1. 21st CenturyTeaching and Learning
with iPad
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 – 9 a.m. to noon (3 Act 48 hours)
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 – 9 a.m. to noon (3 Act 48 hours)
Location: HS Library
Facilitator: Donna Spear
2. Find all the workshop resources and more at my blog
URL:
http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/201
4/07/20/summer-2014-ipad-workshop/
QR Code (scan with the QR Reader app on your
mobile device)
3. Today’s Learning Plan
Set the Foundation (45 minutes)
• Getting connected to the school network
• Baker’s dozen essential tips and tricks
• Settings
Be Appy! (1 hour and 30 minutes)
• The App Store
• Nearpod (Engagement)
• Stage (Demonstration and Modeling)
• Socrative (Formative Assessment)
• QR Codes (Self-Directed Learning)
• Skype (Beyond the Classroom)
• iLEAP Pick a Student (Classroom Management)
Go Forth and Be Inspiring (45 minutes)
• Set a goal, begin creation, continue learning, and share!
4. Set the Foundation
• Getting connected to the school network
• Safari Web Browser
• Authentication to the network
and filter (username and password)
• What about my Apple ID?
5. Set the Foundation
• Baker’s dozen essential tips and tricks
• Click and double click the home button
• Close apps
• Sleep vs. shutdown vs. restart
• Rearrange, organize, and delete app icons
• Split the keyboard
• Create a shortcut to a website
• Quick scroll to the top of any page
• Take a screenshot
• Use the microphone
• Lock the screen
• Set the wallpaper
• Select, copy, and paste
• Dim your screen
6. Set the Foundation
• Settings
• General > Multitasking Gestures & Accessibility
• General > Usage
• Mail > AddYour School District Email > Mail Settings
• iTunes and App Store >Your Account
7. Be Appy!
• The App Store
• Searching
• Downloading
• Managing
9. Be Appy!
• Nearpod (Engagement and Assessment)
• Create or download a presentation
• Share and control the lesson in real time
• Students interact and submit responses
• Teacher monitors and measures results
• Let’s do it! – “Explaining Similes”
http://nearpod.com/
10. Be Appy!
• Stage (Demonstration and Modeling)
• iPad becomes a document camera
• Drawing and label functions
• Let’s do it! –Textbook Annotation
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stage-interactive-
whiteboard/id584574701?mt=8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdFuK2QoMew
11. Be Appy!
• Skype (Beyond the Classroom)
• Collaborate with other classes
• Invite guest speakers
• Take a virtual field trip anywhere in the world
• https://education.skype.com/
• Let’s do it! – Skype with ???
http://www.skype.com/en/
12. Be Appy!
• iLEAP Pick a Student (Classroom Management)
• Pick students to help or participate
• Easily create your class list
• Choose randomly
• Let’s do it! –Who is this week’s line leader?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ileap-pick-a-
student/id549617029?mt=8
13. Be Appy!
• Socrative (Formative Assessment)
• Smart student response system
• Engage students
• Formatively assess
• Save time in grading
• Let’s do it! – iPad Workshop Assessment (spear2013)
http://www.socrative.com/
14. Be Appy!
• QR Codes (Engagement and Self-Directed Learning)
• Quick Response codes lead students to information.
• QR codes are engaging and provide opportunity for
self-directed learning.
• Students can create QR codes in projects and
research.
• Let’s do it! – Smart Card Activity
http://www.pinterest.com/bookwoman/qr-code-
lessons/
15. Go Forth and Be Inspiring
• Set a goal, begin creation, continue learning, and share
your ideas
• Some workshop last words:
• Start small
• Master one or two apps at a time
• Don’t allow yourself to get overwhelmed
• Use your coach!! :-)
• Let students be leaders and helpers
• With innovation, mistakes are healthy
• The app Golden Rule:
• “If you need a user guide to learn the basics of an app,
find another one.”
16. The Links
Workshop Blog Post: http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/2014/07/20/summer-2014-ipad-workshop/
App Evaluation Rubric Example:
http://static.squarespace.com/static/50eca855e4b0939ae8bb12d9/50ecb58ee4b0b16f176a9e7d/50ecb593e4b0b16f17
6aa974/1330908312793/Vincent-App-Rubric.pdf
Nearpod App: http://nearpod.com/
Stage App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stage-interactive-whiteboard/id584574701?mt=8 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdFuK2QoMew
Skype App: https://education.skype.com/ and http://www.skype.com/en/
iLeap Pick a Student App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ileap-pick-a-student/id549617029?mt=8
Socrative App: http://www.socrative.com/
QR Code Apps Ideas: http://www.pinterest.com/bookwoman/qr-code-lessons/
Smart Cards Activity: http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/files/2014/07/Smart-Card-Final-Copy.docx
Workshop Learning Plan: http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/files/2014/07/21st-Century-Teaching-and-
Learning-with-iPad-Workshop-Agenda.pdf
MASD Shared iPad Use Guidelines: http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/files/2014/07/Shared-iPad-Use-
Guidelines.pdf
17. Questions & Answers
and
THANKYOU for learning with me!
Donna Spear, InstructionalTechnology Coach, Milton Area School District
Blog: http://webapps1.milton.k12.pa.us/blogs/spear/
Twitter: spear1
Skype: donna.spear