Hello to all,

     In order to secure an iPad for my elementary school library, where I am on a fixed schedule with 410 students, I was instructed to prepare a “case” to justify the expense. I KNOW many of you are out there doing wonderful things in your elementary libraries with iPads and I would appreciate ANY and ALL feedback from you.

So far my reasons are:

· reader’s advisory on the fly

· skyping

· reconciling students’ accounts at the stacks in real time

· attaching it to the smartboard to project interactive or regular picture books from reading a-z, or sites like it

· inventory, if it is compatible

· videotaping students working/on task/in process

· student productions

Thank you in advance for your time and effort!

Mary E. Tichey-Staack, Teacher-Librarian

Branchville Elementary School

40 Florida Road

Ridgefield, CT 06877

mticheystaack@ridgefield.org

203-544-7980 x2137

Currently reading: Cold Cereal by Adam Rex and Bringing Up the Bodies by Mantel

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