October Updates

It is hard to believe that October is already here! Our team of iPad experts, technicians, and instructional technologists worked hard throughout September to get the Approved Apps Compliance Policy fully functional at all of Anderson One's schools. Students are now only allowed to download apps from the school's catalog of approved apps, and we are able to identify and correct students who download "unapproved" apps. Thank you to everyone for your patience and teamwork!

In order to share some updates and resources with all of my teachers, I created the Thinglink below:



Though we are currently experiencing some problems with the wifi speed in our buildings, I know that the team from Technology Support Services is currently working to correct the problem. Despite the frustration of these issues, it is amazing to see all of the awesome things our teachers and students are doing and creating with iPads. Creation Apps that do not require wifi (PicCollage, Popplet, Skitch, Venn, Canva, Puppet Edu, My Talking Avatar, Chatterpix, Book Creator, Notability, etc.) are working exceptionally well right now. Check out the Flipboard below!

View my Flipboard Magazine.

In addition to the October Transform Session: Navigating the Road Ahead, I encourage teachers to check out the two Lead and Learn Technology Sessions being led by our own iTeachers this month.

I'm also looking forward to another Digital Playground Session with the iTeachers at Powdersville Elementary on Tuesday, October 20th! This month we are planning to invite students to share their favorite tech tools and apps, like our own little Apptoberfest event.