March 2019 Grade 4 Parent Evening<\/a><\/p>\n March 2018_Grade 4_Parent Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n March 2017_iPad Parent Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#d0d0d0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]RESOURCES<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pupil Protocol<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”_initial” width=”96%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-50px||||false|false” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|1px|1px|1px|1px” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#d0d0d0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n LETTER from GREG BROWN<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Dear Parents<\/p>\n Bishops Prep launched a One-to-One iPad Programme in 2016 for Grade 4 to 7 learners. This programme is about learning, not technology, and encourages learners to develop 21st century skills. Using technology in addition to traditional classroom practice encourages active thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication. It enhances learning and enables exciting and innovative teaching. A great deal of professional development has taken place with regular reviewing of advantages and difficulties.<\/p>\n Our action research revealed that the appropriate and useful employment of technology has been both motivational and productive for our learners.\u00a0 Boys need to engage and participate actively in their learning.\u00a0 Many boys gravitate to technology, often becoming quite obsessed. To use technology in an integrated and hands on way is to harness this \u201cnatural\u201d interest. As an educational tool the iPad can enhance and render learning more meaningful and authentic. More and more, schools no longer simply provide information but teach boys how to select, interpret, compare and work with the wealth of information that exists in so many different forms. Mobile technology provides easy access to resources and is an indispensable tool. Our boys also need to learn digital integrity, the same values that apply to any life situation, but are so often forgotten in the online world.<\/p>\n Writing, discussing, role playing and listening remain as important as ever. However, integrating technology makes learning and teaching possible in ways that weren\u2019t possible before.\u00a0 We aim to use the iPad as an educational tool to equip our boys for success and adaptation in the technology-rich world of the 21st century. This does not mean that the iPad will be used in every lesson, every day, but it does mean that the iPad will be used when appropriate and when its use can add value.<\/p>\n The iPad\u2019s attraction is its ease of use. They are \u201cinstantly on\u201d. Technology-integrated learning and teaching can take place in the classroom, immediately and when appropriate, without needing to move the boys to a computer room or boot up a traditional computer. Other positives are: iPads are small, light and portable and their charge can last a school day.\u00a0 They can take pictures, record voice and take videos.\u00a0 They can connect to the Bishops\u2019 network and to our academic intranet thus allowing boys access to internet, school email, Office 365 and their online curricula and other recommended resources. It is important to remember that iPads are not computers. There will still be times when it is appropriate for boys to use our computer room.\u00a0 However, we can in class make use of iPads to word process, work with pictures and create spread sheets, presentations and videos.<\/p>\n Security, personal control and rules of usage are all very important. Please read our\u00a0Pupil Protocol<\/a>\u00a0to which each learner will have to adhere.\u00a0 We have engaged extensively with other schools in Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, not only about educational integration but also about the essential management of classroom technology.\u00a0 Our code of conduct aims to get the boys\u2019 buy in to what we intend to be an innovative and exciting learning and teaching experience. From time to time, boys will break the rules and push the boundaries and, as in any other situation, there will be consequences.<\/p>\n Please\u00a0click here<\/a> to view our recommended minimum iPad specification. Digicape is our preferred supplier as they structure educational packages specifically for Bishops which include hardware, loan units and support. Here for their 2018 offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our iPad Programme is about learning and teaching. To prevent the iPad Programme from becoming \u2018gimmicky\u2019 or overwhelming boys and teachers, and to contain expenses, Bishops has limited the number of apps we use. A list of grade specific, essential apps is available on the under the School \u00a0APPs menu. The majority of these APPs are free. Parents are responsible for purchasing and installing these apps. The school will continue to purchase the site licenses for our academic software and this will continue to be billed annually to your school account.<\/p>\n This is an exciting development in learning and teaching at Bishops.<\/p>\n Kind regards<\/p>\n GREG BROWN [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A message from Karen Dallas\u2026Bishops boys join the one-to-one iPad programme in August of their Grade 4 year. The use of iPads is to enhance teaching and learning while maintaining the important focus on developing and acquiring the vital academic, emotional, and executive functioning skills of the boys. The following principal decisions govern our Grade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Dear Parents<\/p>\r\n Bishops Prep launched a One-to-One iPad Programme in 2016 for Grade 4 to 7 learners. This programme is about learning, not technology, and encourages learners to develop 21st century skills. Using technology in addition to traditional classroom practice encourages active thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication. It enhances learning and enables exciting and innovative teaching. A great deal of professional development has taken place with regular reviewing of advantages and difficulties.<\/p>\r\n Our action research revealed that the appropriate and useful employment of technology has been both motivational and productive for our learners.\u00a0 Boys need to engage and participate actively in their learning.\u00a0 Many boys gravitate to technology, often becoming quite obsessed. To use technology in an integrated and hands on way is to harness this \u201cnatural\u201d interest. As an educational tool the iPad can enhance and render learning more meaningful and authentic. More and more, schools no longer simply provide information but teach boys how to select, interpret, compare and work with the wealth of information that exists in so many different forms. Mobile technology provides easy access to resources and is an indispensable tool. Our boys also need to learn digital integrity, the same values that apply to any life situation, but are so often forgotten in the online world.<\/p>\r\n Writing, discussing, role playing and listening remain as important as ever. However, integrating technology makes learning and teaching possible in ways that weren\u2019t possible before.\u00a0 We aim to use the iPad as an educational tool to equip our boys for success and adaptation in the technology-rich world of the 21st century. This does not mean that the iPad will be used in every lesson, every day, but it does mean that the iPad will be used when appropriate and when its use can add value.<\/p>\r\n The iPad\u2019s attraction is its ease of use. They are \u201cinstantly on\u201d. Technology-integrated learning and teaching can take place in the classroom, immediately and when appropriate, without needing to move the boys to a computer room or boot up a traditional computer. Other positives are: iPads are small, light and portable and their charge can last a school day.\u00a0 They can take pictures, record voice and take videos.\u00a0 They can connect to the Bishops\u2019 network and to our academic intranet thus allowing boys access to internet, school email, Office 365 and their online curricula and other recommended resources. It is important to remember that iPads are not computers. There will still be times when it is appropriate for boys to use our computer room.\u00a0 However, we can in class make use of iPads to word process, work with pictures and create spread sheets, presentations and videos.<\/p>\r\n Security, personal control and rules of usage are all very important. Please read our Pupil Protocol<\/a> to which each learner will have to adhere.\u00a0 We have engaged extensively with other schools in Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, not only about educational integration but also about the essential management of classroom technology.\u00a0 Our code of conduct aims to get the boys\u2019 buy in to what we intend to be an innovative and exciting learning and teaching experience. From time to time, boys will break the rules and push the boundaries and, as in any other situation, there will be consequences.<\/p>\r\n Please click here<\/a> to view our recommended minimum iPad specification. Digicape is our preferred supplier as they structure educational packages specifically for Bishops which include hardware, loan units and support. Here for their 2018 offering<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n Our iPad Programme is about learning and teaching. To prevent the iPad Programme from becoming \u2018gimmicky\u2019 or overwhelming boys and teachers, and to contain expenses, Bishops has limited the number of apps we use. A list of grade specific, essential apps is available on the under the School \u00a0APPs menu. The majority of these APPs are free. Parents are responsible for purchasing and installing these apps. The school will continue to purchase the site licenses for our academic software and this will continue to be billed annually to your school account.<\/p>\r\n This is an exciting development in learning and teaching at Bishops.<\/p>\r\n Kind regards<\/p>\r\n \u00a0GREG BROWN [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]March 2019 Grade 4 Parent Evening<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]March 2018_Grade 4_Parent Meeting<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]March 2017_iPad Parent Presentation<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Headmaster<\/em><\/p>\nAs a Parent of an iPad user at Bishops, I need to\u2026<\/span><\/pre>\r\n\r\n
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