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15 Ways To Use The New iPad In Classrooms. A Useful Twitter Cheat Sheet 3.97K Views 0 Likes Think you're supposed to actually type a full 140 characters for each tweet? Not quite. That's just one of the many handy tips found in this useful Twitter Cheat Sheet.

How To Use Vine In The Classroom 6.84K Views 0 Likes Students can quickly create their very own six-second videos for free. 20_Interesting_Ways_to_use_an_iPad_in_the_Cla. Creative Uses for iPad in the Classroom. 18 iPad uses: How classrooms are benefiting from Apple's tablets. Apple's iPads are quickly becoming a popular and powerful educational tool for classrooms. Beyond the immediate benefit of engaging students, iPads can improve education efficiency and standards. However, many teachers are unsure of how to use them effectively. Coupled with concerns over the costs involved, iPad implementation in schools is seen as an unnecessary and expensive risk.

As the case studies below demonstrate, iPads are being used in education environments around the world with great success. Teachers can have paperless classrooms, take attendance, share interactive presentations and test their students—all on their iPad. So just what are they doing? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Similarly, First Words Animals aids with letter and word identification. 18.

Transformative Uses Of The iPad In The Classroom - Though embarrassingly popular, the iPad is in its relative infancy in terms of classroom application. Worldwide, educators are bringing Apple’s tablet into their learning environments and experimenting, establishing workflows (something we continue to explore) Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano (of the TeachThought favorite langwitches blog) put together this exploratory presentation that takes a look at exactly how the iPad is functioning in classrooms, while also managing to work in ideas from leaders in education to help “frame” the conversation. In the presentation, there are nine “actions” the iPad naturally supports in classroom activities. 9 Actions the iPad Supports in the Classroom 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The distinction is also made between being skilled, being literate, and being fluent, where the trends move from rigid, conscious training to flexible, fluid and instinctive application from knowledge that is truly internalized, a spectrum the iPad can help facilitate the travel of. 50 resources for iPad use in the classroom. The transition to the more extensive use of technology in classrooms across the West has resulted in the integration of bring your own device (BYOD) schemes, equipping students with netbooks and tablet computers, and lessons that use social media & online services. Gesture-based technology is on the rise; according to the latest NMC Horizon Report, gesture-based technological models will become more readily integrated as a method of learning within the next few years.

The iPhone, iPad, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect technology are examples of these kinds of developments, and in particular, resources for Apple products in education are becoming widely available online. For teachers, some of which are just beginning to use tablets and mobile devices in class, these resources can be invaluable in promoting more interactive classrooms and understanding how best to use and control such products.

Tutorials: 1.) iPads for learning: Getting started 2.) 3.) 50 iPad2 tips and tricks 6.) 103 iPad uses.pptx.