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19 Do iPads Enhance Proficiency?
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This session is primarily for information-sharing purposes. I will explain how I implemented a 3-semester 1:1 iPad pilot program with two groups of high school Spanish students, and compared outcomes with two non-iPad groups. I'll discuss what went well and what my students and I found challenging, as well as ideas for moving forward with a 1:1 program.

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One one to one iPads in middle and high school foreign language classroom iPads do not only enhance engagement but several 21st century learning skills : creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.

Tips: - expectations for yourself as a teacher: figure out the easiest workflow for you (Google drive, showbie, etc) - expectations for your students (bring it fully charged, for school work, etc.) Immediate feedback apps: - socrative - poll everywhere - drawing apps

Ask good questions of yourself: - what does assessment look like when students have access to the internet? - what am I trying to teach and how can the iPad help me do that - or not!?

Conclusions: - empower your students to work with one another (edmodo, schology, moodle) - check in with your students often - get feedback - remove yourself as the center of all knowledge in the classroom - have them solve the problems