{"id":139,"date":"2015-12-18T16:28:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/?p=139"},"modified":"2015-12-18T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T16:28:49","slug":"from-the-hillbrookcte-ipads-year-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/2015\/12\/from-the-hillbrookcte-ipads-year-5\/","title":{"rendered":"From The HillbrookCTE: iPads Year 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ipad-coding-500\"<\/a>This season, we are exploring how technology in the classroom helps us better individualize our program, and how we can use technology to spark creativity and foster collaboration. Episode one takes us on the iPad\u2019s adolescent journey as we tinker with different ways to integrate this new technology into the classroom and interweave it throughout the educational experience of our children. As you will hear, the road is not always a smooth but\u00a0it is always vastly rewarding.<\/p>\n

Upcoming episodes will explore mobile inquiry, student-led tech support (including\u00a0Hillbrook\u2019s iPad Doctors<\/a>), and provide a look ahead at what\u2019s next for technology in the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five years ago, Hillbrook School piloted iPads in Fall 2010, months after Apple\u2019s announcement of this innovative tool. By January 2011, Head of School Mark Silver<\/a>\u00a0announced,<\/p>\n

In the spirit of propelling our program into the future, we will be calling on the Hillbrook community to support an ambitious effort to implement an iPad program across the school, including take-home iPads for students in grades 6-8, an in-class set for our 5th graders, and several roaming sets for students in our Lower School.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A 4th grader working through her checklist\/rubric on a whiteboard table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since then, the reception of the original iPad – and its successors, the iPad Mini, iPad Air, and the iPad Pro – has been resoundingly positive. In the years that have transpired, the App Store has exploded, growing from 200,000 apps to 1.5 million offerings. Integration into the classroom has also developed exponentially. In this episode, you\u2019ll hear from Head Of\u00a0Middle School\u00a0Christina Pak, middle school English teacher Julia Rubin, Tech Coach Kelly Scholten, Literacy Coach Kate Ferguson, and Director of Technology Bill Selak.<\/p>\n

Resources discussed in the episode are listed below:<\/strong><\/p>\n