Atomic Learning invites you to attend the third (and final) webinar in a series of show and tell panel discussions. As did the previous 2 panel discussions, this webinar will allow you to learn more about the impact of iPads on students with special needs, provide the opportunity for you to ask about implementation tips or app features, and share what you have learned from your experience. The stories being shared may be in the form of classroom experience, a white paper, or a case study about a specific student's special needs.

Guest post by Gayl Bowser, founding member of the Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services (QIAT) consortium. Hear more from Gayl and other special education leaders during a free panel discussion this evening. 

Guest Post by Bill Lester, a passionate educator and traveling teacher.

The idea of using technology in the mainstream classroom is something that has been known by teachers for quite a long time.  It started out as trying to have a good mixture of “plugged-in” and “unplugged”, but now it’s all about the different strategies so that the students are staying “plugged-in” to technology as long as they can during the learning process.  This is even true for ESL students who have sophisticated translators at their disposal.  However, there isn’t much conversation about how to use technology in the Special Education classroom. 

This video shows the final project from a recent "iPod/iPad Use for Students with Special Needs" Atomic Catalyst course.

This article on techlearning.com is quite helpful, especially if your school or district has limited access to iPads. Check out the "29 Ways to Use the Only iPad in the Classroom."

Whether your access to iPads is limited or not, if you are interested in more ideas on how to use iPads in the classroom, check out the archived recording of the webinar "Help! My Students All Have iPads, Now What?" here.

How are you using iPads in the classroom? As an administrator, do you need help figuring out how to support teachers? If so, join Atomic Learning’s free webinar “Help! Our Students All Have iPads: Now What?” with Brad Flickinger. Registration is free, so sign up now for the webinar tomorrow, Thursday, December 13^th at 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Want to stay involved during the webinar? Join the backchannel chat on Twitter at  #edmtech, or connect with the Atomic Learning User Group in Edmodo. We want to hear your story—what’s working, what isn’t? How can we join forces to make iPad implementations more successful? This energetic presentation is the beginning of the conversation, not the end of a lecture. We look forward to collaborating with you soon!

Administrators: Learn how you can help support your teachers with using iPads in the classroom in the webinar:
"Help! My Students All Have iPads, Now What?". Here's a video preview where the webinar presenter, technology teacher Brad Flickinger shares how his students at Bethke Elementary in Timnath, CO use iPads in his lessons.

Have you done a school or district iPad implementation? Now that all the logistics are somewhat under control, are your teachers struggling with how to effectively utilize iPads in the classroom? Join this webinar to learn how to set your teachers up for success by providing them resources on:

A recent THE Journal article entitled Stop Buying iPads, Please discusses the popularity of iPads in education, and questions whether these schools and districts buying the iPads have a plan a place for the devices.

Let's create and publicize initiatives in teaching and learning that are supported by professional development, new curricula, authentic assessment, and yes, technology—along with all the other tools we know are part of true and lasting change in education.

Enter Atomic Mobilize, a repository of online professional development resources and planning tools focusing on helping educators realize the full potential mobile devices provide in the classroom.

Atomic Mobilize includes not only PD and planning tools, but also stories, examples and resources from fellow educators that illustrate how mobile devices can transform education and create highly personalized learning experiences for students.

Learn more.

There are many ways to implement mobile technology in education across a school, each with benefits and challenges. Attend this webinar for an overview of various models and learn how to use a mobile device planning tool to choose the best model(s) for your school. Hear examples, success stories, and tips from a Tech Integration Specialist who’s been there.

Tuesday, October 16th
1:00 CDT | 2:00 EDT |11:00 PDT

A recent blog post entitled "Best Practices for Deploying iPads in Schools"  gives advice to schools embarking on an iPad initiative. While the article gives some great ideas for a successful implementation, the resounding conclusion prevails:

Without professional development and a set plan in place, educators in individual classes might be stumped by how to set up iPads for different uses.

This is why Atomic Learning created the Atomic Mobilize solution, a repository of online professional development resources and planning tools focusing on helping educators realize the full potential mobile devices provide in the classroom.

What Atomic Mobilize Includes:

With more and more schools using iPads®, many teachers are left wondering how to adapt their instruction to take full advantage of these new devices. In this new Atomic Mobilize online training workshop, you will follow Brad Flickinger, a Colorado Tech Teacher, as he uses iPads to assess his students' learning.

This workshop is based on the principles of Bloom's Digital Taxonomy and is relevant and adaptable for teachers of all age levels and subjects. He even explains how other tablets can be used instead of iPads.

Flickinger believes that for the highest levels of learning to occur, the assessments must be authentic - something that if used correctly, the iPad can accomplish.