We are finally distributing iPads to grade 7 students today! HOORAY!!!! I will be working in your classes with you passing out the iPads. While I am away from my lab, I have a challenge for you all. You will be working on a poster. The criteria for this poster can be found on the gold sheet in your workstation resource folders. You will be given a "rough draft" piece of paper. Please take at least 10 minutes to sketch out what you would like your poster to look like based on the criteria. You will be expected to turn in this rough draft so please be sure to put your name and ILT# on it. You will have the option of using paper and art supplies to create a more traditional "hard copy" poster OR you may digitize your work and use an on line creator. If you choose to create your poster on line, please write the name of the tool you are using on a note card and turn it in. You may also use a combination of both paper and your computer. If you would like to type your text and find images from the Internet, print, and then paste on a paper you may do this as well. You are the artists and your creativity should flow freely. Art supplies can be found on the table in the back of the lab next to the printer. Please be sure to clean up after yourself and return all materials to the place you found them. You should be able to complete this project in the class time given today. Please do not rush through this project. I will be selecting the top posters to use and/or copy. These winning posters will be placed in classrooms and computer labs throughout the school. Have fun!!!!
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October 15, 2014
October 6, 2014
Ready Set Let's Roll...
A great song by Chase Rice and a super start to our final preparation of all things iPad for grade 7!!! This week and next week we will be preparing for you to get your iPads. Let's check out how some other students are using iPads by watching "A Day in the Life of a Minnetonka iPad Student." Before we get started with our project you will need to open your email from Apple (finally) and verify some information. Please be careful with your typing!! You will be creating a group slide presentation of our iPads "rules and regs." Each of you will work on a slide. You will need to include the following on your slide:
- Text from iPad Commitment Letter
- Your explanation or understanding of what that text is saying
- An image of some type with the URL to give credit to the image source
February 23, 2014
Back From Break
Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful break. For those of us who stayed locally, enjoying a "staycation," we certainly had our fill of snow and rain! For those of you who traveled to warmer climates, I hope you had a great time! We are back and ready to get all those loose ends tied up!
Before we get started let's hear what some other students have to say about using iPads in school.
The first order of business this week for many students will be creation of Apple ID accounts. Once those accounts are created, all students will be checking their school email accounts for the response from Apple. You will need to follow the links and directions in this email to activate your school/professional Apple ID.
**If you have not yet created your school/professional Apple ID you will be doing this in class with me. We have a special procedure and naming convention to use. For those of you who did this at home with your families, or tried and were not successful, I will be helping you out so no worries!!
Once you have completed this process, you will need to find the other email waiting in your inbox. This one is from "Cisco/Meraki," our mobile device management system (a.k.a. MDM). It is very important to finish this process as well. Once you have accepted and verified their invitation, you will be able to get the school provided Apps on your devices.
**If you were absent for the start of this process or do not have the invitation, you will need to first complete this VPP Invitation Form.
I know there are a couple of students who missed the initial iPad Student Commitment Letter lesson. I am making arrangements to have you complete these lessons with me this week.
Once we have tied up all the iPad loose ends, you will be adding a new "page" to your blogs. We have such an amazing and unique opportunity ahead of us with the 1:1 iPad Initiative. I am going to ask you to share your thoughts along this journey. I don't want you to feel the need to write on your main blog pages, so I am going to show you how to create a new page for your blogs. You can use the "About Pages-Blogger Help" link to assist you with this as well. This page will be dedicated to posting about "Technology in School" and I am going to ask you to write your first post this week. Think about what will be happening next week; receiving an iPad to use all day long in school every day. What are your thoughts and feelings about this? How do you imagine yourself using this device? What will change for you? What are you most excited about? Most nervous about? I would like you to answer these questions and any other thoughts you might have in regard to this exciting event. As I have been saying to you all along; you are the most important part of this project. You are helping implement change in our school and in your learning! How exciting!!!
Before we get started let's hear what some other students have to say about using iPads in school.
The first order of business this week for many students will be creation of Apple ID accounts. Once those accounts are created, all students will be checking their school email accounts for the response from Apple. You will need to follow the links and directions in this email to activate your school/professional Apple ID.
**If you have not yet created your school/professional Apple ID you will be doing this in class with me. We have a special procedure and naming convention to use. For those of you who did this at home with your families, or tried and were not successful, I will be helping you out so no worries!!
Once you have completed this process, you will need to find the other email waiting in your inbox. This one is from "Cisco/Meraki," our mobile device management system (a.k.a. MDM). It is very important to finish this process as well. Once you have accepted and verified their invitation, you will be able to get the school provided Apps on your devices.
**If you were absent for the start of this process or do not have the invitation, you will need to first complete this VPP Invitation Form.
I know there are a couple of students who missed the initial iPad Student Commitment Letter lesson. I am making arrangements to have you complete these lessons with me this week.
Once we have tied up all the iPad loose ends, you will be adding a new "page" to your blogs. We have such an amazing and unique opportunity ahead of us with the 1:1 iPad Initiative. I am going to ask you to share your thoughts along this journey. I don't want you to feel the need to write on your main blog pages, so I am going to show you how to create a new page for your blogs. You can use the "About Pages-Blogger Help" link to assist you with this as well. This page will be dedicated to posting about "Technology in School" and I am going to ask you to write your first post this week. Think about what will be happening next week; receiving an iPad to use all day long in school every day. What are your thoughts and feelings about this? How do you imagine yourself using this device? What will change for you? What are you most excited about? Most nervous about? I would like you to answer these questions and any other thoughts you might have in regard to this exciting event. As I have been saying to you all along; you are the most important part of this project. You are helping implement change in our school and in your learning! How exciting!!!
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