Creation vs. Consumption
After reading this article, I began thinking about how I use my own Ipad. Totally just a consumer. I use it mostly to surf net, map directions, play games, and check emails. I use my laptop more for creating things on Drive or elsewhere, part of it is the ease of having a keyboard as opposed to typing on the Ipad. My team at school has 6 Ipads for our team as well as one for each teacher, for a total of 10. I have had my students use them for QR scavenger hunts for math and for reading/vocabulary activities. I would like to have my kids us the Ipads more to create, but our district has become pretty tight with apps so will have to wait until they get some approved before moving into the creation phase with students.
I totally agree with idea 1 on this article. By letting kids play first they have the chance to explore what their Chromebooks can do for them. My students found all kinds of things that even I had no idea about. They have taught me a lot in the last few weeks. My students have been collaborating on documents and slides since the beginning of the school year.They enjoy giving each other feedback and we have spent a lot of time before I released them to do this talking about appropriate feedback.
I really like the points this article made about accountability in having a partner. I find this is true in most goals. For instance, having a work out buddy makes me more accountable to going to the gym for workouts. I am looking forward to working with Cortney on exploring things to do with more technology.
