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Classroom Technology at BC
High
1 to 1 computing
• Initially tablets - laptops with added features
• Downsides seen as:
• Battery life
• Barrier created by laptop screen
• Bulk
• Start-up time
Then, the iPad
• Immediately on
• Low profile
• Access to apps
• Availability of textbooks?
BC High's exploration of the
iPad• Last school year, department chairs and
administrators got iPads.
• Over the summer, decision was made to purchase iPads for all teaching faculty.
• In an investigation process now to answer the question: Will iPads help students be more effective learners?
Investigation• Initial training
• iTunes cards
• Workshops mainly focused on apps
• iPad carts
• Faculty presentations to the Academic Council
• Parent, student, department focus groups
• School visitations
• Faculty meetings
So far . . . on the positive side
• Cart seen to be better than taking students to the computer lab - quicker access to information
• Increased student collaboration, engagement, motivation
• Many students have their own iPads and use them at the discretion of classroom teachers
• Converting PowerPoints has been mostly easy
• Textbook availability is looking very encouraging
So far . . . on the negative side
• Content creation is difficult
• Printing may be an issue . . . may not be
• Student distractibility / monitoring them
• Security, safety, access / equity
Your perspective
• What excites you about your son using an iPad as an educational tool?
• What concerns you about your son having an iPad?