Ipad

**Teaching with iPads** No IPad neccesary to participate! We have several iPads available for teachers to use.

Meghan Manfra and Nathan Stevens, NC State University

**Objectives:** 1. to help teachers become familliar with the iPad and educationally relevant applications (apps) 2. to provide an initial working knowledge of how to use the iPad in the classroom with students 3. to inspire teachers to adapt student centered teaching strategies by exploring an integrated mix of apps

iPADs are all the rage. Several school systems, colleges and universities has taken the plunge to using the world of mobile devices. Most schools are purchasing carts that can be checked out for the day, while colleges and universities are going for each individual having an iPAD.

**Opening Questions/Discussion**

**Steps to Starting an iPAD Program**


 * Deciding on Peripherals** The peripherals help the iPAD become more than a tablet. The keyboard doc allows the iPAD to become more like a laptop. Other pieces add more features to the iPAD.


 * Selecting Apps** With so many apps in the App Store, it is hard to know where to start.


 * Purchasing Apps through the Volume License** With an iTunes account, an app can only be purchased once. The volume license allows the correct amount of money to be paid the the developer. A facilitator can generate codes for a specific number of devices that can be used to redeem the app that was purchased.


 * Configuring iPADs**


 * Managing iPad Cart** For those who think that once an ipad is configured for a classroom

It is important for students and teachers to be able to switch between apps effortlessly. Using Dropbox, box.net, and other storage places to as a means to switch between app helps in an effort to access files.
 * iPAD Fluency** - the ability to move between apps to create learning materials and share them via the internet.

**Now I have an iPAD, what do I do with it?:** Can iPADs replace laptops in the classroom? And what type of activities can they be used for? Using the app Total Recall, design a mindmap on ideas for teaching with the iPAD. **Total Recall Tutorial**

**Playing Connecting the Apps ** : The true difference between the iPAD and the desktop/laptops/Android Devices is where and how files are stored. "iPAD Fluency" is the ability to integrate more than 1 app to create and distribute content. Log in to Dropbox to access file username - Teachwithyouripad@gmail.com password - teachingipad

**Creating Graphic Novels:** Graphic novels are growing in popularity with students. Most websites that allow students to create graphic novels do not work on the iPAD. With the combination of a few apps, the same results can be achieved on the iPAD. This approach teaches students to learn to navigate between apps. **Tutorial for Creating Graphic Novel**

What if you used historical photographs? [] (the photo images are also available in dropbox)

Other useful apps for teaching: **Using Google Docs** There are several options for teacher/students to access GoogleDocs. (Safari is not the best option to use Google Docs.) **App Options** PowerDocs Ginbox (formerly MultiG)- Gmail and Google Apps

**Annotating PDFs:** Just about every application on a desktop or laptop can save files as PDFs, Good Reader and Noterize are two examples of apps that enable students to edit notes.
 * Annotating PDF Note using Goodreader and Noterize**

Groupboard is a networked-based whiteboard that iPADs can access. Once an iPAD is logged in, there is a a whiteboard with several ways to input and a chat for back channel.
 * Whiteboards that Collaborate **
 * Using Groupboard**


 * 1) To access a groupboard page, click on the connect tab. You will need to be on the ncsu network.
 * 2) Enter "cedgroupboard.ncsu.edu" for the hostname
 * 3) The board number is 5.
 * 4) Leave the password area blank.
 * 5) Click on the Connect button.

Share board is a shared whiteboard application that connects 4 iPADs via bluetooth. One student creates a board and three other students can join. The iPAD can be connected to a projector.
 * Using Share board**

Student Work Recording Recording student work is one of the ways to assess how much they have learned. The only screen recording is capturing what is done on a whiteboard. Currently there are only two apps that record the screen.

Using Form to collect Data to be Stored in GoogleDocs. Forms can collect data on and offline. Create the forms in Google Docs and copy the view form address into the app. Your class can go outside and collect information to be analyzed once connect back to the internet. Forms Tutorial
 * Collecting Data **

http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/
 * Q&A **


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