Friday 3-4-11

 Here are some shots from today's lesson.

The class went smoothly today with the students taking notes, asking questions etc. It was the first full day where there were no glitches etc. The lesson plan was on graphing and included in the download were about 15 pages of blank coordinate planes. This was so that they could complete the assignment entirely on the iPad. The idea worked well and I will be looking at the solutions on Monday. We are still working on getting email addresses set up so that they can email me the assignments. Idealy, as mentioned in earlier posts, we should be able to upload them to the dropbox on our Whipple Hill website but the iPads cannot do this yet.
I will begin to look for a good graphing calculator app that will show not just the graph but also the table that created it.
The eight graders are still working on the iPad flashcard apps. Although I thought that they might just spend time playing with the apps, it seems that they need to have some motivation (it looks like an assignment will create this motivation). They are still happy to work on it but the motivation needs to be present.
We are at the stage now where the new factor is beginning to be lost and it is becoming another tool. The students are using it and really liking it. I have to keep looking for applications and new ways to use the iPad.