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Category Archives: Advantage2014 – Auburn iPads
Auburn’s Messages About Learning with Technology for Commissioner Bowen
This morning, Maine Education Commissioner Steve Bowen spent an hour at Auburn’s Fairview Elementary School. We had been wanting Commissioner Bowen to see how Auburn’s schools are leveraging technology for learning. Although the brevity of his visit precluded having him … Continue reading
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Should Kindergarteners Use iPads in the Classroom? Absolutely!
This week, Government Technology posted the article, “Should Kindergarteners Use iPads in the Classroom?” It looked like the article had found year-old news of our starting our iPad initiative, thinking it was current, and raised the question if this were … Continue reading
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Don’t Miss the Second Annual iPads in Primary Grades Institute
Save The Date! Auburn is hosting its second annual iPads in Primary Grades Institute on November 14-16, 2012. This is a great opportunity to learn more about how Auburn is structuring their initiative and the key components to pay attention … Continue reading
Auburn’s iPad Research Project on the Seedlings Podcast
Seedlings is a great little podcast that, although about educational technology, is really about good teaching and learning. So I felt honored when the Seedling hosts invited me to return to talk about Auburn’s research on their Advantage 2014 program, … Continue reading
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Responding to Critiques of Auburn’s iPad Research Claims
When we announced our research results last week, Audrey Watters was one of the first to cover it. Shortly thereafter, Justin Reich wrote a very thoughtful review of our research and response to Audrey’s blog post at his EdTechResearcher blog. … Continue reading
More News on Auburn’s iPad Research Results
The other day, I blogged about our Phase 1 research results on the impact of Advantage 2014, our literacy and Math initiative that includes 1to1 iPads in kindergarten. Now the press and blogosphere is starting to report on it, too. … Continue reading
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Professional Development for Auburn’s iPad Kindergarten Teachers
Auburn is excited that our initial research results strongly suggest that our initiative is extending the impact our teachers are having on their students. It has prompted lots of requests to know more about what we’re doing for professional development … Continue reading
What Apps is Auburn Using and Other Advantage 2014 Information
Since the initial results of our research on improving kindergarten literacy with iPads has come out, we’ve received quite a few questions about what apps we are using, and other basic questions about our program. Our teachers can largely choose … Continue reading
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Confirmed: iPads Extend a Teacher’s Impact on Kindergarten Literacy
I’m excited! I’m REALLY excited! Our “Phase I” research results are in… We (Auburn School Department) took a big risk last May when we started down the path to have the first 1to1 kindergarten learning with iPads initiative. We had … Continue reading
Learn More about Projects4ME and Auburn’s iPad Program
The other night, I had the pleasure of joining Cheryl Oaks, Alice Barr, and Bob Sprankle on their Seedlings podcast. We had a chance to talk about Auburn’s literacy and math initiative at includes 1to1 iPads in kindergarten and Projects4ME, … Continue reading
