Program
The idea for Becoming an iTeacher came to me in the summer of 2013 when I was brainstorming ideas for my honors senior project. At the time, I was working at WVCPD with the Infusing Technology iPad training program, and I was just starting to see the potential iPads have for any classroom. In August, I purchased my own iPad and spent the next semester familiarizing myself with it and all its uses.
I wanted to be able to provide my fellow classmates and any other interested parties with skills, resources, and knowledge that they could use to apply iPad technology in their classrooms and studies. I had realized that there was a gap in student knowledge about the iPad and its associated products, and I wanted to help bridge that gap by giving students more exposure to the technology.
I began teaching the workshop in January 2014. I designed an 8-week course, with a free workshop held once a week for about an hour. I invited students and faculty from the entire college by personally speaking about the workshops in classes, submitting the offerings on news hotlines, posting flyers, and allowing publicity from the newspaper and television channel (see Publicity tab, above, or click here). I mainly concentrated my efforts in the College of Education as I had planned my classes to be most beneficial for those students entering the teaching profession.
Each workshop focused on a different aspect of educational iPad use.
For each of these sessions, I had to prepare an agenda to make sure that participants knew what was going on at all times and had easy access to the apps and other resources discussed. I also created surveys to gauge retention and understanding of the topics discussed. These results can be found under the Results tab above, or click here.
I had a wonderful time planning and administering these sessions. I learned a lot about iPads during the research part of the process, and I learned a lot about teaching during the evenings I spent with the participants. I created a presentation about my workshops and their results, which I then presented at the WV Infusing Technology Showcase in March of 2014.
I have expanded my series of workshops to include a website. On this website are an abundance of video tutorials for a variety of classroom-applicable apps, as well as other resources and tools. I also maintain a blog on this website about my adventures in becoming an iTeacher. Click here to access the external website.
I owe many thanks to those who attended my workshops and helped to make them a success. I also appreciate the efforts of Dr. Lou Karas in the West Liberty Center for Arts and Education, who provided and readied iPads for participants to use free of charge.
I wanted to be able to provide my fellow classmates and any other interested parties with skills, resources, and knowledge that they could use to apply iPad technology in their classrooms and studies. I had realized that there was a gap in student knowledge about the iPad and its associated products, and I wanted to help bridge that gap by giving students more exposure to the technology.
I began teaching the workshop in January 2014. I designed an 8-week course, with a free workshop held once a week for about an hour. I invited students and faculty from the entire college by personally speaking about the workshops in classes, submitting the offerings on news hotlines, posting flyers, and allowing publicity from the newspaper and television channel (see Publicity tab, above, or click here). I mainly concentrated my efforts in the College of Education as I had planned my classes to be most beneficial for those students entering the teaching profession.
Each workshop focused on a different aspect of educational iPad use.
- iPad 101: The Essentials of Using a Classroom iPad
- Beyond PowerPoint: Presenting on an iPad
- Inside Out & Upside Down: Flipping Your Classroom
- iPad Elementary: Apps to Use at the Elementary Level
- iPad High: Apps to Use at the Secondary Level
- Exceptional Uses: iPad Features and Apps for Students with Exceptional Needs
- iManagement: Classroom Management and Administration Tools
- Going Paperless: Managing Student and Teacher Documents Online
For each of these sessions, I had to prepare an agenda to make sure that participants knew what was going on at all times and had easy access to the apps and other resources discussed. I also created surveys to gauge retention and understanding of the topics discussed. These results can be found under the Results tab above, or click here.
I had a wonderful time planning and administering these sessions. I learned a lot about iPads during the research part of the process, and I learned a lot about teaching during the evenings I spent with the participants. I created a presentation about my workshops and their results, which I then presented at the WV Infusing Technology Showcase in March of 2014.
I have expanded my series of workshops to include a website. On this website are an abundance of video tutorials for a variety of classroom-applicable apps, as well as other resources and tools. I also maintain a blog on this website about my adventures in becoming an iTeacher. Click here to access the external website.
I owe many thanks to those who attended my workshops and helped to make them a success. I also appreciate the efforts of Dr. Lou Karas in the West Liberty Center for Arts and Education, who provided and readied iPads for participants to use free of charge.