Curricular Integration Curricular Integration with iPads and with iPads and
Redesigning Learning Redesigning Learning SpacesSpaces
Marsha HarrisLead Instructional
Technology SpecialistTrinity School
@marshamac74
#ettipad
Are you connected?
http://www.haikudeck.com/p/h7C1RUP84o/marsha-harris
About Trinity3’s-6th Grade
640 Students
Mac Platform
1:1 Laptop program 5th and 6th Grades
All teachers have 1 iPad
1 Cart of iPad/Grade
iPads and e-Readers in Media Center
Tech Lab for 1st-4th and support for 5th and 6th
100 Years Ago100 years
of education reform...
What has changed? What still looks the
same?
Are We Doing Better?
Traditional Education
What looks different? Who’s still in charge?Classrooms still continue to function like a sealed
box.
REALLY?
Consumers vs Producers of Information
Content Creators
How Might We Design for 21st Century Learning?
Flexible
Future-proofed
Bold
Creative
Supportive
Motivate
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/learningspaces.pdf
We can change the “design” of any space,
but how does that change what happens in
the space?
How do we transform a learning experience?
“We spend a lot of time trying to change people. The thing to do is to change the environment and
people will change themselves.” Les Watson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Glasgow Caledonian University
What Teachers Fear
The Change
Teaching Methodology
Space
The ChangeTeaching Methodology
Our Past...not so bad?
Our Present: The Idea Lab
Kinesthetic
Differentiation
Collaborative
Flexible
Huddle Areas
Relevant
Removing the Teacher “Authority”
Community
Professional Development
Idea Wall
idea paint
how do we use it as a collaborative space?
how does it change instruction?
Idea PaintHow does something simple like this change the
way we teach?
Outdoor Classrooms
Logs
Rock Circles
Amphitheater Stone Benches
Our Vision at Trinity
What’s Next?
Curricular IntegrationLanguages
Math
Science
Social Studies
Writing
Creativity/Assessment/Reflection/
Storytelling
Screen casting
Presentations
Movie Creations
Graphic Organizers
Camera/Voice
Reflecting/Archiving
Doodle Cast-3rd Grade 3rd Grade Math
Creativity, Curricular
Integration, Formative
Assessment
http://bit.ly/HWhqt2
My Story-1st GradeFirst Grade
Writing and Oral Communication
Creativity, Curricular Integration, Assessment
http://bit.ly/1aOCihH
My Story-2nd GradeFolktale
http://bit.ly/118YcBD
Nursery RhymesCreativity,
Curricular Integration,Assessment
My Story- 4th Grade
http://bit.ly/1dvvljE
My Story- Kindergarten
http://bit.ly/1bmT02C
Haiku Deck-2nd Grade
Simple, Beautifuland Fun
http://bit.ly/1a9D6vE
Haiku Deck- Simple Presentations
Haiku Deck-3rd GradeEvents Leading up the Revolutionary War
http://bit.ly/18xEXqj
Popplet- 2nd Grade
Drop Box-4th Grade
Synced to all of the iPads for the class research
project
iMovie/QR CodesSchool Tour
http://bit.ly/1aGZXL3
iMovie-2nd Grade
iMovie Book Review
http://bit.ly/1asKMsm
QR CodesAudio Tour of the Woods
Mom’s DayMessages
Scavenger Hunt http://bit.ly/I1OPS7
http://bit.ly/17tSCyw
Coach’s Eye in PE
http://bit.ly/1ie7gkV
Show Me-4th Grade
Pre-Reading Assessment
4th Grade Conference
http://bit.ly/1brx5HC
Explain Everything-1st Grade
Formative Assessments
Making Thinking Visible/Visual/Audible
Provides an opportunity to archive an EXPERIENCE
http://bit.ly/17Wic4W
My Learning-Digital Portfolios
Purpose
Platform
Process
Pedagogy
Evernote
InstructionHow has it changed the way that I teach?
http://www.linktolearning.net/
