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Unit 4: Implementation and Integration of iPads

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Return to: ETAP 623 Fall 2017 Section 5420 | Integrating iPads into the K-5 Classroom | Unit 3: Web 2.0 Tools

Unit 4 Overview

Unit 4 is where you "show what you know" and apply what you have learned throughout this course. There is no mini-lecture or lesson. Instead you have a wrap-up activity where you construct a lesson plan based off of what has been presented. It is your job as an educator as mentioned before to review the applications and tools prior to student engagement. Read the following resources to help understand why educators are integrating iPads into their classrooms and how you can too!

Look closely at the three main topics, iPad in the classroom, apps, books and more, and teaching with iPad.

To begin each unit, we reflect on what we know prior to engaging with the course content.

Pre-Unit Activity

Take a moment to think about what you have learned throughout this course. Write about what you have learned and how it will support your teaching practices in the future.

Objectives

  • Learners will be able to analyze the impact iPads have in their classroom through the use of Web 2.0 tools.

Learning Activities

There are three learning activities you must complete prior to completing this course. These activities include:

  1. Pre-Unit Activity: Reflect on your understanding and previous experiences with iPads prior to the beginning of the unit via Google Slides.
  2. Post-Unit Activity: Reflect on what you have learned about throughout the Unit, while paying close attention to whether or not your perception/understanding of iPads changed from the pre-unit activity via Google Slides.
  3. Integrating iPads into the K-5 classroom lesson plan: Construct a lesson plan that utilizes one of the Web 2.0 tools you learned about in Unit 3. Feel free to use a lesson plan template you are familiar with. I have uploaded two different templated onto the Google Drive. One is taken from Albany's ETAP 623 course, and the second is one I have to use daily. If you feel that neither of these are beneficial and you have your own, be sure you include the information provided on both templates.

Where do I go from here?

Congrats- Retrieved from https://history.osu.edu/news/congrats-zach-fryl

If you have successfully completed this course. I hope that with this new information comes a positive attitude and outlook on the way we as educators integrate iPads into our classrooms. If you're not a classroom teacher, thats totally fine too! I hope that you understand that iPads are more than tools for game playing and instead share this new knowledge with your friends, colleagues etc. As we learned in Unit 1, children born after 2004 are known as the iGeneration. Therefore, it is our jobs to keep supporting the needs of those children we work with, support, or have in our daily lives.

References and Resources

Scholarly Articles/Resources

  • Byrne, D. (2017) UAlbany Lesson Plan Template. Retrieved from Blackboard.com

Digital Images/Videos

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