Today was an exciting day at Shepard! The students got to use the iPads for the first time. In the morning, students worked to come up with a contract for how they should use the iPads (I'll put examples up later). Then when I arrived, we got going on the scavenger hunt.
I was really impressed at how easily they went through most of the tasks. I gave them a little bit of background and just a few hints. I showed them how to access the smart search to find apps. We walked through what to do when you get certain popups like "push notifications" and "location services". They handled it well.
The toughest part of the hunt was definitely sending their picture to the teacher in an email. Mrs. Guillory's class found out that they could just type in "Leanna" and her email popped up. I don't think Mrs. Heath's class found that out. But it was really cool to see all the emails appear on the teachers' screens announcing the arrival of a funny picture. I think that's going to be a huge help during the year.
We ended up with a QR code. They did an awesome job of reading the code. Those are going to be all over the place this year, both as teacher created resources as well as links to student work.
I couldn't have been happier with how today turned out. They handled the iPads very well. They were excited and then disappointed when it was time to stop. In fact, Mrs. Guillory's class decided to skip recess and Mrs. Heath's class didn't even complain even though it was approaching 90 degrees in their trailer. Hot.
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