Presentation for the California Association of Independent Schools 2013 conference

1. 1600 iPads
by Eric E Castro
eecastro.com

2. A Professional Development
Student Training
D
Apps
N
Learning Activities
E
Loss & Breakage
G
IT
A

3. Background
• 1,455 students
• $17,500/ yr
• Jesuit, Roman Catholic
• San Francisco
• 10 years of laptop carts
• 3 years of iPad carts

4. Professional
Development

5. Apple In-Service
Lunch & Learns
iPad Socials
Summer Workshops
Blog
Twitter

6. Apple In-Service
• Expensive
• Sales pitch
• Necessary

7. Lunch & Learns
• Provide lunch?
• Brown bag?
• Learn ONE thing

8. iPad Socials
• Wine & cheese
• Presentations, initially
• Open sharing, now

9. iPad Socials
• Wine & cheese
• Presentations, initially
• Open sharing, now

10. Summer Workshops
• Early-June
• Mid-August
• Dozen topics
• Open to “public”
2012 offerings: http://bit.ly/P82TKF

11. Blog
• Just-in-time reference
• Education & Technology topics
http://www.restlesspedagogue.com

12. Twitter
@SI_Technology
• More frequent updates
• Topics vary

13. Student Training

14. Distribution Workshop
Frosh Tech Workshop
iPad Pizza Social
Blog
Twitter

15. Distribution Workshop
• 10th–12th Grades
• May & June
• “1-hour” workshop
• Curriculum: http://db.tt/133GbSlr

16. Frosh Tech Workshop
• 4-hour workshop over 2-days
• mid-June
• Curriculum: http://bit.ly/Z7iJrh

17. iPad Pizza Social
• Open sharing
• Free bagels in AM,
pizza in PM

18. Blog
• Just-in-time reference
• Education & Technology topics
http://wildcattechnology.blogspot.com

19. Twitter
@SI_Technology
• More frequent updates
• Topics vary

20. BONUS
Teachers of Freshmen were surveyed
regarding how prepared students seemed for
learning with iPads:
http://bit.ly/16h5d9P

21. Apps

22. Planned to Use
Actually Used
Next Year

23. Required Recommended
www.siprep.org/apps

24. Actual

25. Actual

26. Actual
1. Notability
2. Pages
3. Safari
4. iBooks
5. Camera
6. Mail
7. Posts
8. Flashcards Deluxe
9. Inspiration Maps
10. Keynote

27. Next Year?
• Pages
• Numbers
• Keynote
• iMovie
• Notability
Other apps/ learning tasks listed on Course
Description, distributed on first day of class.

28. Volume Purchasing
Program

29. Learning Activities

30. Substitution
Transformative

31. Substitutions
• Textbook consumption
• Note-taking
• Calculations
• Report-writing

32. Transformative
• Blogging
• Twitter
• Still photos
• Video
• Textbook authoring
• Universal access

33. Loss & Breakage

34. May 2012 – Saturday, Mar 9

35. Boys Girls
37%
63%

36. Frosh Soph Juniors Seniors
17%
41%
20%
22%

37. IT

38. Staff
• Database Manager
• Network Administrator
• Desktop Support x2
• Educational Technologist
• iPad Coordinator

39. Pre-1:1 … 50 megabit
1:1 … 200 megabit

40. Miscellaneous

41. Lease vs Buy

42. Apple Care vs
Self-Insurance

43. Textbooks

44. Fears Not Realized

45. What’s Next?