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Christmas Brainstorming session..... Ipad Proposal: A class set of 5 ipads able to be borrowed by anybody on the team for their class.
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I’d like to propose to order a set of 5 ipads for next semester. We are all excited about being part of the Ipad group, so it would be a shame to allow this excitement to “Dry Up”.

To do this, we need rationales and goals. **//Do you feel it is something we should look into?//**

Goals: To stay on the cutting edge of Learning in a 21st Century To focus on collaborative learning To further Differentiated Instructional Leaning To prepare for a Classroom without walls… From **//classroom to classworld//** To… To… Etc… To be a real technology school

Rational: We envision tablet computing to have a real future in our learning. We all agree. 5 ipads + the 6th(teacher’s) allows for 6 groups of 4 or 5 students collaborating in some capacity. Student centered= student learning Presently we have 13 Departments and Areas of the school represented: 2. Math 3. Science 4.Computer Science 5. History 6. English ||  || 8. ESL 9. Business 10.Library Commons 11.Religion 12. Special Needs 13.Success for all Team ||  ||
 * 1.Art, Drama, Dance
 * 7. Tech

My idea would be to book 5 ipads for a week, or every Monday (or whatever) and use them in your class.

Could you please think of 2 ways to use the Ipad in your classroom in a creative or novel way and submit them to me. I’d like to make a list of all the depts and ways in which we could use them. **This would be exciting!**

Idea examples: Go to
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 * Comp Science: **
 * 1) In groups, students take a computer apart and put it together, have every step recorded with the Ipad. Then using Imovie, they create a movie of themselves putting it together and post it Youtube.
 * 2) In groups students brainstorm a plan to solve a problem using The Notes App. They then send it to their own email where they take these notes and create software from their plan.

1. Using Educreations, students import and image of a battle map and draw, write a scrip and record themselves explaining how Vimy Ridge was won by the Canadians. Then post this video on to the class website. 2. To teach the Depression, have each group, (depending their different learning style) access different data: 1. A depression letter 2. Stats of agricultural failure 3. Images of homeless men 4. songs or poetry of the depression. Groups then analyze and present their findings on the big screen.
 * Canadian History: **