1. iOS Devices
NTIP February 20, 2013
Tanya Alvarez @alvareztany
Maria Calarco @mscalarco

2. iPads & iPods
Elementary
How to use these devices in your classroom?
Apps, Ideas & Strategies!

3. Show Me
● great for students to explain their thinking
● teachers can create lessons
● you can find many lessons already made
● free app & web-based
● keep private or public
● email, tweet, embed or link on blog
● 1 page recording only
● create a narrated story
● representing numbers
● subtraction stories
● retell cycle of a butterfly

4. Educreations
● create & share videos
● free app & web-based
● graph paper, lined...
● record on multiple pages
● you can undo or redo
● individualize learning
● tweet, copy link, email,
● Kinder Addition
● Decomposing Numbers
● Sequencing
● Recipe, science experiment, seasons inquiry

5. Audioboo
● free app & web-based
● 3 minutes boos
● share on Twitter and email
● explain your thinking
● story telling
● sequening
● making connections
● synthesizng
● oral language
● assessment
● documentation

6. Fotobabble
● free app & web-based
● talking photos
● capturing students work: !
● Inferring
● Morning Message
● evaluating character
● retell
● share on email and Twitter
● assessment and documentation
● explain your work: math problem solving
● graph, representing numbers, subtraction stories....

7. iMovie
● $4.99 app
● make movie, movie trailer, easily edit audio, add effects
and share your movies
● design your own or use samples of narrative,
fairy tale, superhero, etc.
● post to YouTube
● Extras for iMovie $1.99
● elements of a Story: Pirate Inquiry
● gather evidence of students learning:
Butterfly Inquiry, Learning About Bullying,
Patterning Movie...
● What was the best experience this year?
● Persuasive Writing: Recycling

8. Animoto
● free app & web-based
● create music videos with pics & videos
● capture students thinking
● Inferring
● Question & Answer: What do you love?
● Field Trip: Winterlude
● Shapes are Everywhere

9. Evernote
● app & web based
● portfolios
● digital collections of students work that
evidences os skills, applied knowledge...
● teacher captures a picture of students
learning, something that a "test" can't do
● Give feedback to your students assessment
tools
● How to create portfolio with Evernote?

10. Easy Portfolio
● app $1.99
● portfolio
● evidence of students learning
● add image, video, audio
● How it works portfolio

11. Skitch
● easy way to capture,
annotate & personalize
images
● then make them
available anytime &
anywhere with Evernote
● Post to Twitter, share on Blog
● use on anchor charts
● Getting started with
Skitch
● Skitch Samples

12. ● free app
● arrange photos into frames
● borders, stickers, text
● save to camera roll, Tweet or Blog
● Descriptive Writing
● Sequencing
Pic Collage

13. Pic Stitch
● Free app
● 3D shapes
● Representing Numbers (different ways to
make 10)
● Text features (Fiction/Non Fiction)
● Save to Camera Roll, Tweet
or Blog
● Sequencing
● Making Connections
● *Tweeting to Other Classes

14. Comic Story
● $0.99
● create comic strip with photos
● sequence pictures
● procedural writing
● poster

15. Word Collage
● $0.99 word collage
● save to library, Tweet, email
● Getting to know your students
● Guess the Christmas Song
● Kindness Jar
● Mother's Day
● Main idea
● Brainstorm
● Generate Ideas
● Begin an Inquiry

16. Class Dojo
● app & web-based
● engage students
● behaviour management
● instantly reinforce good behaviour
● data & reports
● attendance
● learning skills
● Get Started
● Sample Class Dojo

17. Skype
● open up your classroom
● peer to peer audience
● interact, collaborate
● build relationships
● explore geography
● talk to experts
● virtual fieldtrips
● compare & contrast
● shared classroom
experiences
● interactive video-chat

18. Edmodo
● free app & web-based
● social network for your class
● facebook for schools but secured
● great way for kids to connect from home
● great tool to flip your classroom
● collaborate discussion
● post assignments, videos, links, calendar
● polls, quizzes
● Website

19. Kidblog
● free app & web-based
● teacher approves before being posted
● kids have an audience to write = motivating
● kids can receive comments = motivating
● great tool to see your students writing
progress
● kids have access from home or school
● embed video
● Mrs. Martel's Kidblog

20. QR Code Readers & Generators
● Free apps: Qrafter or i-nigma
● Scan and Create Codes
● qrstuff.com
● Generate a code, save, print & post
● Link to Twitter, Blog or YouTube
● View a Website
● Read Text
● Encode Homework
● Link to an app

21. More Apps to Show Learning
40 top apps for education

22. Questions?