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Year Two of 1:1 in Grade One
Posted on August 5, 2014 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Ok...so now a year has passed since my last blog on using iPads in a 1:1 grade one classroom. I've learned a lot along the way. I'm sorry I didn't write as I was learning, but this was a roller-coaster year of trying, failing, changing and (sometimes) succeeding... only to try, fail and sometimes succeed again. I call it my lather, rinse, repeat process. Now I am a week out of school and have time to share both my…
Continue My Thoughts on Year One of 1:1 in Grade One
Posted on March 31, 2013 at 12:02am 0 Comments 0 Likes
My Thoughts on Year One of 1:1 in Grade One
One of the lucky ones?
Through a grant announcement at the end of last year, I learned that I would be one of four first grade classrooms in our district to pilot a 1:1 initiative with iPads this year. I was excited and VERY NERVOUS to…
Continue Through a grant announcement at the end of last year, I learned that I would be one of four first grade classrooms in our district to pilot a 1:1 initiative with iPads this year. I was excited and VERY NERVOUS to…
Encouragement for Teachers New to Technology
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:59pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Encouragement for Teachers New to Technology
This blog is for those of you who are just starting to get excited about the new technology you are beginning to access, but at the same time, are overwhelmed. It's actually a message of hope so please keep reading! It has a happy ending.
For the past two or three years I have been trying to do the "technology thing." I'm trying to be the tech savvy educator who is keeping up with all that is becoming available to us as educators.… Continue
This blog is for those of you who are just starting to get excited about the new technology you are beginning to access, but at the same time, are overwhelmed. It's actually a message of hope so please keep reading! It has a happy ending.
For the past two or three years I have been trying to do the "technology thing." I'm trying to be the tech savvy educator who is keeping up with all that is becoming available to us as educators.… Continue
I-pad is the key to unlocking the door to engagement
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I finally had the chance to use a classroom set of i-pads as a reinforcement to all of the math concepts my first graders have learned so far (see photo above). Instant feedback to children is of vital importance when it comes to reinforcing a newly-learned skill. When there is only one teacher in the room, instant feedback doesn't happen often enough. Today, I had seventeen…
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