Chris Casal P. S. 10 Brooklyn - NYCDOE ccasal@ps10.org Twitter: @mr_casal

iPads for Administrators: Communicate, Collaborate and Connect ASCD 2014 - Session #1311

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P. S. 10New York City Department of Education public school

Park Slope vicinity, Brooklyn

~950 students

Pre K- 5th grade

38 classroom teachers, 8 clusters, 6 related service providers, 2 coaches, 2 administrators fully connected via iPads, laptops, desktops, Google Apps & Dropbox...

Think before you print…

Communicate Collaborate Document

Forget the iPad for a minute

Any device, any form factor You created the printed page in digital form first, just keep it that way

Communicate

Don’t use the PA system...

... get to everyone without disturbing anyone...

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The old standby

Email & distribution lists How very 90’s of us

Lists for every constituency It may be “antiquated” but it still works

New media broadcastSchool, teacher, administrator blogs & sites

ps10.org/about/staff-directory

Twitter

disseminate quickly & succinctly

staff, students, parents can follow

over 30 staff members on Twitter

Skype, Google Hangouts/Voice, Remind101, etc

Collaborate

My mailbox is a scourge... ... my head (and heart) is in the clouds...

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Don’t fear the cloud

You’ve been using it for decades, you just haven’t realized it

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Benefits

Access files anywhere no more flash/thumb drives

no more bulky folders/binders of paperwork

Multiple app integration Share files and folders for easy collaboration

DROPitTOme

www.dropitto.me

Free online site for submitting files to Dropbox

Set up custom URL for Dropbox submission

Not an iPad app but a great way to extend the collaborative capabilities of Dropbox

Web based - $Free

Options, we love options*Dropbox

Google Drive

Box

Cubby

iCloud - if you’re 100% Apple it might be the way to go

SkyDrive/OneDrive (Microsoft’s cloud)

WebDAV - school hosted/controlled server

FTP - like the 70s it’s retro but works *disclaimer - this slide intentionally crowded to prove a point… there are a lot of options in the cloud

Be flexibleThe notion of

“one tool to rule them all” is a fallacy

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Huge DropBox fans but Google Drive is improving rapidly

We are transitioning to Drive

iOS 7 “Open In” flexibility the best tech development of recent memory

Document

You teach & observe in real-time, why shouldn’t your notes, reflections, and feedback be just as timely?

Replace the pulpPaperless observations, anecdotals,

plans & grades Instant

save yourself time

Paperless

save yourself time & money

Collaborative

save yourself time, money & confusion

Paperless

But what if things delete?

What if you spill coffee on your grade book?

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You can drop your iPad in the river and still access your data. Can you do the same with your traditional notebook?

(an actual conversation I had with @mskertesz)

PaperlessDon’t fear it, embrace it

Use the cloud to tie together your existing digital tools

Adjust your thinking

send the file to the iPad, not the printer

The printer is quaint and quaint isn’t cutting it in 2014...

And in the endThe printer is a paperweight...

... the iPad is your public address system...

... and your printer...

... and your notebook...

... and your camera...

... and your audio recorder...

The iPad is your paperless notebook & the cloud is your file cabinet. Connect face to face while

staying digitally connected…

Contact

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Christopher M. Casal Email: ccasal@ps10.org Twitter: @mr_casal about.me/mrcasal ps10ipads.wikispaces.com slideshare.net/mr_casal