Using ipads in the Classroom

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1 Presented by: Darcy Deupree Southwest High School Fort Worth ISD Using ipads in the Classroom Prezi: Online Presentation tool Prezi for ipad: Free Create, edit, present, and share your prezis anywhere with simple, intuitive multi touch gestures. Drag to pan and pinch to zoom in or out of topics, just like you do in any map apps. Revise and retouch your prezis, correct typos and adjust your presentation on-the-fly. Prezi for ipad is the perfect companion to your Prezi experience. QR Codes: Creating QR Codes Online at w website like Through an App such as Qrafter: Free QR Creator and Scanner Qrafter: Free Qrafter (Crafter) is a two-dimensional barcode scanner for iphone, ipad and ipod Touch. Its main purpose is to scan and parse the contents of QR Codes. It can also generate QR Codes when you purchase the "Pro Pack" 1

2 Scanning QR Codes: Uses your smart phone or tablet s camera Use an app such as Qrafter (can do both create and scan) or Scan. Scan can scan QR codes or barcodes. Scan for this presentation Scan: QR and Barcode scanner Scan: Free Scan is the fastest and most user-friendly QR reader and barcode scanner available. If your iphone (or ipod Touch/iPad*) came with a built-in scanner, this would be it! Check out our site at to create and manage your own QR codes for free. Ideas for QR Codes in the Classroom: 1. Extensions to assignments in class 2. Instructions for the day 3. Homework instructions 4. Website for students to go to for research 5. Link to your website 6. Health and Nutrition 7. Marketing 8. Smart Shopping 2

3 Remind 101: Communication Tool Without Sharing Phone Number Remind 101: Free Remind101 provides a safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. It is 100% free and is used by over 200,000 teachers, students and parents to send millions of messages every month. Join me to see how at works. to (810) Uses for Remind Student homework reminders 2. Extracurricular Activities 3. Tutoring Reminders 4. Parent reminders for events Groovy Grader: Grading Calculator Groovy Grader: Free Do you need some peace, love and happiness in your classroom? If so you need Groovy Grader. Groovy Grader is an App designed to replace your old school paper grading calculator. Groovy Grader provides more flexibility, convenience and ease then other popular slide graders. It can be configured to work with up to 150 question Grade It: Grading Calculator Grade It: Free The Grade It! app is a must have app for every teacher. Grade It! makes it easy to calculate percentages for any assessment. Grade It! also allows teachers to a copy of the assessment table. 3

4 Giant Timer: App that Keeps time Giant Timer: Free Giant Timer is THE best timer app, featuring crystal clear digits, great sounds, custom "Timer done" message, Timer/Stopwatch switch (for counting down or up). Socrative: Online Quiz Tool Socrative: Free Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of use to a whole new level. Be engaged for the entire class with educational exercises and games. See all your classmates ideas in real time and interact with the responses. Provide your instructor feedback on the lessons and how well you understand the material. Ask your own poll questions for the entire class or build a premade activity for your whole class. Have Fun! --WORKS ON ANY DEVICE WITH A WEB BROWSER: Tablets, Smartphones & laptops (expect some types of blackberries) MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES: Short Answer Questions Space Race Exit Tickets Quick Quiz Multiple Choice Join My Socrative Classroom My Room Number Splash Top: Remote Desktop Tool Splashtop 2: $6.99 Use Splashtop to access your computer on the local network with bestin-class video streaming performance. View and edit Microsoft Office and PDF files. Browse the web using IE, Chrome, and Firefox with full Flash and Java support. Play 3D PC and Mac games. Access your entire media library and documents. And more! Notes: 1. Install Splashtop Streamer on your PC (Windows 7, Vista, and XP), Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion), or Linux (Ubuntu 12.04). Download for free from 2. A computer with dualcore CPU is strongly recommended for best performance. 4

5 Evernote: Online Collaboration Evernote: Free Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. New York Times Top 10 Must-Have App, Winner: TechCrunch Crunchies, Mashable Awards and the Webbys. Key Features: Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists Save, sync and share files Record voice and audio notes Search for text inside images Organize notes by notebooks and tags notes and save tweets to your Evernote account Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter Works with Evernote Business: Capture, browse, search, and share Business Notes and Business Notebooks from your iphone, ipad and ipod Touch. Pinterest: Social Networking Pinterest: Free Pinterest is a tool to find your inspiration and share it with others. Use it to collect things you love, organize and plan important projects, and more. Features Pin images from around the web Explore pins and boards you re interested in Get inspiration from DIY, Travel, Food and other categories Pin with your camera Create a board that students can follow. This can include supplemental information that relates to your class. They can then share it on their board. Find other ways to engage students in your class during their own time, AP, School Connect District App. 5

6 Show Me: Interactive Whiteboard Show Me: Free Turn your ipad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old! INTUITIVE AND POWERFUL - Record your ShowMe tutorial right away no manuals or complicated menus needed - Drop in images onto the whiteboard - Easily switch between drawing and erasing (as well as pausing and playing) to make your ShowMe flow from concept to concept - You can make your ShowMe as long or as short as it needs to be, and record as many ShowMe s as you want. Go nuts! - Once you re finished recording, upload your ShowMe to share with the community (or keep it private if you prefer) - Discover awesome tutorials created by other members of the ShowMe community A VARIETY OF USES - Easily explain a range of topics from math to chemistry to music theory to basket weaving. - Add ShowMe s to your Do-It-Yourself blog - Attach a personal message to any travel photos you want to share - Diagram offensive and defensive strategies for sports - Grade student work with commentary explaining the reasoning behind their performance - Use ShowMe as an interactive whiteboard substitute Implement a flipped classroom - Showcase your ShowMes online and share your knowledge with your students, friends, family, or the world! FEATURES - Voicerecord - Multiple brush colors - Pause and erase - Import pictures from your photo library, built-in camera, or web image search - Unlimited lesson length - Free to upload and share your recordings with friends - Easy embedding for sharing anywhere - Manage students with Groups. 6

7 Ask 3: Online Collaboration Ask 3: Free Ask3 allows students and teachers to collaborate on lessons in and outside of the classroom. By turning your ipad into a recordable whiteboard, lessons can be posted into an Ask3 classroom where others can add text and video comments, questions and answers. Whether students are asking questions or answering them for others, peer to peer teaching is possible with Ask3- anywhere, and any time. Ideal for K-12 teachers & students with ipads. * Teach it once, and share with the class * Students can answer each other s questions before asking the teacher * Provide an open forum for discussion in an ipad classroom * Create quick visual lessons, and narrate as you go * Encourage your students to give constructive feedback and praise * Collaborate with your students through sets of video conversations * Easily get your point across on visual problems (math, science, physics) * Visually explain photos, sentence structure, and more in social studies, art, foreign language and English * Help with homework even when you're not in class * See what students are struggling with & personalize your teaching * Fill knowledge gaps for your students * Easy-to-use teacher app for a flipped classroom FEATURES * Make your own drawings with the pen tool in multiple color choices * Quickly draw attention with popular symbols (arrows, circles, lines, and more) * Undo/Redo tools make editing easy * Delete comments & videos you no longer need * Dynamic timeline makes it easy to see questions & comments * Use educational photos & pictures from your ipad or take your own photos with the built-in camera * Secure classroom app only shares videos & comments within the class. Join my class class code Add a comment 7

8 Near Pod: Online Collaboration Near Pod: Free Nearpod: Best Collaboration Solution - EdTech Digest Awards 2012, Audience Favorite - LAUNCH Edu & Kids Experience for yourself this magical educational app that has been used by more than students around the world in less than 11 months. Nearpod is a must have application for teachers and schools that have access to a set of ipads, ipods or iphones for their classes. What's Nearpod? The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use their ipads to manage content on students' ipads, iphones or ipods. It combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution. Before You Start Nearpod is a synchronous solution for the use of ipads, ipods and iphones in the classroom. To try Nearpod, you will need one ipad and at least one other device (ipad, iphone, or ipod touch), both running Nearpod. All devices should be connected to the Internet. To create an account or log in as a teacher you need to download the Nearpod app on an ipad. The Nearpod app for iphone or ipod allows student access only. NEW: Nearpod Homework Now your students can experience the interactive Nearpod Presentations at their own pace. How It Works Teachers use Nearpod to share content with their students and to manage the flow of the lecture. Students use Nearpod on their ios devices to receive multimedia content and to participate in engaging assessment and collaboration activities. Nearpod allows teachers to: 1. Create Content: Teachers log in to to create multimedia presentations with interactive features such as quizzes, videos, polls, drawing tools, and more. They can also access featured presentations from certified publishers and fellow educators. 2. Engage: In the classroom, teachers log in to the Nearpod ipad app to share content with their students and manage the flow of the lecture. Students use the Nearpod app on their ios devices to receive curricular content, participate in activities and submit responses. 3. Assess: Teachers can see students answers in real time on the Nearpod app. Additionally, teachers can log in to to access post-session data and obtain detailed activity reports. Download Nearpod now and sign up for a FREE account to start experiencing the magic of Nearpod! Join my class pin OSTNJ 8

9 Edmodo: Online Classroom Edmodo: Free Award-winning Edmodo for ipod touch, iphone, and ipad makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your ios device to send notes, submit assignments, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom. Teachers can post messages, keep tabs on recent assignment submissions, and grade assignments. Students can view and turn in assignments and check their latest grades. Class discussions can be conducted securely, both during and outside of school hours. Files can be shared between Edmodo and other applications such as Pages. Join my group at zqp268 Looking for more Ideas: resources technology/top- 10- ipad- apps- for- teachers 9