iPad Deployment

Day 1:

Friday was the long awaited, official launch day of 1-to-1 iPads in my classroom. The kids, and I, were so excited. Like every other morning, I greeted my students at the door. With a smile on his face, one specific student greeted me with, "Happy iPad Friday!"

We (Ms. Grier and I) began with deployment by using my Apple t.v., to display the student's iPad screen. We then opened the floor for the students to discuss what they noticed. Through this simple activity, we were able to go over the current apps that had been installed on the iPads, as well as the iPad expectations for our classroom. After we had discussed our general expectations, it was time to get the iPads into the students hands.

In my classroom, each iPad is assigned a number. My students are also assigned a student number. To make things easy on myself, I then assigned my students with the iPad that matched their student number. Students will only use their assigned iPad. To help ensure iPads aren't mistakenly confused, we taught the kids how to save an image from google into their pictures and then apply that image as their wallpaper. The image had to be of their student number. We then disable sounds, and taught the students had to set-up their email accounts and close programs.

The final lesson for today involved showing the students how to put away their iPads and charge them, so that they would be ready to go for tomorrow.

Although these tasks do not seem exciting, excitement is in the air!