Assignment+7


 * Assignment #7 Journal Reflection - Ticket out the Door **

The impact I expect to see as a result of teaching with iPads in the classroom is the continual innovation of collaborative learning and technology usage by both teachers and students. My eighth grade students are highly motivated to learn and participate in classroom activities every time we have used the iPads in our Spanish and Language Arts classes. To engage students in active learning, iPads allow an open line of communication and collaboration in which students and teachers learn together and share their findings in an exciting manner. Students are already using their devices, so it is time that educators help students learn responsible technology usage and implement BYOD programs in schools.

I plan to continue to use my iPad each and every day to read books, communicate with others, stay informed, listen to music, watch videos, and learn about the world around me. In my professional life I will continue to use my iPad and classroom iPads to innovate my Spanish and Language Arts units of instruction and daily activities. I would like to integrate iPads into my daily classroom management and use them as essential twenty-first century learning tools with all of my students. To me, the iPad offers a unique way to revolutionize teaching and learning almost overnight.

I have learned so much though this Marian iPad course and from our fellow educators and classmates. The collaboration and sharing of ideas among educators is both exciting and essential to teaching our students important twenty-first century skills and instilling a love of learning and exploring the world around us. I have discovered many new exciting apps, interesting lesson and activity ideas, and other inspirational projects to discover in the classroom. I plan to explore additional innovative ways to utilize iPads with students in the classroom. This summer I plan to write a few grants and integrate iPads into revised units of instruction. I look forward to using the iPad to challenge and enrich the learning, productivity, creativity, and innovation of both my students and myself.