iPad demonstration for Archdiocese Convention 10.12/12

1. Lumen Christi Catholic
School

2. iPads in the
Classroom:
“Creating and
Publishing” to
Improve Student
Learning
“Creating and
Publishing” to
Improve Student

3. Collaborate and
Share
Kelly Fyfe (fyfek@lumenchristiparish.org)
Laurie Yingling (lmy@lumenchristiparish.org)
Michele Neuville (neuvillem@lumenchristiparish.org
Kathy Callahan (kmc@lumenchristiparish.org)
Stacy Lesmeister (lesmeisters@lumenchristiparish.org
)
Julie McCarragher (jsm@lumenchristiparish.org)

4. VISION STATEMENT
Lumen Christi Catholic
School, appreciates the
uniqueness and abilities of its
students as gifts from God. We
foster Catholic Tradition and
promote innovative practices
inspiring students and staff to
create, collaborate, communicate
and think critically in the 21st
century.

5. Outline for our
Presentation
Overview
General Philosophy
Lumen Christi iPad Story
Project Examples
K5, 3rd Grade, Middle School
Math and Reading
Resources

6. premise:

7. premise:
“We shouldn’t limit
our students’
opportunities with
technology to what
we know how to do
as adults.”
- Scott Mcleod
Scott Mcleod

8. Computers Allowed Us
To... Process
•Word
• vs print or type
•Create Presentations
• vs show and tell
•Search the Internet
• vs use encyclopedias
•Graph Electronically
• vs markers
article: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipads-transform-classroom-ben-johnson

9. iPads: A THINKING Tool
• Always ON / Mobile / Easy
• Student-Centered learning
✴students move from consumers of
content to creators
• Our focus is not limited to the ‘BEST’
content area apps:
✴Higher-Order Thinking (HOTS v
LOTS)

10. iPads: A THINKING Tool
✴Problem Solving
✴Authentic Assessments (HOTS)
• Collaboration (Google Apps)
✴Anytime anywhere learning
• Access to ALL 21st century resources
• Individualized Learning Plans

11. iPads force a
Create and PUBLISH
mindset
mindset
Create VS Consume
Publish VS Print

12. Kelly Fyfe
Principal
Principal
Funding
K3 - 3rd grade initiative to begin
iPads for teachers first
Move away from the textbook
Teach with the “standards” in mind

13. Kelly Fyfe
Principal
Principal
Transformation of how we “do”
school
Assessment - move away from
traditional assessments
Discussion is about learning not
about technology
Staff evaluations

14. premise:
Teachers have the
GREATEST
impact on Student
Learning
...NOT technology
...NOT technology
...NOT technology WORKS
RESEARCH: ROBERT MARZANO - CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION THAT

15. “Nothing in
education puts a
bigger ceiling on
learning than limiting
kids to what is in the
textbook...

16. ...We live in an age of
iPads, Google and
Skype. To the learner
that wants to know
more, do more, and
explore more, the
opportunities are there...

17. ...We just have to
think outside of the
book.”
Dangerously Irrelevant Blog (
http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/think-outside-the-book.html
) Krissy Venosdale via http://venspired.com/?p=3225

18. Classroom
Walkthrough
Walkthrough

19. sroom Walkthrough

20. sroom Walkthrough

21. Michele Neuville
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
EVERNOTE
FREE

22. Evernote
What is Evernote?
note-taking mobile application
(mobile means that I can access it using ANY device (iPad / computer
/ phone...)
text, images and audio
organizational app
documentation

23. How Do We Use
Evernote:
TEACHERS:
Note taking
Organizational app
Portfolio creation
Running records
Communication with parents

24. How Do We Use
Evernote?
STUDENTS:
Note taking
Organizational app
Portfolio creation
Assessment option
Communication and share with teachers

25. Evernote Example
1. Student Portfolio / Journal

26. 2. Reading Fluency / Running Records

27. Checklist:
3. Student Skill Checklist

28. Kathy Callahan
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
SHOW ME
FREE

29. Show Me
What is Show Me?
Demonstration or ‘How To’ app
Digital story-telling application
Records drawings, images, text
Projects are published to a ‘Show Me
Channel’

30. SHOW ME CHANNEL

31. How Do We Use Show
Me?
TEACHERS:
Demonstration for students
Record a ‘How To’ (instructions) for
students to view at a center, for
homework, for students who miss a class
Formative or summative assessment

32. How Do We Use Show
Me?
STUDENTS:
Book report
Steps in a science experiment
All about “X”
Collaborative project
Authentic assessment
Storytelling
Library of ‘How-To’s’

33. Show Me Example
Authentic Assessment
• Collaborative Learning and Critical Thinking
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34. Show Me Example
‘Tell Me in Five’ Example
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35. Show Me Example
Center Instruction
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36. Stacy Lesmeister
Middle School Math
Middle School Math
EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
$2.99

37. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
What is Explain Everything?
Record screen with live audio narration
Import images, drawings, PDFs, video, PPTs and
KeyNote
Digital story-telling application
Publish / Upload to YouTube, Dropbox, Evernote,
Email

38. How Do We Use EE?
TEACHERS:
Demonstration for students
Formative and summative authentic
assessment tool
Critical thinking

39. How Do We Use EE?
TEACHERS:
Fosters student decision making, designing,
planning, creating, organizing and analyzing
Eventually leads to a ‘Flipped-Classroom’
Repetition to reinforce instruction and learning
Forces individualized student learning plans

40. How Do We Use EE?
STUDENTS:
Content creation
Authentic assessments
Portfolio creation
Storytelling
Book reports
Creative writing

41. Explain Everything
Example
Example
‘Math Cast’ library
• Student-created screencasts
• A video library of math concepts
Example: Metric Conversions

42. Metric
Conversions:
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43. Explain Everything
Example
Example
Teacher Class Notes Review Example
• Create tutorials / “how to” clips
• Two-step equations lesson review

44. Solving Two-Step
Equations
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45. Julie McCarragher
7th & 8th Reading / LA
7th & 8th Reading / LA
AUDIO BOO - FREE

46. AUDIO BOO
What is Audio Boo?
Voice recording app or ‘Audio Cast’ app
Mobile
Computer or iPad
Three minutes
Publish / Upload to YouTube, Dropbox, Evernote,
Email

47. How Do We Use Audio
Boo?
TEACHERS:
Demonstration for students
Record ‘how to’s’ for students
Formative and summative authentic assessment
tool
Flipped classroom
Advances a student-centered classroom
Brings the ‘POWER’ of the voice to the classroom
Highlights THINKING and problem solving

48. How Do We Use Audio
Boo?
STUDENTS:
Radio program
Student or class interview
Story telling
Book report
Fiction or non-fiction writing
Highlights THINKING and problem solving

49. Audio Boo
Example
Example
“This I Believe” Project
• “This I Believe” is a project from NPR
• “A Public Dialogue About Belief - One Essay at
a Time”

50. “This I Believe”
Project This I Believe
TaraK McLain:

51. Lumen Christi: This I
Believe
Julia: This I Believe

52. Laurie Yingling
Technology Integrator
Technology Integrator
PINNACLE STUDIO
$7.99

53. LCTV Daily
Newscast
Daily news show written, directed and produced
by students
News, Announcements, Prayer, Pledge, Sports
and Weather
Feature Interviews
Classroom Highlights

54. LCTV News
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55. eBooks
BOOK CREATOR
$4.99
MY STORY
$1.99

56. Interactive Writing /
Blogging TOFT’S KID BLOG
MR

57. Online School
Newspaper
SCHOOL NEWSPAPERSONOINE PALYVOICE.COM

58. Resources for this
presentation
1. Archdiocese Convention site
https://sites.google.com/a/lcstaff.org/lcarchconvention/ho
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Mapping Media
2. Art 21 Web site
http://schools.archmil.org/Educators/ACT21.htm
3. Facebook and Twitter for Archdiocese
Facebook: facebook.com/archmiledu
Twitter: @archmiledu