iPads are having an enormous impact in the classroom. Dig in and decide what you think...

Explore the links below and do more research on your own. Your reection should discuss iPads in the classroom, why schools are choosing them, the potential, problems you see, advantages and disadvantages. I want you to really dig deep into this. Consider this RESEARCH!! This is not just a short little reection, you will be putting together a presentation using a tool of your choice, it will then be added to Scribd (http://www.scribd.com/) and using the embed code added to your website. This reection/presentation should reect scholarly thought and writing.
Google Presentation, PowerPoint, Keynote, Word, Pages, iMovie, Movie Maker or whatever you want to use to create the presentation.

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Consider yourself in charge of

Implementing or Stopping the implementation of an iPad initiative at your school. What arguments and what information are you going to have to present to the school board, school administration and the public to convince them that a 1:1 program with iPads is the way to go or not the way to go. " " You may take either side of this argument. Education both Pro and Con taking place at a special BOE meeting. In other words, this is a sales pitch. Assume there are presentations to the Board of

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Convince the BOE to implement a 1:1 or convince the BOE not to. But do it

with facts. Make sure you fully support you argument with facts and images and information!! Include citations and hyperlinks in your documentation. School Size for your gures: approximately 50 students per grade level K-12. " What are the nancial implications involved and how does that compare to other digital devices like laptops, not only cost, but capabilities. What about software and apps, dont forget to include that information. 1:1 means every student has an iPad assigned to them. Consider them being on a cart assigned to each student in grades K-2, they do not go home. But in grades 3-12, each student has their iPad 24/7 (they take them home). "
" " " " How are apps managed and paid for? What about textbooks on the iPads? http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/ What about the App Volume Purchase Program (Schools purchase Apps for 1/2 price) " http://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-program/

What other information might the BOE and Community need before making this decision?

Links to explore and to just get to started, do not limit yourself to what I am providing.
Technology Bits, Bytes & Nibbles (iPads category) Getting Started with iPads (there are 100s of resources here, scroll to the bottom of the list and look at General and Articles). iPads Teach with iPads (Inman) Superintendents Blog from iPads @ Inman Bloomin iPads; links to iPad applications that target the various levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. iPads for Learning Mini Conference (in Kansas) Learn to Play, Play to Learn, iPads in Buhler (pilot program) iPads in School LiveBinder (tons of resources and info) ipads_in_the__curriculum.pdf (1:1 school) gfw_ipad_information.pdf (1:1 school) http://www.apple.com/ipad/ Will the iPad dominate education? 18 Enlightening iPad Experiments in Education iPads in the Classroom Pinterest 103+ Interesting Ways to Use iPads in the Classroom New Study Finds iPads in the Classroom Boost Test Scores Launching an iPad 1-to-1 Program: A Primer iPads for Learning: Getting Started, Classroom ideas Resource Booklet for School

Do a search for 1:1 iPads in the classroom, Implementing iPads in the classroom, iPads in the the K12 classroom, etc., etc. The more ways you search, the more information you will nd. Keep in mind the pricing for the iPads you will nd on the Apple site is NOT the education price. In schools, the cost per unit is less based on the number of devices ordered. The more purchased, the cheaper it is per device. Just use the market price for this assignment. After you get your presentation put together, it will need to be uploaded to Scribd. http://www.scribd.com/

Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing company. We've made it easy to share and discover entertaining, informative and original written content across the web and mobile devices. Our vision is to liberate the written word, to connect people with the information and ideas that matter most to them. Scribd Users Manual: HOW-TO: http://www.scribd.com/scribd101 There is a video on the bottom of the Help and Tutorial page (http:// ded318online2012summer.wikispaces.com/WordPress+Tutorials+and+Help) that shows you how to add your Scribd document to your WordPress Website.