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Mr Nathan Hutchings Director of Information and eLearning Technologies

iPads from Prep to 4 • Considerations• Challenges• Lessons learned

The Genazzano iPad Program

• Every prep to year 4 student has an iPad• total of 86 devices

• The iPads stay at school • However, each student gets their own for the whole year

• iPads complement and support existing teaching and learning• Pedagogy drives teaching and learning, NOT the technology

The Genazzano iPad Program • Tactile interfaces are ideal for young learners • Apps used

• Story creator• endless alphabet• Jumbled sentences• speak-a-boo• School A to Z• Show me

The Genazzano iPad Program

• Teachers display what ison their iPad directly tothe board from anywherein the room

• Teachers demonstratedirectly or ask a student to share their learning

Considerations

• Giving time for teachers to experiment • Teachers issued device before roll out

• Not every teacher is drawn to using IT• Devices are used in a balanced manner, appropriate to this

Stage of Learning – a time of great exploration, discovery and joy

• Genazzano is a school not a sales channel for Apple or any other IT company

Challenges

• Some teachers unfamiliar with iPads• Concerns that device will drive pedagogy rather than

pedagogy driving the use of the device • Imaging the devices

• This process was much harder than initially thought• Initially teachers had long lists of apps which cluttered the

interface• Charging and storage cabinets very expensive

• Manufactured our own cabinets and saved considerable funds

Lessons learned

• Give teachers the flexibility to deploy apps to devices in their class

• PD to be delivered by teachers to teachers if possible within school

The Genazzano iPad Program

Nathan HutchingsDirector of Information and eLearning Technologies

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