Learn How to Use Your iPad in the Classroom at Free Palm Desert Event

The following information was submitted for publication by CSUSB Palm Desert:

A literacy summit focusing on the use of technology in the classroom will take place at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus on Thursday, May 16, from 4-5:30 p.m.

The event’s keynote speaker will be Brian Newberry, associate professor of science, technology and math education at Cal State San Bernardino.

The theme of Newberry’s speech is “The iPad and K-12 Literacy.”

The summit will present the iPad as a tool for developing and enhancing literacy in K-12 classrooms. Topics of discussion will include, basic familiarization with the capabilities of iPad applications to support literacy, and ideas for using iPads in the classroom to develop and extend literacy.

The summit, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the campus’s Oliphant Auditorium. Parking is paid by Friends of the Palm Desert Campus.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their iPad for a more hands-on experience.

The summit is co-sponsored by the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus and Dr. Ward and Pat Fredericks.

The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus is located at 37-500 Cook St., Palm Desert.

For more information about the summit, contact Doris Wilson at (760) 341-2883, ext. 78170 or dwilson@csusb.edu.