Exit Slip

At the start of class we were introduced to the iPad that Mr. Boyer had recently purchased.  The iPad looked to be really cool and that it could do quite a bit.  It seemed like a pretty good tool and that it seemed to be versatile.  After that, we had our chapter 5 discussion leaders.  We broke into groups and discussed an area in the book and evaluated it with pros and cons (we had workplace learning).  The discussion in our small group was very good but I felt that the large group discussion was slow and almost absent.  I really would have liked to talk about all of the topics rather than just one.  I'm sure this had more to do with the amount of time we had.  After this, we evaluated their presentation and we were shown the notes that were taken on the iPad.  The note idea seems like a good idea on there since you can carry it anywhere but it would be even cooler if you were able to actually write on the screen and have it turned into text.  One thing I learned right away is that you should also write out your directions in addition to saying them so your peers/students can see the directions and expectations in case they forget.  We went over scratch again today and learned a bit more about how to create our iRLO with it.  It seems like a very interesting program but I'm feeling a bit lost with my IWB.