iPadpalooza is a three-day event held at Westlake High School in Austin, TX. This learning festival is a celebration of the cultural-shift the iPads have brought about in education and the world. This event will focus on creativity, social collaboration, engagement and the compelling ways schools have integrated iPads into their classrooms. This year we will also premiere our “iLead Academy” which will take place on June 17th (8:30-4:00) and is focused on helping campus and district leadership thrive in a mobile learning environment.
The festival will start on the evening of June 17th at 6:30pm (registration opens at 4:00pm) and end on June 19th and will feature amazing speakers from all over the world, lots of live music and of course, food trailers. Please note there will be limited seating to this event and the iLead Academy.
iPadpalooza…It’s not a conference, it’s a learning festival!
A teacher walks in to my office and proclaims, “I HATE TECHNOLOGY!” Technology can be challenging and it can be frustrating when you have classroom goals and the technology doesn’t seem to be meeting them. It’s easy to throw in the towel and go back the ways things were - they worked, right? Come and learn how one teacher transformed her Writer’s Workshop by using Google Docs in the peer editing process and increased student engagement in writing at the same time!
Everyone has at least one good book in them”- We can help you find yours. Want to create your own interactive ebook? In this session you will use iBooks Author to create your own ebook. You will learn how to use Widgets that will make your book interactive and engaging. See how we have created ebooks for use across the curriculum. Bring your ideas, your MacBook and your iPad and you will leave with all of the skills necessary to create exciting materials for your students. Suits all year levels and all subjects.
Get our free book; U Create with iBooksAuthor, on the iBooks Store.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/u-create-with-ibooks-author/id834174105?mt=11
After you have decided that a mobile solution is the direction you are going for your school, a few big questions should pop into your head:
What apps will I be using and how bandwidth-intensive are they?
What will happen if all of my students log on to their devices at the same time?
Assuming that these mobile devices aren’t the only things hitting the network, how do I keep it secure and running at an acceptable speed?
I assume I’ll have to upgrade my network, what exactly do I need and how am I going to get it installed?
When I have an issue with my wireless network, how many different people will I have to call?
Now, read in your best game show host voice: These questions and more will be discussed by Brian Churchin and the ATS team Thursday morning at iPadpalooza!
Come on down! (well, technically *up*as we will be in room 258, so unless you start out on the roof….come on up.)
Imagine, Inspire, Innovate - reaching all learners.
Imagine: Equitable access to resources.
Inspire: iTunes U - from St Hilda's to the world.
Innovate: Technology-based pedagogy supporting best practise.
You be the student as we show you how we use Apps in our Mathematics and Business classes. See how we engage and challenge our students; satisfying curriculum requirements. Work through taster tasks and take away fully developed tasks for use in your own classroom.
Go to our “ Don’t Worry be Appy” iTunes U course and subscribe. Go to the first Post to get links for the Apps and ebook required for this session.