First week blues...

Our team has been anxiously awaiting the iPads and are thrilled that we can now use them.  Now we are faced with trying to make the most out of what we have and get the greatest benefit for our students. 
One of our first hurdles was avoiding conflicts - an easy solution was  shared calendar which allows us to coordinate with each other.
The next hurdle was more complicated.  After a few days of student use, I noticed that, as usual, the kids are great at pushing boundaries...it's what they do best.
So I started to think that perhaps the best way to deal with this is to establish some ground rules.
First off, I would make sure that the kids understand how to logout of twitter. If you open settings and swipe down and click on Twitter. In the right hand column, you will see the list of accounts that are logged in.




Click on the account and in the bottom of the right hand window you will see a choice to delete the account on the iPad.




You might also want to have the students check the photo library before they finish for the day. If they have taken any photos, they should probably delete these so they don't give people personal images which could be used in appropriately.
Kids might also decide that they would like to set a new background or lock screen image. This can be reset in the settings as well under brightness and wallpaper.




Click wallpaper twice and select the new wallpaper you would like to set.




You can then set both the lock screen and the wallpaper simultaneously. The button to set this is located in the upper right corner.



That's all for now.