iPad Training Overviews

January 24, 2014
 

  1. Google Drive Overview
    1. Google Drive Help
    2. Viewing Options
    3. Sharing - Viewing Only, Edit, Change of Ownership
    4. Connecting more apps - templates
    5. Searching for documents
    6. Creating a new file - start from the folder you want
    7. Settings
    8. Starring Documents/Folders
    9. Spreadsheet activity
      1. Sharing
      2. Simultaneous Work
      3. Not just for calculations
    10. Explore Docs, Presentation, Drawing, Templates
      1. How could these assist you in your work?
    11. Create a Form
      1. What are the possibilities?
    12. File Management
      1. Folders
      2. Moving
      3. Upload, Convert/Non-Convert (videos too!)
      4. Browser Specific
      5. Saving as your own - File, Make a Copy
    13. Google Drive App for iPad and iPhone
    14. Google Drive App for Mac
    15. Google Sites
      1. Basic Introduction
      2. Sharing Ownership of Web Site
      3. Brainstorming Ideas for Use
      4. Help
  2. Recap!
  3. Other Resources
    1. http://www.edtechteam.com/2013-12-07docs
    2. http://www.edtechteam.com/workshops/2013-12-11
    3. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/free-downloads.html#.UssKifZZWWs


 

May, 2013
  1. Utilizing Carts Presentation by iT
  2. Reminder of Scavenger Hunt Activities
  3. Ideas and tips from yesterday's classroom walkthroughs:
    1. Use of Adobe Reader, view the screen shots and tutorial on this link. Send a pdf to your email, open in Adobe Reader and the possibilities are endless.
    2. Take photo of a text out of a book and open inEducreations for highlighting, circles, notes, color-coding.
    3. Did you know Educreations has lined paper, graph paper or coordinate grids? Tap on the lower left hand bottom and discover the backgrounds.
    4. A couple of iPads could not connect to the Internet even though the wireless icon indicated full strength and settings indicated BUSD wireless. Here is how I fixed their connection and good trouble-shooting tip for you to have:
      1. Go to Settings, Wi-Fi
      2. At the extreme right of the BUSD Network is a greater than symbol in white and blue. Tap the arrow.
      3. Toward the bottom of the screen are the words Renew Lease. Tap this. it will ask a confirming question, tap Renew.
      4. Return to Safari, clear out existing pages (as sometimes they are too many open) and your Internet connection should be working.
    5. Curricular Discussions
 
Ideas after walkthroughs to Share
 
  1. Effective Google searching on the iPad
  2. Placing Focus Wall Daily Work on the iPad
  3. Randomizer app for numbers and/or student names
  4. Student Presentations
  5. Student note-taking, portfolio productions
  6. Cross-curricular reading/writing/creating strategies
  7. Choice list of apps for group, pair, individual students
  8. Student "tech" assistant ideas
  9. Trouble Shooting for Apple TV
  10. Reboot iPad
  11. Management of distribution of iPads
    1. issuing to students
    2. retrieving from students
    3. setting up centers
    4. numbering, marking, color-coding
  12. Define vocabulary
  13. Redirecting video to Picasa, save data space
  14. Take video from with Google Drive
  15. How two students can work more effectively with one iPad - strategies for role assignments, procedures, equitable participation

 

Other:

  1. Classroom Visitations
  2. Conversations with Students
  3. Keep the conversations going with your grade level teams AND site wide staff.
  4. Share strategies ACROSS the curriculum
April, 2013
  1. Classroom Procedures and Management Discovery Activity - handout can be downloaded at bottom of this screen.
    1. Ideas from Palm Springs!
    2. Managing iPads in the Classroom
  2. Application Review and Curriculum Alignment Grade Level Activity - handout can be downloaded at bottom of this screen.
  3. Video Tutorials to use as a Review or with your students: Intro Video Tutorials
  4. Introducing iPads to Students: Lesson and Ideas for iPad Implementation
  5. See these cool iPad Scavenger Hunt activities under Tip#2: Great Introduction Activity Ideas
  6. Next Steps
    1. Review your documents at end of school year
    2. Make an action plan for 2013-2014 School year for your site to fully integrate the iPad into the learning process.
    3. Important question to keep in mind: Is it good for kids
October, 2012
click here for: notes and links from discussion
  1. Share out of "Ahas" and Ideas
  2. Update of iOS6
  3. New discoveries
    1. Google Drive -  - Easy Access to your Google docs AND built in word processing.
    2. Pocket Cloud - Mirrors your laptop computer
    3. Adobe Reader - new and improved updates
    4. Zite - custom personalized magazine
    5. ScootPad Common Core Concept Bank - with examples
    6. Wonderopolis - great writing prompts
    7. Toontastic - create cartoons - great for reading and writing AND creating
    8. Photo Transfer App - $1.99 Transfer video too -- but the only way I have discovered, as yet, to get a large video from iPad to laptop.
    9. Jasmine - no more YouTube app, I found this one to be useful.
  4. Presenting and Sharing
    1. Skitch - Annotate on a Map and Photos
    2. Educreations - Record and share with FB, Tweet, Mail, orlink lesson.
    3. ShowMe - check out Explore for ideas
    4. SlideShark - watch demo! Use iPhone as Remote.
    5. Infuse Learning - currently testing this app but truly I believe will be the answer for those classes with student iPads. I will demo the teacher/student app.
  5. Questions, Ideas, Next Steps

 

Barstow App List Activity.pdf 
(69k)
Jody Oliver, 
Apr 16, 2013, 7:04 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
iPad Classroom Procedures Checklist.pdf 
(75k)
Jody Oliver, 
Apr 16, 2013, 7:04 PM

 



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