I see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are two weeks away from rolling out our students iPads and I feel like I am being pulled from every direction. Parents and teachers and students (oh my)!
When the school year started I wasn’t sure what my days would be like. I thought that since the students wouldn’t have iPads for the first month or two that I would have time to get acclimated to my new position. No such luck. From day one I hit the pavement running and haven’t looked back.
My teachers have been great! They want to be prepared (as much as they can be) for the students getting their iPads. I have also been overseeing the teaching of our digital citizenship lessons. I meet with all of the teams and work with individual teachers. Besides getting my teachers and students ready for the iPads I also have to get the parents ready. I have had 5 parent information sessions, 2 at night and 3 during the day. This is the first time that we are undertaking a 1:1 pilot program so the parents have many questions. There are forms to sign, papers to collect, Apple IDs to create, roll-out details to manage, just to name a few.
It’s been crazy but I wouldn’t change a thing. The access for our students to technology is exciting. Think of the possibilities at their fingertips. We are also not so naive to think that we won’t have some bumps along the way. We all know that the iPad is just a tool and
we are all excited to see what we can build with this tool.
I feel like I am getting close to the finish line...or is it just the starting line?
