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Blair said good-bye to the iPads on Thursday and had them packed up and ready to go to the next school involved with this project. During the project, I had the students respond to some questions to see what they … Continue reading →

When I first got my own iPad and began to play around with it and think of how I would use it in my teaching, I knew I would want to be able to show the iPad screen on a … Continue reading →

On Friday I visited my son’s grades 6 and 7 class again. This week we used Google Earth to explore Canada’s ecozones and then the students used the Doodle Buddy app to create their own version of one of the … Continue reading →

I bought the iPad Camera Connection Kit and it is so easy to use! It has both USB and SD card connectors/readers. I used the USB connector for my DSLR camera and the SD card reader was quick and easy … Continue reading →

As I spend my evening at home syncing 14 new apps to the iPads and making sure they are all charged to 100%, I was thinking that I couldn’t imagine dealing with 30 iPads (a full class set). The amount … Continue reading →

I don’t teach at Blair on Fridays so I had brought home the iPads to charge and add new apps over the weekend. I took the iPads into my son’s grades 6 and 7 class at McKinney Elementary here in … Continue reading →

I picked up the iPads from Homma yesterday afternoon and then spent the evening loading 35 apps and then synching and charging the 11 ipads. I bought a plastic container to keep them in at the school and it was … Continue reading →

This morning I visited Mme. Morisette’s grade 3 EFI class to see what they were up to with the ipads. For an English lesson, focusing on Reading Power, Mme. Morisette read the students the picture book Meanwhile, which is in … Continue reading →

This morning I visited Homma to see some of the ways the ipads were being used and to talk to the teachers involved in the project. Ms Wilson and I shared some app ideas for the library and then I … Continue reading →

We are very excited to be receiving the iPad lab today at Homma. Students and teachers involved are eager to get started and full of great ideas. Check here for updates on what we are up to over the next … Continue reading →