YIPPEE! I have had my iPads for two weeks and we have been using them frequently! The kids love being able to do activities on them and have been great keeping them safe and sound.
I spent one day doing an intro to the iPads. We took a tour of the apps and I had them post a message in Edmodo and take a quiz in Socrative. Last week, we created vocabulary flash cards for some terms relating to the Vietnam War in Quizlet and then took a quiz over those words in Socrative. I love the ease of the online quizzes!
This week, we have been studying the 1960s by looking at the music of the era. Each day, the students had to complete a song analysis worksheet over a song that we listened to. I had all the song lyrics in Dropbox and uploaded the assignment to Edmodo. We used Pages to complete the worksheets. Our culminating project was to use the app Word Collage to create a "word cloud" using terms that describe the 1960s.
There have been a few glitches, such as how to get the documents turned in to Edmodo once they are completed, but my students have been extremely flexible with all my trial and error!
I have also had a hard time keeping the iPads charged, since I don't leave them plugged in over night (worried about leaving them out in the open when I'm not here). I'm sure that issue will be solved if we ever get out locking cabinets!
Locking cabinets? Yep. We need them.
ReplyDeleteIt is great you are doing so many things with your students. I suppose this is the best part of the Pilot where you all have learned so much about integrating technology and really get to take off with using them in the class room. One of your students said that she really likes the iPads!