WORKFLOWS
WHAT IS A WORKFLOW?
The iPad has a great deal of potential to make your work as a teacher simpler, easier and more effective. It also has the potential to make your work messier, more difficult, and ineffective. While there will likely be a learning curve in using the iPad as a teacher, planning and thinking through your integration ahead of time is worthwhile if you wish to use this tool to its full potential.
At their most basic level, “Workflows” attempt to to simplify and/or improve routine tasks by integrating those actions with iPad and Application functions.
At a more advanced level, “workflows” can help teachers and students re-imagine new ways of learning and instruction that would not be possible without the technology. (We will cover this later this year and next year as the rollout continues to our student body.)
The iPad has a great deal of potential to make your work as a teacher simpler, easier and more effective. It also has the potential to make your work messier, more difficult, and ineffective. While there will likely be a learning curve in using the iPad as a teacher, planning and thinking through your integration ahead of time is worthwhile if you wish to use this tool to its full potential.
At their most basic level, “Workflows” attempt to to simplify and/or improve routine tasks by integrating those actions with iPad and Application functions.
At a more advanced level, “workflows” can help teachers and students re-imagine new ways of learning and instruction that would not be possible without the technology. (We will cover this later this year and next year as the rollout continues to our student body.)
BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Again, the iPad has a great deal of potential to simplify and improve certain aspects of your work. The following benefits and challenges should be kept in mind when developing workflows.
Again, the iPad has a great deal of potential to simplify and improve certain aspects of your work. The following benefits and challenges should be kept in mind when developing workflows.
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Benefits
-Students always have a working copy of assignment -Document exchange is immediate -Technology allows for multiple types of media, even within the same document -The iPad provides one location for students to work on and store multiple files and file types -There is a decrease in the loss or misplacement of assignments |
Challenges
-Files can be overwhelming and hard to organize for teachers when work is submitted -Various tools can provide similar outcomes, so teacher must determine best methods for her/his class -Teachers need support to learn the new tools and understand the workflow process |
EXAMPLES
The following examples are intended to help you imagine possibilities. These are not intended to be seen as suggested institutional practices. The best place to find examples of workflows is to talk to other teachers.
The following examples are intended to help you imagine possibilities. These are not intended to be seen as suggested institutional practices. The best place to find examples of workflows is to talk to other teachers.
Example 1 (GoogleDrive and Notability):
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Example 2: (GoogleDrive and Notability)
Example 3: Schoology and Notability
