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5 Awesome Examples of how Students Can Use iBooks Author for Learning. iBooks Author is still making the news in the educational sphere. This is probably the first mobile app to be embraced wholly in education in such a short time since its release. After posting a simple and guided tutorial on how teachers can use the different services of iBooks Author , today I am sharing with you some hands-on examples of what students can actually do with it.

TES has recently featured some awesome videos of young students doing amazing things with iBooks Author. I ams sharing them with you below in case you want to show your own students. Just click on any title below to be directed to a page where you will watch the corresponding video. 1- iBook Author: Creating Study Cards 2- iBook Author : Creating Interactive Quizzes 3- iBook Author: Image Galleries 4- iBooks Author : Adding Interactive Images 5-iBooks Author : Video Widget. iPads in the Classroom. iPad EdResources. As 2011 winds down, I have spent a good deal of time thinking about all of the online resources and tools that have helped make this past year a successful ‘Year of the iPad’ in my school district. And with an upcoming winter vacation ahead for many educators next week, I thought it might be nice to share out some of my favorite resources for using iPads, iPods, and iPhones in the classroom.

Although there are many, many fantastic resources available online, the list below are the ones I have come to rely on… I hope you find them as useful as I have! IEAR: The IEAR community is a solid resource for locating and discovering appropriate educational apps for the classroom. I really appreciate that the IEAR community is made up of educators who are using these apps in the classroom already, and are sharing reviews and information about specific apps. 5,859 views, 2 today What do you think? The iPad & Critical Pedagogy. iPad Published on July 21st, 2012 | by Mark Anderson This past year preparing for the launch of iPads has been an interesting one for sure. I’ve been privileged to be able to work with amazing colleagues, students, parents, ADEs, other luminaries such as @fraserspeirs, @drdennis, @simon_elliott, @digitalroadtrip, @ostringer – it has provided yet again another brilliant learning curve for me.

I’ll go ahead and say it – I think the discussion on the iPad and Pedagogy needs to go further. Too many posts (and I am guilty of this too) focus on, “check out this cool app”, or “did you know the iPad can do this”; you’ve all seen them. I really feel we are past the time where we should be looking at the functionality of the iPad as a device and be looking at it in a way which ensures we are looking more at how learning can be redefined and modified through the use of the iPad. I think a Critical Pedagogy is key when looking at iPad.

Ira Shor defines Critical Pedagogy as Further reading: Ipad. iPad Resources - Paul's E-Learning Resources. Ipad in the classroom. iPad Classroom. iPad and Augmented Reality (or bringing your walls to life part 2) iPad Published on July 27th, 2012 | by Mark Anderson Bring the walls of your classroom (almost literally) to life! That’s what using AR (augmented reality) can do. I’m tired of hearing about ICTAC (ICT across the curriculum) being about substitution – taking your students to an IT lab to type up a report, to write up an essay, to look up something on the Internet. Learning whilst using technology can be fun, innovative and exciting – iPads (and other hand held devices if BYOD is your thing) have a plethora of thrilling AR applications that can do just that. The first and last examples in the video are from a free app called ‘Zappar’ – available on iPad and other devices: Simply load up the app, choose the right section, eg: Moby Dick – point the iPad at the front cover and enjoy the interactive experience that awaits.

These aren’t the only ways in which you can use AR in your classroom too. How does this work in a classroom? Biology: Organs.