Curricular Integration Curricular Integration with iPads and with iPads and

Redesigning Learning Redesigning Learning SpacesSpaces

Marsha HarrisLead Instructional

Technology SpecialistTrinity School

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About Trinity3’s-6th Grade

640 Students

Mac Platform

1:1 Laptop program 5th and 6th Grades

All teachers have 1 iPad

1 Cart of iPad/Grade

iPads and e-Readers in Media Center

Tech Lab for 1st-4th and support for 5th and 6th

100 Years Ago100 years

of education reform...

What has changed? What still looks the

same?

Are We Doing Better?

Traditional Education

What looks different? Who’s still in charge?Classrooms still continue to function like a sealed

box.

REALLY?

Consumers vs Producers of Information

Content Creators

How Might We Design for 21st Century Learning?

Flexible

Future-proofed

Bold

Creative

Supportive

Motivate

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/learningspaces.pdf

We can change the “design” of any space,

but how does that change what happens in

the space?

How do we transform a learning experience?

“We spend a lot of time trying to change people. The thing to do is to change the environment and

people will change themselves.” Les Watson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Glasgow Caledonian University

What Teachers Fear

The Change

Teaching Methodology

Space

The ChangeTeaching Methodology

Our Past...not so bad?

Our Present: The Idea Lab

Kinesthetic

Differentiation

Collaborative

Flexible

Huddle Areas

Relevant

Removing the Teacher “Authority”

Community

Professional Development

Idea Wall

idea paint

how do we use it as a collaborative space?

how does it change instruction?

Idea PaintHow does something simple like this change the

way we teach?

Outdoor Classrooms

Logs

Rock Circles

Amphitheater Stone Benches

Our Vision at Trinity

What’s Next?

Curricular IntegrationLanguages

Math

Science

Social Studies

Writing

Creativity/Assessment/Reflection/

Storytelling

Screen casting

Presentations

Movie Creations

Graphic Organizers

Camera/Voice

Reflecting/Archiving

Doodle Cast-3rd Grade 3rd Grade Math

Creativity, Curricular

Integration, Formative

Assessment

http://bit.ly/HWhqt2

My Story-1st GradeFirst Grade

Writing and Oral Communication

Creativity, Curricular Integration, Assessment

http://bit.ly/1aOCihH

My Story-2nd GradeFolktale

http://bit.ly/118YcBD

Nursery RhymesCreativity,

Curricular Integration,Assessment

My Story- 4th Grade

http://bit.ly/1dvvljE

My Story- Kindergarten

http://bit.ly/1bmT02C

Haiku Deck-2nd Grade

Simple, Beautifuland Fun

http://bit.ly/1a9D6vE

Haiku Deck- Simple Presentations

Haiku Deck-3rd GradeEvents Leading up the Revolutionary War

http://bit.ly/18xEXqj

Popplet- 2nd Grade

Drop Box-4th Grade

Synced to all of the iPads for the class research

project

iMovie/QR CodesSchool Tour

http://bit.ly/1aGZXL3

iMovie-2nd Grade

iMovie Book Review

http://bit.ly/1asKMsm

QR CodesAudio Tour of the Woods

Mom’s DayMessages

Scavenger Hunt http://bit.ly/I1OPS7

http://bit.ly/17tSCyw

Coach’s Eye in PE

http://bit.ly/1ie7gkV

Show Me-4th Grade

Pre-Reading Assessment

4th Grade Conference

http://bit.ly/1brx5HC

Explain Everything-1st Grade

Formative Assessments

Making Thinking Visible/Visual/Audible

Provides an opportunity to archive an EXPERIENCE

http://bit.ly/17Wic4W

My Learning-Digital Portfolios

Purpose

Platform

Process

Pedagogy

Evernote

InstructionHow has it changed the way that I teach?

http://www.linktolearning.net/