This document summarizes discussions from an iPad forum for Catholic schools in the Parramatta Diocese. Several schools shared their experiences integrating iPads into the classroom, including developing teaching philosophies, creating digital content with iBooks and other apps, and evaluating different apps. The schools also discussed professional development for teachers, managing student use of iPads, and addressing parent questions about the 1-to-1 iPad programs.

1. 1 to 1 iPad forum
Learning Exchange
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Twitter feeds
from discussion
7th September 2012

2. Pedagogy integration
• #iPadEd 1 to 1@CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Agnes High working on teaching philosophy
statement next term provides basis for conversation
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Agnes High using Creative Book builder on iPad &
iBooks author on laptop to create iBooks
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Agnes High evaluated their Apps using
@tonyvincent rubric http://t.co/TrbQpkzo
• #iPadEd 1 to 1@CatholicEdParra iPad forum
Marian College student publishing via iPad looking at
Edmodo, google docs, drop box, iBooks etc

3. Pedagogy integration
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teachers not printing 35 worksheets as they are
uploaded to moodle and students download to iPad
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iBooks author more for creating stimulus or student
created rather than teacher text
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Andrews iBooks will include links to activities on
Moodle
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Andrews no text books except for Maths

4. Feedback from teachers
and students
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Agnes High teachers like instant access, more
learning time less turning the tech on time.
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Agnes High video of student teacher reflection
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Agnes High their iPad program called HSV; have a
go, share and evaluate

5. Student rollout
• 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum St Columbas
targeted yr 7 & 9 to begin as they were traditional
entry point yrs for text books
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Agnes High bought iTunes cards for their students in
1 to 1 rollout
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Andrews will have 'Mac Angels' to help support
students
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#iPadEd 1to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Columbas looking at having an apple type genius bar
of students to be helpers.

6. Licensing,VPP, purchasing
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VPP the cost of Pages app goes down from. $10 to
$5 if school purchase 20 or more.
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dedicated purchase portal for each school for
student iPad purchases
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recommending to schools all iPads, including
students are purchased with Apple protection plan
• #iPadEd 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum
Volume Purchasing Program now available for
Australian schools: http://t.co/ds1Ho2q9

7. PD
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Columbas teachers also using Edmodo to post
questios and share re iPad integration
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Columbas thinking of using IIPad coach mentors as
another form of PD.
• #iPadEd 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum one
size PD does not fit all so range of PD strategies,
web app tutorials, brekkie with techie .

8. PD
• #iPadEd 1 to 1@CatholicEdParra iPad forum
Marian College PD around creating content then a
survey to staff about what PD they need.
• #iPadEd 1 to 1@CatholicEdParra iPad forum
Marian College staff support staff received iPad2
then 3, iTunes card + weekly 1hour PD sessions
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Andrews next term lots of PD for teachers to be
ready for next year rollout

9. Infrastructure
• #iPadEd 1to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Andrews purchased own Mac server helps track
devices and identifies issues such as viruses
• #iPadEd 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Agnes High trailing a Cisco Wireless access
accellerator (WAZ)
• #iPadEd 1 to 1@CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Agnes High: investment in Apple TVs & 22 flat
screen TVs support visual literacy and iPad

10. App selection
• #iPadEd 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum St
Columbas have an App committee to vet Apps for
student purchase .
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Columbas focus on generic content creation and
curation apps rather than subject specific

11. Class/student
management
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managing moving from iPad use to teacher lead
use 'flip your covers' statement.
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Marian College looking at Student boot camp, app
agreements, iPad etiquette

12. Parents
• #iPadEd @CatholicEdParra 1 to 1 iPad forum
when parents ask why iPads? St Columbas say gd
explanation via @fraserspeirs http://t.co/
Q8qLY1qO .
• 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum when parents
ask why iPads? St Columbas say good explanation
by @fraserspeirs http://t.co/Q8qLY1qO
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parents have options to fully purchase or get
assistance with Apple financial services .

13. Other
• #iPadEd 1 to 1 @CatholicEdParra iPad forum:
glitch in uploading to Edmodo from Apps
overcome with use of link to Dropbox
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iTunes account age restriction issue need to get
parents to setup account for Yr 7s