The 50 Smartphone Apps Students Will Be Using Next Month. 5 Useful iPhone Apps For Student Bloggers 9.43K Views 0 Likes Student blogging is a wonderful way to get into the world of online writing and learning. These iPhone apps for student bloggers will enhance their skills. 6 Interactive Storytelling Apps For Younger Students 11.39K Views 0 Likes Getting younger students to tell stories can promote a variety of different language arts skills in a way that is a lot more fun than doing grammar drills. A Simple Guide for Teachers to Create eBooks on iPad using iBook Author. With the start of this new year Apple launched two major products namely iBook app and iBooks Author.
These two releases have caught the attention of media and Educational Technology and Mobile Learning was no exception. We posted two detailed articles about the potential of these new products in education. Today we are adding a follow up to those articles. Below are some of the best tutorials to get teachers and educators acquainted with the iBook Author. Just a reminder, iBook Author allows users to easily create ebooks. 1- Selecting a template To start creating an eBook using iBook Author you need first to select a template . 2- Thmbnail and Panels The video below will walk you through the outline and thumbnail panels in iBooks Author. 3- Tool bar This video will show you how the tool bar works and inform you about the different functions of each icon. 4- Inspector Panel This video will make you familiar with using Inspector Panel on iBook Author.
Toolbox: e5 iPad Apps. June 17, 2012 · 10 Comments · Future Directions, ICT for Teaching and Learning, ICT Used and Trusted, Teacher Librarian as Leader, Uncategorized Next year the Year 7s at our school will be bringing their iPads to school.
This is part of the plan to answer the Big Question presented to our teachers at the end of 2011 – How does Vermont Secondary College better prepare its student and teachers to meet the challenges of the 21st Century? The Year 7 iPad Program is also meant to significantly reduce the number of text books purchased by families as well as offer additional organisational options and creative tools to staff and students. Fishing for Good Classroom Apps. 50 Best iPad Apps for STEM Education. Despite early doubts, the iPad has proven to be an incredibly valuable tool for education, both in the classroom and in homes around America.
By offering students, from elementary school all the way up to the university level, the chance to do some hands-on learning, exploring, and sometimes even educational gaming, the device makes education fun and exciting, something that isn’t always easy to do. iPad/iPod Resources. 8 Free Resources on The Use of iPad in Education.
I know that most of you have got a tablet device of some sort but if it happens that you have an iPad then this post will relate to you more.
Below is a set of resources dedicated exclusively to the educational uses of the iPad. Emerging Ed Tech has done a great job in providing this list. Check them out. TCEA-Recommended iPad Apps. 25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom by Degree of Difficulty. In case you haven’t heard the news, we’re putting out a special mini-issue early next week. It’ll be available in the Edudemic Magazine iPad app and, best of all, FREE to subscribers! If you’re not (yet) a subscriber, it’ll be just $0.99. The following is an excerpt from just one of the articles in the mini-issue. It’s all about iPads in education, Apple’s role in the future of learning, and much more than that. 60 Apps in 60 Minutes: Mobile 2012. Welcome to Google Docs. High School iPad Apps. Create and publish your own wikis and blogs.
Use these web services to communicate and collaborate with your friends and coworkers. It's easy to edit this page and create new wikis. To edit this page, click the Log In (lock) button, log in as a wiki administrator and click the Edit (pencil) button. To create a new wiki, log in, then click the Add (+) button and choose New Wiki. Content previously available at this address is temporarily available at. 50 Apps You've (Probably) Never Heard Of by Cory Robertson on Prezi. A directory of educational apps that can be used in the classroom. 107 Favorite iPad Apps for K-8.
Great iPad apps for K-8 Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. A growing number of schools across the world are jumping on the digital bus and embracing iPads (less often, other tablet products) as the latest tool to teach literature in multimedia, history through games and simulations, and math with step-by-step animation of problems. Not surprisingly, student scores improve when they use iPads and their interest in school soars. I say not surprisingly because students love digital toys and in my experience work harder and longer if given the opportunity to do so with any of the digital offerings (ipods, laptops included).
In my school, we have been rotating one set of Pads this year through K-8. Drawing AirSketch Free–Turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard! Geography Health Human Atlas (lite)–With this free download you can experience just some of the power of the Blausen Human Atlas. History Maps Math Algebra Intro–Free. Mind Mapping–Thinking.