1.
Pedagogical
use
of iPads
James Little | Jane O’Neill
SDDU

2.
Introduction

3.
Why iPads?
• Changes how, where and when
• Easy to use, reliable, instant
• Apps
• Connects us to wider world
• Tool for consumption, discovery, creation,
communication and collaboration

4.
Toolbox
Compass
Ruler
GPS
Calculator
Camera
Video camera
Video player
Kindle
Internet
Email
Photo / video editor
Calendar
Task list
Reference book
Reference manager
Game console
Voice recorder
Radio
MP3 player
Atlas
Address book
News stand
Television
Notebook
Clock
Photo album
File storage
Portable computer
Mind map
Pen and paper
Communications tool

5.
What are you hoping to achieve?

6.
Discuss:
• What area of your teaching or
students’ learning would you
like to improve?
• Do you want to change your
practice and /or that of your
students?
Develop
graduate
digital skills
Promote
student
engagement
Assist
collaborative
work
Improve
student
communications
Make
lectures
more
interactive
Share
resources
Innovate
assessment
Change in
time or
place
What are you hoping to achieve?

7.
Productivity / Study Skills

8.
• Applicable to your own and students work
• The iPad comes with some excellent apps for
time management and proof reading:
– Mail
– Calendar
– Notes
– UniLeeds for timetables
• “There’s an app for that” - Many third-party tools
for:
– Planning (Getting Things Done)
– Content Management
Productivity / Study Skills

9.
Mail, Calendar & Dictionary Demo
• Demo
Mail, Calendar, Notes & Dictionary

10.
Demo of Things
• A Getting Things Done methodology based-
app
Demo of ‘Things’

11.
Productivity / Study Skills
• Typing
– Can get a separate physical keyboard
– Can be used for essays or extended marking
• Remote Desktop on the iPad
– Access to your PC on your iPad
Productivity / Study Skills

12.
Productivity / Study Skills
• iPad has no file system for content
• Each app provides own methods (Mail/Things)
• How:
– Sharing Documents
• DropBox
• Google Drive
– Organising and Commenting
• GoodReader
• MobileLearn (VLE)
Content Management

13.
Demo DropBox / GoodReaderDropBox and GoodReader Demo

14.
Productivity / Study Skills
Activity
• Access the shared DropBox Folder at:
http://db.tt/qoMTlx4N via the app (will send
out invite)
• Open the documents in GoodReader and
annotate
Activities

15.
Research
Research

16.
• Find and collect
– Searching
– Annotating
– Bespoke apps
– Data collection
Research
“iPads reduce the journey
time to information”
James Clay, ALTC 2012
Research

17.
• News feeds / reading lists
– Example
http://padlet.com/wall/c0x9s80867
Research
My
iPad
News
papers
Videos
Twitter
feeds
Blogs
Podcasts
Images
Research

18.
Capture and Create

19.
Capture and create
• Light, camera, action
• Recording notes
• Screencasting – multimedia presentations
Capture and Create

20.
• Evernote – notetaking ++
• Skitch – annotate images, screenshots etc
• Explain Everything – whiteboard and screencasting with
ability to import and annotate just about anything
• Annotate student work and record voice at same time
• Create teaching materials for students to review in own time
• Student presentation
• Students record group work processes
Capture and Create

21.
Activities
Choose one of the following:
1. Create your own Flipboard and magazine to share with
your students
2. Create a 1 min presentation / handout using more than
one of the following: camera, video camera, voice
recorder, screenshots, Skitch, Explain Everything,
Evernote
3. Design a task which requires students use their iPads to
find and engage with content during a lecture

22.
Teach

23.
Teach
• Getting your iPad to talk to your computer
• Thinking about all class activities
• E-voting
Teach

24.
Downloading Banxia Interact HEBanxia Interact HE

25.
Communicate

26.
Overview
• iPads all come with cameras (excl. 1st gen),
speaker and a microphone.
• Built-in Apple software for communication
• Many third-party options
• Can enhance existing communications:
– Text message
– Phone call
– Videoconferencing
Overview

27.
Messaging
• How:
– Apple iMessage
– Skype Messaging
– ‘WhatsApp’
• Why:
– Informal
– Group work spread over a location
– Free
– On-going/asynchronous
Messaging

28.
iMessage DemoiMessage Demo

29.
Video Conferencing
• How
– Apple iMessage / FaceTime
– Skype
• Why
– Small group work over distance
– More personal than phone or email (personal
support)
Video Conferencing

30.
FaceTime DemoFaceTime Demo

31.
Communication - Transformation
• Twitter
– Can be used in a ‘traditional’ way to communicate
directly with individuals or
– Transform interaction at events:
• Share ideas
• Highlight thoughts
• Connect with people
• Hashtags #HEAconf13
• Conference ‘backchannels’
• Storify
– Collate and make sense of stream of information
Transformative

32.
Twitter and Storify DemoTwitter and Storify Demo

33.
In Addition…
• Any websites or services you already use may
have an iPad application
• Blogging:
– WordPress
Blogging

34.
Communicate Activities
• Either:
– Use Twitter to find a hashtag for an event or topic
of interest
– Use Storify to collate relevant information and
publish.
• Or:
– Start using iMessage to communicate with
colleague(s) in the room about a topic of your
choice.
Activities

35.
Collaborate

36.
Collaborate
• Great opportunity to collaborate as you will all
have access to the same options
• Many collaboration apps and services have
iPad-specific applications:
– Adobe Connect (writing whilst videoconferencing)
– Google Docs/Drive (writing)
– BaiBoardHD (whiteboard ideas-generating)
Collaborate

37.
BaiBoardHDBaiBoardHD

38.
Google Docs/Drive DemoGoogle Docs / Drive Demo

39.
Collaborate
• Other services can be accessed through the
web and are compatible:
– https://etherpad.mozilla.org/
Collaborate

40.
MoPad Demo
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/
MoPad Demo

41.
Collaborate Activities
• Either:
– Join the MoPad document at:
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Ha2fjCap9f and
write about your ideas for collaboration and the
iPad
• Or
– Join the BaiBoard HD session and explore the
options, adding your ideas for collaboration
possibilities.
Activities

42.
Collaborate Activities
• Lots of possibilities. Can be overwhelming.
• Focus on what you want to achieve. Then find
apps / use.
• iPad seems to encourage interaction rather than
passive situations.
• Can enhance or transform activity
• Some apps are counterparts/companions to web-
based services.
• A great opportunity for staff and students.
Conclusion

43.
Collaborate Activities
• Q1) How would you go about evaluating the
use of apps, or issues to identify, when using
for teaching, research or administrative
activities?
• Q2) What potential and idea do you have in
using the iPad for your and student's work?
• Using Padlet:
– http://padlet.com/wall/94u8tje4a2
Moving forward…