Education
This is my first pearltree. It's a collection of information that will be useful in the classroom. Jan 20
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The report notes that support from district and state officials is essential if school-level leadership is to be successful.
Five practices of effective principals | eSchool News
47 Interesting Ways* to use an iPad in the Classroom
A great game that helps build vocabulary by matching rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives and more. You can play on your own, with a team or against a friend. It allows you to choose between grade 2,3 or 4.
Matrices, vectors, vector spaces, transformations. Covers all topics in a first year college linear algebra course. This is an advanced course normally taken by science or engineering majors after taking at least two semesters of calculus (although calculus really isn't a prereq) so don't confuse this with regular high school algebra.
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Launching an iPad 1-to-1 Program: A Primer| The Committed Sardine
Technology is redefining traditional educational paradigms, and many schools are interested in integrating the latest technological advancements into the school curriculum.
iPad and Games for Learning | The Committed Sardine
Simple Physics Here you are required to build structures for a specific task. In the image below, its a bomb shelter.
iPads in Education
Teachers with Apps | Because Not All Apps are Created Equal
This post features FREE App recommendations from the Ed App Talk community . Last week’s post, Even More Fabulous Free Apps , was a great segue into Ed App Talk’s Thursday evening discussion about what free apps our members were using and would highly recommend. We felt it only fair to share! Here is the short list:
teachwithyouripad - Blooms Taxonomy with Apps
After seeing the chart on of Bloom's Taxonomy on bloomsapps , I thought I could make a more thorough table. I like the headings that were used in the chart. Using new knowledge.
iPads and Tablets in Education | Scoop.it
Today, I used it to pre-record sections of the book that I wanted my students to focus on. I simply recorded, renamed it the number of the book pages, and dropped it into our Dropbox. Easy, slick, quick!
Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! If you find any that you have worked with in your classroom please email dmileham@e1b.org or tweet @bloomsapps or @dmileham75 with your suggestions.
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iPad Resources For School Administrators
iPad - Why? How?
Great for handheld presenting to a small group of peers. With the iPad 2, presenting via VGA/HDMI is now possible and with Apple TV this can be done wirelessly. The iBook store could be awesome if schools can contribute their own work. Now with Pages & iBooks Author on the Mac and Book Creator & CBB on the iPad, it’s easy to create original ePub titles. Free apps already out there for simple story creation and visual literacy. Possibly the best comic-making app on the Mac (Comic Life) is now available for the iPad.
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iPad for Teaching & Learning