m a firm believer a leader cannot have a vision for these things without first having some personal experience, so i really need to get him to see why we need to go this route. Thanks for visiting my blog!! I lok forward to learning through your experiences.

By: Stuart Prevost

Stuart Prevost — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:55:07 +0000

I too am the keeper of the iPads at my school. We have just purchased a class set of 30 and an extra set of 10 for one of our special needs classes. I am responsible for purchasing Apps and tracking the use of the devices. It has been an interesting journey – they arrived today – and I have started tracking it on my blog. (I am new to writing a blog as well). I have asked the staff for input on the Apps but still have to do quite a bit of research. Now that the devices have arrived the principal is starting to take control of who can sign them out and how they will be used – after training – I assume led by me. I will try to keep everyone informed. BTW – I never used Apple before this school year when I was given an iPad and told to get up to speed. I love it and cannot go one day with out it! Good luck in your journey.