This document provides an overview of St. Gabriel's Grade 4 & 5 Parent iPad Session. It discusses the goals of integrating iPads into the curriculum to transform and enhance student learning. Specific highlights for the upcoming school year include conducting a formal research study on the impact of iPad use on student performance and engagement, starting Grade 4 students with iPads parked at school overnight, and extending the school's web filter to home use. Suggestions are provided for appropriate home iPad use and enabling further restrictions. The session concluded with an opportunity for parents to ask questions.

1. ST. GABRIEL'S GRADE 4 & 5
PARENT IPAD SESSION

2. OUR AGENDA
• Introductions
• iPad Program Overview
• Highlights For This Year
• iPad Research Study
• Suggestions for Home Use
• Questions

3. MATTHEW LIPSTEIN
TECHNOLOGY CHAMPION

4. WHAT DO I DO?
• Manage the iPad, Telepresence & Khan Academy programs
• Work with teachers & administrators on how to best use
these technologies to help students learn
• Day-to-day support
• Participate as a member of the Technology Department

5. IT'S NOT JUST ME
Technology Faculty
Team
Parents Administrators

6. OUR APPROACH THIS YEAR....

8. • The goal of all technology use at St. Gabriel's Catholic School is
to have a positive impact on the education of our students
• Wherever possible, technology will be used to TRANSFORM the
student experience, rather than replicate it (R.A.T. Framework)
• The use of educational technology will sharpen students' 21st
Century Skills

10. WHY IPADS?
(EDUCATIONAL LENS)
• Allows for truly differentiated education
• Allows for self-paced learning
• Allows for transformative opportunities
• Allows
for greater student involvement &
ownership of their education
• Extremely high-level of engagement

11. WHY IPADS?
(DEVICE LENS)
• Swiss Army Knife of devices
• Portable
• Long battery life
• Instant access

12. HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR

13. HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR
• All iPad use will connect back to the learning goals of classes
• Grade 4 students will start the year with iPads parked at
school overnight
• No FaceTime or other video conferencing Apps
• No iMessage or other texting/messaging Apps
• Web Filter extended to home
• Increased communication
• SGCS Mobile Device Management

14. MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT
• Some control over student iPads, many more administrative
functions (network, reset passcodes, etc.)
• FaceTime
• Media Content: Movies=PG / TV= PG / Apps= 9+ (9-12)
• Not allowing explicit music and podcasts
• How this effects Grade 5 apps

15. IPAD RESEARCH STUDY

16. IPAD RESEARCH STUDY
• Formalstudy to define if there is a correlation between
student iPad use and performance
• Research, data-collection
and analysis will take place over the
course of the 2012-13 school year
• Everything will be driven by our guiding question...

17. GUIDING QUESTION
Does the integration of iPads in
Grades K through 5 impact education
for students as indicated by test
scores and engagement?

18. DATA COLLECTION
• ITBS Tests
• Journeys Curriculum Assessments
• Everyday Math Curriculum Assessments
• Local Classroom Assessments
• eSpark

19. ADDITIONALLY
• Surveys for students, faculty & parents to capture more
qualitative data (levels of satisfaction, etc.)
• Tracking time and activities of iPad use

20. HOME USE

21. HOME USE
BROAD STROKES
• All iPad usage should primarily tie back to the student's classes
• We support whatever you feel is most appropriate for your home
and family
• Clarity around expectations, rules and consequences
• Define where in the house an iPad can be used
• Define how long and iPad can be used
• We recommend frequent breaks!

22. HOME USE SPECIFICS
• Additional Apps can be purchased with parent/guardian
approval, using a separate AppleID
• Somerestrictions are set from our Mobile Device
Management software
• How to enable further restrictions

23. WRAP UP

24. WRAP UP
• We're excited!
• Help yourself to Enabling Restrictions handout
• Checkthe blog for an overview of the research study and
more info
• Survey in the next few days

25. ?
QUESTIONS

26. THANKS