I was so fortunate to buy ten iPads for the kindergarten classroom. While the devices were introduced in the lab, they will be living in the kindergarten wing. The three classrooms will utilize the iPads during center rotations. They will also be used over the course of the year by Miss Diaz Leroy in her Music/Spanish classroom. Special connectors have been purchased to connect the iPads to the classroom projectors to facilitate instruction.
After their introduction, each class developed a class set of rules to follow. This list wasn't too difficult for the students to develop, especially since so many of them use these devices at home. Here were some of the student recommendations for Our iPad Rules:
- Only use gentle fingers. Play with then nicely.
- Make sure your hands are clean and dry.
- Always carry with two hands.
- Always make sure the iPad is in a safe place. Never leave it on the floor where someone might step on it.
- Only get an iPad from the cart with an adult.
- Always walk when you carry your iPad.
- Only use the apps the teachers tell you to use.
- Don't forget to turn it off when your turn is over.
I think we are off to a great start!
1 comments:
I'd love to hear more about how you dock them, recharge and how you do updates. Do you have a special way of transporting them from one location to another? I'm hoping for a set of 10 at our school next year, but know I need to think through how all that happens. Thanks for anything you can share! So excited for you!
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