This document provides examples of creative ways to use iPads in reading and writing activities. It describes how iPads can be used as collaborative tools for buddy reading, recording speeches for proofreading, and creating multimedia books. The document also provides ideas for using iPad apps for activities like mind mapping, looking up synonyms, writing stories and journals, making book covers and audiobooks, and publishing student work. Links are included for blog posts with more details on these iPad integration ideas.
2. iPad and iPod Touch
• Each take a turn at reading part of the story and record your
voice
Buddy read
• Record yourself reading your speech and listen to it back
again
Speech Writing
• Read your story and listen to the puppet say it back, could
you hear if you used the right punctuation?
Proof read your story by hearing it
3. iPad only
• Reading activities, Writing frameworks
Graphic Organisers
• Organise your thoughts and ideas with pictures and
words
Mindmapping
• Sort, compare, contrast
Supergroupers
4. iPad only
• Start with the characters name in the middle, add one
describing word from the book
• Add synonyms, check that they will fit with the context
of the story
• Add a note to each synonym with the word in a
sentence that is in context with the story
Looking for synonyms
http://ipadsipodsdevicesineducation.blogspot.co.nz/2
012/05/demo-lesson-with-inspiration-reading.html
5. iPad only
• Export to iBooks so students can read it like a book
Write a class daily entry
• The more fluent writers could write their own journals
Each child could have their own journal
http://ipadsipodsdevicesi
neducation.blogspot.co.n
z/2012/11/starting-
younger-children-
reflecting.html
6. iPad only
• Create a scene print out or add to another app like Book
Creator and add text
Create a story
7. iPad only
• Add student voice, movies, photos and text
• Export to iBooks so students can read it like a book
Publish a multimedia book
• Like Felt Board, Art Maker, Puppet Pals
Use with other apps
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8. iPad only
• Have students record themselves writing, identify
which letters are incorrectly formed
Letter formation
• How many words do you know that start with the
letter ?
• Write all the words on this page that start with the
blend ?
Add endings to words
9. iPad only
• Take a photo of a page in a book and ask students to
circle or underline features of text
Find plurals, circle in red
• Take a photo of a character in a book and add
descriptive words, make voice comments
Character Description
10. • Access photos from iPad and internet and add to your
collage, add text and stickers
Publish your story
• Take a photo of a character in a book and add
descriptive words from the text
Character Description
iPad and iPod Touch
11. • Pictures could be created in other apps like Paint &
Create
Publish your stories
• Take a photo of a character in a book and add
descriptive words
Character Description
Create Posters
iPad and iPod Touch
http://ipadsipodsdevicesined
ucation.blogspot.co.nz/2012
/06/photo-and-text-apps-
1.html
12. • You cannot change fonts or size or add any pictures,
distraction free
• Miss 1-2 lines after you have typed on a line, when
printed out, editing marks can go on those empty
lines
Type your stories
• More fun then writing them out on paper
Practise your spelling words
iPad and iPod Touch
http://ipadsipodsdevicesinedu
cation.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06
/notes.html
13. • Use the drawing tools to make a book cover, add the
title, author and illustrator
Make a Book Cover
• Use the drawing apps to draw scenes and characters
from the book
Draw scenes from a story
iPad and iPod Touch
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dsdevicesinedu
cation.blogspo
t.co.nz/2012/0
8/book-
reviews-with-
ipads-and-
google-
docs.html
14. • Add text, URL, or movie links to the scene and tell us
more about the book
Take a photo of a scene from the book
iPad and
iPod Touch
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15. • Record your voice reading the story
• Add the instruments one by one to make sound
effects or to provide background music
• Share by sending to YouTube or iTunes
Make an Audiobook
iPad and iPod Touch
16. • If you have the full version you can take or use photos
and cut out people to use as puppets
• Record your voices telling the story
• Share to YouTube and embed on class website
• Save as a movie and upload to Book Creator
Publish your story
• All members of the group have a character and read
their part of the play and move the character at the
same time
Record a Journal Story
iPad and iPod Touch
21. References
• (2011). Education and iPads – home- Wikispaces
Retrieved September 30, 2013, from
http://educationandipads.wikispaces.com/ .
• (2012). iPads, iPods & Devices in. Retrieved
September 28, 2013, from
http://ipadsipodsdevicesineducation.blogspot.co.n
z/ (2009). iPods, iPhones in education- home -
Wikispaces. Retrieved September 30, 2013, from
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ths .