Student iPad Information Night for Parents

On Wednesday evening I join Superintendent Sam Himmel and Assistant Superintendent of School Operations, Mike Mullen, at Citrus Springs Middle School for the iPad Information Night for Parents.  The 7th grade students at CSMS for the coming 2012-2013 school year will be receiving iPads instead of textbooks as part of a district pilot program for transitioning print to digital curriculum. (Follow this link to my blog post about CSMS iPad pilot: http://www.thomastalksoncitrusschools.com/3879). The State of Florida mandated new state requirement that by the 2014-2015 school year all public school curriculum must be delivered digitally.

Principal David Roland began the evening welcoming parents and students and sharing information regarding plans to implement the pilot program.  Mr. Roland showed a video from Apple on iPad use in classrooms (see video below). Following Mr. Roland, Executive Director of Curriculum, Mark Klauder, gave an overview of the District’s Implementation of the iPad devices.  Director of Technology, Dr. Mike Geddes, shared about the grant process for this pilot and how CSMS was selected.  Assistant Principal, Dr. Jennifer Sasser, explained to parents what a classroom and curriculum might look like with students using one-to-one iPads. Assistant Principal, Jason Koon, explained some of the process for maintaining the iPads, covers, and the need for re-charging them.  Following that Principal David Roland, and Assistant Principals Jason Koon and Jennifer Sasser, went over the critical points of the Student iPad User Agreement.  The evening finished with encouraging remarks from Superintendent Himmel. Following that she requested that all of the students in the audience please stand.  As these students stood the rest of the audience consisting of parents, educators and district staff cheered with excitement.

I am overjoyed that as a district we are using the best tools available to educate our students for their future in the world they will eventually be working and succeeding in.

Apple education learning with ipad us

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