All About Me!

Students at Riverview Elementary used Pic Collage to make an All About Me photo and word collage. They were so proud of their work!

Shapes with Pic Collage

First grade students at Farmington Elementary School brainstormed items in their classroom that were cylinders and rectangular prisms. Using the Pic Collage app they took photos and labeled their collages. It was a great time with so much knowledge shared between students!

Riverview Classroom Visit

Third graders are working on comparing fractions using the OhNoFractions app.

K-3 iPads at Farmington Elementary

The iPad Minis are being prepped to be delivered to classrooms by the end of this week!

North Trail 4th Grade

Biography writing with North Trail 4th grade, they are using the app Creative Book Builder to make an iBook with pictures, paragraphs and video!

Parent iPad Support Meeting

Last night we held our first in a series of iPad Parent Support sessions. We introduced parents to a new resource we have available to students, staff, and the community that outlines key information regarding the use and management of iPads. Please see the link below to access the site.

https://sites.google.com/a/isd192.org/ipads/home

Early Adopter Update

As September comes to a close and I reflect on what has taken place over the past month, it reminds me of what an exciting time we are experiencing.  Our Early Adopter phase is in full swing and we are beginning to get feedback from their experiences.

Our iPad Building Support People have been identified for each building and we recently had our first meeting.  Through our Building iPad Support People, buildings now have access to the user information they need to add apps to their student iPads.  We will be moving forward with iPad Cart Sync Training over the next two weeks so each team of Building iPad Support People will be equipped with an understanding of the sync process and how to update multiple iPads at a time.

Our Schoology implementation is underway as well, and this is providing an effective digital learning environment for students to learn from their peers, staff to learn from their peers, and students and staff learning from one another.  Courses within Schoology are being developed and utilized to take advantage of the ability to eliminate time and space in learning.  With this in mind, we are seeing a great deal of traffic over weekends and evenings which moves us closer to realizing the vision of 24/7, customized learning.

The next phase of our iPad implementation will provide for our first 1:1 implementation at Farmington High School.  Prior to this, we will be holding family information meetings which will cover the highlights of the iPad Loan Agreement among other key pieces of information.

I am excited to see what the future holds and I look forward to writing another update soon.