My nano presentation for TeachMeet Brisbane @ SLQ 16/5/2012. It shows the apps that I use on my iPad which effectively function as my Digital Teacher Chronicle.
10. Benefits
• Paperless
• Data can be backed up ( iCloud or Dropbox )
• Data can be sent electronically to staff
members or parents
• Calendar and Reminder alerts
11. Other Possible Functions
Portable Random
Scanner Student &
Group Picker
(The built-in iPad
(Teacher Tools –
Camera)
Who’s Next App)
Graphics Seating
Calculator Plan
(Graphing
Calculator App) (Smart Seat App)
12. George Maliwat
@gamboy8
Email: gmaliwat@bne.catholic.edu.au
Notes de l'éditeur
Hi my name’s George and I’d like to start by drawing your attention to this image.It’s a picture of a teacher planner which is otherwise known as a plan book, day book, or teacher diary.I personally refer to it as a Teacher Chronicle and this year I decided to do away with a paper based one and use a digital iPad solution instead.In this presentation I’ll show you the apps that I use which effectively function as my digital teacher chronicle
Marking the roll is an essential function in a Teacher chronicle and there are plenty of apps which do the job. I use the ‘Attendance’ app because I can set my own statuses such as Late6-10, Late 10+
For managing my lesson schedules and recording outlines I use the ‘Planbook’ App. I like the colour coding feature in this app and the feature where you can bump lessons forward on a non-school day such as Anzac day.
I use Teacher’s Assistant App to record student behaviours. This app is particular useful for teachers who like to use token economies as a classroom management strategy because you can allocate positive and negative points for positive and negative behaviours respectively. You can then reward students who reach a particular total (e.g. 20 points) and punish those who drop to a certain total (.e.g -5 points). Look at this student for example (Darth Vader).
I simply use the built-in iPad Calendar for recording important dates although it is quite limited in that I can’t colour code certain types.
I use the built-in iPad Reminders App for managing my to do list.
Ready to use class lists are always handy for tracking data about each student and I’ve found the Numbers App to be quite useful. It allows you to use checklists so check whether students have completed certain tasks or returned forms. This screenshot shows a real life list I currently use to track homework completion. You can also use these lists to store assessment marks. However, I’ve chosen not to because I’m more efficient at recording and analysing assessment marks when sitting in front of a proper computer using Excel worksheets.
The Excel worksheets that store my asssessment marks are saved onto a Dropbox folder so that any of my mobile devices can obtain access to them. On my iPad I use the Dropbox App to gain a read only view of my Assessment mark spreadsheets, for the occasions when I need to do a quick look up of student grades.
Paper based chronicles usually contain blank pages to scribble notes. On my iPad I use the Note Taker HD to prepare lesson notes and record notes during meetings. This is an actual example of a page I prepared for a Pythagoras theorem lesson – it was all scribed with my finger tip.
The benefits of using a Digital Teacher Chronicle are:It is paperless: I don’t have to carry around a bulky book, and a paperless solution is more environmentally friendly.All data is backed up on an external location. I currently perform a backup routine at the end of each week and it only takes a few minutes. In the event of a disaster I can recover all the data from the last backup performed. The same can’t be said with a paper based solution.Most of the apps I’ve shown you allow you to easily send data to others through email. For example, I can send attendance and behavioural log data to a parent if the need arises.The Calendar and Reminder’s apps can alert you about upcoming appointments through a pop up message.
There is so much more that you can do with a Digital Teacher Portfolio. I’ve used it to scan Student’s work by using the built-in iPad camera. I’ve used it in a Mathematics B as a Graphics Calculator. I’m yet to usedit to pick random students or arrange seating plans but I know it is possible – there is an app for nearly everthing!
I’ve decided to show an image of my timetable on this last slide because this is what I see each time I wake up my iPad. Feel free to follow me on Twitter. Thanks for viewing my presentation.
