This slide deck and recording is from PLC Sydney's recent parent information session for the official launch of our BYOD iPad program.

1. iPads at PLC
BYOD iPads, Years 5 and 6

2. Tonight’s Agenda
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The story so far: iPads at PLC Sydney
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Reasons and rationale for the use of iPads in Years 5
and 6
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Rules, restrictions and expectations for their use
•
Suggestions and strategies for managing your
daughter’s iPad use
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Information regarding AppleID, iTunes and Apps
•
Questions

3. Let’s play a game…

4. 1920s
1960s
1940s
1930s
1950s
1970s

5. 1980s

6. Think about how much the world has
changed since you were at school...

7. Since 1990…
iPod
GPS
Mobile phones
JPEG images
Web browsers
MP3 files
Facebook
Wikipedia
Online shopping
YouTube
The World Wide Web
P2P File sharing
Broadband Internet
Email
Wifi
Social Media
Google
Mobile Internet
Digital surveillance

8. “I've come up with a set of rules that
describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when
you’re born is normal and ordinary and is
just a natural part of the way the world
works.
2. Anything that's invented between
when you’re 15 and 35 is new and
exciting and revolutionary and you can
probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're 35 is
against the natural order of things.”
Douglas Adams
Author

10. Twenty years later
and all these things
fit in your pocket…

11. The PLC iPad story so far
• $50k grant from P&F in
2013 to trial iPads
• How can tablet technology
impact and enhance
learning
• Shared set of iPads in
kindergarten classes
• 1:1 iPads in Year 5 (5M)
• Constant evaluation of the
trial
• Professional learning for the
teachers involved

12. Reasons and Rationale

13. Benefits
• Instant access
• Quick transitions
• Portable and mobile
• Multimodal learning
• Independence and
responsibility
• Fun and excitement!

14. • Increase individual student
responsibility for their learning
• Provide opportunities for the
embedded use of digital
multimedia
• Improve learning through
iteration
• Provide an authentic
environment to learn digital
citizenship
• Tablets have some significant
advantages over traditional
computing devices

15. •Higher levels of student
engagement
•Greater willingness to take
risks through a sense of
play
•Multiple ways for students
to demonstrate their
learning
•Greater ownership of the
learning process
•Normalization of the use of
technology for learning

16. Ella Fraser

17. Gwen Dabaja

18. Rules and Expectations

19. •
Always use your iPad in ways that
are appropriate and respectful to
your teacher, your classmates, your
parents and yourself
•
At school, your teachers set the
rules on how you use your iPad
•
At home, your parents set the rules
on how you use your iPad.
•
Charge your iPad at home every
night and bring it to school ready to
use
•
Backup your important files
regularly (Google Drive, iCloud,
iTunes, DropBox, etc)
•
Look after your iPad!

20. Suggestions and strategies for home
•
Come to an agreement with your daughter regarding
her technology use
•
Set limits on what is acceptable - time, place, etc
•
Only use technology in shared spaces. Going to bed
does not require an iPad!
•
Be actively involved in your daughter’s iPad use. Get
her to show you what she can do!
•
Feel free to look through the iPad. Nothing on your
daughter’s iPad should be a secret.
•
You are the parent. Your say is final.

21. Is it ok if I…
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Put apps on my iPad?
•
Have music?
•
Have games?
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Use FaceTime?
•
<insert question here>
It’s your iPad.

22. Setting up an Apple ID

23. •
Your Apple ID is your relationship with Apple’s App
Store and iTunes Store
•
Your Apple ID is linked to an email address
•
Your daughter will need an Apple ID to install apps
and use various features of the iPad

24. Sign up for a free email account

25. Go to the App Store and “purchase” a free app

26. Follow the steps to create an Apple ID

27. Follow the steps to create an Apple ID

28. Follow the steps to create an Apple ID

29. Add iTunes Voucher credit

30. Add iTunes Voucher credit

31. Add iTunes Voucher credit

32. About Apps
•
PLC will provide voucher
codes and a $30 iTunes gift
card in order to install a
collection of Core Apps
•
Pages, Keynote, iMovie,
Garageband, Explain
Everything, Blogsy + more
•
Google Drive, Gmail,
QuickOffice, Google Earth,
iMotionHD, Google Maps +
more
•
“There’s an app for that”

33. The iPad Agreement
bit.ly/ipadagree
• Read it with your parents
• If you agree with what it says,
complete and submit it
• Once submitted, you can
bring your iPad to school
• No form, no iPad

34. Questions
http://bit.ly/ipadqas