9 iPad Tutorials Teachers should not Miss This is the last post on iPad for this year. I have recently published several guides on the use of iPad in education starting with the best educational iPad apps for teachers and concluding with these tutorials and a soon to be released eBook that will be comprehensive enough to include everything we have covered about iPad so far. If you are an Android user and wondering why I don't talk about Android as much as I do about iPad , I recommend that you subscribe to my second blog Teacher's Mobile Technology to stay updated about educational Android tips and apps. Below is a set of great tutorials on the use of iPad. I have personally handpicked these resources from several online blogs, websites, and e-magazines.
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Outils de manipulation d'images Quick Picture Tools réunit sur une même page une série d’outils à utiliser en ligne pour manipuler images et photos. Pour le moment, le site offre 12 outils avec de nombreuses options utilisables sans inscription. Liste des outils disponibles : Embossed Text : ajout de texte en relief sur une imageWallpaper Caldendar : fabrication de calendriers personnelsMultiple Picture Wallpaper : collage photo pour réaliser un fond d’écranRounded corners : outil pour arrondir les coins d’une photoStripe Frame : ajout de bordures sur les photosPrinted Photo : ajout d’un texte sur une photoCombine images : outil pour combiner des photosEmbossed Line Frame : outil pour ajouter un cadre en relief à une photoLine Frame : ajout d’une bordure simpleBlur Edge : outil pour user les coins et les bords d’une photoAdd Text : ajout d’une zone de texte sur une photoCrop : outil pour recadrer une image Les différents modules acceptent les photos au format JPEG, GIF ou PNG. Source : Quick Picture Tools
25 Ways To Use Tablets In The Classroom When I was a kid, I dreamt about our school desks as computer screens. How cool would it have been to be able to draw, write, and learn directly onto my own computer? As the years went on, people theorized that laptops would take over the classroom, but the price of these devices was too high for a 1 to 1 ratio. It never quite caught on in lower grade schools. See Also: 25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom by Degree of Difficulty Now, it is the age of the tablet. Yet, some educators are still skeptical. 1. In a subject like art, people might think, “How could a tablet be useful? It is, but what about an app that helps with color matching and combination, or tools for interior design where the child can map out their project in concept before getting to work? When they are done, they can share in galleries with other students for critique and encouragement. 2. App developers have continually surprised the public with the complexity of tools they are able to create for tablets. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Top 7 Guides on how to Use iPad in your Classroom iPad is definitely a gadget of huge potential in education. Many schools in the States and Canada are adopting it as a learning tool within their curriculum. Developers have already started creating e-textbooks with enhanced mobile compatibility. Given this growing important of iPad in education, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning deemed it crucial to provide its readers with some of its best guides and posts we have published here during this year. 1- 12 Questions to Ask before Using iPad with your Students 2- 62 Ways to Use iPad with your Students 3- 100+ Tips on how to Integrate iPad into your Classroom 4- Excellent Slides on The Use of iPad in Education 5- iPad in The Classroom A Great Free eBook 6- 29 iPad Resources, Tutorials, and Guides Every Teacher should Know about 7- 8 Free Resources on The Use of iPad in Education
The Long-Term Effects Of Skipping Your Homework Not every student loves reading, there’s no argument on that. We’ve talked about a lot of resources for learning to read and making reading fun and easy for students, but we haven’t really talked about where that reading fits in to the larger picture of a students’ education. Though the information in the infographic below isn’t very new (the reference notes 1987), the numbers still hold true. A student who reads 20 minutes per day will read 1,800,000 words by the end of the sixth grade, compared with a student who reads one minute per day, who will read only 8,000 words. I think this lesson is important for adults, too. (Thanks to the Perry Lecompton School District in Perry, KS, for the infographic!)
Apple Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 15 iPad Skills Every Teacher and Student should Have Check the learning goals below and share with us your feedback. Enjoy 1- My students should be able to create presentations . Here are the apps to help you achieve this goal : Sliderocket Idea Flight3- Slideshark5- SlideGrabber6- Prezi Viewer4- Xavier Presentation 2- My students should be able to create digital stories. 1-StoryKit2- Talking Tom & Ben News3- I Tell a Story4- Scholastic Storia5- Talking Tom Cat6- Toontastic7- Our Story8- Bunsella Bedtimes Story 3- My students should be able to create eBooks . 1- Book Creator for iPad2- eBook Magic3- Demibooks Composer4- Story Patch5- Creative Book Builder 4- My students should be able to print their docs right from their iPad. 1- Epson iPrint2- Print Magic3- ACT Printer4- Doc Printer5- Air Sharing 5- My students should be able to create videos . 1- Animoto Video2- Videolicious3- Vidify app4- ReelDirector5- Magisto6- Super 87- Vintagio8- iMovie 6- I want to Improve my students reading skills. 11- My students should be able to screen share .
10 Awesome iPad Accessories for Teachers I received a couple of emails from some of you asking about the type of accessories to get for iPad. I am not really an expert in these kinds of things and because I can not recommend things I have not tried myself I checked with our colleague in iPadstorm and got this list below. Of course not everything is mentioned but only the most important things you might consider getting for your new iPad. Check out the list of accessories below and share with us your suggestions or additions . 1- Jambox " Apart from sounding great and looking good, they are extremely portable and play music via Bluetooth connections, so that all your devices (iPad or otherwise) can wirelessly connect..." 2- Apple TV " Any iOS device on the same Wi-Fi network can stream music, video or mirror the display entirely onto a television to share whatever content is on your iPad with friends and family.........." 3- Smartr Stand 5- Compass for iPad 6- Hover Bar 7- Mophie Power Stand 8- Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
The 18 Best Free Web Tools Chosen By You It’s the start of a new year and that means there’s infinite possibilities that lay before you. But you can’t move forward without arming yourself with the best free web tools and apps. I was perusing some of my favorite education blogs, social networks, and other time-sucking online spots when I came back to the Edublog Awards . I’m proud that Edudemic was nominated for a bunch of awards (didn’t win but what can ya do) but more importantly I’m impressed with the amount of effort put forward by the Edublogs team. They’ve rounded up some of the best education and technology resources on the planet. Below is the list of finalists for the best free web tools. Claco Find, build and share resources with teachers across the hall or across the world — aligned with Common Core ClassDojo Improve specific student behaviors and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback.
My 10 Favorite iPad Apps Used In The Classroom Technology has gone a long way in all spheres, even in education. Now, teaching and preparation for teaching can be done in a much easier way than before. Thanks to the iPad, teachers will have a fabulous new opportunity to use the different apps to create their study material in a marvelous way. The Teacher’s iPad Spectrum First, check out the popular i Pad Spectrum for Teachers by Edudemic (embedded below) Even More Goodies GOOGLE EARTH – This will help you to visualize the process of emergence of motifs or themes from some geographical regions. WUNDERLIST AND INSTAGRAM – With Wunderlist you can plan the required project details and have some visual evidence of the event, issue or problem with the help of Instagram. PREZI – With this app, you get the opportunity to view presentations which can provide you intricate multi-media ideas. TWITTER – This is not only a social networking site, you can find many useful elements for your teaching.
Excellent Resources on BEYOD for Teachers Mobile technology is making explosive growth into our schools and classrooms.There is now a growing trend towards taking advantage of mobile devices to inspire learning and promote students engagement, but the problem is that school districts can not cover the costs of these devices and to provide every student with a gadget would be out of their affordability particularly with the shrinking budgets being allocated for high tech materials.However, several initiatives have been taken to counter this financial block facing the implementation of mobile technology in classroom and one of these initiatives is called BYOD ( Bring Your Own Device). BYOD is all about students bringing their Mobile gadgets from home ( like smartphones, tablets. laptops etc ) and use them for educational purposes inside the classroom. In this way students will be learning using the technology they are already familiar with and the shortage of mobile technology will be covered. 1- Getting Started with BYOD
This Pencil Is Actually An Elaborate Puzzle If you’re using a pencil right now, put it down. Take a close look at it. What are its parts? How does it work? If it’s a mechanical pencil, this is a bit more complicated. Now, imagine you had to reconstruct your mechanical pencil out of 22 oddly-shaped (and small) pieces. That’s the idea behind the Varacil mechanical pencil from Japan which challenges buyers to assemble their new pencil by shipping to them in nearly two dozen pieces. As DIY and ‘making’ things becomes a hot trend in 2013, this pencil might be the perfect way to kick off your school year. [ Gizmodo via Excite Japan via RocketNews24 ]