Teaching Kids with iPads – Part 1 of 5 | Elementary School Tech Ideas. #edtech #edchat How to you teach these kids? A few months ago I took a survey of my elementary kids to see what kind of mobile technology they had at home and it turned out that 53% of my students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades had iPads and 82% had iPods! With over half of my students having iPads, there is no doubt that soon they will be bringing these devices to school — so it go me thinking… How do I teach students with iPads?
So I called my friends over at Atomic Learning to brainstorm some ideas and we both agreed that this was a question worth answering. Planning iPad Projects: The first thing I did to get ready for my iPad Boot Camp was to start designing iPad projects, projects that were designed with a focus on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and the principles of UbD. Day One of iPad Boot Camp: So after two months of project planning, I started the iPad Boot Camp this past Monday with 10 students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades to see how to teach students with iPads.
Teaching Kids with iPads – Part 3 of 5 | Elementary School Tech Ideas. #edtech #ipaded #mlearning The importance of iPad training. Every day we start with about 30 minutes of iPad training — which is really the nuts and bolts of the Boot Camp. We felt is was important that the students know how to use their iPads like a pro. I don’t want them to go home at the end of this week and know how to film and edit movies but don’t know how to create folders. Here is a breakdown of what we cover everyday… Monday: - set up and get on our wireless - app check (all needed apps) - set up Gmail account - set up PogoPlug account - set up Cinch account - set up 360 Panorama account - make new note called Timmy S. . - take photos (metering) - photo booth self photo - downloading photos from websites - email photos to me Tuesday: - create folders - access all running apps - orientation lock or mute - quick volume mute - airplay - looking at PDFs - iBooks (download samples from PogoPlug) - Safari (zooming, quick to top, bookmarks) Wednesday: - take an screenshot - avoiding underpowered USB docks.
Apps. iPads and Tablets in Education. Teaching Kids with iPads – Part 2 of 5 | Elementary School Tech Ideas. #edtech #edchat #ipaded #mlearning Using an iPad to record a narrated slideshow. I came home from teaching day 2 of my iPad Boot Camp to find over 70 emails from teachers wanting to know more about how to teach kids with iPads. Many of the emails were full of questions that I hope to answer over the next few posts, and many of you wanted to see the projects that the kids have been working on, so here is a link to the students project (which is being constantly updated)… Week-long projects: iPad Filmmaking – every morning we work for an hour on our movie project. We use an iRig mic plugged into the iPhone for better sound. We use a digital clapper-board to keep track of which scene and shot we are on. The kids love filmmaking. Playing the drums. Kid Tech News – The last thing we do everyday is a news show that is our wrap up of everything we have done today.
Shooting the daily Kid Tech News. Using the iPad as a teleprompter. iPad Curriculum. 8 Burning Questions About iPads in Class (Answered!) I recently received an email from a media and tech teacher from a school district in Wisconsin. The questions she has asked are awesome and could be helpful to others. My answers to her questions are followed with actual video clips from my classroom. Enjoy and may this be helpful! Questions are in bold! How has it (implementation of iPads) gone for you and the students? On a scale of 1-10 it's a 100! The first month we experienced technical issues: not logging in right away, not connected to the internet, not sure how to use them, not what the uses would be. Since then, we couldn't live without them! It has been a challenge to truly integrate the iPads and there many uses. Take the concept that you need the students to master and think, "How can we do this on the iPad through an app or website!
" The students couldn't imagine school without the iPads. So many students comment that they love having internet access to look up information to preview a concept. Students Become Teachers!