So I ask you, what would you do if all of your students had the internet in their hands?We crossed the threshold this week. Each and every student, 28 in all, was able to have an iPod Touch in their hand. Quite a remarkable site. With a combination of school provided and bring your own devices we have reached that magic 1:1.
Now what?
The wireless network at our school is robust. With a simple active directory authentication the devices are good to go for all things internet related. So here's what we've done so far. And my hope is that if you're reading this you will have some terrific suggestions for us.
We started with some basics. You know the ones, safe surfing, digital footprint and the like. We moved on to what I would call educational apps like Dragon Dictation, PS Express, the mobile Encyclopedia Britannica, WordPress. If you've been reading along with me the last few years I'm really interested in having students create, remix, and repurpose digital content. So I guess that means iMovie, Voice Recorder, and GarageBand.
The wireless network at our school is robust. With a simple active directory authentication the devices are good to go for all things internet related. So here's what we've done so far. And my hope is that if you're reading this you will have some terrific suggestions for us.
We started with some basics. You know the ones, safe surfing, digital footprint and the like. We moved on to what I would call educational apps like Dragon Dictation, PS Express, the mobile Encyclopedia Britannica, WordPress. If you've been reading along with me the last few years I'm really interested in having students create, remix, and repurpose digital content. So I guess that means iMovie, Voice Recorder, and GarageBand.
But I'd really appreciate your input on how to harness the power of these devices. It is quite a site to see 28 students smiling, tapping, and discussing as they use the devices. There is an excitement and anticipation when all have a device.
So I ask you, if you had the opportunity that I have here with each student having the internet in her or his hand... What would you do?
So I ask you, if you had the opportunity that I have here with each student having the internet in her or his hand... What would you do?
Thanks in advance for any and all ideas.
3 comments:
Hey buddy,
There are so many great things you can do, but, as you know yourself, a mobile device is only as powerful, ultimately, as the cloud, web 2.0, and social media tools it connects to. Can you find a way to connect them to some kind of digital portfolio so there devices can be used for creation?
Best of luck with the byod environment. I look forward to following your class' learning.
I would get stuck in and get kids creating their own content- related to their classroom learning and then I would publish it on the web via a blog.
Ooops and I would get them doing that by using these apps
https://sites.google.com/site/initialipadsetup/cross-curriculum-apps
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