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==Welcome to iPads in the Elementary Classroom ==

//Workshop Description//
Learn new and energizing ideas that boost student engagement, learning, and productivity in the classroom. We’ll explore ways to use the iPad as a tool to consume, create, and teach with. It’s more than a workshop to explore apps, but also an opportunity to focus on learning outcomes and how they can be enhanced with a mobile device. Come and see examples of student centered iLessons that are engaging and meet the needs of diverse learners. BYOD (bring your own device) if you have one, however, iPads will be supplied.

//Goals//
Participants will:
 * Explore and evaluate apps that will deepen understanding of content and motivate students.
 * Learn how students can apply knowledge by creating something new (e.g. a poster, puppet show, or video).
 * Enhance your instruction and classroom management by learning ways the iPad can be used to engage the learner.

//Course Wiki//
Initially, this wikispace will be used to post the agendas and links. As the course progresses, participants will be given the opportunity to post comments under the discussion tab and include their own iPad integration lessons and app reviews.

Before the first class, please register with wikispaces and join this wiki. Here's how: 1. On this wikispace, click on Join in the upper right corner. 2. If you don't already have an account on wikispaces, then create a username and password and enter your e-mail address. Click Join. 3. Once I approve your membership, you will be able to post comments and add content.