Has anyone used digital workbooks in their classrooms?
Share your experiences, please. I am curious about students' experiences.
I currently teach Maths and Science; however, Music is my passion subject. At a previous school, we transitioned to predominantly Apple-based systems, where students got iPads (Year 7–10) and MacBooks (Yr 11 & 12). Staff were all issued iPads, with a choice of MacBook Pros or standard government-issued PCs (I opted for the MacBook). We had a visit from an ADE to teach us the basics of creating digital activities, and I wanted to adapt them into a workbook format. I will soon leave my current school for a school with a BYOD setup (not ideal, nor my preference). However, I figure I can adapt what I have to another platform.
I have been redeveloping music classes into digital workbooks that can be used as in-class resources and for distance learning. For in-class use, I am developing Keynote presentations to support each lesson, making the teaching more explicit and incorporating structural elements such as 'warm-ups' and 'brain breaks'.
Many students are not always at school, so I have tried to make the workbook self-directed and autonomous. Also, many schools here have only one music teacher, so if they are absent, another teacher (in theory) could supervise the class while students complete the lessons.
I have attached an example digital workbook for your comments and feedback. I want to eventually make these available for other teachers to use on the Apple platform; however, they should be adaptable to other platforms too.
Please send or leave your comments and feedback. Any and all is greatly appreciated.
Note: Lesson content is set up for ACARA Version 9. The school context is a Queensland Government secondary school (Australia).
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