21st Century Mobile Learning Tools for Middle School
1. Intro to iPads in the
Middle School
Classroom
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FREE enigma app
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2. 21st Century Learning Workflow
Gather Data Analyze it Collaborate
Discover Key Findings
Articulate What You Have learned
Share Your Learning Test Your Ideas
Learn From/With Others
QRstuff.com FREE enigma app
Google Docs Form Wordle.net Word Collage App
4. Mob
Technolog
in the
School Classroom
Key Observations:
5. "If we teach today's students as we did
yesterday's, we are robbing them of tomorrow."
John Dewey.
6. We are currently
preparing students for
jobs that don’t yet
exist...using technologies
that haven’t been
invented...in order to
solve problems we don’t
even know are problems
yet.
Richard Riley
7. 21st Century Learners
• Speaking and Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Professionalism and Work ethic
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Choosing/Using Technologies
8. What Kind of Learning?
• Individualized
• Supported by technology when and
where the learner needs it
• Immersive
• Social and connected
• Non-restricting
9. What Kind of Tools?
• Individualized - Personal
• Mobile
• Games that teach, real world based
• Live and online - beyond email
• Ubiquitous access - not limited by
time, place or platform
10. What Kind of Tools?
• iPod touchs
• Cell phones
• iPads
• Netbooks
• PC’s
13. Key Observations:
Sharing a screen and ear buds
Notebooks and pens visible
Engaged
Not everyone is doing the same thing
Other things...
21 Century Skills
✓Collaboration
✓Communication
✓Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
✓Creativity and Innovation
17. When is an iPad the Best Choice?
When used as just another tool
Younger Students
When embedded in a larger lesson
When time is limited On location
Collaboration is important Students with Special Needs
Differentiated Instruction is Needed
Multimedia is a Key Component
18. Practical Tips for
Implementation
Cover them
Clone them
Device-based email
iCloud
2 students using 1 iPad
Printing and document management
Wireless screen sharing
20. Where did they go?
Over the past 25 years we have gone from
physical documents that resided in one place,
to digital documents that could be duplicated
and sent effortlessly around the world to
cloud documents that reside in one place but
can be accessed from around the world.
22. DropBox: 50GB for $9.99/month
($99.99/year); 100GB for $19.99/
month ($199.99/year).
Google Drive: 25GB for $2.49/month;
100GB for $4.99/month; 200GB for
$9.99/month; more options from
Google.
23. Demonstration
• Install DropBox on your main
computer...then install on your mobile
device (iPad)
• Place a file in DropBox on the computer.
Open it on your Mobile Device. Attempt to
edit it and save back to DropBox.
24. Classroom Application
• Quick and easy file transfer to and from
students.
• Students need not email documents, just
place in a folder shared with teacher
• Can be tricky with some programs so test
it and go with what works.
25. Demonstration
• Teacher places a file in her DropBox Public
folder and emails the link to her students
(alternately makes a QR Code for the link)
• Students open it, edit it and send back using
email OR directly to Teacher’s DropBox
using AirDropper.
26. Demonstration
• Teacher gets students to create their own
dropbox accounts. Then they share a folder
with the teacher. This folder shows up in
the teacher’s dropbox account. This is a
direct connection between teacher and
student (real time changes).
29. Experiencing Mobile Technology for Yourself
Lesson Four: Beginner Researchers
Once students have gathered information and media,
they can use tools to sort it, evaluate it and finally
present their learning in an effective way.
30. Experiencing Mobile Technology for Yourself
Lesson Five: Present Your Knowledge
Your assignment is to choose one of the following Final Product tools to create a
presentation related to a topic you are currently covering in your classroom.
Keynote: Presentation of 3 slides minimum Pages: Brochure or Poster
iMovie: 30 second video Toontastic: A narrated animation
ComicLife: Poster with 2-3 images Garageband: A Radio Public Service
Strip Designer Comic Strip Announcement
Explain Everything: A how-to video Scribble Press: Book
31. Demo of iPads Supporting
Learners
Intermediate and Middle
34. A Few More Things...
Publishing
Moving files back and forth:
Dropbox: same account (simple) or unique for each
device.
iCloud: same account needed. Potentially confusing if
too many on 1 account
eMail: works well for documents but not for multi-media
projects
Wifi connection (WebDav): requires someone to set up a
computer to act as a server.
Publishing:
Posterous.com - email your projects here
Vimeo.com
YouTube.com
Many apps have their own publishing options. Some
have nominal fees.
35. So You Still Want to
Print?
• Printopia for Mac is a great print server - $20
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/
• AirPrint Activator - Mac - FREE - and great value for
the money.
http://netputing.com/airprintactivator/airprint-activator-v3-0/
• FingerPrint 2 - Windows version - $20
http://www.collobos.com
