The document discusses the best iPad apps for teaching, as presented by Rafael Scapin at Dawson College's Pedagogical Day. It provides information on 26 different apps, including Dropbox, Google Drive, PDF Expert, Explain Everything, Book Creator, and iMovie. The apps can be used for tasks like file storage, annotation, interactive whiteboards, multimedia creation, and classroom management. Resources for staying up to date on iPad apps for education are also listed, such as the Apple Education website and iPadApps4School.

1. Dawson College Pedagogical Day – October 17th, 2014
There is an App for That!
The Best iPad Apps for Teaching
Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Office of Instructional Development
Dawson College

2. “Any sufficiently
advanced technology
is indistinguishable
from magic”.
Arthur C. Clarke

3. The Beginning

4. iPad: A Landmark
Steve Jobs announces the iPad on January 27th, 2010
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3EB5UT6KI

5. Ecosystem

6. 1.2 million apps | 75 billion downloads

7. Cloud Computing

8. Safe?

9. The iPad was made for the Cloud
[Video] Google Drive
New iPads (Oct. 16th, 2014):
16 Gb, 64 Gb, 128 Gb

10. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8
Bring yor computer files to your tablet!
1
2Gb for Free (up to 18 Gb) | 1 T for $10/month

11. 2
Google Drive
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/google-drive-free-online-storage/id507874739?mt=8
Have all your files within reach from your iPad
All your files in Drive – like your videos, photos, and
documents – are backed up safely so you can’t lose
them.
Easily invite others to view, edit, or leave comments
on any of your files or folders.

12. 3 Air Server
http://www.airserver.com/Download
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sDPy1EsYA#t=68
Mirror your display and stream
content from your iOS device
Use AirServer to mirror your iPad to
your laptop. That allows you to
project your iPad’s screen without
being tethered to VGA cable.

13. 4 PDF Expert
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pdf-expert-5-fill-forms-annotate/id743974925?mt=8
Add Drawing, Text & signatures to PDFs.
Sync with your Dropbox folders to automatically update and add files
directly to and from your iPad.

14. 5 Explain Everything
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/explain-everything/id431493086?mt=8
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and
interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate,
import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.

15. 6 Book Creator
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/book-creator-for-ipad-create/id442378070?mt=8
The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the
iPad.
Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them
to the iBooks Store.

16. 7 iMovie
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8
Browse your video library, share favourite moments, create
beautiful movies.

17. 8
Formative assessments through
quizzes and quick questions
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/socrative-student/id477618130?mt=8
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers
to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises
and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

18. 9
Nearpod
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nearpod/id523540409?mt=8
The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use their iPads to manage
content on students' iPads, iPhones or iPods. It combines presentation,
collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated
solution.

19. 10
iDoceo
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/idoceo-teachers-assistant./id477120941?mt=8
iDoceo is your new powerful and easy to use gradebook for the iPad.
Its spreadsheet engine will calculate averages in real time as you put
information in. No internet connection is required to use it.

20. 11
The official Moodle app
Moodle
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moodle-mobile/id633359593?mt=8

21. 12
Showbie
Assign, collect, and review student work from anywhere!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/showbie-for-ipad/id548898085?mt=8

22. 13
Turn your iPad into your
personal interactive
whiteboard!
ShowMe allows you to
record voice-over
whiteboard tutorials and
share them online!
Showme
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8

23. 14
Gradebook Pro
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gradebook-pro/id393777614?mt=8
GradeBook Pro is a powerful paperless classroom management tool.
Record grades, attendance, and student performance in an app designed with busy
educators in mind.

24. 15
Educreations
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?mt=8
Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that's
simple, powerful, and fun to use.
Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any
concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly
with students, or ask students to show what they know and help

25. 16
Notability
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/notability/id360593530?mt=8
Notability is the one place to create, share, and manage your notes.
It combines handwriting, typing, audio recordings, and photos so you can create
notes that fit your needs. Synchronized with iCloud and Dropbox

26. 17
Three Ring
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/three-ring/id504311049?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8
A fantastic, free service for digitizing and organizing your students’ physical work.
You can take a picture of a student’s assignment and upload it to your Three Ring
account. You can create folders for each student in each of your classes. Three
Ring could be used by art teachers to create a digital record of each student’s work.

27. 18
Flip Grid
Teachers create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to
through recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and social presence in face-to-face,
hybrid, and online classrooms, as well as enterprise organizations around the
world.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipgrid./id756972930?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

28. 19
TED
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ted/id376183339?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8
Find more than 1,700 TEDTalk videos (with more added each week) on the official
TED app. The entire library is at your fingertips to browse at any time, even when
you’re not online. Watch TEDTalks with subtitles in over 90 languages.

29. 20
Edmodo
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/edmodo/id378352300?mt=8
Edmodo makes a teacher’s daily life easier by providing a safe and easy way for
teachers and students to engage and collaborate for free, anytime, anywhere. .

30. 21
Evernote
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8
Write notes of all types, from short lists to lengthy research, and access them on
any device.
Collect web articles, handwritten notes, and photos to keep all the details in one
place and find your work quickly with Evernote’s powerful search.
Present your work as it takes shape for better collaboration in meetings. .

31. 22
Doodlecast Pro
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodlecast-pro/id469486202
Doodlecast Pro is the easiest way to create presentations on your iPad. The
app records your voice as you draw to create quick presentations.
Doodlecast Pro saves videos to the camera roll making it easy to import
them into popular video editors or presentation tools such as iMovie,
Keynote, or iBooks Author.

32. 23
Haiku Deck
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haiku-deck/id536328724
Haiku Deck makes it a snap to create beautiful presentations that will
wow your audience – whether you’re pitching an idea, teaching a lesson,
telling a story, or igniting a movement.

33. 24
Photosync
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/photosync-wirelessly-transfer/id415850124?mt=8
PhotoSync allows you to transfer your photos & videos between your
iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC over your local Wi-Fi network. It also supports
sending and receiving photos & videos to/from popular cloud & photo
services.

34. 25
Cloudon
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/cloudon-document-editor-ms/id474025452?mt=8
Create, review and edit Microsoft Word® docs, Excel® spreadsheets and
PowerPoint® presentations on an iPad or your iPhone.

35. 26
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https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/apps-gone-free-best-daily/id470693788?mt=8
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36. Resources: How to Keep Yourself Up-to-Date
https://www.apple.com/ca/education/ipad/teach-with-ipad/

37. Resources: How to Keep Yourself Up-to-Date
iPad4Schools.org
App Store - Education
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/genre/ios-education/id6017?mt=8
http://ipadapps4school.com/
http://ipad4schools.org

38. Questions

39. rscapin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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Contact Me
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