The Hampton-Dumont CSD has purchased 100+ iPads for student use and most of them have finally been rolled out for students to use. The rollout took place over the week of October 22 and still is taking place as this is a gentle learning process for all involved.
Currently there is 1 tray of 10 iPads at North Side for special education students to explore, a cart of 25 iPads at South Side for all students to use and 2 trays of 10 iPads each for the special education students to explore, 3 trays of 10 iPads each at the Middle School for the special education students to explore, and 1 tray of 10 iPads at the High School for the special education students to explore.
Like mentioned before this is a gentle process for all involved as this is a new technology endeavor for the technology department as well as the teaching staff. All have been accommodating as they are eager to get them into the students hands as another tool to support and enhance their learning.
I will keep you updated on our adventures with keeping the iPads up to date, the teachers adapting to them, the students exploring them and more.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Laptop Applications to Explore
You and/or your students have access to a multitude of applications directly on the laptops that could be used anytime without an Internet connect. If your students do not have the applications below located within the Applications Folder on the Macintosh HD, please let me know.
A few to explore are:
GeoGebra (Math, Science, Engineering teachers) and Stellarium (Science Teachers)
*GeoGebra provides interactive free mathematics learning materials along with interactive graphics, algebra and spreadsheet information.
Online Free Student Material (more like interactives) (Area of Circles example)
*Stellarium shows a realistic sky in 3D as if you were in your backyard looking up into the sky with your naked eye, with binoculars or a telescope.
By clicking on the coordinates at the bottom left of your screen, you can be provided a menu with more options to suffice your needs.
Some of these options (which can be turned on or off with keyboard shortcuts) are:
Constellation Lines, Constellation Labels, Constellation Art
Equatorial Grids
Ground, Cardinal Points, Atmosphere
Nebulas, Planet Labels
Night Mode, Full Screen Mode
and
Location Window Preferences
Date/time Window Preferences
Sky and viewing options window preferences
Search Window
Configuration Window
A few to explore are:
GeoGebra (Math, Science, Engineering teachers) and Stellarium (Science Teachers)
*GeoGebra provides interactive free mathematics learning materials along with interactive graphics, algebra and spreadsheet information.
Online Free Student Material (more like interactives) (Area of Circles example)
*Stellarium shows a realistic sky in 3D as if you were in your backyard looking up into the sky with your naked eye, with binoculars or a telescope.
By clicking on the coordinates at the bottom left of your screen, you can be provided a menu with more options to suffice your needs.
Some of these options (which can be turned on or off with keyboard shortcuts) are:
Constellation Lines, Constellation Labels, Constellation Art
Equatorial Grids
Ground, Cardinal Points, Atmosphere
Nebulas, Planet Labels
Night Mode, Full Screen Mode
and
Location Window Preferences
Date/time Window Preferences
Sky and viewing options window preferences
Search Window
Configuration Window
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