IPADS FOR LEARNINGHelping my child learn evening – Key Stage 3

SESSION AIMS

• Discuss the rationale behind the iPads for Learning Programme.

• Showcase the school’s ‘core’ Apps to help your child learn.

• Outline E-Safety considerations and the school’s approach to appropriate use.

WHY DO WE HAVE IPADS?

Our Aims?

• Improve Home Learning.

• Enhance Feedback

• Increase collaboration.

• Embed independence.

Why Technology?

• Big part of life and the world around us.

• Significant part of society and business.

• How students learn and find information.

• Underpin future study & careers.

At Conyers, technology does not replace

traditional learning methods, it works

alongside, supporting all learners, of all

abilities to make rapid and sustained progress.

iPads are embedded throughout the curriculum.

All students are expected to have an iPad

charged and with them every day. It is an

essential piece of equipment.

WHAT IS AN ‘APP?’

• Basically it is a computer program that performs a specific task for you.

• There are millions of Apps, all for different purposes such as:

• Email.

• Word processing.

• Research.

• Shopping.

• Entertainment.

• Gaming

CONYERS CORE APPS…

ESSENTIALS APP 1: SHOWBIE

• Conyers marking app.

• Students can write on directly on worksheets or submit work from other Apps here.

• Teachers will give feedback• Audio• Written• Video

• Targets, grades, and past papers are all here.

ESSENTIALS APP 2: GOOGLE DRIVE

• Basically an online hard drive or memory stick.

• We store all of our teaching and lesson resources in this App.

• It works just like any normal folders on a computer.

• Students can access anywhere from this single App.

• The Student Shared folder has everything for students.

ESSENTIALS APP 3: MAIL

• All students have a school email address (@conyers.org.uk).

• Staff will communicate with students via email.

• Students can email staff for help and support from school account.

• Students check email twice daily.

• School email is logged.

ESSENTIALS APP 5: YOUTUBE (YES! IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD!)

• Computing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxSWH6hIO5k&list=PL04uZ7242_M5n3zzAhcX-eslHud2Lyycd

• English: Animal Farm

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVg1YfzJ0A

• Maths: Area

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cawByg2aA

CONYERSNET (WWW.CONYERSNET.CO.UK)

• School learning portal.

• Accessible on a PC/Mac and iPad.

• Access core apps without an iPad (Drive / Showbie / Mail).

• iTextBooks and Reading for Pleasure.

• Revision help & support.

• Loan iPad users login to iPad to access documents to work from home.

• Submit work to Showbie.

• Announcements.

• Lunch menu

• E-Safety systems: Report bullying, report abuse, CEOP report.

CONYERS DIGITAL LEARNING….

“MY DIGITAL PLANNER”

• Timetable

• Homework all online.

• Behaviour summary.

• Accessible on any device.

HOMEWORK - PARENT ACCESS [COMING SOON TO YEAR 7]

OTHER APPS WE USE…TO NAME BUT A FEW…

App Uses

Notability Note taking, annotation and highlighting app.

Puppet Pals HD Multimedia animations based upon cartoon characters.

Book Creator Creating text books and own guides.

Baiboard HD Collaborative whiteboard work in class.

iMovie Creating professional videos.

Comic Heads Comic storyboarding App.

Sticky Notes Post-it note style notes App.

Hopscotch & Pythoni Programming tools in computing.

Anatomy 4D Explore the human body in 4D.

Quizlet Collaborative quizzes

SCHOOL’S E-SAFETY PROGRAMME

• Online protection and digital threats:

• e.g. fake news, viruses, spam, phishing and security.

• Mobile technology

• e.g. apps, appropriate use, misuse of camera, live streaming, upskirting and digital consent.

• Online safety:

• e.g. digital tolerance, online disinhibition effect, influences and identity and cyberbullying.

• The impact and ethics of IT and how to keep safe.

A full curriculum is delivered

across:

• IT Lessons

• Computing Lessons

• Tutorial period via the

PSHE curriculum

• Assemblies.

IPAD SAFETY TIPS

Parental Tips

• Things we would recommend you check regularly:• Camera Roll

• App store purchased history

• Installed Apps; particularly (pull down search and check):• Instagram

• Facebook

• Snapchat

• Review iPad with your child regularly.

• Consider implementing restrictions.

• Enforce downtime; at least 60 minutes before bed.

Student Protection Measures

• We reinforce messages from E-Safety curriculum.

• Report abuse button on every iPad and ConyersNet.

• We block personal apps during the day. Sometimes this takes an hour or so to come back after school hours.

• Issues? Keep evidence, inform tutor/year manager immediately.

IPADS FOR LEARNING PROGRAMME

• Purchasing an iPad – Process and Dates.

• Using your own iPad which you already own.

• Purchasing an iPad from elsewhere.

• School Restrictions

Half Term 1 Planning:

Weeks 1-3: Sign up

Week 4-5: Ordering

Weeks 6-8: Setup and roll-out

IPADS FOR LEARNING – QUESTIONS?Helping my child learn evening – Key Stage 3

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