Holly Dornak and Jessica Dyer, ITS's, Lamar CISD
All presentation resources posted here:
http://icafe.lcisd.org/presentations/10-ipad-app-projects-students-will-love/ -
***Goal is to use the iPad or whatever device it might be to do higher level skills/ higher
levels of Blooms.
iPad Essential Skills - allow students to teach you if necessary!
- Spotlight Search - Kinder on up can do this with training!
- Adding Images to Camera Roll - Using camera, screen shot, Internet images (integrate finding
copyright-friendly issues here; for example, Google advanced search)
- Taking Video - horizontal, please!
- Action Button - box w/ arrow coming out to send stuff off of iPad
- Turning in Assignments:
- Dongle - connect to iTunes; it acts as a USB drive
- Email - generic account or student email accounts
- Cloud Storage - SkyDrive, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, etc.
- Edmodo
- Showbie- an app where teacher makes accounts and students can turn in
work from iPad. Go to showbie.com for more info.
Tip: Get the App Apps Gone Free - Gives you a few apps every day. Can use about 1/3 for
education. Many of the apps recommended in the projects to follow may cost money now, but
the presenters first became aware of them through Apps Gone Free.
education. Many of the apps recommended in the projects to follow may cost money now, but
the presenters first became aware of them through Apps Gone Free.
10 Projects:
1. Build Vocabulary - Skitch Ex: take pictures of real world objects and label fractions, get a pic off Internet of something you've been studying (Ex: peninsula); trace and annotate.
2. Send Postcards from the Edge - Turbo Collage Lite and Postino Build front of postcard with Turbo Collage then make back of postcard with Postino. Can email the postcard to some one. Also send by snail mail for a fee.
3. Go Hollywood - storyboard with Stickyboard (movable sticky notes) or Grafio Lite (limited to 4 graphic organizers) or Poplet Lite. Sock Puppet, Puppet Pals, or ToonTastic to make cartoonish videos; Cute CUT (free; almost as good as iMovie) or iMovie for live video; OSnap! or iMotionHD for stop motion
4. Use Student Instructors - Educreations and Doodle Cast - teacher can record lessons for students to review or have students record presentations or their thinking when completing an assignment
5. Become Thread Heads - Voice Thread - Have students comment on content you or they post or create. Great because it can be easily shared online.
6. Write and Illustrate - Outline, Drawing Pad, Strip Designer, Scribble Press, Little Story Maker, Book Creator
7. Witness and Report - Pocket BMX & Evernote - Have student play game while other students act as reporters. When you first do this, have a game that moves slow or allows for instant replay.
8. Building a Talking Museum - Croak.It! and Scan - Students drew and wrote about a field trip. Posted on bulletin board and put a QR code next to it linked to them reading their report. Also use DropVox to record.
9. Connect to your Community - Make it real-world - FaceTime, Skype (Ex: Talk with a fireman and he/she can give you a tour the fire station. ) Also check out Skype for educators. DigitalWish and SignUp Genius will help manage project connections.
10. Get Social - Edmodo, Twitter, Blogger - Example: @Emilydrocha posts what's going on in her class via Twitter. Check your school's social media policies before jumping into this.
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