Northeast Hamilton 3rd Graders and their teacher lead others at the Iowa Technology and Education Conference (ITEC) on iPad implementation.

1. Tammy Massman
and the
Northeast Hamilton 3rd Graders
ITEC October, 2013

2. My Story
O Teaching almost 20 years at Northeast
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Substitute, 6 yrs. Special Ed., 13 yrs. 3rd
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Mother of 4 (4-17 yrs.)
NEH- Unique Single section
prek-12 200 kids FAMILY
Do our own thing
Deserted island
Resourceful
Technology rich

3. It Only Takes a Spark
O Regional PD
O John Kuglin- Oct. 2011
O He planted a seed
O Signed up for everything
O Passion for Technology
O A Whole New World!

4. In the Beginning
O John Kuglin's Wiki
O 2 more PD opportunities before I saw its
power.
O Wikispaces- Class Home Page
O Animoto- Meet 3rd Grade
O Voki- Gearing up for Student OwnershipHawaii

5. Benefits of the iPad
O Rolled out 5 weeks ago
O iPads- game changer
O Leveling the playing field
O Personalized / differentiated instruction
O Engaging
O Interactive
O Student ownership
O Sharing with an authentic audience
O One stop shopping (Kinley)

6. Connect
O No longer restricted to our classroom of
11 students
O We’ve gone Global
O Skype in the Classroom- Authors, Mystery
Skype, Museums, Experts
O Global Classroom Projects: Global Read
Aloud, Digital Scrapbook Project

9. Collaborate
O iPads and Web 2.0 tools invite information
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sharing and collaboration
Google Docs- Mystery Skype, Science
Global Read Aloud
TodaysMeet: Marty McGuire and Out of My
Mind
Twitter
Wikis

12. Create
O Passion Projects
O 2012-13 YouTube
O Boys writing plays
O Inspiring others

13. The Crystal
Castle

16. GRA: Character Development

20. iPads
O Fabulous
Resources for
Using iPads in
the Elementary

21. Daily 5

22. Word Work

23. Writing
Conferring with an Avatar

24. Daily 5Computer

25. Web 2.0 Tools

26. Global Projects

27. Keeping Students Engaged
O Give students ownership in learning/teaching
O Ditch the Desks
O Look for authentic experiences
O Limit worksheets
O Use iPad as a tool not a reward

28. Where I’m at Today
O I am a STUDENT!
O I can’t get enough. (PASSION?)
O Learning from Twitter-the best PLN EVER
O I read all the time
O Teach Like a Pirate
O Passion Driven Classroom
O Trying new things- Screen Casting
O CONNECTED EDUCATOR!

29. A Long Way to Go
O Full-time student
O Always learning
O Excited to see how far I can take my students
O What will they teach me
O Global Projects
O Blogging- Improving skills with authentic
audience
O Genius Hour / Passion ProjectsCREATE, CREATE, CREATE!

30. Recommendations
O Play like a kid
O Take risks
O Take ownership of PD
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(Twitter, chats, Pinterest, Edmodo, Blogging)
Share what you know
Savor the satisfaction of having someone favorite
a Tweet, making connections, finding your
PASSION
Give your students time and space to create
You never know when you will ignite their passion
Start small- Rome wasn’t built in a day

31. Developing Your PLN