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1. Using an iPad with
Free Applications
in the Classroom
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2. My Blog:
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My Email:
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PS 208
Alain L. Locke Magnet School for
Environmental Stewardship
Harlem, NY
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3. Teacher Uses
Timer+ and Traffic Light
• Classroom Management
• Test Prep: pacing, stamina
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Common Core Learning Standards
• Allgrades and subject areas
• Easy to navigate
• Portable
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Grading Tools
• eGrader HD, Groovy Grader:
provides a percentage based on
number of questions on an exam
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Instruction
• Google Earth
• Maps: community studies
• The Weather Channel: radar maps, data
• Wikihoods: links places to Wikipedia
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18. Teacher Uses
Instruction
• Ted Talks: establish prior knowledge, extend
thinking
• NBC Nightly News: current events, text-to-
world connections
• NBC Politics: election news, maps
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23. Teacher Uses
Instruction
• Vimeo: high resolution videos, available on
DOE network
• MathTrain: student created podcasts
• Khan Academy: video tutorials
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BrainPop and BrainPop Jr
• Freeapp, free sample videos
• Use with a BrainPop account
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Educreations
• Notes: quick way to record class notes
• Reference: create and replay instructions or
mini-lessons
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Museum Apps
• Louvre
• AMNH Creatures of Light
• Library of Congress
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TourWrist
• 360 degree panoramic view
• Create your own or view others
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Fotopedia
• Photos from around the world
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Space Exploration
• Hubble Top 100: images from space
• NASA Viz: images and videos
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Quickvoice
• Read Alouds
• Test Prep
• Fluency Practice
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WordPress
• Management of class/school website
• Quick updates including pictures and links
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Prezi
• Interactive
presentations
• Create your own or modify existing
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HaikuDeck
• Short-textpresentations
• Search and upload photo backgrounds
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59. Apps for Students
•Class set of iPads
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Atlas
• Free Atlas Apps
• The Globe
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Interactive Resources
• SocialStudies Games: Stack the States, Stack
the Countries, Westward Expansion
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Calculator
• Includes scientific calculator in
landscape view
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Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Word of the day
• Tracks recent searches
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ETrade
• Current information
• Charts and graphs
• Research
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iPrompt
• Displays text, timed prompter
• Skillpractice: fluency, oral
presentations
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News
• Current events
• Print and video resources
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Nova Elements
• Periodic Table of Elements
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3D Cell Simulation
• Labeled models
• Easy to manipulate
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Bluster
• Literacy skills
• Practice games
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Interactive Resources
• Math Fluency: flash cards
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NatureTap and LeafSnap
• Field guide
• Research and documentation tool
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Magnetic ABC
• Manipulate letters
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Whiteboard Lite
• SMARTBoard simulator
• Connect two iPads over wifi to collaborate
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Camera
• Partner/group activities:
interviews, public service
announcements
• Portfolio documentation:
presentations, experiments, field
trips
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Scholastic Reading Timer
• Trackreading progress; stop/start timer
• Resources for teachers and parents
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Sticky Notes
• Stop-and-jot
• Organize thinking: color coded notes
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Screenchomp
• Records student work; video capture
• Share on multiple platforms: send as an
email, replay, tweet
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Perfect Captions
• Use a picture from the Internet or camera
roll
• Add captions: historical figures, fiction
characters
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Flashcardlet from Quizlet.com
• Teacher created flashcards: free account,
auto-define terms
• Students can access your flashcards or
search a database
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121. Using the iBooks Library
•Class set of iPads
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122. Filling the PDF Library
• Keynote/PowerPoint Presentations
• Documents: rubrics, reading passages
• Internet Content: articles, research information
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126. Using DocScan HD
• Turn pictures of documents into JPEG and PDF
files
• Group and organize documents
• Send documents by email, Dropbox
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133. Using QR Codes
•Class set of iPads
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134. What is a QR Code?
• Quick Response Code: digital image that can be
scanned (without the beam of light needed to scan
barcodes at the supermarket)
• Used in advertising and marketing with
smartphone users
• flyers, subway posters, brochures...
• “for more information scan this code...”
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135. Classroom Applications
• Take students directly to a website you have
chosen
• Eliminates frustration of typing in long web
addresses
• inclusion class, occupational therapy, etc.
• Saves time!
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• Project
QR Code to direct all students to the
same website
• Scavenger Hunts
• Resource List for Research
• top ten websites on ______________
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QR Scanner
• Scan
• Barcode
• QR Reader
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143. Using Dropbox
•Class set of iPads
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144. Using Dropbox
• Dropbox is a free service that lets you share files
over a wireless network
• Download the software on one computer and
files can be accessed from multiple locations...
including an iPad
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148. Using Dropbox
• PaperPort Notes (Noterize)
• Import files from a variety of sources
• Text, Drawing, Images
• Email, Print, Share
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157. Assessment Tools
•Class set of iPads
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Accelerated Reader
• Reading quizzes through Accelerated Reader
• Studentscan monitor their own progress
throughout the year
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161. Assessment Tools
City Wide Assessments
• Create your own Home Screen
button for commonly used
assessments
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ClassDogo
• Behavior management tool
• Customizable
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Socrative
• Teacher created assessments:
exit slips, multiple choice, short
answer
• Real time results
• Organized assessment data
• No student account necessary
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Google Forms
• Teacher documentation:
conference notes, observations,
behavior anecdotal evidence
• Customizable, real time results
• Multiple service providers
• Organized assessment data
• Connects to Gmail account
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