Notes
from Session at iPadpalooza
#iPlza13
Presenter: Mary Ray, District Instructional Technology
Specialist, East Central ISD
Session Website:
Session Description: Deploying iPads in a shared environment
can be a tricky feat! East Central ISD Director of Technology Operations,
Miguel Guhlin and District Instructional Technology Specialist, Mary Ray share
lessons learned, obstacles and successes with regards to East Central ISD's
current iPad pilot, EC3.
East Central’s Story:
- East Central ISD launched the EC3 iPad Program in the Fall of 2012.
- The program was the Superintendent’s idea.
- Cohort 1
- participants were 14 teachers from 7 different campuses
- 450 iPads were distributed
- Cohort 2
- will launch in the Fall of 2013
- will expand the number of participants to 38 teachers from 9 different campuses
- 694 iPads are projected to be distributed
- Principals choose teachers who will participate in cohorts
Goal of Program:
- Provide students with engaged learning opportunities that not only transform delivery, assessment and differentiate the delivery of instruction, but change how students and staff create, collaborate, communicate, as well as develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a globally connected environment.
Cohort 1 Classroom
Inventory:
- Each classroom received the following inventory
o 1 teacher iPad
o 1 VersaVu iPad case
o 1 MacBook Pro
o 1 Spectrum
Charging/Syncing Cart
o 25-35 student iPads
(# depended on grade level)
o 25-35 Kensington
Blackbelt iPad cases (# depended on grade level)
o 1 external hard drive
(for computer back up)
o 1 VGA Adapter for
teacher iPad
Cohort 1 App Inventory:
- Paid Apps
o
Keynote
o
Office2HD
- Free Apps
o
Edmodo
o
Google
Drive
o
Documents
by Readdle
- Spring & Fall 2012 - Biweekly 'Appy Hour sessions
o
iPad
101
o
Email
on the iPad
o
App
Evaluation
o
Webclips
o
Edmodo
o
Google
Drive
- June 2012 - EC3 Teacher Academy (4 days)
o
Commitment
Letter/Teacher Expectations
o
SAMR
Model
o
Content
Creation vs Content Consumption
o
Product-based
learning
- August 2012 - PreLaunch Day
o
Equipment
Checkout
o
Cart
Management - Charging/Syncing
o
Apple
Configurator
- October 2012 - March 2013
o
Three
(3) Consultant Days
- June 2013
o
One
(1) day registration to ISTE
Classroom
Learning Activity Rubric:
- See website for rubric
Classroom Management Tips:
- Log in, Log out.Train your students to log out of apps before closing them. Allow time at the beginning and end of each class period for logging in and out of accounts.
- Do not allow individual students to set up their email accounts in the Mail app.
- "Personalize" as much as you can.Number your iPads and assign students to the same iPad each day.
- Provide options for saving content created in apps.
