TCEA 2016 - iPad Academy - Austin, TX
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Room 11AB
Discover the possibilities for authentic classroom integration of the iPad and explore top apps for student-centered, digital age teaching and learning. Numerous free educational iOS apps will be reviewed and demonstrated. We’ll also have you share apps you’ve found useful.
Presented by:
Kimberly LaPrairie
KNL007@shsu.ed
Twitter: @drlaprairie
Marilyn Rice
EDU_MPR@shsu.edu
Mixed experience with iPad use and mixed content & grade areas -
Presentation will focus on exposing your to different apps – not in depth coverage
Brainfeed – Educational Video For Kids
◆ AGES 7+
◆ Each video is handpicked by educators - must be:
short (under 10 minutes) and
documentary style videos
Curriculum-basedEntertaining & engagingVisually stimulatingHigh quality contentAge-appropriate Child-friendly
screened for inappropriate content.
links in descriptions are disabled,
app can be password locked using the iOS accessibility options.
no advertisements
◆ over 2,000 videos - every week new videos are added to our SEARCHABLE LIBRARY
◆ Topic areas include:
ScienceThe UniversePlanet EarthTechnology & DesignArts & MusicLanguageThe Human BodySocial StudiesMathCareers
◆ UPGRADE TO ACCESS MORE CONTENT
KidsVideo: Kids YouTube Playlist
Can save YouTube videos that you want your kids to see. These videos are saved to the iPad so no worries about it being blocked.
- Save YouTube playlists and watch them later.- Continuously play YouTube videos on iOS.- Search video playlists from YouTube with keywords.- Thousands of fun and safe videos for kids.- Support AirPlay.
Passcode protection
Video timer to set a time limit for video viewing
Wordsalad - Beautiful word clouds - Lite Edition
Word cloud out of documents or sentences
-Brainstorm on a document and need a quick way to highlight the words that matter most? Try a wordsalad!-Market a message
customized with different fonts, colors and words layouts.
-Save your salads to the built in library-Export your salads to camera roll for later reuse and export them to pdf (with vector graphics!)-Share you salads to social networks
Tellegami
create and share a quick animated video called a Gami.WAYS PEOPLE ARE USING A GAMI • Greetings & Invites – Tell a story, liven up a blog, introduce someone• Education –Teach a lesson, create a book report, share a vacation, tell a story• Business & Marketing – Pitch an idea, sell a product, showcase a company
EASY TO USE1 - Customize a character
• Resize character and place it in the scene
choose your background• Personalize with a photo background
• Doodle on the background with your finger or stylus
Record your voice or type a message for your character to say
Share your Gami on Facebook, Twitter or send via text or email
Save to camera roll
• View Gami as a web URL on all devices
Also an EDU App:
Tellagami Edu is a paid version of the Tellagami app loaded with features that allows classrooms to use the app without in-app purchases.
Learn more at https://tellagami.com/edu
Story Creator - Easy Story Book Maker for Kids
easily create story books containing photos, videos, text, audio, and drawings • Add Photos from device, Dropbox, Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook
• Backup stories online
Share across devices• Share stories via email
Adobe Voice – Show your story
Create animated videos – just talk to tell your story.
Persuade, inform
• Touch to record your voice, one line at a time.
• Pick from the stunning collection of over 25,000 icons and millions of images, or use your own.• Choose the perfect theme with one tap – engaging motion makes every element memorable.• Select your own colors and fonts to make your stories look and feel exactly how you want them to.• Share it on Facebook, Twitter, email, or your own web page for anyone to watch.• Save your video to your Camera Roll to upload to your favorite video site.
Educreations Interactive Whiteboard
(Show Me, ScreenChomp, Explain Everything).
Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept.
A white board. Can record audio too. Great for math lessons. Can import images. Can be private or uploaded to weB.
create short instructional videos
Provide rich audio/video feedback on student work
ask students to show what they know
help friends learn something new.
stored securely in your online Educreations account,
You control who sees what. – on app or Educreations website
Share via link, email, social media, or embed – upgrade to Pro to export to camera roll _______________
INCREDIBLE FREE FEATURES• Record and replay your voice, handwriting, and drawings• Snap a photo or import images from Photos, Dropbox, Google Drive, or the Web• Add typed text in a variety of colors and sizes• Draw on top of everything with brilliant colors of beautifully rendered digital ink• Animate images and text by tapping and dragging while recording• Edit out any recording mistakes with the built-in video editor• Scroll pages up or down when you need extra space• Save a draft of your work and finish it later• Store your lessons securely in the cloud and control who can see what• Create and manage classes that students can join• Share your lessons with your classes, or via link, email, Messages, Facebook, or Twitter• Embed your lessons on your blog or websiteEVEN MORE WITH PRO• Export videos to the Camera Roll or open in other apps• Import documents, presentations, webpages, and custom maps• Whiteboard pointer tool (additional Pro tools coming soon)• Save unlimited drafts so you can work on multiple projects at once• 5GB of cloud storage, enough to store over 150 hours of lessons• Share Pro benefits with your entire class (up to 40 students)Educreations offers the following Pro subscriptions:1 month: $11.99 (auto-renewing)1 year: $99.99 (not auto-renewing)
Virtual Manipulatives
require a teacher to guide meaning and connections.
visual, digital objects that represent meaning
TinyTap, Create interactive lessons & games
● Make & Play- Educational games- Interactive lessons and presentations- Visual quizzes- Music activities- Illustrated stories- Make anything interactiveBest for language and math learning, personalized education, assessments and projects.
playing others created daily by educators and publishers
Make personalized interactive lessons and games
PaperHelper uniquely splits your iPad screen in half, providing you with an Internet Browser and Document writer, side by side.
Good for older grades when doing research papers.
Can transcribe your voice. Has dictionary, works cited
iSource APA (MLA also available).
Shows you how to cite the source. Creates it step by step.
includes a list of the most common formatting rules for you to use as a reference guide.- choose a resource type like a book or encyclopedia, enter the required resource information
To create a finished bibliography, simply copy the formatted citations into your favourite word processor (like Pages or Word), listed alphabetically.iSource APA assumes you have a basic knowledge of bibliographies, in-text citations, and the APA format. This app also strictly adheres to the Publication Manual of the American Psychology Association version 6.
iAnnotate
read, mark up, and share PDF, DOC, PPT and image files!
IMPORT: Connect with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive or WebDAV, use iTunes file sharing, or open PDFs directly from email or the Web.
taking notes on lecture slides,
annotating documents, revising documents,
grading papers,
ANNOTATE:
pen,
highlighter,
typewriter,
stamp,
voice recording,
Copy and paste annotations, even from one document to another.MULTITASK: 8 documents open at once, and easily navigate between them for tabbed reading. SHARE: can be viewed and edited in external PDF readers like Adobe Acrobat or Mac Preview.
Livebinders
Create binders filled with information on any topic
Seesaw: The Learning Journal
student-driven digital portfolio - independently document and share what they are learning
built-in audio recording and drawing tools to reflect on what they've learned or explain how they got their answer.
FEATURES:Easily Capture Student Learning in Any Form∙ photos, videos, drawings, text notes, links or PDFs to show what they know and store evidence in their digital portfolio.
You can also import directly from over 100 other apps.∙ Teachers can flag items in the digital portfolio for follow up or to review at parent-teacher conferences.
Encourage Reflection and Provide an Authentic Audience∙ Teachers can control who can see what, and what feedback options are available, such as likes and comments.∙ Teachers approve all new additions and comments before anything is shared with parents.
All posts are teacher-moderated.
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Sign In Options that Work for All Ages∙ Younger learners or classrooms with shared devices can sign in with a QR code. ∙ Older students can sign in with their email address or Google account.
Teacher feedback or share content
Teacher Guide for iPad
over 600 lesson activity ideas and video tutorials* that enhance learning outcomes • Apps –
video tutorials for set of opened ended apps – useful in multiple areas
. 4-12 short video tutorials for each app
• Subjects –
lesson activity ideas divided into subject and topics.
Many ideas show how apps can be combined together (App Smashing!) to create workflows and projects.
Subjects include Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Art, DT, PE, Early Years, Programming, Assessment and more.
Groovy Grader
Quick Key Mobile
eliminates hand-grading of quizzes, tests, and formative assessments - up to 30 questions long (100 in beta)
run analytics right on your phone
You complete key in app
Print answer sheet from website
Scan completed answer key
CLASSROOM USES OF THE IPAD
K-12 list of iPad apps
IBOOK CREATION
ESPECIALLY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT
SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT – iPad Initiatives
Links to google doc – sortable
appoLearning
showcases educational apps across more than 150 different subjects.Categorized by four distinct age groups:
Early Childhood,
Elementary School,
Middle School,
High School.
* apps are curated, evaluated and reviewed by a team of teachers, school administrators and app experts. * Every app review includes a Report Card where apps are evaluated on a scale between 0 and 100. The apps with the highest scores in each subject are showcased. *
The Report Card is based on a rubric that evaluates multiple factors including:
Educational Content,
Kid Appeal,
Features and Design,
Assessment,
Safety and Privacy,
Value.
App and website. Put apps on wish list. Will notify you when the price drops or when it becomes free. Can request push notifications.
What are your favorite APPs for teaching and learning?