Another "happenstance" of the 2014-15 school year was that our school district created a supplement for each school to have an Instructional Technology Facilitator (ITF). At Barkley Bridge we chose to have two ITFs and allow them to split the supplement. These two ITFs, Amanda Godsey and Kim Hargett, were instrumental in some foundation tech training/ app training that proved helpful to teachers.
Project Lead the Way relies heavily on iPads or Minis, so we needed to order several. (On the Project Lead the Way website they provide guidelines for how many a school will need based on student population: www.pltw.org)
So we first worked to purchase the iPads, and we then worked to become more familiar with them and with the many available apps on the market that lend themselves to STEM education.
Many were very simple. For instance, K and 1 teachers found that students loved a Ten Frame app they found. This app aligned perfectly with instruction and created a center to better acquaint our students with the iPads, too. (Though, quite frankly, we all know that few of them were strangers to Apple products. Even in K.)
Project Lead the Way relies heavily on iPads or Minis, so we needed to order several. (On the Project Lead the Way website they provide guidelines for how many a school will need based on student population: www.pltw.org)
So we first worked to purchase the iPads, and we then worked to become more familiar with them and with the many available apps on the market that lend themselves to STEM education.
Many were very simple. For instance, K and 1 teachers found that students loved a Ten Frame app they found. This app aligned perfectly with instruction and created a center to better acquaint our students with the iPads, too. (Though, quite frankly, we all know that few of them were strangers to Apple products. Even in K.)