iPad+For+Teacherssummer2011

//**iPad for Teachers: Out of the Box, Into the Classroom**//

The iPad provides a wealth of possibilities for classroom teachers with its brilliant graphics, audio and multi-touch interface. Participants in this workshop will learn about applications that make a difference for their students. Participants will learn how to use iPad and its hardware and applications solutions. The content focuses on iPad operations, device features, native apps, and third party apps downloadable from iTunes to support teaching and learning

Day 1 - Productivity and Collaboration Device

__What we'll be covering:__ __Activities:__
 * Best Practices for managing files between iPad and Computer
 * How to make your iPad more closely interact with your computer (iTunes & Image Capture)
 * Using the iPad as a communication & planning hub
 * iPad for productivity
 * iPad and IWB
 * Using the iPad as an educational news hub
 * Dropbox for student work - Loading a file
 * Good Reader for Student feedback
 * Sample workflow of grading student work
 * Evernote for student observations

__Agenda:__
 * Welcome & Overview of Agenda
 * Getting Connected
 * Never too young - Reflection in one word using Show Me
 * iPad, iTunes, & PC - Bringing it all together
 * Brainstorming using Idea Sketch App - Productivity in the classroom
 * Having some fun - Using Bump and Mover to share data
 * Getting Ideas - Staying connected with the Innovative classroom - Twitter App; Zite
 * Apps and Activities for Teachers:
 * Evernote Activity
 * Drop Box Activity
 * Quizes using Google Forms (Class sets)
 * Discussions - Flipping the Classroom - How can an iPad help?

__Resources:__ __ **TeacherPal** __**-** This is a simple and perceptive iPad app meant to help teachers as it becomes their personal organizer. The app offers an easy interface that helps them track attendance, grades and other details about students. An app like this, available free of cost from the iTunes store, is an asset to have.  __ [|Full Screen Web Browser] __: Does just what it says: lets you browse on your iPhone in full screen. __ [|ReaddleDocs] __: This app can grab documents from almost any source, including computers, web sites, email attachments, MobileMe iDisk, online file storage apps and other iPhones and iPads. __ [|iBlueSky] __: A great brainstorming application for getting ideas out of your head an into a document. __ [|Google Calendar] __: Check your Google calendar from anywhere. You never have to worry about being out of touch. __ [|AirSharing] __: A great way to share files: AirSharing allows you to mount your iPhone or iPod Touch as a wireless drive on any computer, drag and drop files and then view them on your device. __ [|iBooks] __: Download books to read and keep track of all your online books in this great app for the iPhone and iPad. __ [|BlogPress] __: Rich text editor, landscape editing, photo uploading and posting to multiple types of blog software. This one is great, and works with nearly any blogging platform you might be using. __ [|WordPress] __: The official WordPress iPhone app. You can write drafts and publish on the go. Works just like the real thing. __ [|Wikipanion] __: This is a great reference app for your iPad. It displays Wikipedia information in an easy to view format. __ [|School Rack] __: The app allows teachers to build colorful, customizable websites, while storing mailing lists and moderating private discussions with students and/or parents. __ [|Evernote] __: You’ll never take notes on paper again. It’s so easy to take notes on your phone and save them or file them. __ [|Dictionary.com] __: This is a dictionary and thesaurus for iPhone and iPad. __ [|Remember the Milk] __: This is a great app for making electronic lists and keeping track of the things you have to do. __ [|TED] __: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design: This app is great for finding out plenty of interesting information. You’ll get access to lots of great speakers and speeches here. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">__ [|Keynote] __: The iWork Keynote app is ideal for on-the-go presentation development. You can also import Microsoft Powerpoint slide decks with ease. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">__ [|Box.net] __: This is an ideal app for curating, organizing, and sharing everything you write or documents that you create with other teachers. This is the most productive method for dealing with papers, reports and other document artifacts that help you might use in the classroom and share with other teachers. It provides public and secure folders and many social networking features that allow you to push your content out to colleagues.

iPad Workflow for Teachers

Day 1 Evaluation

Day 2 - In the Content Areas

__What we'll be covering:__
 * Common Core on the Pad
 * iPad in the content area
 * iPad Activity Ideas
 * Apps for Special Need

__Activities:__
 * Idea sketch
 * Examining the P21 Common Core Toolkit
 * More Information about P21
 * Create a shortcut to this resource on your home screen
 * Understanding by Design
 * Open in iBooks
 * Searching for Apps in your Content Area
 * Creating Customized Activities
 * Round Table discussion and sharing of ideas
 * Round Table discussion and sharing of ideas

__Agenda:__ >
 * Welcome & Review
 * Activity: Idea Sketch
 * Open the Idea Sketch App
 * Create a web with iPad in the Main Idea bubble
 * Share
 * CCSS and the iPad - Examining the P21 Common Core Toolkit
 * Video/Discussion - Flipped Classroom
 * Video/Discussion - Khan Academy TED Talk
 * Activity: www.polleverywhere.com
 * How can an iPad help?
 * Poll
 * Poll 2
 * How to find Apps in content areas
 * Activity: The App Store
 * Search for Apps in your Content Area
 * Share
 * Classroom/School management of equipment -
 * paying for apps - separate school iTunes account
 * How to create an iTunes account without a credit card (only for free apps)
 * Activity: Creating custom activities
 * Using Google Docs and your iPad
 * Open a new google doc
 * Briefly describe a classroom activity using ipads
 * What Common Core and P21 standards does it measure?
 * Round Table Discussion
 * Essentials
 * Best Practices
 * What next?

Day 2 Evaluation

__Activity Resources:__ There are several options to choose when trying to create an activity. Try to combine apps together to create a piece to be shown to a class. Some apps are better creating learning objects and some are better for displaying materials. I like some of the projection apps that are being created. They are getting closer to being used as interactive whiteboard.

__**Ideas for Activities**__

Using either Cartoon Studio or Strip Designer create comics with bubbles to tell a short story. Add audio to the image with Fotobabble and upload to the web. I am testing put a couple of apps that could be used for this idea.
 * __Creating a Digital Graphic Novel__**

Use Dropbox as a means to send file to students to complete using whatever document editor that is loaded. (I prefer to use Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite .). Rename the file and upload back to Dropbox to be graded.
 * __Class File Share__**

Learn about historical events through apps (ex. Gettysburg app) show class what happen through the event with MapProjector. Zoom in the area that is to be discussed and pan around to demonstrate the event.
 * __Battlefield Discussion__**

__**Lego Design/Build**__ Students can use the Blocks! app to design a prototype made out of Legos. The Teacher can approve or change the model. If changes are needed, the student(s) would have to create a fix to have it approved. Once approved by the teacher, the student build a prototype to see if what was design really works.

__**Word Clouds**__ Several folks like to use Wordle and Tagxedo to create word clouds to illustrate a topic. Several of these sites are not iPAD friendly. The app WordCloud give some of the features. Words can be placed in the in to text boxes. The text boxes can be moved to various locations in the space.

__**Use you iPAD 2 as a Document Camera**__ The nice part of having the iPAD 2 is that it displays everything. That includes the camera on the front and on the back. Board Cam allows the iPAD 2 to become a Document Camera. You may want to invest into something with a cradle to hold the iPad upright and in the same location. I like to Altec Lasing Speaker Dock or the iPAD keyboard Dock. This app allows annotation on what the camera is viewing or to have a laser pointer to show something specific.

__**Collaborate in Groups**__ Use Shareboard or Whiteboard VGA Out to have student link together. Students can share whiteboard space, and draw on one screen. Whiteboard VGA Out can allow one drawing space to be displayed through the VGA Connector. If you are interested in using large groups, you may want to look into purchasing a Groupboard Designer server license.

__**Taking Notes on Notes**__ Most teachers and professors have their notes in PDF format that can be downloaded. Open the PDF in Noterize app. Students can highlight and place comment notes on the pdf. File can be save to device or back to a cloud storage. Noterize gives similar functionality to Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.

__**iPAD Audio/Video Podcast Studio**__ Student can use iPrompt Pro on one iPAD and DJ SoundBox on another iPAD near the recording device (iPAD using iTalk lite if creating an audio podcast). The iPAD with iPrompt Pro acts as a teleprompter with the text that scrolls on the screen. DJ SoundBox plays sound effects such as radio news breaks and other sounds. The podcast can be recorded and uploaded to a storage site.

__**Share-a-Cell**__ Students use 3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool to create a cell. Students can stain and save the cell. Using fileDisplay or Power Projector, students can share cell with the class. Students can discuss traits that the cell has.

__**Dissect the Human Body**__ Use Skeleton 3D Anatomy or SkeletalHD to examine the a person's skeleton. Then, students can use body specifics app, such as 3D brain, 3D4Medical's Images , Pocket Heart , Pocket Body for details of the organs.

__**Replacing Graphing Calculators**__ Students can use PI-83 to as a graphing calculator and the instructor can project the graph should look like using Graphing Calculator HD. You may also want to take a look at Quick Graph (which projects) and MyCalculator Pro.

Use Forms to collect data from experiments that can be synced to Google Docs. Numbers can be used in a similar function, but it is not projectable.. The Data can be projected in the front of the class for each group or person can discuss what they saw. Google Docs can displayed through a number of browser projection apps. Power Presenter give the most bang for your buck.
 * Collecting Data from Experiments**

Students can use Artrage and Let's Create! Pottery HD to simulate the artistic creations. Both apps have the option save work as an image. I have used used Artrage on a SMARTboard for a while and it is excellent. The app works well on the iPAD, too. Pottery is a really fun that is based on the wheel. The app can make cups, vases, and plates. Students receive points for being creative and can be used to add features.
 * Art Class Simulations**

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