iMovie Trailer Storyboards (UPDATED) Teacher’s iPad 2015. During this coming academic year, the iPad will celebrate it’s 5th birthday.
I decided to take a look at my own iPad and what systems, apps and activities fill up my school day as an iPad teacher 5 years on. I’ve produced a breakdown of my home screen and realised it can be summarised in 5 points. Being relevant as a professionalBeing relevant to my studentsCollaboration with studentsCollaboration with teachersProduction of Interactive material. My teaching emphasises the fact that I’m still a learner and still creative. I overtly discuss this with my students every week and showcase my own productions amongst their various presentations. I’m very proud that creative writing, Music, Art, Media and Coding all have a presence in my iPad teaching. I hope it helps some teachers new to professional iPadding. Like this: Like Loading... Related New Flipped vs Old Flipped In "21C Learning" Future Proof your Learning Environment "Did you know, there's an app for that?
" About The Walking Classroom. Introduction to The Walking Classroom As a teacher, you’re probably familiar with: Standardized testing pressures Different learning styles of students Childhood obesity and its effects Students with minimal health literacy Hyperactive students Lethargic students Students unable to focus Students with minimal listening stamina Budget cuts that lead to fewer P.E. classes and decreased recess time See The Walking Classroom in Action!
The Walking Classroom can help! The Walking Classroom Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and education of all students. Using WalkKits pre-loaded with a year's worth of standards-aligned audio content, students walk, listen and learn. Content The podcasts are directly aligned to the 5th grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (link opens new browser window) (other grades are currently in development). Find out more about the wealth of content available with The Walking Classroom History Board Members. Www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2014/06/29/LearningTechnologySAMRModel.pdf. 8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education. The Education Tech Series is supported by Dell The Power To Do More, where you'll find perspectives, trends and stories that inspire Dell to create technology solutions that work harder for its customers so they can do and achieve more.
Don Knezek, the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, compares education without technology to the medical profession without technology. “If in 1970 you had knee surgery, you got a huge scar,” he says. “Now, if you have knee surgery you have two little dots.” Technology is helping teachers to expand beyond linear, text-based learning and to engage students who learn best in other ways. Its role in schools has evolved from a contained “computer class” into a versatile learning tool that could change how we demonstrate concepts, assign projects and assess progress.
Despite these opportunities, adoption of technology by schools is still anything but ubiquitous. 1. 2. Chrome Extensions - Google Slides. iPad as the Teacher's Pet - Version 2.0. An iPad can be a teacher’s very handy assistant!
Last year I published an infographic titled "iPad as the Teacher’s Pet” and I have updated it to version 2.0. It’s all about what can be done by Pad-using educators, whether or not their students have iPads. It is divided into seven sections: Show on a Big ScreenManage the ClassroomAssess Student WorkInteract with StudentsManage Your FilesMake Instructional MediaLearn New Things You can click the image on the right to download the PDF of Version 2.0.
There are loads of apps and websites listed, so I took the time to hyperlink the text in the document. There are a huge number of resources that just wouldn’t fit in the document. What has changed since Version 1.0? The first version was published in April 2013 in the days of iOS 6. Over the course of the year some apps listed on Version 1.0 of the infographic have disappeared from the App Store, a couple became overrun with ads, and others have been superseded by better options. A New Poster on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. 5 Free Services for Helping Students Learn to Spell. Home. Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. Turn Any Device into Classroom Clickers.