This presentation identifies ways to use the iPad to re-engage your students in reading. We'll look at different apps and resources that are available to integrate note taking and annotating into your reading lessons, too.

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Using a Tablet to Re-Engage
Students in Reading
Bringing students
back to books, on
the iPad

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SESSION OVERVIEW
Reading on the iPad
Native: iBooks and the iBook store
Adds: Kindle Reader & Google Play (Books)
Extensions: Curriculet and Subtext
Note Taking: Native App and Evernote
Workshop: Build an interactive text

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iBooks and the iBookstore
Texts for the iPad—some are basic, others have
immersive features.

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FICTION:
Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart”
Free version from the
iBook store (from The
Works of Edgar Allan
Poe, Volume 2)
Highlight words
and take notes

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PRIMARY SOURCES:
Emancipation
Proclamation
Free version of the
Emancipation
Proclamation from
the iBook store

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Emancipation Proclamation, iBook Focused
Here’s a text created for the iBook, including
interactive galleries and other features.

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STEAM: Exploring Space
And another—let’s look at the widgets in this one.

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Kindle on the iPad
A free Kindle app gives you access to titles
available though Amazon’s Kindle platform.
Download the App, and purchases through
Amazon’s Kindle section are loaded to your iPad.

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Google Play Books App on the iPad

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Curriculet
Web-Based Annotation “Layer” Maker
curriculet.com

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Subtext
Free App with streamlined Google Drive interface
subtext.com

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Note-Taking: Evernote (and Skitch)
• Build a digital scrapbook on a topic.
• Here’s one on the Tell-Tale Heart.
• Sync notes to your computer and iPad.
• Use Skitch to add drawings.

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WORKSHOP
Build an iPad text in Curriculet or Subtext.
• Is the activity for the whole class?
• Is it for small-group enrichment?
• Will it use only text or other media?
• Do you need note-taking integration?
• Will it be a wrap-up activity or assessment?

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