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I am honored to have spent 3 days this week with teachers of preschool-5th grade at the Tots & Technology conference in Frisco, Texas. As an educator of 30+years, I remembered again how dedicated, kind and joyful teachers are. They … Continue reading
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Starting School with New iPads, Chromebooks, or Tablets?
School starts soon for so many, and it’s time to support all of you with new devices in your classrooms. Now what? Here are a few practical tips to help you begin this exciting new year! Find 1 or 2 apps … Continue reading
Taking up Devices Soon?
If you are taking up 1:1 devices soon, think about what kind of receipt you want to give your students. After much brainstorming and trial/error, we came up with what we needed on our form last year when we took up … Continue reading
3 Questions to Answer as You Plan for End-of-the-Year Return of iPads
As the end of the school year looms closer, thoughts turn to how you will take up the iPads or whatever device you may use. It may seem simple, but there are some very important things to consider. Here … Continue reading
3 Big Myths: iPads in the Classroom
As Vicki Ventura and I have visited teachers and administrators from multiple districts throughout the last several months, we are consistently surprised that these beliefs about iPads in the classroom still exist. MYTH: The iPad is a consumption device, especially … Continue reading
EdCamp, TCEA14, Paul Simon and Sting: What I Re-Learned
This month has been a blur of learning! It started with EdCamp in Round Rock, Texas, on Feb. 1 where I heard from educators who sometimes struggle and sometimes succeed in doing what we all want: integrating effectively, using the … Continue reading
How Do You Change Instruction? 3 iPad 1:1 Instructional Tips
What is the purpose of having iPads in the classroom? In my experience, using engaging lessons and thought-provoking assignments to change the way instruction looks in our classrooms is the sought-after result. The truth is that it takes time to … Continue reading
10 Reasons Not To Go 1:1 iPads
Yes. There are lots, probably thousands, of reasons NOT to have 1 device per student. I’ve heard them all. Here are 10: It’s too expensive. iPads are too hard to manage. Students will break/steal them. Parents won’t trust that this … Continue reading
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Five Things to do NOW if You Are Deploying iPads in the Fall
August 1 is here, and in Texas that means school starts this month. As we prepare the buildings and new teachers, we are making sure every detail is covered for our next deployment of iPads: 2500 at our largest … Continue reading
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What I Wish I'd Done Before Deploying iPads to 735 Middle Schoolers, Part 2
We planned. We met to go over the plans. We talked. We planned some more. We made Wikis, created websites, and put it all our plans on spreadsheets and documents. We trained teachers on everything iPad from how to turn … Continue reading
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