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| Fourth grade students at Woodbridge creating their first movie. |
Teachers have been patiently waiting and preparing for this digital disruption in their learning environment for over a year now. To say that everyone is ready and excited is a total understatement. Already after a week of use teachers and students are off and running using the iPads in a variety of ways.
Before putting the device in the hands of students, teachers communicated a message of expectations for use and care for the iPad. They got a little help from some courages and destined to be famous fifth grade students from Quincy. Check out the great job they did putting together proper caring and sharing techniques for using the iPad. Other topics covered included: Responsible and safe internet searching, proper communication protocol with teachers and peers, and teaching students about their digital footprint.
One great aspect of the iPad is the camera. Students love to take pictures and pose for them too. In Mrs. Timmer's elementary class students were learning how to classify objects, specifically contrasting human and natural characteristics of landforms. Students were given the task of heading outdoors and capturing objects that were a part of the landscape and classifying them as human or natural. Heading outside with the iPads gave students the feeling of exploring their surroundings like an archeologist. After capturing human and natural landforms students discussed the differences and created a pic collage of both types.
