Jean-Jacques Rousseau said that, and in what context I do not know. But it's apt (appt?) for my first week using the IPad. I can see that the learning fruit will be sweet, but patience is a must for week one, especially when your students are 12 years old! After five periods, there were frozen pages, students missing from the Schoology roll, students who didn't bring the IPad!, others who didn't have the juice to go, and question after question after question.
Fortunately, I'm a zen master, at least with seventh graders.
In grade seven, our students learn geography (my fave subject) and I love the first few weeks. I've got loads of fun activities and we run a fast learning clip early on. But this year, we gotta slow down, but I know it'll be worth it. A week in, and I'm a week behind. Welcome to the new school year. Anyways, some advice for the first week:
Let them "play" with the Apps you'll be using often. For me, that was UPad and Google Earth. There were tasks to be completed, but essentially it was about getting them familiar with them.
If you're going to use an App like Schoology or Edmodo for quizzes, do a practice quiz first. Trust me on this.
Next week, play time is over, we gotta learn some geography.
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