A Maple Ridge elementary school has been given a special designation for using Apple technology in their classrooms.
Yendon Elementary is officially an Apple Distinguished School due to the use of iPads in the Grade 6/7 classrooms.
He applied for distinction in June, 2022 and received approval for his application in September.
Every student in the six grade 6/7 classrooms — about 84 students — has an iPad to use, courtesy of the school district.
By getting Apple status it allows teachers access to various workshops and seminars that Apple offers, explained Shawna Luttet, a grade 6/7 teacher at the school. Workshops like Coding and others that teach both students and teachers how to use programs like Keynote to make presentations, Pages to type documents, and others are used for collaboration, the better.
“Kids are able to work together, share information together. You can have two or three kids working on the same project at a time and then they can all be involved in it at the same time,” she describes. did.
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“And things like this are really beneficial for kids,” Lutet said. Kids who are struggling readers or writers technology allows them to be able to read something or they can use the Test of Speech. Kids who want to expand their learning who are really interested in technology or they’re interested in coding or they’re interested in presentations, it really allows them to explore because they have an iPad in their hands.
Yendon Elementary is one of only 19 schools nationwide to have this designation.
Each designation is good for three years and so they will have to reapply in 2025.
Not only does this technology help them now, but it is also technology the students are going to use in high school, postsecondary and in their future careers, Lutet said.
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