Tuesday, March 13, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Improve Reading and Writing Engagement With iPods

Registration Code: TE21

Matt Taran/Teacher - 3rd Grade

View Ridge Elementary - The Bremerton School District

Role of Presenter: Teacher

Description: This workshop is designed to develop engaging teaching practices for both reading and writing utilizing iPods in the classroom. You will leave this workshop prepared to begin creating engaging student learning experiences with iPods in your classroom.

Prerequisites: Attendees will need some knowledge of woking with apple mobile devices (iPod, iPad)

Outline: iPod in the classroom introduction with information about the Bremerton School District's iLearn Project.

• Beginners introduction to iPod use (hands-on)
• Entry level language acquisition with iPods (hands on)
• Intermediate language aquistion in the classroom....incorporating accountability with the students
• Taking iPods beyond fluency....delving into comprehension work
• Comprehension rock stars
• How to take similar best practices for reading and applying them to writing
• Taking iPod's further...working with different apps, managing student content

Audience: Grades 3-5

Expertise: All levels

Strand: Mobile

Presenter Background: Matt Taran has been teaching in The Bremerton School District for 6 years. He was a participant in the NCCE Peer Coaching/Technology Integration Cadre 3 grant. During his work with the grant, he was invited by The Bremerton School District to be one of three iPod pilot teachers for their iLearn project. The iLearn project brought in an Apple distinguished educator to train the participating teachers and then placed an iPod cart with 30 iPod's in his classroom for 1:1 work with students. Students in his classroom worked with the iPods to develop reading fluency and comprehension. Once students were competent with the routines created for reading work, the class began to broaden the scope of use of the iPods and began using them to work on the editing processes for writing, and creating digital stories. Mr. Taran will continue as a mentor teacher with the iLearn project again this year.