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=Apple iPad Trial @ TLC=

Introduction
Over the last two years, the uptake of handheld devices in Australia has increased significantly. Such devices have brought about not only convenient access to information but also have been used to improve teaching and learning. Until now, there have been questions about whether the current devices are simply too small to be used effectively as learning devices, although international studies have shown significant benefit to students with such devices. Recently a Lutheran school on the Sunshine coast has deployed the iPod Touch to all year 8 students, and the feedback from this project has been very positive.

The imminent release of the Apple iPad, a 9.8-inch touchscreen device very much like a tablet computer, presents an opportunity to take integration of these devices in teaching and learning to a whole new level. “Sectors like education should immediately grasp the power and meaning of a platform such as the iPad.” Graham Brown-Martin – Learning Without Frontiers Graham Brown-Martin also describes the moment where he gave his iPad to his four year old daughter: “In her first session of proper usage that lasted about 2 hours (she had to be gently stopped for a break) she explored numeracy, literacy, art, music, singing, evolutionary biology (understood), the periodic table (not fully understood), a fast paced game called “Snail Mail” and then finished off with a round of Golf.” This quote shows just some of the various areas where such a device can benefit teaching and learning.

Trinity has a unique opportunity to be a leader in the integration of this type of technology not only on the Gold Coast, but also from a state, national and Lutheran perspective too. There is also the possibility that these devices will assist in the areas of professional development, administration, marketing and executive connectivity too. Trinity has decided that there is merit in evaluating the Apple iPad immediately to determine if and how such a device could be utilised at the college to take advantage of these perceived benefits.

Goals of the Trial
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 * 1) To evaluate how the iPad can improve teaching and learning at TLC.
 * 2) To evaluate whether the iPad can assist executive staff, with respect to connectivity, ease of access and communications both inside and external to the college.
 * 3) To investigate how the iPad can integrate into the TLC ICT network and be centrally managed.
 * 4) To determine whether the iPad can assist with professional development through peer learning and collaboration outside of the college.
 * 5) To investigate whether the iPad can be used for marketing purposes (e.g. while prospective parents are waiting at reception, they could be given an interactive device containing dynamic content about the college).
 * 6) To determine whether a larger-scale trial is worthwhile and feasible.

Equipment
Trinity has purchased two Apple iPads to undertake this trial. These devices are due to arrive on Friday 28th May – the day they are released in Australia. One of the devices is the basic 16GB wi-fi model and the other is the 16GB wi-fi and 3G model. The latter 3G model will be used for trials involving the ipad off the college campus with the use of a 3G sim card from Telstra.

**Trial Environment** Primary School – Danny Mackenzie & Year 1 TeachersThe 16GB Wi-Fi device will be provided to Danny Mackenzie at the Primary School, who will be coordinating the trial with Year 1 teachers and students. Danny will organise for software to be loaded onto the device and liase with the Year 1 teachers to have them test the iPad with the software. Some of the software to be tested includes: Safari – for access to the internetPhotos – photo management and displayPages – word processingKeynote - presentation softwareExisting Web 2.0 tools – available online via Safari.
 * Device #1:**

ICT Department – Dan Pearson & ICT TeamThe 16GB Wi-Fi and 3G device will be situated with Dan Pearson and the ICT team. This device will be used to test the integration of the iPad with the college network and AV facilities. It will also be used to demonstrate possible benefits to exec staff and whether the device could be used as a marketing tool. The device could also be used to examine possible applications in a Middle and Senior school environment, and how it would integrate with the proposed LMS that is to be deployed shortly.
 * Device #2:**

Mail – for staff email iBooks – eBook reader and possible future textbook replacement Keynote – presentation softwareSpreadsheet – a spreadsheet application Pages – word processingThe Elements – interactive periodic table of the elements Twitter for iPad – twitter client, useful for professional learning via collaboration JaaduRDP – remote desktop clientCitrix client – virtual desktop client for iPad, gives access to a windows environment from the iPad. Story Kit - allows students to publish drawing, photo, text and audio elements as a digital book Adobe Ideas - tool for students to draw and write Fotobabble - students can add audio (30 sec) to a picture and upload and share to the web + Wide range of educational apps - see Project Apps
 * Some of the software to be tested includes:**

Due to budget constraints, only two devices are available to us at this time. Ideally, a device would be made available to the ICT teachers in Middle and Senior schools too, so that they could run similar trials in their areas.
 * Concerns**

The trial is expected to run for the remainder of Term 2, and the first two weeks of Term 3. At the end of this trial, results and recommendations will be provided to the executive team.
 * Timeline**

It is proposed that the key parties(Dan Pearson and Danny Mackenzie) meet weekly during the trial to discuss the progress of the trial, and that other staff members are involved in these meetings as necessary (subject to their availability). [|iphone 4s contract]
 * Communication**

**Planning Workshop**
//Friday 25 June 2010// //Danny MacKenzie,Vanessa Keith, Mandi Traecey, Edna Livett, Kelly Haines// We have had the iPad for almost a month experimenting with apps and exploring educational applications for its use in the classroom. We are very confident that the educational game apps and the productivity apps we have found will be very effective but the lack of Flash is a major concern. We are hopeful JaaduRDP – remote desktop clientCitrix client will be the solution.

At the end of last term we searched sites reviewing iPad apps for education and selected a number of apps (some free, some paid) which have been downloaded and are currently on the iPad - see Project Apps. We will keep monitoring the apps store to keep up to date with new apps as they arrive.

While planning the trial we will consider the teaching and learning applications for a group of 6 students each with an iPad during literacy and numeracy rotations. Because we only have 1 iPad we will have one student on an iPad completing the trial activities and the other students in the group using the laptops. This will allow us to compare the iPad with the laptops as effective learning tools for group work.

**Kelly posed a very good question: When we already have access to an IWB and student laptops - why should we be investing in the iPad? What makes it better than the laptops as an educational tool? We will collaborate on answers to this question as the trial unfolds.**

Today the aim is to map the Term 3 Inquiry, Numeracy and Literacy outcomes/activities to available iPad apps.

**Numeracy - Measurement**

 * ===**Student Learning** ===

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|| ===**Notes** ===

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|| attributes to use to measure- length, area, mass, volume or time and using measurement language ||  ||   || week and duration of events ||  ||   || o’clock and half past || * Kid's Clock (ext)beyond o'clock and half past ||  ||
 * Making choices about which
 * Sequencing events, days of the
 * Telling the time – analogue, digital,

**Numeracy - Number**

 * ===**Student Learning** ===

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|| ===**iPad Apps** ===

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|| ===**Notes** ===

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|| numbers to 100 ||  ||   || variety of ways (think board) ||  ||   || ( ordinals- 1st, 2nd, 3rd ) ||  ||   || facts to 20 || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kids Math Owl
 * Identifying, ordering and comparing
 * Counting patterns (2,5,10) to 100 ||  ||   ||
 * Representing and recording in a
 * Place value (10s and 1s) ||  ||   ||
 * Sequencing items
 * Recall of addition and subtraction
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kids Math Rocket (ext)double digits
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pop Maths ||  ||

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Literacy - Writing

 * ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Student Learning ===

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> ...................................................
|| ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> iPad Apps ===

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> ...................................................
|| ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Notes ===

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|| Fairy tales and fables ||  ||   || Where two letters come together to make a sound Short and long vowel sounds || * Sight Words > Spelling WordsUnscramble Words (ext)
 * Procedure writing || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">FotoBabble ||  ||
 * Narrative
 * Spelling, Blends, Phonics
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chicktionary
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Early ReaderPhonics Set 4
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">First Words
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Word Families
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Word magic
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iPhonics - Consonants 1
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iPhonics - Consonants 2
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iPhonics - Vowels 2 ||  ||
 * Handwriting || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I Can Write Words ||  ||

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Literacy - Reading**

 * ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Student Learning** ===

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**...................................................**
|| ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**iPad Apps** ===

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**...................................................**
|| ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Notes** ===

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 * Sequencing and ordering || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">dtdnumberwizlite ||  ||
 * Sentence structure || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iSentence ||  ||
 * Sight words ||  ||   ||
 * Comprehension || * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iQuestion ||  ||