Roving reporter Jennifer Golightly had the following to share about the recent use of one of the ITS: iPad carts in the classroom (used last week):
After the Apple Play Date for faculty hosted by ITS:, Rebecca Tucker in Art History contacted Jennifer Golightly to ask about using iPads, Apple TV, and Airplay in her Block 8 Art History course. While Jennifer worked to set up the iPads with the apps that Rebecca wanted, Randy Babb and Sean Roberts installed an Apple TV device in Rebecca’s classroom for the block, and David Ziemba installed a network access point in the classroom to ensure a strong network signal for the devices. The class used the iPads to find various supplemental texts during the course of the lecture, but the students seemed most excited about their ability to use the iPads and the Airplay feature to search for images of Baroque sculptures from various angles and project them on the wall for discussion.
Here are some photos of the iPads in action as Rebecca Tucker teaches her course:
It sounds like the iPad cart, along with the Apple TV and Airplay, were a great success! In case you didn’t know, ITS: (specifically the Innovative Technology Team) has two of these iPad carts for use in the classroom or elsewhere on campus. If you hear of someone who is interested in checking one out, please have that person contact Matt Gottfried (or anyone in Innovative Technology) to find out how to do so. Once our new Instructional Technologist, Danna Duncan, starts, she will be the contact person for them.
Great job to everyone who was involved with this success! Also, thank you, Jennifer, for the story and pictures!
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
