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Management Tips
- Assign each iPad a number.
- Assign each student a particular iPad.
- Students should be responsible for the pick up and return of iPads to a cart.
- Control the flow of students in your classroom by only allowing a few to be out of their seat to pick up/return their iPads at a time.
- Clearly identify the apps that students have permission to use during a given lesson.
- Establish and consistently enforce consequences for utilizing "off-limits" apps during a lesson.
- Model technology skills as needed so students do not reach their frustration level.
- Teach respect and "ownership" over the device. Decide how you want the students to keep the iPads clean and ready for the next activity.
- Check the charging station before the students leave the classroom. Make sure all iPads are accounted for and plugged into the charging station.
- Plan ahead. Set up the lesson. Project the websites/apps for the day. Model what you want the students to accomplish.
- Give each iPad a "parking station" in the Syncing Cart.
- Number each cord in the cart to ensure the correct cable goes to the correct iPad
Centers
How to set up iPads as part of learning centers:
- Choose an app that purposefully targets a skill for instruction or review.
- Post clear instructions at the station to explain how the iPads are to be used.
- Have students prepare the station for the next group of students by restarting the app so that it will be a clean slate.
- Remember that your station does not require a 1:1 ratio of iPad use. You could engage students in activities using 1 iPad per station/small group and have 5 groups, or you could have 1 station of 5 iPads.