iPads in Education- Examples from the Classroom iPads in Education An iPad Workflow for the Classroom Using Google Drive & Pages, Keynote or Numbers The Google Drive iPad app is not yet all that we might want it to be, but it is definitely moving in the right direction. A recent update included the ability to create and edit spreadsheets, but it also added something equally useful – the ability to upload files from other apps to Google Drive via the “Open in” function. This creates some useful workflow options for teachers who want to assign, receive and grade student work on the iPad. Here’s how it could work. 1. Using the Drive app, the student creates a folder for assignments and shares it with the teacher (some kind of default naming strategy would be good here: see The Paperless iPad Classroom with the Google Drive app). 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Easy, right? How could teacher quickly collect all the Google accounts of the students in their class? For more info on a Google Drive iPad Workflow, see The Paperless iPad Classroom with the Google Drive app which goes into the concept in more detail and offers more options. Like this: Related
Fast Tracking a Ph.D. When I arrived at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Communications in the fall of 2001, I felt all of the sensations that accompany a fresh start: excitement, relief, uncertainty, trepidation, dread. The dread of living on a stipend that was less than half my former salary propelled me to wonder how quickly I could finish this degree and return to “real life.” At the college’s grad student orientation, we were told that the funding for Ph.D. students had recently been cut in order to admit more students: instead of a four-year teaching assistantship, we were assured three years. Our grad school dean admitted that a degree could be finished in three years, but it was rarely done. But never fear, the college always needed (exploited?) grad students to teach full time while they finished their dissertations. He cautioned us about losing our way; Ph.D. students took an average time of six years at the college to finish their degree. Not everything was smooth sailing.
How to Create Your Own Free iPad Templates for Keynote The recent update to Keynote, brought the ability to import presentations complete with master slides and preset styles. So, this got me thinking. How could I take advantage of this new feature? Start by opening Keynote, or PowerPoint, on your Mac/PC and choose a template for your presentation. Repeat for as many templates as you would like to bring over to the iPad, and organize them by creating a folder for these new templates, like in the image below. Now, these aren’t new templates in the strictest sense of the word, because once you start editing one of these, it will automatically save your new content, so here is what you need to do. Rename your newly duplicated presentation by tapping the name under the thumbnail and then open it when you are done. Simply repeat ad nauseum, and when you get tired of the presentation templates you have, go find some more! Are there apps available in the App Store that do very much the same thing? Like this: Like Loading... Related In "iPad"
The 2012 ADE Institute I've spent the past week at the 2012 Apple Distinguished Educator Institute in Cork. It's been a great week. The best thing I can say about it is that the Institute was run to the same quality and attention to detail that WWDC is. I might add, though, that the lunches were substantially better than they are at Moscone! About 270 educators from all over the world got together at Fota Island hotel in Cork to spend the week networking, socialising and working together on various projects. It was a delight to meet so many new friends. In conversations, I started to get the sense of two early and new trends that I think are interesting. The first trend is that we, as a group, are starting to get into some of the second-order effects of 1:1 programs using iPad. Personally, I'm looking to iTunes U. The second trend I picked up on was the continuing shift towards total student autonomy in IT. The final step is to eliminate the network. It will take leadership and it will take courage.
SoundCloud+QR Codes=A Gallery of Students' Voices - Getting Smart by @JohnHardison1 - Email Share February 15, 2013 - by John Hardison 15 Email Share For a multitude of reasons, teaching in today’s time is nothing short of exciting. One such reason for so much enthusiasm is the availability of educational technology. It seems every day I discover a new technology tool that offers to enhance, structure, or assess a lesson plan. Not too long ago, a few clicks of the mouse had me calculating how I could improve an already-strong lesson plan. The equation? SoundCloud + QR Codes = A Gallery of Students’ Voices. The Foundational Lesson Plan I try my very best to never put the cart before the horse. For one of our recent classroom assignments, students needed to demonstrate mastery of certain poetry terms and genres of American Literature by writing their own songs. The Problem We are absolutely blessed in Studio 113 to have a mini-recording studio with a microphone and Peavey mixer that run through a desktop computer equipped with Mixcraft 6 . The Solution The Process
Doing The Impossible: Helpful Tool Lets You Track And Assess Mobile Learning Figuring out how to manage mobile learning is hard. So we worked with the folks at Raptivity to see how they’re helping teachers tackle this Herculean task. Technology is ubiquitous and so is its phantom. It has become a major guiding force in the training and education field with the advent of E-Learning and Mobile Learning. Of course, the journey hasn’t been as smooth as we imagine it to be. In fact, formal learning being the fundamental milestone for centuries, it has ingrained into our society. What Is Mobile Learning? To give you a better idea of what mobile learning actually is, it’s an implicit learning that can occur all the time without a conventional classroom. This type of learning involves dealing with intricate information in a supplementary and non-deliberate approach. So, here the learner is not dependent on a formal setting of a classroom and the teacher to learn using an iPad. Learning happening outside the formal learning system is not very clear to the masses.
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Part Two: Ten Steps… Transforming Past Lessons For the 21st Century Digital Classroom Welcome to Part Two of this four part series devoted to bringing curriculum to the digital era. In this series of posts I want to walk you through ten practical steps I have found helpful in transforming yesterday’s lessons into 21st century digital treasures! I even include some awesome links that you will find useful in the process! Before introducing this goldmine of resources… I want to thank you for continuing to return and for continuing to share this blog with others. If you haven’t subscribed, please take a moment to do so. Quick Note – I have been getting a lot of request asking if I will make a visit to your school, organization, or conference. Introduction In the last article I introduced the first three steps in this Ten Steps… Transforming Past Lessons for the 21st Century Classroom Series. Part Two: Steps Four and Five …. Step Four – Develop an Engaging Title… and Pose a Question with out the Content Step Five – Outline the Technology to Incorporate Bloomin with the Web 2.0
5 Presentation Tools To Captivate Every Student Creating a presentation that keeps a captive audience engaged is tough. Creating a presentation that keeps distracted students engaged is a much harder task again. Whether your are demonstrating to a class or presenting at a conference, keeping an audience focused on your content is more challenging than it used to be. Children and adult audience members alike, now have glowing distractions in their pockets and are expecting the instant gratification that comes from the Internet generation. Text on slides no longer has the appeal and will easily lose the attention battle to a Facebook update or a new cow on FarmVille. Here are a few tools that will help you enthrall your audience and keep your presentations on the entertaining side of educational: SlideRocket is a hosted web app designed to take presentations to the next level with graphical prowess and multimedia integration. There are a number of real benefits in using a web based Presentation tool such as SlideRocket.
Part One: Ten Steps… Transforming Past Lessons For the 21st Century Digital Classroom Welcome to this four part series devoted to bringing curriculum to the digital era. In this series of posts I want to walk you through ten practical steps I have found helpful in transforming yesterday’s lessons into 21st century digital treasures! I even include some awesome links that you will find useful in the process! Before introducing this goldmine of resources… I want to thank you for continuing to return and for continuing to share this blog with others. If you haven’t subscribed, please take a moment to do so. You will be guaranteed future posts by subscribing by either RSS or email. Quick Note – I have been getting a lot of request asking if I will make a visit to your school, organization, or conference. Introduction I travel across the country presenting and in-servicing teachers and continually post to this Blog various ways to infuse 21st century skills and technology into the curriculum. Part One: Steps One through Three…. Links For Critical Thinking Evaluation Like this:
Education Quotes Annie Dillard:I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. Plutarch: The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. Aeschylus I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. B.B.King: The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. Heinrich Heine If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. George Iles: Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. Anthony J. Euripides: Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. Walt Disney I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. Confucius: Learning without thought is a labor lost, thought without learning is perilous. Denis Waitley: All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Greek Proverb: All things good to know are difficult to learn. Ray LeBlond: You learn something every day if you pay attention. H.G.