1. iPad Apps for Creativity
Digging Deeper into the Application of Apps
• Sara Wilkie
saraswilkie@mac.com
• Jordy Whitmer
jordyw@mac.com
http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2. Agenda
1. Introductions - 15 min
2. Creativity - 15 min
3. App Exploration - 45 min
4. App Affordances/Constraints - 20 min
5. Bloomʼs & App Classification - 20 min
6. SAMR & Apptivity Classification - 40 min
7. Apptivity Exploration & Tweaking - 45 min
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3. Introductions
• Name
• Job & What do you hope to get out of this session
personally/professionally?
• Whatʼs your favorite [student] app so far?
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4. But first ...
• Mini Lesson – 1
- Internet Browsing
- Safari bookmarks
- Safari tabs
http://tinyurl.com/blcipad
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5. • What counts as creativity? or
What does creativity look like in learning?
• How does creativity relate to Innovation?
(Sustaining, Breakout, Disruptive)
• Can revisor/remixer be as creative as the creator?
• Does Minecraft count as creativity? Angry Birds?
• Are we more creative working alone or together?
• Is there a difference between being creative and thinking
creatively?
flickr.com/photos/wespeck
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7. Thereʼs an App for That
• App Exploration - 45 minutes
- Pick 2-3 recommended apps to dive into
• App Sharing - 2 sentences or less (movie pitch style?)
- GoodReader: “App that lets you read or annotate pdfs. Great
for commenting on student writing!”
- Pages: “Word processing app. More formatting/layout options
than many.”
- Post to Google Doc
• App Sources
- Previous brainstorming
- BalancEdTech (including links to other lists)
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8. But first ...
• Mini Lesson – 2
- Installing Apps
- Moving/Organizing Apps
- Deleting Apps
- Searching for Apps
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9. Digging Deeper – 1
• Is there a better way to examine/discuss apps?
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13. Affordances/Constraints
• Possible Criteria
- Low Floor, Wide Walls, & High Ceiling
- Age Appropriate
- Curricular Connection
- Engagement
- Sharing/Exporting
- Cost
• More Rubrics/Checklists on main page
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14. Digging Even Deeper
• TPaCK
• Bloomʼs Taxonomy
• LoTi, ETaP
• Prensky
• SAMR
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24. Task – Apptivity Classification
• Individually,
• read a selected Apptivity
• classify the Apptivity – Discuss why it belongs there
• In pairs or threes,
• share your apptivity and how you classified it
• imagine how the apptivity could be modified that
might cause it to be classified higher/lower
• Group share
• Post to Google Doc?
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27. Task – Apptivity Tweaking
• Individually, Pairs or Groups
• explore selected Apptivities
• select 1 that could be improved
• explain how you would tweak it to improve it in
terms of Bloomʼs and/or SAMR
• Group share
• Post to Google Doc?
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28. Tasks #4 and #5
• Try this back at school or in your district with a
small team.
http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Apps+Taskonomy
• Publish your favorite apps & apptivities as a group
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