Emmie

Barkhuizen

&

Noëlle

Cowling

LONGACRES PRIMARY

IPAD PROJECT

From bottle tops to

desktops

Started with no previous iPad or tablet experience

No technological platform in place when we started in January

For 2013 iPads to be used in the Grade R and Grade 1 class

GETTING STARTED

Technical issues

Setting up a wifi network

Managing multiple tablets

Getting to grips with iTunes!

The Apple SA App Store

Pedagogical challenges

Took the view that our pedagogical goals must be used to

inform the use of the technology

Teacher training incl hands on training in using ipads and

various emerging technologies

The establishment of a literature repository on Pinterest

Embedded and Integrated use interwoven with the curriculum

(avoiding app driven content)

EARLY CHALLENGES

The Grade Rs

Introduction to iPads with the focus on:

Adapting to the tablet/apple interface

An emphasis on elementary apps

Creation of basic skills sets such as using the camera, sound bites etc

The Grade Ones

Focus on integration into curriculum

Creating Digital Literacies

Educators use of ipad/apple tv to enhance teaching and presentation of currciulum

For eg youtube, google earth, images etc

iPads provide an effective platform for children with challenges

MOVING INTO THE CLASSROOM

Digital Literacy is a vital

21st Century skill and

underlines our pedagogy

Kids are taught to utilise

the full spectrum of iPad

tools and web 2.0

technologies to produce

their own ebooklets,

videos, music etc.

DIGITAL LITERACY

@EmBarkhuizen @noelle_cowling

STAYING CONNECTED

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