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 * June 10, 2011** //(notes in progress....)//

Welcome to our last iPod / iPad meeting of the Project! In attendance: Ron Millar, Becky Rouse, Mark Carbone, Matt Walkinshaw, Mike Zamin, Jeff Sanderson, Julie Mueller, Domenica de Pascuale, Karen Archer, Erica Fleming-Gillespie, Carol Williams, Kim Gill, Kim Stenhouse, Taryn Dowsling, Caroline Winkel, Barry Jacobs, Maggie Watson, Susan Watt

Julie Mueller - The WLU Research Project
 * start with a little R and R (Research and Relationships)
 * Connections > Communication > Flexibility
 * summary of the work done at the 3 Research sites: CATC, Ryerson, Wm G Davis
 * shared a video of 'The Student Voice' - interviews with students about how they used the devices

Each school was asked to share their thoughts in the following areas:
 * 1) Strategies for other schools implementing the use of mobile technologies - what every school should know before it starts - charging and synchronization, security, classroom organization and logistics
 * 2) iPod or iPad??
 * 3) Students bringing their own mobile technology to school / issue of equity
 * 4) Favorite Apps (see the Favorite Apps page
 * 5) Where Mobile Technology Fits in the Curriculum
 * 6) How the use of Mobile Devices meets Board learning prioriteis and strategies
 * 7) Ability of current teachers to ccommodate the use of mobile technoligeis in their teaching
 * 8) How best to share mobile technology resources with teachers

A summary of each school's responses is on this Google Doc.

Barry Jacobs and Maggie Watson, W.T.T. - slideshow Taryn Dowsling, Queensmount - slideshow - mostly student voice Kim Gill, Ryerson - Livescribe Pencast

Mike Zamin, Jeff Sanderson - update on wireless in schools - by next year, we could be up to 50% wireless coverage in each school - at this point, we have on average 3000 wireless devices in use, system-wide, in any given moment

Discussion of iPod vs iPad - for some ideas that were shared, scroll to the bottom of this page.