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!!!
