Teacher+Education

In order to effectively use iPads in the classroom, teachers will need professional development! Professional development is not something that is just granted to teachers, it is actually provided by law through No Child Left Behind. While professional development itself is described later in this wiki, teachers will need specific professional development before implementing iPads in the classroom. Below are some areas that schools will need to cover with teachers before the beginning of the school year.



Contractual Agreements

 * Parent/ student responsibilities
 * Teacher responsibilities
 * How to teach students about the contracts
 * How to manage the contracts, should problems arise

Legal Issues

 * Monitoring the students on/off campus
 * Modifying assignments for students that do not have internet access at home
 * Cyber bullying responsibilities for the teachers
 * Other topics described in Specific Legal Issues

Managing the Devices

 * How to work an iPad
 * How to use an iPad in the classroom
 * How to fix basic problems/ troubleshooting with an iPad
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When to call IT for help with a device

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">media type="youtube" key="rvyP-cwpHN8" height="216" width="387" align="right" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The video to the right shows many of the 21 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> century digital literacy skills that students need to know. (Kraft, 2010) Many teachers do not possess the computer skills to teach digital literacy to students because their education took place in a time before computers became a large component of learning. It is not fair to expect these teachers to teach skills that they have not had the opportunity to learn; school districts need to provide the professional development for teachers to gain and master these skills to become effective 21 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> century educators.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Please continue to our next page, Contractual Agreements