Enhancing curriculum and instruction with the iPad
1. 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY AND
APPLICATION FOR TODAY’S TEACHERS:
ENHANCING CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION WITH APPS
Northeast Alabama Regional Summer Training 2014
Presenter: Jackie Jennings
2. MATERIALS FOR TODAY’S SESSION
Apps to Install
Socrative
Nearpod
Website with Presentation
for download
http://bit.ly/1qG8084
3. OVERVIEW
Define 21st Century Skills
Four Cs
Revisit Bloom’s Taxonomy
HOTs
Explore iPad Apps and Technology
Integration Ideas for Meeting 21st Century
Skills
4. WHAT IS 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION?
BY EF EXPLORE AMERICA
8. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS DEFINED
Definition: core competencies such as collaboration,
digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving that
help students thrive in today's world
What is the teacher’s role?
9. HOW HAS THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
CHANGED?
20th Century 21st Century
Library of Congress
11. RESEARCH AND OBSERVATIONS
Benefits WARNINGS
• iPads improve student
engagement
• Students collaborate more
when using iPads
• Students persevere through
problems when using iPads
• Students grasp concepts
more thoroughly and quickly
through the use of apps
• Allows more for differentiation
• Students have better
opportunities to create and
produce (HOTs)
Can be a distraction
without proper classroom
management
Teachers cannot let the
iPad be the teacher
Need appropriate use of
apps as it is related to
curriculum enhancement
Inadequate iPad
management/use without
teacher support and
ongoing training
13. TEACHER PRODUCTIVITY
iPad Tips – not an app
Edmodo – Classroom Management
Email – set up on iPad for on-the-go emails
Remind (Remind101) – one way messages to parents
Common Core App – quick access for lesson plans
Wifi Photo – easily access iPad photos on computer
Apps Gone Free – get apps for free
QR Scanner – to access sites with QR codes
Google Drive – cloud folders
Google Forms – for surveys/voting/assessments
14. IPAD TIPS (WITH IOS7)
Using AirPlay Mirroring (with AirServer or Apple TV)
Sleep versus Powered Off
Rebooting the iPad
Screenshot
Opening/Closing Apps
Searching iPad
Multitasking
Internet Browsers – opening/sending/closing
Notifications Center and Control Center
Settings
Keyboard
Guided Access
15. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(LMS)
Edmodo
Safe, online environment for classroom management
Digital platform for sharing links, files, and
communicating
33. SKILL/SUBJECT-SPECIFIC APPS
Futaba – multiplayer game for math,
reading, language, and self-created
content
Mitosis – cell division discovery
Sushi Monster – elementary math
iCell – interactive cell by
HudsonAlpha Biotechnology
34. DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Animoto – pictures into video
Bookabi – recordable story using pitures
Book Creator – digital storytelling to iBooks
Tellagami – animated video
Comic Life – comic strip creation
Sonic Pics – photographs into a narrated show
iMovie – video production
35. 21ST CENTURY LESSON EXAMPLES
CELLS - Biology
GMO – Genetics
Muscular System - Anatomy
36. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
HOWIS THECELLCYCLERELATEDTO CANCER?
iCell app to identify cell structures and their
functions
Mitosis app to explore the cell cycle
Lab- View cells under the microscope
TEDed video – “How do Cancer Cells Behave Differently
from Healthy Ones?”
Research and summarize article – related to P53 gene
Podcast – “Double Blasted”
Lab – Tobacco-induced mutations
Create a form of media answering the essential question
Present to your peers
39. LESSON PLANNING
QUESTIONS TO ASK
1) Have I integrating technology into this lesson?
2) Have I promoted critical thinking?
3) Have I created a lesson that will require students to
communicate and collaborate?
4) Have I encouraged creativity through a project
assignment, activity, or such?
*Remember to promote producing and creating something
to show what they know. (HOTs)
40. CONCLUSION
21st Century Skills
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Apps and 21st Century Lesson
Integration
QUESTIONS?
41. Apps Harrold, R. (2012). Measuring
the Effect of iPads in the
Classroom. The International
Educator. Retrieved from:
http://connection.ebscohost.co
m/c/articles/74482139/measuri
ng-effect-ipads-classroom
Harrold, R. (2012). The iPad
Effect: Leveraging Engagement,
Collaboration, and
Perseverance. The International
Educator. Retrieved from:
http://www.tieonline.com/view_
article.cfm?ArticleID=100
10 Big Benefits of Using
iPads in Schools
• September 27, 2011 by Corey
Fitzgeraldhttp://www.scilearn.c
om/blog/using-ipads-in-
schools.php
Airplay with AirServer
Pages
Keynote
Notability
Socrative
Nearpod
Educreations and Explain Everything
Common Core
Google Forms and Docs and Drive
iBooks
Edmodo
iMovie
Garage Band
Bookabi
Book Creator
Futaba
Comic Life
Sonic Pics
Animoto
Tellagami
Quizlet
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