Home. A Simple iPad Model For Teaching - A Simple iPad Model For Teaching by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we love models and frameworks.
In a single visual, they describe how things work–context, function, potential, and interdependence. So many emerging trends in education are, well, emerging. New. Alien. This can make them (the trend) intimidating, which is where models and frameworks come in–visuals that articulate ideas, and the often murky relationships between them. Every year, we work with the Teaching & Learning with the iPad Conference to spread the work of what they’re trying to do. The above model comes from a larger visual we’ll share later this week. Summary: What Am I Looking At? The model identifies four primary pieces of teaching. 1. 2. 3. 4. As communicated, it defines the function of the iPad in education as sitting somewhere in the overlap between Activities, Content, and Assessment.
On the periphery is the idea of “Personal” use–homework and learning feedback, for example. Internet Catalogue. Internet Catalogue.
iPads. My campus is part of a school wide iPad deployment for all teachers, librarians, administrators, and all 11th and 12th graders.
There are many excellent iPad resources online. Below are a few of them. More information about the blog project at my own campus can be found here. IEAR.org (clearinghouse of ipad app reviews) iPads for Everyone: How a small library program became a runaway hit and reached more than 4,100 kids and teachers. Librarian Carolyn Foote with some of her students.
Photograph by Michael Thad Carter Walk into our school library and you’re bound to see scores of iPads propped up on the tables. Our students at Westlake High, a large suburban school on the outskirts of Austin, TX, are using them to read ebooks, download assignments, edit videos, write blog posts, and to do much more. Since we rolled out our 1:1 iPad program a year ago, more than 4,100 teachers and students, including eighth graders at the nearby middle school and even some of our elementary school classes, have taken advantage of these devices.
In fact, they’ve become as much a part of students’ everyday lives as their notebooks, backpacks, and textbooks. Our students aren’t the only ones who’ve gotten into the iPad act. CybrarianJenn : Nice view! #ilf13... Librarians Supporting the 1:1 iPad Initiative. GarageBand for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store. DCSC Digital Instruction.
Articles. APPS. The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom. How Students Benefit From Using Social Media 14.60K Views 0 Likes A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it's not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.24K Views 0 Likes We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom.
To Flip Or Not Flip? Teach with your ipad. 10 Activities to do on an iPad instead of a Worksheet. I always have teachers wanting to know how they can better utilize the iPad in their classrooms.
I know that it's very easy when first receiving an iPad to take a worksheet that you have done for several years, and convert it to glass. But glass can be boring too, so I created this Breakfast Club session to give my teachers some ideas on ways to better utilize this powerful tool in their classrooms.
So the "activities" that I started coming up with started turning into all sorts of ideas and app suggestions. I shared all of the ideas with the teachers that attended, but found myself particularly enjoying the conversations that we were having about some of the activities that are taking place in the classrooms at Aurora Public Schools. Quick List: iPad Resources For The Classroom. One question that comes into my inbox or on Twitter a lot lately is one dealing with iPads.
Many schools and classrooms all over are investing in these devices and educators want to know how to use them effectively, apps to consider and more. In keeping with the "My Favorite Resources" theme (last week I listed my favorite resources for talking about Twitter) here are my go-to resources when people ask me about iPads in the Classroom. ISTE iPad In Education Webinar Resources A while back ISTE ran a great webinar with some fabulous educators on using iPads in the classroom. This site has loads of information, a collection of articles, lists of apps and information on Apple's Volume Purchasing Program. According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, educators should...
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Teach with your ipad. iLessons for Your Math Classroom. GeoGebra.