This is relevant to my future classroom because I now feel more confident in using my iPad for current class projects. I spent all of the iPad workshops and the past three weeks of class feeling like I walked into the middle of a conversation. Because of this, I understand that I shouldn't just assume that a student knows how to use a piece of tech just because it is a part of a popular OS. I also now know where to direct students for tutorials. The Apple Teacher tutorials were great. They allow an individual to work at their own pace, and the still images used to navigate the user during the tutorials were more helpful than trying to work with an iPad and try to watch a moving screen simultaneously. I think the Apple Teacher badge should be required after JRCoE students receive their iPads and before they are allowed to participate in workshops. It would have made a world a difference for me.
