The document discusses how iPads and SmartBoards can be used together in the classroom. It provides an overview of the history and capabilities of both iPads and SmartBoards. It then discusses several ways the two technologies can be connected, such as using Apple TV or VGA adapters. The document concludes by outlining guidelines for effective classroom use of interactive whiteboards and providing contact information for further questions.
iPad and SmartBoard: A Great Duo to Boost your Classes
1. LaSalle College Pedagogical Day – October 5th, 2012
iPad and SmartBoard:
A Great Duo to Boost Your Classes
Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Dawson College
8. iPad: A Landmark
Steve Jobs announces the iPad on January 27th, 2010
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3EB5UT6KI
9. Survey
Who has an iPad?
When you got your first iPad?
10. A Visionary
There’s an old saying by
Wayne Gretzky that I love:
“I skate to where the
puck is going to be, not
where it has been.”
And we’ve always tried to
do that at Apple.
33. Learning with the iPad
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfloSNpujI
34. Using the iPad in the Classroom
The main uses of the tablet in the classroom are:
• reading digital books and textbooks,
• note taking and annotating,
• searching for images on the Web,
• listening to or viewing multimedia content,
• sharing documents,
• communicating and collaborating,
• manipulating content with applications.
35. Using the iPad in the Classroom
These tasks can be performed with any computer, so
what are the differences between a tablet and a
laptop?
A tablet is a portable computer indeed, but it has
specific characteristics that can be taken advantage of
to enhance learning experiences.
36. Using the iPad in the Classroom
1) Touch screen:
The ability to manipulate objects directly
with the hand rather than with a mouse
makes the tablet more intuitive and
encourages kinesthetic learning
experiences.
A tablet's touch screen can represent objects, data or
complex processes that can be annotated and manipulated.
For example, the application Molecules for iPad lets
students examine and manipulate complex molecules in
three dimensions.
37. Using the iPad in the Classroom
2) Mobility:
A tablet can be used anywhere to produce material quickly.
A teacher can modify class notes or do exercises live, while
circulating in the classroom.
If the tablet is used as a whiteboard, students no longer have
to go in front of the class to interact with the device.
The tablet can also be used in a laboratory or in the field to
perform recordings and collect data, which can be treated
immediately with applications.
38. Using the iPad in the Classroom
3) Applications
Apps: Simple and user friendly. Free and paid.
Many can be used in educational contexts:
Evernote (for note-taking),
Dropbox (for storing documents online),
Splashtop (for connecting with a desktop computer from a
tablet),
iThoughts or Thinking Space (for mind mapping), etc.
39. Must Have Apps
CloudOn brings Microsoft
Office® to your iPad and
links it to your Box,
Dropbox and Google
Drive accounts.
CloudOn
Digital
Corkboard to
add notes
Keynote: an eBooks
Apple version
of Powerpoint
Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en
40. Classroom Apps
Attendance iThoughts HD:
Mindmapping tool
WhiteBoard HD SplashTop: Run a
virtual machine!
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNJwAL8cG8
Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en
48. iPad Survives 100,000+ Foot Fall From Space
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4xNcF6T7Is
49. SmartBoards
The Smart Board is a line of interactive whiteboards
(IWB) produced by the Calgary, Alberta-based
company Smart Technologies. It was created in 1991
51. SmartBoards
Uses for interactive whiteboards may include:
Running software that is loaded onto the connected PC, such as a web
browsers or proprietary software used in the classroom.
Capturing and saving notes written on a whiteboard to the connected PC
Capturing notes written on a graphics tablet connected to the whiteboard
Controlling the PC from the white board using click and drag, markup which
annotates a program or presentation
Using OCR software to translate cursive writing on a graphics tablet into text
Using an Audience Response System so that presenters can poll a classroom
audience or conduct quizzes, capturing feedback onto the whiteboard
58. Connecting an iPad and a SmartBoard
Apple TV device ($99) and a WIFI connection.
Connect the Apple TV device directly to the SMARTboard via
HDMI cable.
The iPad connects to the Apple TV device wirelessly via the
shared WIFI connection.
Many SMARTboards have a standard computer VGA connection
(analog).
In this case, you need a HD converter too.
AppleTV cabled by HDMI to HD Converter Box cabled by VGA to
SMARTboard. The iPad is again connected wirelessly sharing
the internet connection. This setup allows you to wander the
class room wirelessly while still controlling your SMARTboard.
64. Guidelines for effective classroom use
of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB)
Source: http://moe.eun.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=daf59604-5e41-475d-ac75-
ad44105c2ff5&groupId=10620