Baker's B.Y.O.D.-- Bring Your Own Device, Dog, & Deconstruction of Literature Timeline WW2 with Dan Snow The Daring Librarian Using an iPad in History teaching Image by s. yume When the iPad first came out in April 2010 (was it really just over 18 months ago?) I wasn’t blown away. Here was an Apple device (as opposed to a very familiar Windoze one) which was unable to sit comfortably on a school network. It lacked USB ports or a camera, it had no compatibility with Flash and a complete absence of multitasking. This made it a fairly attractive thing to look at, but to me, more of a media player and leisure device. What has been useful about the iPad: Size and weight: at approximately 240 x 185 mm, it’s only slightly bigger than an A5 exercise book – something I carry around most of the time. At the moment, I’m struggling to find many visually engaging apps for History, similar to the ones we have for Biology. However, we have a comprehensive set of Productivity Tools which I have found very useful. We started our Year 8 lessons this week with the topic, ‘England in the 1500′s’. ShowMe from Kerry Turner on Vimeo.
12 Steps to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Success By Paul Simoneau, Senior Instructor, Course Director, Global Knowledge Whether one calls it Consumerization or the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) era, it has clearly begun in earnest. The availability of 4G (Fourth Generation) phones, tablets, hot spots, and other offerings, and their usage are expanding at amazing rates. The same document projects that over the over the next five years: Over 100 million Smartphone users will be in the "gigabyte per month club" by 2012.Mobile-connected devices will exceed the world's population in 2012.Average mobile connection speed will surpass 1 Mbps in 2014.Smartphone handsets will exceed 50 percent of mobile data traffic in 2014.Monthly global mobile data traffic will surpass 10 exabytes in 2016.Mobile tablet traffic will surpass 1 exabyte per month in 2016.Tablets will exceed 10 percent of global mobile data traffic in 2016. With that coming at an IT department, now is a good time to look at the challenges and opportunities of BYOD. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
iPad History Teacher | An Apple a day… 5 BYOD Essentials for Teachers in 2016 - eCoach As funding for computers in classrooms has dried up, many private and public schools have had to take the plunge into BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) as a way to provide 1:1 access for their students. Since 2013, the NSW Department of Education and Communities has advocated BYOD, allowing students to bring their own personal mobile electronic devices to school for the purpose of learning. Similar approaches are taken in Victoria, Queensland and other states. If your school hasn’t migrated to BYOD, is still in the planning stages, or could use some help, here are 5 essential tips to ensure your program is successful across your school community in 2016. 1. It’s widely acknowledged that technology plays a huge role in the everyday lives of young people, and the general consensus is that use of mobile devices at school will deepen learning. With holidays and Christmas just around the corner, now is the time to discuss appropriate devices with your students and parents. 2. 3. 4. 5.
12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom, Even for Technophobic Teachers Everyone wants teachers to use technology in the classroom. But you're busy -- meeting standards, prepping students for tests -- and maybe you’re not too fond of computers, anyway. Never fear – there are easy ways to bring your classroom up-to-date, technologically. Do you have a iPad in your classroom for your use? How about iPads for students to use? Could you get a classroom iPad? What kind of Internet access is available at your school? What do you have to do to get Ipads for your students? Also try to find a technology “mentor” on campus – the computer teacher or just another teacher who uses technology more than you do. Perfect Ed Tech Activities for Beginners Do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review” Many tech-savvy teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy! Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online. Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person?
Five Ways Teachers Can Use Technology to Help Students | Brookings Institution Thomas Edison once said, “Books will soon be obsolete in the public schools…our school system will be completely changed inside of ten years.” Amazingly enough, however, one of our nation’s most important inventors was proven quite wrong. The American education system has a remarkable resistance to innovation and the classroom experience has changed very little in the 100 years since Edison’s prediction. Advances in information technology have revolutionized how people communicate and learn in nearly every aspect of modern life except for education. Technology has failed to transform our schools because the education governance system insulates them from the disruptions that technology creates in other organizations. To overcome these obstacles, we must persuade teachers that technology will empower them and help their students learn. Schools must use technology that empowers teachers. Teachers should treat the adoption of technology as part of lesson planning.
The Benefits Of Student-Led Blogging Projects Student blogging empowers students to take charge of their learning, gives their learning purpose while helping with reading, writing, digital citizenship, artistic, critical thinking, and social skills. Student blogging programs are often teacher-led. But it doesn’t need to be this way! Students can gain so much from student-led blogging projects. So I asked Noelle and Sagarika, Grade 8 Students, from The Badger Rock Times to tell us on their own words the benefits of their blogging project. About the Student-Led Blogging Project Earlier this year, I received a message from Mr. Two students in particular, Noelle Livingston and Sagarika Pal, did exceptionally well with the project and won the school’s News Blog Award. When discussing the blogging process with Noelle and Sagarika, their enthusiasm about the project was evident. Lessons From “The Badger Rock Times” by Noelle Livingston and Sagarika Pal The first step in our editorial process was to get kids to start writing. Related