1:1 Devices in Elementary

Josh JacksonMedia Specialist, North Trail Elementary

Presenter Bio

• Media Specialist in K-5 setting• 3rd-5th graders take iPads home; K-2 have iPads in classroom

• 2nd year in district

• ESL + Multimedia Education background

• Teach technology, library, literacy (reading & informational) and digital citizenship skills

The Why• Taking a risk to individualize

education, using our strengths to grow

• Preparing students from Pre-K+ for 21st-century skills needed today

• Integrating real-life objects and people into classrooms

The Details• TIRE as tech leader, teacher in PD

• Media Specialist as coordinator

• Teacher learning with the students

Google Apps• Gmail for teacher-student communication

• Drive for backup and creating collaborative documents, students & staff

• Earth for creating lit trips

Schoology• Our learning management system (LMS)

• Communication with students and parents

• Material hub

• Assessment tool

How This Has Evolved

• eBooks and Digital audiobooks are reaching more students

• Media curriculum (and others) entirely revised or rewritten

• Teach tech vocabulary, scaffold complex lessons

What’s Next?• Students prepared for complex

use of technology

• Ability to dig deep into content

• Teacher-created materials with iBooks

• Digital portfolios from K-12

Take-Aways

• Elementary students can do more with technology than you think!

• Information at fingertips

• Have experts on certain apps, constant knowledge-sharing

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