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Cefn Fforest Primary School
In any profession, it can be difficult to adjust to new thinking and methods, especially when trying to make the changes on your own. This is and always has been, something teachers and school leaders address on a regular basis. Sometimes it feels like you hit a brick wall or lose your path - this is when you need some help. The -˜Freaked Out' guide to iPads is definitely helping our digital journey. The book offers everything you need to know when embarking on your digital quest.
At Cefn Fforest Primary, -˜Freaked Out' guide to iPads has been of huge benefit to everybody. The pioneering use of multi media platforms to inform and educate individuals has been immensely impressive and engaging. It delivers advice through the very apps and technology that you want to learn about. This method of facilitating learning is invaluable as individuals can see first hand how this technology can impact on the classroom. They are most definitely learning through doing!
The guide caters for all ranges of abilities from the very basic skills to the more complex. The content is very focused and is set out in a manner that everyone is able to follow. The ability to scan QR codes to watch screencasts, interviews and Youtube videos enables readers to learn in whichever way suits them. We all learn in different ways and this book is obviously designed with this in mind. You cannot fail to be impressed.
The impact this book has had on the whole school is superb. We use it in staff meetings when introducing an app featured within the book, enabling staff to learn at their own pace. This principle has been taken on by the digital leaders too, who use this book when holding inter-generation iPad club and parent IT evenings. It has given stakeholders in the school a real boost and change in attitude towards iPads and their use. Both children and staff absolutely love it! On the very first day introducing this guide, the clamour to read it was frightening! This included the Digital Leaders within the school too! The Digital Leaders won that battle and began to use the guide immediately to educate themselves about the endless possibilities an iPad is capable of giving. The clear layout and step-by-step instructions are features that the children (and staff) find very appealing. The interactivity of the book though is, in one child's words, -˜mind blowing'. The excitement and eagerness surrounding the book is incredible! The speed of learning shown by the children is even more impressive. Through the use of the guide, children set up an Aurasma account and taught themselves the dynamics of the app immediately. Not only that, they took it a step further and taught their entire class on the use of Aurasma-¦all within a week of receiving the book!!! This is just one example of how we have used this book. The digital leaders also use it when teaching how to use a new app. It has become a fundamental resource in their thinking and facilitating of learning. It has certainly enhanced their work with the younger digital leaders.
In terms of impact upon us as a school embarking on our own digital journey, I'd have to say that this book has been invaluable. It has given us real impetus in our thinking and how we use the iPad. It has facilitated our thinking in terms of identifying/using a select range of apps, getting the best out of them. By seeing examples of how the apps are used it has encouraged teachers to have a go themselves and to be more confident in their use. Classrooms have taken on a new dimension with the introduction of QR codes and augmented reality apps. Children's learning has become multi dimensional. Books, displays and work are able to come alive and give you that little bit extra!
-˜Freaked Out' guide to using iPads has been incredibly helpful to Cefn Fforest Primary and will continue to be so. The use, benefits and impact of this book far outweigh the price. It has brought books and multimedia into one convenient place, something that is new to this market. We are in the process of ordering more copies so that the impact it is having continues to be as strong for both staff and pupils.
At Cefn Fforest Primary, -˜Freaked Out' guide to iPads has been of huge benefit to everybody. The pioneering use of multi media platforms to inform and educate individuals has been immensely impressive and engaging. It delivers advice through the very apps and technology that you want to learn about. This method of facilitating learning is invaluable as individuals can see first hand how this technology can impact on the classroom. They are most definitely learning through doing!
The guide caters for all ranges of abilities from the very basic skills to the more complex. The content is very focused and is set out in a manner that everyone is able to follow. The ability to scan QR codes to watch screencasts, interviews and Youtube videos enables readers to learn in whichever way suits them. We all learn in different ways and this book is obviously designed with this in mind. You cannot fail to be impressed.
The impact this book has had on the whole school is superb. We use it in staff meetings when introducing an app featured within the book, enabling staff to learn at their own pace. This principle has been taken on by the digital leaders too, who use this book when holding inter-generation iPad club and parent IT evenings. It has given stakeholders in the school a real boost and change in attitude towards iPads and their use. Both children and staff absolutely love it! On the very first day introducing this guide, the clamour to read it was frightening! This included the Digital Leaders within the school too! The Digital Leaders won that battle and began to use the guide immediately to educate themselves about the endless possibilities an iPad is capable of giving. The clear layout and step-by-step instructions are features that the children (and staff) find very appealing. The interactivity of the book though is, in one child's words, -˜mind blowing'. The excitement and eagerness surrounding the book is incredible! The speed of learning shown by the children is even more impressive. Through the use of the guide, children set up an Aurasma account and taught themselves the dynamics of the app immediately. Not only that, they took it a step further and taught their entire class on the use of Aurasma-¦all within a week of receiving the book!!! This is just one example of how we have used this book. The digital leaders also use it when teaching how to use a new app. It has become a fundamental resource in their thinking and facilitating of learning. It has certainly enhanced their work with the younger digital leaders.
In terms of impact upon us as a school embarking on our own digital journey, I'd have to say that this book has been invaluable. It has given us real impetus in our thinking and how we use the iPad. It has facilitated our thinking in terms of identifying/using a select range of apps, getting the best out of them. By seeing examples of how the apps are used it has encouraged teachers to have a go themselves and to be more confident in their use. Classrooms have taken on a new dimension with the introduction of QR codes and augmented reality apps. Children's learning has become multi dimensional. Books, displays and work are able to come alive and give you that little bit extra!
-˜Freaked Out' guide to using iPads has been incredibly helpful to Cefn Fforest Primary and will continue to be so. The use, benefits and impact of this book far outweigh the price. It has brought books and multimedia into one convenient place, something that is new to this market. We are in the process of ordering more copies so that the impact it is having continues to be as strong for both staff and pupils.
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