iPads
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I bought my iPad about eighteen months ago. I have said it before, and will say it again: it has changed my life! As an eLearning leader, one of the most common complaints I receive from staff is that “it is really hard to stay organized with the iPad!
iOrganized: How a teacher can use the iPad to stay organized? | Reflections of a Passionate Educator
iPad Mini Gets An Australian Price
The iPad mini lives! After months of speculation, Apple finally launched the mini at an event in California this morning. We know how much it is in the US, but what’s the price in Australia and when can you get your hands on one?
How schools are using iPads In addtion to these listed below, I also have a pretty extensive list of resources on my website. Last semester my honors class all had ipads and we explored their use in the classrooms, my ipad resource link page is full of things we found. http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info/CDK/iPads_Resources.html . Additionally, this blog has a category for iPad just click on the iPad link at the top http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/category/ipad . I know there are lots of teachers out there trying to convince somebody in their district about iPads or write a grant for iPads. Maybe some of these resources will help you plead your case.
How schools are using iPads: Resource Links
If I had thirty iPads in my class, what would I do with them? How would I use them to help my students learn better and help me teach better? Perhaps a better question is what would I do with them that I could not do with other tools that are available and cheaper? Certainly iPads are cheaper than computers, desktop or laptop, and they are more mobile. Speaking of computers, they were supposed to be the transformation of teaching and learning as we know it.
Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom
iPad As....use to address specific goals
iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. Below, you will find a list of objectives, each one connecting to recommended apps and tools.Only 1 iPad in the Classroom?
[for additional ELA/Reading specific apps and ideas see Reading on the iPad ] Is only one iPad in a classroom worth it? This question keeps reappearing on the EC Ning and in other blog spaces. The answer is easy: YES, especially if the teacher has access to a Mac desktop or (preferably) laptop and a wifi network in the classroom.
You know from experience that when you enjoy a subject, learning about that subject is easier, more fun, and you retain the information longer. Getting kids to enjoy learning is more productive to education efforts than spending more money, lengthening school days, you name it. This is the reason many educators are excited about the possibilities inherent to the iPad. More than 600 school districts in America have brought iPads into the classroom.
18 Enlightening iPad Experiments in Education
CSD-iAchieve
The 12/13 school year is well under way and Creighton School District has once again expanded the iAchieve Project during it's third year! In addition to the 24 1:1 iPod touch classrooms, we now have 10 classrooms implementing a blended learning flipped classroom model with 1:1 iPads, 3 shared iPad carts, and over 50 classroom teachers utilizing an "iPad Media Kit" consisting of an iPad, Apple TV, and HD projector to use for mobile instruction in the classroom. It's going to be an interesting year!!
Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps
LearningToday shares with everyone two beautiful posters, that help us remember Bloom’s Taxonomy: the Blooming Butterfly and the Blooming Orange . How do we connect the Bloom’s Taxonomy with the iPad? Following in Dave Mileham and Kelly Tenkeley’s footsteps of assigning iPad apps to the different levels of the Bloom’s Taxonomy, I created the following table with apps that I have tested out and am recommending. (Click to see a larger version of the image) In order to make the cut, the app had to fulfill the criteria ( from Wikipedia and according to the Blooming Orange’s verbs) set out for each level. You will notice that several apps that are in the same app category (ex. screencasting: ShowMe, ScreenChomp and ExplainEverything) are represented on different levels of the Bloom’s.
