Thursday, January 10, 2013

Use of iPad to deliver instruction

OK, so I have a special needs student who is not taking the AAA, that we have just moved to the self-contained environment for 4 classes.  He will be assessed using the ARMT+, so that means he must have instruction in the content area for those classes from a HQ teacher.  Since the regular teachers can't come to the self-contained classroom and teach him, I decided that the use of technology could be the vehicle for delivery of instruction.  So, I had a little meeting with the teachers involved, and a teacher who does a lot of uploading to Edmodo, uses Show Me, etc. to figure out how to implement the idea.  At first, I thought Face Time would be good, because it would be live, but it seemed to everyone like a better idea for the teachers to use Show Me, or just use the video recording feature on the iPad to record the show and tell part of the class, the instruction part, then upload it to Edmodo.  This way the self-contained teacher can pull up Edmodo for the student, so he can get the instruction from his actual teacher, and pause it, rewind/rewatch, etc.  If this works well, it could be applied to a PACE or homebound situation.  I told the teachers in the meeting, that if they found an even better way to get the instruction to the student via technology, to share it.  A work in progress!

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