Lead Learner Tammy Lind 4K-12 Technology Integration Coach
School District of South Milwaukee
Intel Master Teacher
lind.tammy@gmail.com
Twitter: @TamL17
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Skype: Tammy.lind
Session Evaluation: Session Evaluation
Welcome Activity (15) Introductions and Goals for Workshop
Apple's Official iPad in Education Site: - Discussion: What does this device mean for education?
- Discussion on advantages of using video calling such as Skype/Facetime
Add bookmark of this page to your HOME SCREEN Overview of iPad 2 (15) - Hardware Controls
- Multitasking (Hidden/Helpful Controls)
- Orientation/Mute Switch (how to change)
- Volume
- Navigating
- Home Button (1 Press vs 2 Press)
- Search
- Pinching
- Sleep vs Power On/Off
- Taking A Screenshot
Software Controls
- Tap
- Tap & Hold on Apps
- Tap & Hold over text
- Select, Select All
- "sliders"
- Cut, Copy, Paste
- Making Folders
Settings
- Wifi
- General
- Mail, Contacts, Calendar
- Store > Automatic Downloads
Getting Online
How to find and download Apps
Activity 1: Create a Video (30) - Record video and take pictures using Camera App
- Vertical vs Horizontal
- Where do video/pictures go?
- Download the Splice App for iOS (Note: this is optimized for iPhone, but works well on iPad.)
- TASK: Shoot video and pictures. Go around the school.
Ideas: Introduce
yourself to your students using video. Show your classroom. Something
to post to YouTube that you can embed on your teacher website?
Interview
three colleagues: How might you use an iPad in your roll as an
educator? Pictures of building? Welcome video for students?
- Either upload the video clip raw to your YouTube account or Edit the video using Splice
- BONUS for Splice Editors: Export your project to your camera roll. Then upload it to YouTube.
Activity 2: Annotate an eBook (30)
iBooks (Apple product, only on iOS devices) - Why iBooks is the Best Ever (Blog Post)
- Navigation: TOC, brightness, text size, search, bookmarks, bringing up the tools
- Annotations / Notes / Highlighting
- Collections
PDFs
iBooks to download - iPad 2 Starter Guide (MacWorld)
- In iBooks, go to STORE > TOP CHARTS > FREE and pick a few others to download
Kindle (Amazon product, available on all types of devices)
BONUS: Search your annotations, and cut-and-paste them... or save and share them using another service, like Evernote.
Activity 3: ScreenCasting on your iPad (15)
- Screencasting is an activity that addresses many 21st Century skills and fits in with all areas of the curriculum.
- Please read this blog post from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano on using screencasting apps on the iPad and how this activity addresses so many literacies. You will also find reviews for three screencasting apps currently available in the iTunes store.
- Download ScreenChomp
- Take a photo with your iPad and use that photo to create a screencast using ScreenChomp.
- Share the screencast with a friend
Activity 4: Edit a Google Doc (30)
BONUS: Click on the downward chevron and select "use desktop version" to have access to additional features.
Optional: Try creating a Form, which can easily be filled out on an iPad (for custom walk throughs or rubrics).
App Share (15)
- Google Translate
- Tour Wrist
- Science 360
- Sketch Explorer
- Interactive Stories
- iBrainstorm
- SoundNote
- Evernote Peek
- Flipboard
- Pulse news
- DropBox
- PuppetPals
- QR Code reader (i-Nigma)
- Lots more!
More Activities: Elective (15) Visit Apptivities.org and browse for something relevant to you or your students.
Explore Time--
Reflection Activity (15) How do you plan to use the iPad in your role as an educator?
How do you plan to use it with students?
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Tips Additional Tips:How to add a bookmark?In
Safari, click on the "+" next to the address bar, you can add a
shortcut to either the "desktop" (also known as the home screen) or as a
bookmark to the Safari browser. This can be handy to access websites
you frequent often.
Portrait vs. landscape mode!
Often
times, certain features of some applications will have a different
layout whether you're looking at it in portrait or landscape mode.
I've noticed, while in pages, that some features weren't present in
landscape mode (which is easier for me to type on) that were available
in the portrait mode. Key point: try both ways to see if it's
something that is hiding from you!
How to take a screenshot of the iPad screen!
Taking a screenshot of whats on
your iPad can come in very handy when you need to share something with
people who don't have access to see your screen. By holding down the
home button (the only button on the front of the iPad) and the power
button (top of the iPad), the screen will flash and take a picture of
whatever is on your screen. The iPad will store this in the "Saved
Photos" album in the Photos app!
How to transfer Apps from one computer to another?
I
sync my iPad with my home computer, but sometimes I'll be at work and
find a cool app that might be available free for a limited time. I
typically download the app to my work computer, then in the apps window
of the, I'll right click on the app and Show in Finder (or Show in
Explorer). I then take that .ipa file and store it on my dropbox to
transfer that purchase to my home computer.
How to limit students from accessing certain content on the iPad!
There
are some obvious reasons why you might want to limit certain
applications (perhaps iTunes) while your students use your iPad. If
you go to Settings - > General - > Restrictions -> Enable
Restrictions... you can dictate what apps can be accessed after you
type in a passcode. While that passcode is setup, those apps won't even
display on the screen. To disable this, simply navigate back to this
page and enter the passcode!
Resources
Great apps for learning across Math, Life Science, Reading and Geography:
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