ISTE 2011, June 28 - So you have iPads...What Next

Sponsored by SIG TC! This is a table-hopping with a large forum with 10 minute then...switch!

Marymount Independent School, NYC - Science curriculum, sketchbook pro, no prior knowledge, 9th grade, sent files as email attachment, ebook template, epublishing templates from apple, teachers can make ebooks, should have pages, document storage with dropbox, using Bretford carts, ebooks are made on a computer, leaf snap? Zip file through iTunes as an IBook on a bookshelf, nobody has asked to print, but AirPrint works and print central, Apple still has no plan for volume app purchases and distribution,

Laconia School District - Learn it and EarnIt Karen Switzer from New Hampshire - Staff can use their PD funds, lottery style to use 700 dollars of PD money to get iPads, apps were not part of the $$, used Google groups to share knowledge, peer collaboration was key, iPad 2's were part of the second cohort, teachers really stepped out of their realm to push this technology forward. **Still have not heard about management, app purchase, standards, student achievement, etc...
Teachers use it as a reward system or differentiate - really? What does this mean?
1300 students with decent percentage of free and reduced
**I am still really surprised how truly mediocre some presentations are.

Fox Chapel Schools, iPads making a difference on learning
Seton Hill Technology
**So far, pages and books is best idea
Multiply formats for creative responses, great quote
Ithoughts, popplets,
How can we control and direct people to a dropbox?
Pleuritic, online iPad software

Panel discussion
Early learning, special Ed, ELL's, eBooks
Gary Stager, Mr. Constructivism
Stager.org/handouts
What do you mean by learning? Saracin
It's an admission that we have not quite figured it out - Stagar
Before we talk about buying stuff we need to ask what is Ed Tech
IPad constraints:
-no executable files, no one can make applications on the device, how about HyperCard on the iPad
-Stop driving educational policy by whether there's there is an app for that
-On the sacred continuum of evil iPads are more toward the good
All in all, this was a super session!