Suzanne's Ed Tech Reflections

The excitement of using the iPods is still all around us in the Creighton School District. I had a couple of encounters with teachers yesterday and their enthusiasm was very obvious. Irving Berlin Google Search I was walking to a classroom along with the music teacher at the school. She shared that a couple of days before she was holding her music class in one of the 3rd grade classrooms. They were learning about Irving Berlin and she had the students get their iPods and search the web for information. They could then share their information with other students. This was something new for her and she thinks having the iPods and that instant access to information is amazing. Another proponent for mobile learning in the classroom! Voice Memos One of our "new" 3rd grade teachers (new to 3rd but not new to teaching) has really been working on effectively integrating the iPods in her classroom and anxious to discover new ideas for using the iPods in the

We often ask our teachers and students how they are impacted by using iPods in the classroom but often forget that these effects carry over to home also. Enjoy this video from the parent of a 3rd grader in one of the iAchieve iPod classrooms. iAchieve Parent Interview, June 2011 from Robyn Griffith on Vimeo . This really says a lot about the positive influence iPods are having on students and learning in our classrooms. Enjoy!

I was working in one of our iAchieve iPod classrooms this morning teaching the students the procedures for completing reading fluency recordings using Voice Memos. They were really excited and we could hardly get them to stop recording and then listening to themselves. It is so great to see and feel the excitement and engagement of the students. The teacher was sharing some of the things her class have been doing already, such as creating their own books in StoryKit. They are anxious to begin recording their stories in the app also. She also shared that since is has been so hot here in Phoenix lately, they are having the students come into the classroom for lunch recess. The iPods have really saved the day! Really cute part is that the students have begun creating iPod clubs in their class and naming the clubs after iPod apps. So they have a Rocket Math Club, a Stack the States Club, and so on. I think these students are really going to take off with the iPods this year!