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New School Year. New Job.

For the last two years, my job has consisted of working with our 5-12 graders and their 1:1 devices. I set them up with emails, passwords, and train them on how to use Canvas, our Learning Management System. I have also worked with new teachers to train them on these same topics.

The other half of my job was working with K-4 students one day a week when they came to the technology lab. In discussions after school last year, we decided that this was a little outdated and we needed to up our game in the technology field. Enter the mobile lab.

We purchased a class set of iPads, put them on a jumbo charging cart, and decided the best way to integrate technology within the curriculum was to send me into the classrooms to work with the teachers directly. My job is to take what the teachers are teaching in their classrooms and find some technology that integrates with what they are learning. Sometimes it will just be using Word or Google Docs to type about a topic they are learning in their classroom, while other days it will be using fun and interactive apps to cover topics.

I will be updating my journey within the classrooms throughout the year on my blog. They will be title iPads: Week __ so that you can check them out if you’d like. I am hoping that some of the apps and ideas that I use with my K-4 teachers will be useful to you in your classroom as well!

It’s going to be a GREAT school year!

- Hilary 

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