Nov 27 2011
Latest Implementation Plan – Will it Work?
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As part of the iPAD implementation team at our school – we have recently updated the implementation plan to look at a number of phases to the process. I think most interesting and thought provoking with ideas for such a program that is not going to be led by teachers but by students’ themselves is the understanding that in some way we had to develop “champions” that could as part of the process support other students throughout the implementation. A number of discussions have led to the idea that although the iPAD should not lead to many of the technical problems of a 1-to-1 laptop program – students will need support in how they use the tool and utilise to maximise its potential within their own learning. The “Genius Bar” approach so exemplified by Apple – is an idealistic view if dealing with very busy IB Diploma students which led to the idea that a small group of students if placed within an early phase could be coached as part of their program and course of study in setup and ways to maximise the potential of the iPAD within their studies and organisation.
The ideal students being the small group of Information Technology in a Global Society students who as part of their studies are not only looking into IT and how systems work but also its affect on societies and cultures – in fact the perfect fit. Below is the latest updated implementation plan as an embedded GDOC or click here to go to a copy – still much to work on, but definitely becoming feasible. We will see over the next couple of weeks if the trial implementation is given the go ahead. Exciting times we hope for all our Grade 11 students.
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