iPad apps in the classroom

1. iPad
App-citement!Tiffany Brand
Technology Instructor, Dover Adult Learning Center
t.brand@dalc-online.org

2. What’s Different?
• Instant on – no waiting for boot-up
• Long battery life
• Packs a lot in a small package – Internet, cameras,
document storage, content creation, games, …
• Apps, apps and more apps – many free, for so many
different tasks.
• “Walled Garden” – you can’t “see” your files like you
can on a hard drive. Everything is controlled by
individual apps and passed between them, to the cloud,
or emailed out.

3. The Right Tool…
• Use the right tool for the job – it
won’t always be the iPad
• How are we using technology to
transform learning experiences?
• SAMR – Substitution –
Augmentation – Modification –
Redefinition
• Today we’ll see some things
that I think the iPad excels at…

4. Open an App
• Tap on an app to open
it.
• Click the Home button
to leave an app

5. Install Apps
• Tap “App Store” to
shop for free and paid
apps
• Search for something
in particular, or
browse categories.

6. Install Apps
• Apps can be Free or
cost $$
• Tap on the name of
the app for more
information and
reviews.

7. Install Apps
• Click the Free or
Price button and then
Install App
• Enter the password
for your Apple ID
• The app icon will
show up in an open
spot on your Home
pages

8. Organize Apps
• Tap and hold on an app
until they all jiggle
• Drag apps around to
rearrange them
• Drag apps to the right to
add another home
screen.
• Click the Home button
to stop organizing

9. App-Citement!
• Most of the apps we’ll
talk about today are
FREE
• The ones that are not
will be marked with
the current price
• Some apps are free,
but have premium
features that are an
extra cost

10. APP-CITEMENT!
Personal Productivity

11. Personal Productivity
• Heading in the direction of
being “paperless”
• Have whatyou need at
your fingertips
whereveryou are.

12. Evernote
• Evernote app link
• https://evernote.com/
• iPad/smartphone app
and PC/Mac application
• Record text, images,
and audio
• Will recognize
handwritten notes –
words are
SEARCHABLE!

13. Penultimate
• Penultimate app link
• http://evernote.com/pen
ultimate/
• Handwriting app that
integrates with
Evernote
• Draw and write
• Different colors, move
drawings around.
• Handwritten text is
searchable in Evernote

14. CloudOn
• CloudOn app link
• http://site.cloudon.com/
• MS Office on the go
• Integrates with cloud
storage services –
Dropbox, Google
Drive, Skydrive, etc.
• View and edit MS
Word, Excel and
PowerPoint docs.

15. APP-CITEMENT!
Creativity

16. Creativity
• Multimedia creation at your
fingertips
• What used to take multiple
devices, can now be done
with 1 iPad
• Manipulate photos &
drawings, publish and create
books, movies, and more!

17. Drawing
• Drawing tools at your
fingertips
• Collage
• Mark up photos

18. Doodle Buddy
• Doodle Buddy app
link
• Create simple
drawings with your
fingers
• Add text
• Draw over photos
too!
http://www.slideshare.net/kbosch/creative-apptitude-ipad-activities-for-the-
art-classroom

19. Skitch
• Skitch app link
• Also integrates with
Evernote
• Mark up/draw right
on images
• Photos, web site
screen shots, maps,
etc.

20. Skitch Examples
• Students create a
scene in another app –
Make A Scene
Farmyard that
represents a math
concept and mark it
up that scene in
Skitch to demonstrate
• http://carnazzosclass.
wikispaces.com/Multi
plication+Situations

21. Skitch Examples
• Take a picture of student work with the iPad and
then have them explain it to the class while
projecting and marking up with Skitch
http://reflectandrefine.blogspot.com/2012/07/using-
skitch-in-your-classroom.html
• http://carnazzosclass.wikispaces.com/Water+Cycle+
2014

22. E-Books
• Writing
• Art
• Audio – narration
• Video
• Publishing = more than
printing! Share with a wider
audience.

23. StoryKit
• StoryKit app link
• Create books with
words, pictures and
sound
• Books can be viewed
on the iPad where it
was created or on the
web with a private
web link
• Simple, not flashy
interface

24. StoryKit Examples
• Review of StoryKit -
http://msclarksteachingworld.weebly.com/story-
kit.html
• Example of a StoryKit story on the web:
http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-
bin/view.py?b=gfgv3qofd74k675gstrk
• 5th Grade Social Studies examples:
http://craigsworld37.blogspot.com/2012/10/native-
american-storykit-projects.html

25. Book Creator
• Book Creator app link
• $4.99 (There is a free
version which lets
you create 1 book.)
• More powerful than
StoryKit
• Let’s you create
multimedia epub
books that can be read
in iBooks and other
book readers.

26. Book Creator Examples
• http://svasey103.weebly.com/5/post/2013/11/edtech
-in-action-legends-in-the-making.html
• http://www.pinterest.com/bookcreator/made-in-
book-creator/
• Science -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZi_N4JJzQ
• Sharing – iPads, e-readers, or on a computer with
the free Readium Chrome extension -
http://readium.org/

27. Video Apps
• Plan, shoot and edit all on
one device
• Special effects – slow
motion, time lapse – great for
science appliations
• Whiteboard-style videos to
teach and explain
thinking/learning

28. Animoto
• Animoto app link
• Automatic creation of
videos
• Free version limited
to 30 seconds
• Can share with web
link
• Currently a phone
app, but iPad soon

29. Animoto Examples
• Poetry – Haiku
• Book Trailers – The
Homework Machine
and more

30. iMovie
• iMovie app link $4.99
• Full featured movie editor
– combine video, stills,
music, narration, etc.
• Style templates to make
creation easy and also
templates for “motion
picture trailer” style
movies.
• Send out to YouTube,
Vimeo, or Camera Roll
(can send to DropBox
from there)

31. iMovie Examples
• http://lindberghipads.blogspot.com/2013/05/c
reating-book-trailer-in-imovie.html
• http://creatinglllearners.blogspot.com/2013/0
7/readbox-qr-codes-book-trailers-with.html
Book Trailers:

32. Slo Pro
• Slo Pro app link –
free for basic features
• Record slow motion
video
• Export to YouTube or
Instagram
• $3.99 for advanced
features – export to
camera roll, remove
watermark

33. Slo Pro Example
• http://mlearninginmedfield.blogspot.com/2013/
04/slow-motion-science.html
Slow Motion Science

34. IMotion HD
• iMotion HD app link
• Record stop-motion
and time-lapse video.
• Saves video to
Camera Roll where it
can be exported.

35. IMotion HD Resources
• http://stopmotionintheclassroom.weebly.com/ipad.h
tml
• http://mrbradfordonline.com/experimenting-with-
time-lapse-videos/

36. Educreations
• Educreations app link
• Record whiteboard
style videos
• Describe concepts
learned or teach
lessons.
• Recordings can be
shared from the
Educreations.com
website (account
creation required)

37. APP-CITEMENT!
Augmented Reality

38. QR Codes
• Make real-life
interactive – QR
codes on posters,
objects, even a
skeleton!
http://thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning
-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes/

39. QR Codes
• Interactive timeline

40. Making QR Codes
• http://www.qrstuff.com
• Create a QR Code in Less Than One
Minute

41. Scanning QR Codes
• Scan app

42. APP-CITEMENT!
Subject Area Apps

43. Subject Area Apps
• So Many! You just have to try them to find ones you like
for your class.
• Many education websites have lists of apps to check out:
https://sites.google.com/site/brand2learnworkshops/home
/wps-ipad-workshops
• Google is your friend! “Best iPad apps elementary Social
Studies”
• Here are a few examples…

44. Math
• Sushi Monster –
practice math facts
• Bar Model apps -
Thinking Blocks –
Addition also
Multiplication, Ratios,
and Fractions

45. Language Arts
• Spelling City – works
with spellingcity.com –
games with spelling
lists – teachers can
create lists and the
students can play games
with the words.

46. Science
• NASA
• Bill Nye the Science Guy

47. Social Studies
• World Book This Day in
History
• American Revolution
Interactive Timeline

48. APP-CITEMENT!
Next Steps…

49. Get Started
• What apps will work in your
classroom to transform learning
experiences?
• SAMR – Substitution –
Augmentation – Modification –
Redefinition
• Pick one app to try, get to know
it, and use it. See what works
and what doesn’t!

50. Questions?