Using iPads to engage the 21st century learner copy
1. Using iPads in the
Classroom to Engage
the 21st Century
Learner
Shauna Néro
French Immersion, FSL and Spanish
Teacher
@MmeNero
mmenero@edublogs.org
2. The Digital Innovation
Project in SD36
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE:
Engaging students in their learning requires a
multidimensional approach. While social and
academic engagement is imperative to student
success, we know that "...ultimately, we need to
achieve the more ambitious goal of promoting deep
cognitive engagement that results in learning."
National Research Council, cited in Dunleavey and Milton, 2008
3. 11 schools in the district were given access to 30 iPads (7 elementary, 3
secondary and 1 Learning Center)
KWANTLEN PARK SECONDARY is an inner-city school in Surrey (the
Whalley area).
At Kwantlen Park, 6 teachers (Science, Math, English, LST and French
Immersion/Modern Languages) are sharing 30 iPads and 16 iPods to
complete their research
Following the results of our first year, district students involved in the
project are filling out a survey before, during and at the end of the
semester/year.
We will be completing our research at the end of this year to share with the
district and our school. We hope to encourage the district to purchase
more iPads in order to make this technological tool available to more.
Our school is also a testing school for a Learning Commons library project
which will see the integration of iPads, media devices (digital cameras)
and a space for learning.
4. Why I use the iPad in
class?
• To increase student engagement
• To empower the digital native student with
using what they know (technology)
• To give choices to students through a variety
of apps can appeal to different learning styles
A. Allows for differentiated learning so
that students of all levels can be
successful
5. What other teachers have to say:
• @MmeHibou uses iPads in the math classroom to help
students who struggle, she loves the visual aspect
• @msewen uses them for student success and ease of
use. He recently used iPad dictation for a student who
cannot write (a great example of empowering the
student)
6. Learning from my mistakes:
practical knowledge
• Give each student the same iPad number for the whole
year (even if they are doing group work, choose one
student's iPad number in the group) and record this on
a class list
• Put a responsible student in charge, ask him/her to
distribute the iPads when necessary and collect them.
Do not let any student leave the classroom until YOU
have checked that all have been returned.
• Create a contract for students to sign which ensures
their responsible and respectable use of the iPads in
class.
7. Getting to know the iPad
• Do not assume that they know how to use an
iPad (this was my first and biggest mistake)
• Give students a "Scavenger hunt" activity for
them to learn the basic uses (taking pictures,
saving pictures to Photos, surfing the internet
on Safari, turning it on/off, the use of the
"Home" button)
• Let them have fun for a class or two in order
to acquaint themselves with it, those students
who have used an iPad before become the
leaders
9. Share a Google
Docs list with the
terms that they
need to know
Swiping: the act of
moving between pages,
turning pages on the
iPad
Finder-search engine:
swipe to the left after the
home screen to the
Magnifying Glass page to
type in the name of an
app to find its location
Safari: the access to the
internet
Home button: enables you
to leave an app at any
10. Do you know....
(because I sure didn't...)
• that to take a picture of the screen (Screen Capture),
you hold the Power button and the Home button at the
same time (your pic is then saved in Photos)?
• in order to save battery power, double tap the Home
button and "x" (delete) the apps that appear at the
bottom of the screen?
• to save a picture in Safari, you press and hold the
picture and then choose "Save Image" or "Copy"?
11. Power of surveys and
exit tickets
• They give you the opportunity to know what
they know
• Students are given a voice, a voice to express
their concerns or their joy of using the iPads
• A great learning tool for you, it lets them know
that you are learning as well and want to learn
from them
12. Methods to do polling
• polleverywhere.com: students can text or
send answers online to open-ended or
multiple choice questions
• (free account is limited to 40 answers)
• Socrative app (Teacher and Student) :
Questions or Quiz-based activities
13. Set up a place to
receive projects
• Classroom gmail account (students also know
the password)
• Dropbox (using that Gmail account)
