iPod Touch Schoolwide Implementation – Classroom 2.0

This post is the start of a great conversation on the Classroom 2.0 Ning started by Susan Wells from Culbreth Middle School. The 25 pages that make up the conversation answer in a practical way many of the questions that others may have regarding the use of iPod Touches in the classroom.

There are a number of posts from individuals interested in using iPod Touches for teaching and Learning. At Culbreth Middle in Chapel Hill, NC we began a pilot this past August to place the iPod Touch in the hands of staff and students.

 Our staff development for faculty to roll out the new technology centered on teacher coaches leading their groups in exploration through professional learning communities.

 Our AVID students use the iPod Touch in the AVID classroom and in all other courses. They have piloted this program, using the iPod Touches daily for note taking, keeping individual agendas, translation for world languages, and accessing research through the Internet. In addition, our AVID students use many of the apps that teachers sync with these mobile devices. As student leaders, they’ve understood their responsibility to work and share this learning tool in collaborative groups.

This winter we were able to add iPod Touch labs for each of our seven interdisciplinary teams and two labs for our exploratory and resource teams. The interdisciplinary grade level iPod Touch labs are housed with each team and shared among the four content teachers (math, language arts, science, and social studies). These teachers plan together so that their students have access throughout each day. They access the internet as needed and use many apps as well.

via classroom20.com