This presentation offers the highlights of some of the strategies that have transformed how I have set up the digital and physical classroom environment for full immersion of the iPad including:

- iPad organization and
- establishing technology routines
- a couple of fun projects

I hope you find it useful.
Marisa Rangel

The background picture is a document I made for my students to help organize their iPads for my Spanish 1 class.

Students were given a paper copy of this, as well as links to screencasts giving specific directions on how to organize.

This document has proven helpful for students needing their iPads replaced, re-imaged, new students, and the like.

It's all in the details.

The documents these students have on their iPads are colored-coded PDFs. This allows me to take a quick glance at student faces to know if they are on task (reflection of color from the iPad screen). All homework PDFs are blue, all grammar guide work is green, etc.

Assessments on the iPad require for students to have their iPads FLAT.

Digital locker clean out:

- must be frequent (I recommend doing this each chapter during class time)

- is helpful if student PDFs are color coded for easier clean up (ex. everything that's BLUE for Spanish homework, and can go in the trash now)

Students appreciate the visual cues on our "daily agenda". They help guide the students where to go on their iPads as we move through the many activities of the day.

These icons mimic the icons on their iPads.

This is one of my favorite ideas that has transformed the beginning routine in my classroom. Students have access to the bell work via a Google Slides Presentation. The current day's bell work is always yellow. Other days are "blacked out".

https://goo.gl/C6Jnru

Another fun idea is to use Padlet. to compile student responses. Here are some examples from homework.

http://padlet.com/wall/k2aujlxddoix

I am experimenting with Adobe Voice this year to compile a cumulative assignment.

Students record their answers to a prompt at the end of each of the six units. They should be able to listen to their completed project from beginning to end and recognize growth in fluency, pronunciation, accuracy and duration of responses.

This is a project to help prepare them for the cumulative speaking final as well.

https://voice.adobe.com/a/AwzZ4/