iPad Best Classroom Practices Course
This course is designed to meet the needs of K12 teachers who have recently started to use iPads in their classrooms, whether in 1:1 model or shared iPads. Teachers who are exploring the possibility of integrating iPads into their classrooms will also find plenty of ideas to walk away with. The course will focus on best practices and pedagogies learnt by three teachers who've been using iPads in a 1:1 context since 2012.
Rehab Rajab, Apple Distinguished Educator & Authorised Professional Development Trainer, Kristen McGhee, Apple Authorised Trainer & Maths Teacher and Anjali Rajan, ESL Teacher, will run practical hands-on activities as well as open discussions to share ideas by all the course participants. Participants will be provided with an iPad with all the needed Apps pre-installed as well as a code to join an iTunes U course designed to deliver all the course material and continue the learning after the course. |
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Course Objectives:
- Explore iPads as transformative learning tools when transformative pedagogy is implemented.
- Learn how iPads can be integrated into different learning activities
- Become familiar with multiple Apps that support teaching and learning with iPads.
- Be able to work with more than one App to create a cohesive and finished product in line with Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- Explore examples of successful learning activities in 1:1 iPad classes.
- Create learning activities that aim at promoting higher-order thinking skills in a mobile learning environment.
- Learn techniques for finding, evaluating and sharing iPad Apps for teaching and learning.