"If we teach today's students as we did yesterday's, we are robbing them of tomorrow." — John Dewey

1:1 class in Preschool? Shouldn’t 4-year-olds just run around and explore the world as it is? Well, the reality is that technology is a part of our world today, and the best way to prepare for kindergarten and school is to have technology at your fingertips.

This is My 1:1 iPad Corner Behavior Expectations post. At this point, it’s very hypothetical, but I’m hoping for the best!

During the first week of school I introduce iPad to the students, by demonstrating how it works (touch screen, simple navigation to 1 application). Then we talk about some rules they have to follow when using the iPad. We create a poster of basic behaviors that are expected during the “iPad Corner” time. It includes:

·      Washing their hands.

·      Sitting on the floor and not walking with the iPad.

·      Only one child per device.

·      Staying on task (within the designated app).

·      Using the iPad for maximum 15 minutes at the time.

·      Carefully stowing away iPads in the cart (with teachers help, I‘d like children to have a certain sense of responsibility).

·      Don’t use iPad without permission.

·      Always using the iPad that is assigned to the student (we mark them by colors and each student has a different color slot in the cart)

Each time before using iPads we read the rules from the poster to enforce the expected behavior.  

When the apps are used is during work time, I choose one or two apps that focus on the skills that are being taught that day. Students are responsible for showing integrity and only using the apps chosen for that work time.

I make sure all the iPods are charged before we start the activity. Additionally, I instruct kids to let me know if the battery is low (they will learn to recognize the ‘low battery’ image and point to it on the screen).

iPad Corner Behavior by Aga