Passing the iPad during Staff Development Day

In order to get our feet wet, why not start passing the iPads during Staff  Development Days?

Each grade level sat together, and using ABCNotes (Interactive Sticky Notes) on an iPad per grade table, created implementation timelines for our Caring Schools Community, Steps to Respect, and Protected Classes curriculum. Many of our teachers used an iPad for the first time!

We'll also be using the grade level  iPads to give feedback on our Single School Plan and  reflections regarding our student performance data analysis. And at future meetings they can be used to record reflections, brainstorm ideas for discussion or sharing for different agenda topics.

Multiple screens of notes can be synchronized so all the iPads' notes merge and show the total collection on each iPad, and they can be sent by email in a list format, still identifying each individual post-it within the list. With a single click you can also snap a picture of the screen that is saved as a jpg in the gallery to see the actual post-it representation.

I just love this simple app! I started using mine daily last year with hourly agendas projected on the wall so each of my classes could view the activities that would occur during their weekly Media Center visit, which I then added teaching comments to and forwarded to my iPad journal which serves as a digital lesson planner.

This year, with an iPad on every table, imagine the brainstorming and sharing of ideas that will happen as we build collaborative intelligence! Can't wait for the school year to start!

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