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= WL iPad Professional Develop Group Plan =

There are 3 dimensions of student engagement: social, academic, and intellectual.
• Cognitive domain consists of beliefs and values. • Emotional domain consists of motivation and feelings. • Behavioral domain consists of habits and skills. “If students are not engaged in the learning process, all the testing, data analysis, teacher meetings and instructional minutes will not motivate them to learn….The only instructional program that makes a difference is one that involves the student in their learning, demonstrates their social connectedness, and secures their investment in their future.”

There are 13 teachers participating in this PDP. Each teacher has an iPad and, for one quarter during this school year, will have the exclusive use of a set of 28 iPads in his/her classroom.

Activities
The group meetings will be monthly, 4th Wednesday or Thursday of the month (tentative). At these meetings, participants will share their experiences using the iPads. Participants will evaluate iPad apps for instruction and make recommendations about how they can be used and demonstrate activities they created for their classes. Evaluations and strategies will be posted on a wiki.

This plan includes the four requirements for collaborative inquiry and raises the following question for consideration.

-How will iPads change teaching and learning in my classroom?

These devices are currently available, and we know of or use some of them already.

Due to the very nature of this device, best practices will continue to evolve and awareness of that possible evolution requires more than a year to fully understand and implement.

These tools are innovative for every participant and require new methods and strategies for implementation.