2. Procedures
• Checkout from lab (will charge in lab)
• Send email request to check out
• Adding apps…
• iPad schedule will be posted on computer
lab website:
https://sites.google.com/a/stjosephgradesc
hool.com/sjgs-computerlab/
3. Basic Use
• Passcode to Unlock: 0316
• On/Off, Homescreen button
• See Apps Running - Swipe up with 4/5
fingers or double-tap home button
• Close out an App – Swipe up from multi-
tasking screen
• Control Center – Swipe up from bottom
(control center: volume, camera, screen
lock)
4. The Basics, Continued
• Screen Capture – Home button +
Sleep/Wake
• Save Pictures – Touch and Hold
• Reading Text:
– Settings General Accessibility
Speech Speak Selection or Speak Screen
5. The Basics, Wrapping Up
• Using iPad as Mouse: Remote Mouse
(App on iPad controls Computer through
wireless network)
• Mirroring iPad to Computer Screen with
Reflector or Air Server (Putting iPad
screen onto computer…and then onto
projector)
6. Apps!
• All Apps shared today are already
downloaded on iPads
• Several have the “lite” (free) version
downloaded…possible upgrade if used
often
• Learn about new apps to try?
– Email John or I…
7. “Tellagami”
What does it do?
• Customize character,
mood and setting to
create short, animated
message
How can I use it?
• Introduce self at
beginning of year,
explaining how to be a
school citizen, story
retellings, explaining
areas of study
8. “Chatterpix”; “Explain Everything”
What does it do?
• Take a picture, add
mouth, add vocal
recording
How can I use it?
• Give bios for Famous
Americans, explain roles
of community helpers,
explaining pictures of
natural disasters
9. “Label Craft”
What does it do?
• Add labels to images
How can I use it?
• Label parts of the plant
• Label layers of the
rainforest
• Label planets in solar
system
10. “Book Creator”, “Little Storymaker”
What does it do?
• Create your own books –
add text and images
How can I use it?
• Create own digital stories
– About Me, nonfictional
stories based on unit
studies
11. “Doodle Buddy”
What does it do?
• Whiteboard drawing
How can I use it?
• Practice spelling words
• Mirror up to whiteboard –
brainstorms, lists
• Handwriting, letter
practice
12. “PhotoCard”
What does it do?
• Make your own postcard
– Select picture
– Add text or voice (up to 60
seconds)
How can I use it?
• Pioneer Postcard
• Writing a letter from the
Artic/Antartic
• Letters to ancestors
(immigration study)
13. “Toontastic”
What does it do?
• Create digital stories –
walks student through
various elements of
stories (i.e. conflict,
climax, resolution)
How can I use it?
• Modeling/practicing the
elements of story writing
14. “Thinglink”
What does it do?
• Upload image and add
tags to link to images,
text, video, websites
• (*Create an account to
sign in)
How can I use it?
• Tag parts of Solar
System,
15. “Sock Puppets”
What does it do?
• Create a puppet show –
choose characters,
background, props
• Record characters talking
to each other
How can I use it?
• Famous Americans
interview, modeling
respect and kindness,
interview a fairy tale
character,
16. “Popplet” (lite)
What does it do?
• Graphic organizer –
students can import
images
How can I use it?
• Brainstorming tool for
writing, sequencing event
tool, sort/organize tool
17. “Haiku Deck”
What does it do?
• Select image, add text,
add a chart
How can I use it?
• School Tour
• Interview another student
• Book summary
• Geometry scavenger hunt
18. “Screen Chomp” or “Show Me”
What does it do?
• White board
• Add text with pen
(change color, size)
• Add vocal recording (30
seconds)
• (*Screen Chomp – can
email)
How can I use it?
• Explain steps of math
problem
• Drawing the stages life
cycles
19. “Write About This” (lite)
What does it do?
• Photos to choose from for
writing prompts
• Add own photo for writing
prompt
How can I use it?
• Stuck while choosing
writing topic
• Free write
20. “Visual Poetry”
What does it do?
• Draft poem – choose
shape, color, background
photo
How can I use it?
• Poem with subject matter
as background
21. “Puppet Edu”
• Create a narrated
slideshow
• Add photos; narrate while
flipping through photos
• Take pictures of own work
(project library
• Find images online, take
pictures of events, people
around school
22. “Telestory”
What does it do?
• Create an animated story
with camera and
microphone
How can I use it?
• Weather unit, retelling
nonfictional events,
interview
23. “Idea Sketch”
What does it do?
• Create a graphic
organizer
How can I use it?
• Story brainstorming,
outline nonfictional writing
24. “Pic Collage”
What does it do?
• Add pictures, choose
layouts
• Add text, stickers,
background
How can I use it?
• Collect images relating to
topic of study
• Add captions
• Beginning of year –
establishing routines
25. “Dragon Dictation”
What it does it do?
• Record voice, creates
notes
How can I use it?
• Quick note taking,
comparing with reading
aloud text
26. “MathBoard”
• What does it do?
– Addition/Subtraction, Multiplication and
Division problems – adjusts problems
according to students’ scores
27. “Thinking Blocks Addition”
& “Thinking Blocks Multiplication”
• What does it do?
– Given word problems – building a model to
solve and check your work
32. Apps for Classroom Management
• Class Dojo – Tracks student behavior
• Best Timer - Timer
• Too Noisy – Measures noise in room
• Pick Me – Name generator