Saturday, March 10, 2012

iPad Cart Check-Out and Creating a Database for iPad Lesson Plans at Your School

Here's my idea as submitted to my principal and colleagues:

In our effort to insure that the iPads stay in the building, are used to maximize the educational experience, and its uses are thoughtful and well-planned, we are asking the following:

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1. Those teachers that would like to use this tool with their classes must attend a minimum of two professional development workshops on how the iPads are monitored and used effectively in the classroom setting. 

2. Teachers must submit an iPad lesson plan including desired 21st century student outcomes and specific apps that will be used. The purpose of this is to create a database of subject specific iPad lessons that can be referred to for years to come.


3. When returning the iPad cart, teachers must submit a brief reflection of their lesson. 
For example: 
   a. Describe your experience using iPads in your class for the first time? 
   b. Were there events/questions/successes/obstacles that you didn't anticipate?  
   c. Were there any classroom management issues? If so, how were they addressed? Can they be prevented for future lessons? 
   d. Did your students achieve the desired outcomes? If yes, how do you know? If not, what aspects of your lesson or delivery need to be tweaked to achieve the desired results next time? 


NOTE: Reflections will be attached to the lesson plan previously submitted to help in future iPad lesson development. If a reflection is not submitted after a lesson is completed, you will not be able to check out the iPad cart again until it is completed. 


What do you think?

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