Tool #1, 2012-13: iPads
Most of you have had the opportunity to spend the summer with one of the iPads from Park Center's iPad cart. We hope you've enjoyed it and have gotten a lot out of it. Now it is time to share what you have discovered with your peers so that we have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of one another. Towards that end, tool #1 requires you to share at least one use you have found for the iPads in education. To help you in this endeavor and get your juices flowing, please watch the following video and comment on it in the comment box at the bottom of this blog entry. You may want to have your iPad in hand when you view the video.Tool #1 2012-13 Requirements:
1. Select at least one application that you might use with students and share it on http://d279.us/ipadapps Here is a list of favorite teacher apps, if you want some ideas.2. After a while, go back and look at the list of recommendations created by the people in this group. It can be found at: http://d279.us/iPadappslist
3. Try out one of the apps recommended by another participant.
4. Watch the video posted above and make a comment on it, at the bottom of these instructions. You may also want to comment on the apps you have discovered.
5. For members of the Summer iPad User's Group, turn your iPad in to the Media Center by Friday, September 28. We will wipe it and re-image it for student use.
Optional Challenge Activities:
1. We expect the iPads to be back in the cart about a week into October. Check the cart out and use an app with your class.There are 20 iPads in the cart plus one for the teacher. Here's a link to the Booking Calendar.2. Use the Remote View app to project the image shown on the teacher iPad that goes with the cart. This is a 3rd generation iPad, so it has photo & video capability as well as mirroring (the capability to hook it up to your projector), but the student iPads are first generation, without those capabilities.
3. Create a Google Form for a pre-assessment, assessment, or survey and have students complete the form on the iPads. Show the results on the projected iPad.
4. Use the Socratic app to turn the iPads into a student response system.
