8:30 a.m. Good Morning! (Opening screen with wifi information HERE)
10:15ish ~ 15 min. Break
12:00 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
2:00ish ~ 15 min. Break
- Morning Starter Activity > get settled, make name tags, enjoy a coffee and welcome snack, get to know your new friends, log in to the Wifi network.
- Welcome ~ Greetings ~ Introductions ~ ETFO Welcome ~ General Procedures (including Schedule, Attendance, Snacks, Lunch) ~ ETFO Equity and Inclusion ~ ETFO Human Rights Statement
- Go to our website ~ Save it as a weblink on your desktop ~ Please complete our Survey.
- Explore the website/daily plans, etc ~ Discuss note-taking possibilities ~ Adult Learning Environment ~ Use of breaks
- Are you on Twitter? Our hashtag is #etfosa16 and #etfowindsor.
- Explore Camera and Photos
- Let's have some fun with the iPad Team Photo Challenge!
10:15ish ~ 15 min. Break
- Sharing of Photo Challenge; discuss and share ways to adapt this activity for your students
- Review of basic iPad navigation and device features, management of personal / school iPads, overview of built-in apps, how to set up and use an iTunes account and the App Store (link to > iPad 101)
- Use Pic Collage to create a collage of new friends; share; brainstorm ways to use Pic Collage with your students
- iPad Video (an oldie, but a goodie)
12:00 - 1:00 ~ Lunch
- Afternoon Starter Activity - Go to this link to find the activity > Summer Moods
- Introduce a TodaysMeet for questions, suggestions, clarification, on-going discussion
- Watch this video about Draw and Tell by Duck Duck Moose; in grade groups, brainstorm projects students could do using this app; create one and share
- Discuss the value of recording student voice. Explore Sock Puppets and Puppet Pals. How might you use these apps with your students?
- Discuss sharing and saving of student work and the use of iPads for diagnostic and formative assessment
2:00ish ~ 15 min. Break
- iPad Video :)
- The Move to Mobile Technology in the Classroom ~ slideshow and discussion of philosophy of classroom iPad use
Discuss use of QR codes to access web content easily (big ideas: content creation, students teach themselves, providing an environment of inquiry, curiosity and student empowerment, Discuss the use of iPads 'at the point of learning' / sharing of devices / the need for saving of student work / the move to paperless assessment alternatives - Add a comment or reflections about our discussion on this Padlet
- Add a Blog comment to today's post.
- Q.A. / Thoughts about tomorrow