Thinking About Thursday

Thursday

Care and Handling in Music | Rosenblum | Oxnevad

We will begin iLearn with the start of music. Students should bring their iPads with them to class.

1:00 - Rotation 2 in Classrooms | Classroom Teachers | Oxnevad

• Bauman to Fogg
• Fogg to Johnson
• Johnson to Bauman

Here's a good question and a challenge. Who moves, teachers or students? Teachers only, please submit your thoughts in the comments section below.

What's on Wednesday?

After spending our first day learning about the D97 Acceptable Use Policy and setting up our accounts, we are ready to begin rotations. Students must complete each session before they will be allowed to start to use the devices for learning in the classroom. Thanks to Mr. Withers for leading some thoughtful discussions.

Rotations on Wednesday

• AM Device Basics in World Language, Bauman and Johnson Groups | Colmenero | Oxnevad
• 1:00 Rotation 1 in Classrooms | Classroom Teachers | Oxnevad

Find all lessons and teacher assignments on the BootCamp tab.

About Rotations

• Group sessions will be held every day in class and during many specials.
• Activities are designed to teach students how to take care of equipment. 
• Activities will introduce students to the basic skills, competencies, and resources they’ll need to use their 1-to-1 devices in enriching, responsible, and respectful ways. 

Students are responsible for practicing what they learned.

BootCamp Begins Tuesday

The iPad Minis have arrived and we will begin Bootcamp on Tuesday! Find all bootcamp lessons and the schedule on the Bootcamp page. Access the BootCamp Tab at the top of the blog.

Each group of 5th grade students will begin the journey in the library 

Goals for our first day:

1. Learn about the Acceptable Use Policy - Withers | Library Time
1. Lesson Plan for Teachers: AUP Do's & Don'ts
2. Note-taking Doc
2. Take a brief technology survey - Use MacBooks in library
    Get Survey
3. Distribute iPads to Students - Oxnevad | Bauman | Fogg | Johnson | Classrooms
    Record Keeping: Inventory Spreadsheet Must be logged in to Google Docs, access for teachers only.
4. Basic Setup | Oxnevad, ongoing throughout day
1. Get Directions
2. Design a Unique Home Screen 
3. Set Up Student Accounts 

Blogging to Learn

I am a blogger. My blog is a chronological and searchable record of my own growth and development as an educator. It's filled with ideas, inventions and reflections. I learn more from blogging than from any other professional activity I participate in. I blog to learn.

Naturally, I hope to learn a lot over the course of the next month as our 5th grade team begins a long anticipated 1:1 iPad journey. Blogging about the experience will make me accountable for taking the time to thoughtfully reflect and pursue ways to kick the learning up a notch, so it is with great pleasure that I launch yet another blog.