iPadIntegration
Integration Timeline:
Phase I:
Time Frame: February - June 2012
Phase I includes all elementary and secondary teachers and the students in Biology utilizing an iPad. Phase I consists of the following:
- Teacher Utilization
- To familiarize teachers with the device
- To have teachers explore and identify different applications needed for heir indicidual classes
- To test applications and ensure they meet required class standards and comply with educational objectives
- To decide on the set of core apps needed for important class functions such as note taking, document distribution, ook reading and more
- To provide teachers with recommended websites provide by the November 2011 ACSI Convention iPad class instructor. Such web sites will enable teachers to explore iPad’s benefits from a teaching perspective
- Biology Class Utilization:
- Biology students will utilize the iPad in the classroom experiencing a fully digital classroom environment
- Students will be exposed to a differentiation of instruction and learning providing them with an active, digital environment in which to connect with their work
- Students will have access to numerous apps designed to heighten learning and achievement in the classroom.
- Students will access, create, and submit web-based content with the SCS student Internet
Phase II: Elementary & Secondary Teachers & Secondary Students Implementation
Time Frame: August 2012
Phase II includes all elementary and secondary teachers and all students in middle and high school utilizing an iPad. Phase II consists of the following
- Teacher Utilization
- To utilize iPads for instruction
- To use iPads for curriculum delivery, creation of collaborative assignments, homework delivery and grading, demonstrations, and many other instructional activities
- To communicate more efficiently with students and parents by increasing the use of web-based tools that enable learning to move beyond the classroom
- To conduct interactive learning activities
- Student Utilization:
- To access curriculum (books & other apps) digitally
- To interact with and explore on their own
- To work through web-based activities that are optimized for their individual academic level
- To complete note taking and research activities
- To use in place of other devices, such as dictionaries, translators, graphing calculators, etc.
- To access lectures and content from outside the classroom
- To use 21st century technology to enhance the learning process
