Courtney Mills Mini-Course: Integrating iPads into the Elementary Classroom

Introduction

Do you want to add technology into your lessons, but are unsure of how to begin? Are you being pushed by your administrators to add more technology into your lessons, but need a few pointers in how? Well then, you have come to the right place! Integrating technology into a classroom is more than just substituting it for a piece of paper and pencil. Technology can be very effective in the learning process, if only implemented in thoughtful ways. In this course, we will be focusing on how to implement iPads into an elementary classroom.

Course Overview

By the end of this course learners will be able to answer the following questions:

What is an iPad?
How are iPads beneficial to student learning?
What apps are considered appropriate for your students learning needs?
How do I create an activity that effectively integrates iPads into the classroom?

The main goal for this course is that you to create and implement more lessons and activities that effectively integrate iPads into the elementary classroom.

This course is organized into four units. Throughout the course, you will be asked to:

Watch instructional videos
Read through informational text
Review diagrams
Reflect on your learning
Add ideas/questions to the course corkboard

Before we begin, let’s go over a few things that we will need.

Essential Prerequisites

In order to complete the course, learners must:

Basic understanding of computer navigation
Basic understanding of Apple products
Understand the needs of the students in his/her classroom

Supportive Prerequisites

For easier access of reaching course outcomes, learners should have:

A positive attitude about the impact of technology on education
An interest in technology use in the classroom
Self motivation to complete the course

Throughout the course, you will be asked to add your ideas to a virtual corkboard. We will use this area to connect with others who are taking the course. Here, all participants of the course will add thoughts, ideas, questions, and facts they found to be the most interesting. The link is below and will be available again in every unit under the reflection section.

https://pinitto.me/58fa1750b537bb5455109d9d#

Course References & Resources

Apple Inc. (2013). Apps in the classroom: Using iOS apps for teaching and learning. Retrieved from https://images.apple.com/education/docs/L523172A_EDU_App_Guide_062013.pdf

Blooms Taxonomy with Apps (n.d.). In Wikispaces. Retrieved May 1, 2017, from http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/Blooms+Taxonomy+with+Apps

[CoachellaValleyUSD]. (2013, August 14). The real value of iPad apps in the classroom. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3qCQJ0Y9o

Crouch, E. [Eric Crouch]. (2013, January 31). iPads in the classroom. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzSNdxsfk0Q

Darrow, D. (2011a, August 8). K-5 iPad apps for remembering (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 1) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-diane-darrow

Darrow, D. (2011b, August 18). K-5 iPad apps for understanding (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 2) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-understanding-diane-darrow

Darrow, D. (2011c, August 24). K-5 iPad apps for applying (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 3) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-applying-diane-darrow

Darrow, D. (2011d, September 8). K-5 iPad apps for analyzing (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 4) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-analyzing-diane-darrow

Darrow, D. (2011e, September 22). K-5 iPad apps for evaluating (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 5) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-evaluating-evaluation-diane-darrow

Darrow, D. (2011f, October 4). K-5 iPad apps for creating (Bloom’s revised taxonomy, part 6) [Web log]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-creating-diane-darrow

[iPad User Guide]. (2013, June 7). How to use an iPad – How to get started with your new iPad – iPad basics tutorial. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13rueUFlSOM&t
[JudsonISDTV]. (2012, December 12). Transforming the classroom with ipads. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vl7cti0WEg

Krambeck, P. [Pam Krambeck]. (2013, April 22). Benefits of iPad use in the classroom. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpZsm5MgW-k

Mahaley, D. [David Mahaley]. (2013, November 19). Teaching and learning with the iPad conference: iPads in elementary education. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLx6truJnnY