What were the benefits of having a class set of iPads in the classroom?
Having a class set of iPads was definitely a new and beneficial experience. They made the class more interesting because having the internet available at all times added depth to our conversations. Also when doing projects in class was made easier by having iPads available. The iPads prompted us to be more creative technologically, for example creating our own websites for class projects. They also helped as a viewing tool for the websites we made. Every student could look through the website at their own desk instead of looking up at the Smart Board. It was also easier to take notes on the iPad, rather than to write them out by hand. Overall, I think the iPads were highly beneficial to our classroom environment.
Having a class set of iPads was definitely a new and beneficial experience. They made the class more interesting because having the internet available at all times added depth to our conversations. Also when doing projects in class was made easier by having iPads available. The iPads prompted us to be more creative technologically, for example creating our own websites for class projects. They also helped as a viewing tool for the websites we made. Every student could look through the website at their own desk instead of looking up at the Smart Board. It was also easier to take notes on the iPad, rather than to write them out by hand. Overall, I think the iPads were highly beneficial to our classroom environment.
What were the limitations or problems with having a class set of iPads. Though the Ipads were great to have in class there were a few problems with them. First of all we were not allowed to take them home or to other classes to see what it would be like to have an iPad all the time. I thought that would have been a cool experience to use an iPad as my textbook and notebook for a week or so. Also, the iPads could be a distraction to the class. Instead of paying attention, students could surf the web, tweet, c heck grades, or take pictures. Not going to lie, I caught myself others doing those things a few times. One other thing that was a problem was that when doing class projects devices like Weebly and Prezi do not work from an iPad, but they do work from any desktop computer. Most of the problems with the iPads were because we only have a classroom set. I believe they would be more beneficial if we could use them all the time.
Do you think that the school district should have more iPad carts for students to use or move to a 1:1 environment where all high students would have access to an iPad they would be able to take home and use during the school year.
Do you think that the school district should have more iPad carts for students to use or move to a 1:1 environment where all high students would have access to an iPad they would be able to take home and use during the school year.
I definitely think we should have more iPads throughout the school. However, just having more carts would not cut it because students would benefit most from having them if they were able to take them home. If we all had iPads the possibilities would be endless. We could have all of our textbooks and notes on them, as well as the ability to personalize whatever apps we want. We could use the iPads to learn more about our classes through technology. If we are all able to look at the same website or presentation right on our desktops I think we would be more likely to absorb the information from it. We could start by getting more iPads to other classroom settings to see how they benefit. If the results of having more iPads are beneficial in all different sorts of classroom settings I think we should move into a 1:1 environment.
What did you like most about using Evernote to take notes in class?
I like using Evernote because it is very user friendly and easy. The whole app is organized well. It is simplistic and eliminates the stress involved with transferring documents and pictures to other devices. I also liked that it was through the internet so you could never lose your notes. Another benefit to taking notes on Evernote is that I can access my notes from my computer at home or from my Droid. Taking notes on Evernote was nice because we didn’t have to write out everything by hand. This is beneficial to me because I can barely read my own handwriting. Overall I enjoy using Evernote and will continue to use it in my life.
I like using Evernote because it is very user friendly and easy. The whole app is organized well. It is simplistic and eliminates the stress involved with transferring documents and pictures to other devices. I also liked that it was through the internet so you could never lose your notes. Another benefit to taking notes on Evernote is that I can access my notes from my computer at home or from my Droid. Taking notes on Evernote was nice because we didn’t have to write out everything by hand. This is beneficial to me because I can barely read my own handwriting. Overall I enjoy using Evernote and will continue to use it in my life.
What problems or limitations did you encounter while using Evernote?
I do like Evernote’s simplicity but I would have enjoyed a few more options. All of my notes look identical which is confusing at times and very boring. I would like Evernote to be a bit more like Microsoft Word which has plenty of fonts, colors, and bullets, to spice up notes. One pet peeve of mine about Evernote was that when taking notes in bullet form, if you wanted to make a sub-bullet that was not possible. I like to do that in my handwritten notes to make a broad bullet more specific. However, it could not be done on Evernote. Evernote was great on the iPad, but I found myself rarely looking at my notes on other devices. Especially school computers where it takes forever to load and is a hassle.
Do you have any other feedback or suggestion on making Evernote better?
As I previously stated I would love for Evernote to be more similar to Microsoft Word. I also think it would be beneficial if more students and teachers decided to use it so online note taking could be universal throughout the school. No one would ever lose their notes again! However that could only work if teachers allowed us to use our smart phones in class or if everyone was given an iPad. I am also not really aware of all the possibilities of Evernote. To me it is just a fancy way to take notes which can only be written in places with Wifi. It would be useful if Evernote had some kind of memory so notes could be taken absolutely anywhere. Then once internet connection was available the notes would be saved onto the internet and not onto the internal memory.
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