First, let me say that I do not mind and I completely understand.
I'll bet I am asked at least half a dozen times a day, "When are the iPads coming?" (Insert Wayne's World flash back sequence) Last year we rolled out LearnPads with a bang - like, bang, here's you crate of LearnPads. It did not go over well. The start of the year is so busy as routines, expectations, and curriculum is launched and established. Lesson learned. This year the goal was to be far more purposeful. With iPads in the classroom, and the lessons of last year, I wanted to be far more deliberate with how we roll out our new tech. That said, when our iPads arrived in late August, they need to be set-up and updated to the newest operating system. This requires Larry to physically touch and update each individual iPad. This is a tedious and laborious task, but when he is not troubleshooting other aspects of our technology, he is pressing forward. Once your iPads sets are set-up and ready, I will deliver iPads to classrooms. I will also give teachers a quick how-to . On top of that, I will send you a short-ish video that explains everything still further. Thank you for your patience. We want to do this correctly and then we can do amazing things with and for our students.
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I'm sitting at TIES in a Key Instructional Contacts meeting surrounded by some of Minnesota's best integrationist, tech-leaders, and power-players and I realize how different our situation is in Hastings. On the eve of our iPad deployment in the elementary schools, I learned that none of the other districts represented today are approaching mobile in the classrooms the way we are attempting.
This both excites and terrifies me. It terrifies me because there are precious few folks that can relate to our situation. Fewer people whose own experience can help us make this a success. Many of the representatives are very middle and high school focused. Breathe... This excites me because there are precious few folks that have the opportunity to experience what we are poised to try. Their lack of experience means we can take our own path to success - likely filled with bumps, twists, and turns. Our students will be their middle and high school students in the near future - let's impress them. We are in a position to create some unique and powerful waves in the elementary education mini-iPad set world. I like this. Let's do it! |
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