5 th grade parent meeting

1. 5th grade parent meeting 1:1 ipad program

2. An Overview • Series of foundation donations to Stafford Primary, various gifts given to Stafford as awards for teachers and PTSA support has led to the creation and sustainment of this program • Conversations between teachers/administrators in our district and outside of our district • 116 iPads are used by students throughout our school • Over 80 were checked out to 5th graders last year and brought to and from school everyday • 4 were returned with broken screens- though still operable- and replaced at a reduced cost

3. Our purpose: Another tool in your child’s toolbox… • for research and inquiry • to easily present evidence of learning • to improve reading, writing, math skills • to help engage students with instruction • to help organize and build study skills • to increase media/digital literacy • to enrich teaching and learning with mobile technology

4. How will they be used? • On-line research • Easy access to essential online programs- Spelling City, Edmodo, Brainpop, IXL, Rosetta Stone • Recording notes, writing papers, writing responses- Pages, Educreations • Tool to document learning- iPhoto, iMovie, Educreations • Tool to share learning- iMovie, Keynote, Educreations, etc. • Easy access to our growing Kindle library! • Much, much more!

5. Examples of Student work: • http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/volume-surface-area-vertices-edges-and-faces/5269958/?s=GyVhDI&ref=app • http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/potential-and-kinetic-energy/3210586/?s=jETHa9&ref=app

6. How are they configured? • AppleConfigurator/Volume Purchasing program • One user id in the background for all • All content created by students will be erased at the end of the year • App store access is restricted • Restrictions are placed on every iPad for allowable content- these restrictions do not apply to the internet though!

7. Management at school • Classroom agreements about use- including expectations for how and when used, recess expectations and care for iPad • Internet firewall • Digital citizenship lessons in every class using Common Sense Media: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ • Periodic checks of iPads by Ms. Barbour, Mr. Minor and your child’s teacher • Talking about “strategically disconnecting” • School norms of reporting inappropriate material and behavior expectations • When in doubt, tell an adult!

8. Management at home… • You are in charge! • Student use of iPad should always be in sight of an adult- please do not let your child take their iPad into their room at bedtime! • At first, we strongly encourage students to only use the iPads for schoolwork. Once you are comfortable with it, you decide if there will be free tech time and then for how long! • Questions about use for homework- just let us know! • Balance- take time to disconnect!

9. Types of Assignments Students will Be doing at home: • Spelling City • Educreations presentations • IXL • Edmodo • Keynote presentations • Pages • iMovie

10. Checking ipads Periodically • Students should never delete search history • Periodic checks at school… • Parents can check search history by:

11. Feedback from Parents: • 72% reported their child was more successful with academics than previous years • 84% reported their child’s enjoyment of school increased from previous years • 79% reported that having an iPad increased their child’s organizational skills • 88% recommended that we continue this program

12. Feedback from students: • 87% reported that having an iPad helped them learn more than in previous years • 84% reported that having iPad helped them stay organized • 74% reported that having an iPad helped to improve their mathematics • 64% reported that having an iPad helped to improve their writing • 77% reported that having an iPad helped to improve their speaking and presenting skills

13. Questions?

14. Videos and articles • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R1QJAXL4s • http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipads-transform-classroom-ben-johnson • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/