Building Learning Communities 2012

iPads are making their debut in many schools. There are many questions to be answered.
Can iPads replace laptops? Are they just another bandwagon or a tool that can improve teaching, student learning and productivity like no other device? Let’s talk about how immediate access and availability to information, productivity tools, a global network, assistive technology as well as being able to create content and media, all on one device, can change a classroom’s learning environment.

Audiences will:

• Look at a showcase of examples from the classroom
• Learn how to plan and upgrade traditionally taught lessons
• See how teachers choose different apps that address all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Look at apps that support the Digital Learning Farm concept to empower student learners.
• Reflect on 21st century skills, literacy and fluency as it relates to using iPads in the classroom