they ask their teachers to use them...We are at the point in the year when the students know more about the iPad then some of their teachers. It is sad when we as teachers do not welcome students to teach us. I try in each of my iPad class lessons to show students how they can use an app within the classroom either for a project, help them study, better utilize their time and make it more relevant to their lives. Sometimes the students ask to use them in class but from what I am hearing from the kids, they are just using them without asking. Now to get the teachers using the iPad and to think outside of the box...
This marking period the students have created commercials to go along with their app evaluations. And some of them were amazing. I haven't taught them how to use imovie (still learning it myself) but they have taken the initiative to figure it out themselves and share their knowledge. I even had some kids spend time making a commercial for our iPad class. For everything that went wrong the first marking period....everything is moving along better for the 2nd marking period. We still have some issues with airserve but that is beyond my control.
My next project is starting a student technology task force. Since the students are the ones who are "digital natives" then we need to be learning from them. I would love to create a task force that gives students an opportunity to share their knowledge not only with their peers but also their teachers. I think we might be able to tap into some of our more creative, less main stream students.
Great idea for the task force. Great minds are in kids if we just tap into them.
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