Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 15 iPad Skills Every Teacher and Student should Have. Check the learning goals below and share with us your feedback. Enjoy 1- My students should be able to create presentations . Here are the apps to help you achieve this goal : Sliderocket Idea Flight3- Slideshark5- SlideGrabber6- Prezi Viewer4- Xavier Presentation 2- My students should be able to create digital stories. 1-StoryKit2- Talking Tom & Ben News3- I Tell a Story4- Scholastic Storia5- Talking Tom Cat6- Toontastic7- Our Story8- Bunsella Bedtimes Story 3- My students should be able to create eBooks . 1- Book Creator for iPad2- eBook Magic3- Demibooks Composer4- Story Patch5- Creative Book Builder 4- My students should be able to print their docs right from their iPad. 1- Epson iPrint2- Print Magic3- ACT Printer4- Doc Printer5- Air Sharing 5- My students should be able to create videos . 1- Animoto Video2- Videolicious3- Vidify app4- ReelDirector5- Magisto6- Super 87- Vintagio8- iMovie 6- I want to Improve my students reading skills. 11- My students should be able to screen share .
The Best iPad Presentation Apps for Teachers and Students. Last year I published here a list of some great iPad apps to create presentations and I was glad to see all the interaction it generated. However, today while I was working on a slide on Haiku I thought about updating the list and adding the new apps that have been released since the posting of the last list. Below is a selection of some of the best iPad presentation apps available in the app store. Check them out below and as always share them with your colleagues and let us know what you think of them in the comment form below : 1- Haiku Deck Haiku Deck is the simple new way to create inspired presentations – whether you’re pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement. Featured on the iTunes “New and Noteworthy” and “What’s Hot” lists!
2- Prezi Create and present beautiful presentations with Prezi for iPad. 3- Keynote Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. 4- Narrable 5-2ScreensRemote 6- Idea Flight 7-Power Presenter. The iPad Toolkit for Learning? | dedwards.me. It is interesting to reflect how this simplification of iPad key tools has changed in a relatively short space of time. iWork suite aside, you could purchase the above apps for less than the cost of a textbook and have a model that could enhance learning with the right application.
For those educators who are using iPads in the classroom, the suggestions above will be nothing new. The hope is that other educators will not feel overwhelmed by the diagram and actually view a number of core apps as manageable for their own learning curve. It must be said that there are a number of applications that I could happily add to the diagram that would be useful for the toolkit. For example, Showbie (a way of collecting, assessing and handing back student work) would certainly meet the requirements of many iPad learning environments. You will notice that Google Drive and Explain Everything are an integral part of the learning process. -with thanks to Greg Hughes @deepexperience1 Like this: How To: Enable Restrictions on iPad. Another week, another “how to” iPad tutorial. While I don’t expect this one to get as much attention as my video explaining how I record my iPad’s screen complete with audio, the ability for teachers (or anyone using a shared iOS device) to enable restrictions is fairly important.
If you have a managed device, here’s how to enable (or disable) restrictions on your iOS device. Being able to restrict the ability for users to delete apps, or gain access to materials and content that otherwise might be inappropriate to younger eyes, comes up from time to time. Turning off Gamecenter, limiting device bandwidth by turning off changes to back-ground app refresh, and ensuring privacy by restricting location services are just a few examples that I could see school districts, parents, and corporations wanting to control.
While I’m personally not a big fan of crippling what your mobile device is capable of (I’ve known some school districts in Michigan to restrict camera access on student iPads!) 36 Math Apps For Elementary School Students From edshelf - By edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education As more classrooms adopt mobile devices such as iPads, teachers and technology integrators are faced with the question: “What apps do I install?” That is quite a hefty question too. There are over 90,000 iOS apps in the Education category of the App Store. Since apps that teachers can use fall into other categories too, the number of choices is well above 100,000. Does your head hurt yet? Fortunately, there are intrepid technology enthusiasts – like Chris Beyerle – who actively curate collections of apps. Which math apps do you use? 36 Math Apps for Elementary School Students From edshelf Image attribution flickr user barrettelementary.
Apps We Use In Kindergarten (2013 Update) App 101 Videos. Toontastic App 101 Video Toontastic is an amazing app for storytelling in the classroom. The basic app is free and has plenty to offer a classroom but I know you will want to get the “all access pass” once you play with it some. In the video I mention a Martin Luther King lesson and you can find more info on that here. Storytelling or apps or creating are the most powerful and I have a list of my 33 favorites here, several with example lessons. Like this: Like Loading...
Write About This App 101 Video Write About This ($3.99) is a great app for writing and storytelling. You can find my other app 101 videos here Venn Diagram Practice with Felt Board App Easy and fun way to practice creating Venn Diagrams with young kids using Felt Board. Center Example “New” Skitch App 101 Video Skitch has updated their app since my original Skitch 101 video an updated video is below for the new version. Find the original video here. Examples of the coloring sheet activity can be found here. ALL My App Reviews and Suggestions. Home / ALL My App Reviews and Suggestions Apr2 By Matt Gomez ALL My App Reviews and Suggestions Category: Apps, Digital Storytelling, iPad, Tech Leave a Comment I decided to make one post with links to all my app suggestions and reviews. I will continue to add new ones to this post so they are all located in one spot.
Apps We Use in Kindergarten iPads Tips For Getting Started Week One My Favorite FREE apps for Elementary The $10 iPad setup (and $20 iPad setup) Classroom Blog: Using the iPad to Create Content for the Blog App 101 Videos: How To Use These Apps Explain Everything 101 (teaching nouns large group) Explain Everything 101 (creating audio decodable books) Skitch 101 (free) “New” Skitch 101 (free) Popplet App 101 Write About This 101 Venn Diagram 101 (free) Educreations 101 (free) iPad 101 Video: How To Save Images to the Camera Roll Storytelling/Creativity Our Mission in Kindergarten Tech Ideas for the First Day of School Getting To Know You Activity with Explain Everything Stop Motion in Kindergarten.
A Crash Course in Keynote for Elementary Kids | New Adventures in Professional Development. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 90 iPad Apps Teachers should Try This School Year. Top 200 Special Education Apps. As a reader of this blog, you might have noticed that Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has a particular focus on the use of iPad in education other than any other tablet in the market.We do in fact love other tablets especially Motorolla Xoom, Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1, and LG Optimus tablet and we do believe they have a promising potential in education as well but for now it seems that iPad is leading the mobile learning revolution. This is probably due to the kind of investment Apple is having in education. The folks in Apple have taken the issue seriously and they are intent on monopolizing the educational market.
From iBook Author to iPad Mini, their success is just unbelievable to the point that some school boards in the States and Canada have already started adopting iPad as learning tools in the classrooms and some in the form of 1:1 environments. Check it out and share with us your suggestions iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for (Special) Education source : edudemic. A More Flexible iPad Classroom Through Apple TV. This content is sponsored by the Teaching & Learning with the iPad Conference November 15-16, 2013 in Raleigh, NC, a 2-day conference dedicated exclusively to better learning with the iPad, coordinated and presented by teachers, for teachers. by David Mahaley, Principal at Franklin Academy High School in North Carolina A More Flexible iPad Classroom Through Apple TV Technology has provided teachers with more tools than ever before to support a rich and personalized learning experience. 1:1 initiatives are commonplace and strategies are surfacing that clearly show how mobile devices can support instruction and learning.
At the Franklin Academy High School, in Wake Forest, North Carolina, teachers and students have access to Apple TV devices to enhance the iPad initiative started over three years ago. The basic operation of the Apple TV involves connecting the device to the existing organization network. The cost savings is often the first realized gain for schools and school systems. Reading By Example | Rethinking the Role of the Literacy Leader. Integrate THAT Technology into YOUR Classroom | dedwards.me. The five ideas below are a suggested starting point if you are integrating new technology into your classroom. From a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programme, to a class set of hardware, an internet enabled classroom has the potential to enhance learning alongside existing practice. Apps are being developed for education at a rate that is very difficult to keep pace with. This means that competition is fierce and this can only be a good thing for learners.
The most successful apps are cross platform so lend themselves to multiple device conditions. Examples to try: Skitch - Allows a student to annotate any image or diagram to meet the demands of the task. Animoto - Brings images, music and text together to produce a movie. Paper 53 - A very simple app that offers the ability to create from scratch using a number or artistic tools. Communication outside the classroom has become much simpler with email, Twitter and the development of social media. Like this: Like Loading... Ipadsurvivalkit. Learning, Learning, Learning not Apps, Apps, Apps | dedwards.me. The Math App Collection for Parents Collection by Glenda Stewart-Smith
Padwheelposter.pdf. 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.) Middle School iPad Apps. This page will house suggested iPad apps for Middle Schools. ( Primary Contact: John Shoemaker john.shoemaker@palmbeachschools.org) Language Arts: iBooks - an ereader book store. Book Creator - Create your own iBooks right on the iPad. ( Allows everything except video ) Reading Trainer - This app teaches you how to train your eyes and brain to read and comprehend text faster. Think of it as exercise for your reading skills.
Literary Analysis Guide - Elements of literature are arranged graphically around three wheels (poetry, prose, and rhetoric). Kindle - Kindle is an eReader from Amazon.com Shakespeare Pro - Complete works of Shakespeare. 41 plays, 154 sonnets, and 6 poems. LitCharts - Link to LitCharts website. Math: Algebra Touch - An amazingly easy App that allows you to refresh your knowledge of Algebra with an interface designed for iOS devices. Alge-Bingo - Develop your algebraic equation solving skills through playing a Bingo game. Fractals - Move and pinch fractals in real time. Science: A Crowdsourced List Of The Best iOS Education Apps. We’re proud to introduce you to a new set of resources we think you’ll enjoy . It’s a curated list of the best education technology resources. But it’s not just organized by us. It’s now YOUR turn to share, vote up, and learn about all the best education technology out there.
Got a favorite app? Add it to the list! But really, the fun part is being able to add to the list and learn from others. So this list is hopefully going to become a go-to resource for all your iOS education app needs. 5 Awesome iPad Posters for Teachers. Are you planning to incorporate iPad into your classroom next school year ? You probably are already in search for the educational apps to use in your instruction,Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has a rich resource of the most popular educational apps you might need.
These apps are organized into different categories pertaining to various content areas. Check out this list to learn more. Having a repository of handy educational apps is a good thing but is not enough per se. There are several other things that you need to recommend to your students most important of which is an acceptable use policy. You need to set out rules for how to use iPad for educational purposes and explain them to students prior to integrating this device in your teaching. To help you pave the way for using iPad in your class, I have brought you some great classroom posters to share with your students. 1- Rules for iPad 2- iPad acceptable use policy3- iPad rules4- iPad Tips source: www.techchef4u.com.
Capture & Animate Learning Experiences with iMotionHD. "Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. " - Walt Disney Micky Mouse. Toy Story. Shrek. These are all things we think about when we hear the word "animation". But animation can be used for so much more than just telling a story with cartoon characters. Specifically, stop-motion animation is a great way to create video from individual, still images. Recently, I used the iMotion HD app with my students for two very different learning activities. 1. After observing the video, the students were able to conclude that they witnessed a case of diffusion . 2. How might stop-motion animation be used in other science experiments? Apps We Use In Kindergarten (2013 Update) 5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them)
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