September, 22 2015
Today is all about technology!! (My favorite!)
As I may have mentioned previously I have a minor in Educational Technology. I am a firm believer in students reaping the benefits of such a tool. There are so many different ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. In the first grade classroom I am currently in there is a set of iPads. I was excited when I found this out and I began looking into 'apps' to use with the class. When I began showing them to my co-op she told me that they haven't been able to download any apps onto the iPads and only use the internet browser and websites. This puzzled me. She told me that she didn't have access to the password necessary to complete the downloads. Today I decided to talk to the principal about it and asked him if he would be willing to enter the required username and password when apps needed downloaded. Through this conversation we discovered that there was never an account set up on the iPads. He asked me if I would take care of this. I spent some of the afternoon then creating an e-mail for the iPad account and setting up an account on all of the iPads. I began to search for some apps that could be used throughout the year. After talking with my co-op we decided that I would generate a list of apps for students to use. This is something I will be working on throughout my internship and I will share it to my blog when it is completed. I even set up the entire set of iPads to automatically download the app on all of the devices once it is added to one. I'm so excited that the students will be able to take their learning to a new level using these tablets now.
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