The iPad Revolution

Taking Maryvale into the Future

Don't prepare us for your world, prepare us for our world.

Is there an App for that?

2/3s of children between the ages of 4 and 7 have used an iPhone or iPod touch

85% have used one owned by a parent

"Passed back" in the car

From a new report released by Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshops in collaboration with PBS Kids Raising Readers and Hotspeak.

Evidence

Kids can learn from apps Study - PBS KIDS programs 90 children from ages 3 to 7 played with them

for two weeks Gains in vocabulary comprehension, letter

identification, and rhyming Almost all developed mastery using the iPods

and iPhones

A 2 ½ yr. old uses an iPad fo the first time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4EbM7dCMs

From a new report released by Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshops in collaboration with PBS Kids Raising Readers and Hotspeak.

Why iPad?

Why Maryvale?

Why now?

Why iPad? An iPad is a book-sized touch screen computing device.

Why iPad?Multi-touch glass with one single buttonSmall, 1.5 lbs. Battery lasts up to 10 hrs.Built-in speakersBuilt-in microphoneRelatively inexpensivePowerfulCan be used with a keyboard or a stylus

Introducing the iPad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-YAQ1wfNqc

Why iPad? Wow! Cutting edge technologyComputer capabilities in a small

packageMakes learning funAddresses all learning stylesLighten the backpackOrganization

Why iPad?Instant “on”EmailAppsInternetProductivity toolsMemoryEase of useNo viruses

Why now? It’s time…going green, “cloud”

computingBeen on the table for several years but

felt that all students had adequate access to computers and Internet

Parents and students are asking for itCreates a marketing and competitive

advantage

Top 10 Predictions for 2011

Textbooks are dead - for real this time!

Assessment will be comprehensive and constant!

1:1 becomes BYOT (Bring your own Tech)

Facebook will be encouraged!Students will surf away (kind of)!

MORE Top 10 Predictions for 2011The end of testing is nigh!Students forced to use phones in

class!Content will be free for all, all the

time!Students will learn outside of

school!All data becomes compatible -

globally!http://www.techlearning.com/article/35406

What can students do with an iPad?

Active Learning

Use "Apps" Specialized apps for differentiated

learningPlay Music

Listen to music in a foreign language or play a piano

Listen to Podcasts Learn grammar or listen to a first hand

account

Active Learning

Take Notes and Create Presentations Use productivity tools such as Pages,

Keynote and NumbersWatch Videos

Learn about a chemical reaction Do Research

Immediate information available at their fingertips

Read books Never leave a book in the locker or lose it

again

A Learning Tool, not a Teaching Tool

Lets the students use the technology the way they see fit

Teachers allow students to supplement learning by using the iPad when appropriate

Teachers motivate students to learn by giving them options to understand the material – such as listening to podcasts and online activities

Real time learning – always connected

Books vs. iPad

Textbooks or specific chapters can be downloaded anytime that there is an Internet connection. They can be read even without an Internet connection.

Some of the Available iBooks

FREE Jane Eyre A Midsummer’s Night Dream Romeo and Juliet Sharp Grammar – Kaplan Study Guide The Odyssey The Complete Works of William

Shakespeare United States Bill of Rights

Inkling Textbook Store

Some textbooks available now New ones added in the past few weeks Can buy the entire book or buy a chapter at

a time for $3.99 each Books Available Now

Biology Psychology Photography Music Appreciation Sociology Elements of Style The Art of Public Speaking Medical Physiology

Kindle Books

Kindle App available for iPad 6th grade books available on Kindle

The Giver ▪ Kindle Edition – $6.64▪ Paperback - $6.99

Number the Stars ▪ Kindle Edition -$6.64▪ Paperback - $6.99

Bridge to Terabithia▪ Kindle Edition - $5.99▪ Paperback - $6.99

Runs almost all of the 300,000 apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Many apps are added on a daily basis!

Free or Inexpensive Apps

Unlike expensive software for laptops, the most commonly used apps are either free or relatively inexpensive for the iPad - from $0.99 to $9.99 (for Pages or Keynote).

Microsoft Office 2010 -Suggested retail price: $279.99

Access to Files through Citrix

Citrix app available

Students and teachers can use

Access files on the Maryvale network

Home Use

Continuous Internet access while on campus and possibly at home if a student’s family has a wireless home network set up.

Students will use their iTunes account to use the iPad.

Assistive Technology

Screen reader

Support for playback of closed-caption content

Printing

New printers are on the market that can be used with iPads.

Printing from Pages

Send your Pages files to yourself to be printed from a computer.

Parent Information

Parent information meetings will be held in the spring and summer 2011.

Students will sign an iPad contract when they sign their tuition agreements.

The iPad contract would be consistent with the current digital camera contract students in the Digital Photography class sign.

Conclusion Allowing students access to the Internet

and electronic resources is vital to attracting new students and maintaining our student population at Maryvale.

Piloting an iPad program for one year would give us valuable information regarding its use inside and outside of the classroom.

Educational comparisons between other devices and the iPad indicate that the iPad would suit our students’ needs.

Buying the iPad and by assessing a yearly $150.00 device fee, instead of having the students purchase their own, allows for all families at MVP to afford this technologically advanced learning tool for their daughters.