Showing posts with label ipads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ipads. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
iPads in the Classroom - Unmissable mLearning Resources
If you are starting with the use of iPads in the classroom and have no idea where to begin, there are lots of blogs and resources you can rely on to filter interesting apps and to find activities to suit your pedagogical needs.
I highly recommend some blog posts/resources for you to get started:
How to Take Control of Tablets in a Networked Classroom
http://www.tabletsforschools.co.uk/classroom-management-how-to-take-control-of-tablets-in-a-networked-classroom
Habits of an Effective iPad Teacher
http://ipad4schools.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/ipad_teacher_habits_poster_v2.pdf
I have iPads in the Classroom. Now What?
http://langwitches.org/blog/2013/06/10/i-have-ipads-in-the-classroom-now-what/
A compilation of iPad Resources
http://www.thedigitaldogpound.com/ipad-resources.html
iPad Project Blog
http://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/ipadproject/ipad-apps/
Examples of Popplet as a Pedagogical Tool
http://skillsnack.weebly.com/popplet-examples-from-our-teachers.html
Examples of the Use of the iPad at Casa Thomas Jefferson
http://online.thomas.org.br/blog/?p=744
Apps Review
http://teachingwithipad.org/app-reviews-2/
There are tons of other sites that you can use to begin your iPadED journey. However, focusing on the small steps to achieve initial success will make you feel more confident to take more future risks and make transformative uses of mobile devices in your classes.
crossposted on http://collablogatorium.blogspot.com
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Role Playing to Prompt Writing Tasks
App: IMovie
Number of iPads: one per group
Level Teens 4
Level Teens 4
I have a very creative and hectic group of teens, who is into technology and loves playing games. My students engage really easily in tasks that have a digital component, but they tend to disconnect whenever they have to deal with more traditional ones. I decided to bring some of their creativity into play and asked them to roleplay the dialogues in unit 5. I gave each group an iPad and asked them to record themselves roleplaying the dialogues. I played the video with the sound off, and asked students to write the dialogues down as a graded exercise. In the following classes, they asked me to watch the videos again and again. I believe this repetition helped them internalize the structure because they have all done really well in this part of the oral test this morning.
By teacher Dani Lyra
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Appitivity - Young Learners and Educreations
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6660141777_f3c5978a8e.jpg |
For the
first activity I used Educreations. We were practicing vocabulary related to
the beach, but the teacher can adapt and use this activity for any kind of
vocabulary practice.
Here is the activity:
- Take the Ipads beforehand and open the app (Educreations).
- Take the Ipads beforehand and open the app (Educreations).
· - Make
it ready-to-use (click on “new project” and you’ll see a blank page).
· - Make
sure Educreations is logged in (branch’s account). So, it’s easier to access
the students’ projects later and share or embed it on the web.
· - After
doing the activities you have prepared for the Circle Time (songs and chants)
use the Ipads to review content. In this case: vocabulary.
· - The
children are already on the floor.
· - Divide
them into pairs and explain they are going to work together, taking turns.
· - Open
your Ipad (before giving the kids their devices) and show them how they have to
proceed.
· - Tell
them you’re going to speak up a word and they´ll have to draw it. (model)
· - After
drawing they have to touch the REC button and say the sentence using the word.
(model)
· - They
have to pause touching the REC button again. (model)
· - On
the bottom of the page, right side, they touch the arrow that goes to the next
blank page. (model)
· - Everybody
waits for the second word.
· - Use
the same procedure for the rest of the words.
· - After
the last slide you have to save their projects. (Ask your aid for help)
· - Save
the project with the students’ names and the class. (e.g.: Maria and Julia – K02)
· - Save
it public.
EXAMPLE:
· - Teacher:
“It’s a bucket.”
· - Students:
draw the bucket.
· - Students
record their voices saying: “It’s a bucket.”
· - They
pause.
· - They
go to the next slide.
Educreations
puts the slides all together and makes a short video. They really enjoy
watching their project and their classmates’ projects. Below you can see one
example:
After class,
the teacher can access the branch’s account and click on ‘Welcome, CTJ’. You’ll
see all the projects saved. Click on the project you want to use and you’ll be
able to share or embed it.
I have
created a digital portfolio using the free pbworks WIKI - http://kidsteacherika.pbworks.com. On the WIKI, I created
a page for each student and embedded their projects there. In the end of the
month, I sent the link to the parents. Another idea (from Carla Arena) is to
create a page for each project and send the link through “Registro Escolar” to
all parents at once. This is a screenshot from one of my student’s page:
Sunday, September 08, 2013
Compositions and iPads in the Classroom
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By teacher André
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/ |
I
would like to start by pointing out that this post does not refer to essays,
since they are too long and it would take forever to type 5 paragraphs on
an iPad (at least for an old dog like me). However, if we are dealing with
single paragraphs or shorter compositions, it works brilliantly.
Let’s
take the first composition topic of 3B, for example. The students are supposed
to write about a place that they would recommend to tourists. The example in
the book is the Great Wall of China, but students can choose any place they
have visited, be it in Brazil or anywhere else in the world.
After
handing out the iPads, you could start by asking them to find a picture of that
place (using Flickr – creative commons pictures, for example). After that, they
can start writing their paragraphs. They can check spelling and find
alternative words using a Thesaurus dictionary. Also, they need to write about
the history of the place and give suggestions to tourists. This could easily be
done with the travel apps that we already have in our iPads, and/or with the
help of Wikipedia.
In
the end, they can send their final product straight to your email account. This
activity will keep the students focused and they will have fun doing it. What a
great way to refute the students’ preconception that compositions are boring.
By teacher André
Friday, September 06, 2013
iPad Tip of the Week - Kids Apps
Many teachers report that they fear taking the iPads to use with their kids because they might get wild, ipads might get dirty, might break...
In fact, from what I´ve observed, it is quite the opposite. With a good lesson plan and classroom management, iPad classes with kids are a tremendous success with engaged and excited kids.
When teachers dare and take the iPads to class, they always mention how fun their classes were and how enthusiastic kids became with the mobile devices. Some of the little ones innocently even ask if they can take the iPads home!
Did you know that we have a Kids folder in all iPads? We have apps to practice colors, the alphabet, shapes, stories, animals, numbers, transportation, food, besides the other ones for students to draw and write.
Teacher Fernanda Mello with a group of enthusiastic students using ipads for the first time |
Did you know that we have a Kids folder in all iPads? We have apps to practice colors, the alphabet, shapes, stories, animals, numbers, transportation, food, besides the other ones for students to draw and write.
CTJ iPad Kids Folder |
Some classroom management tricks to work with ipads in a kids´ classroom:
- think of your pedagogical goal for the activity and check the choices of apps you are going to use
- test the app before your class
In class:
- Ask students to sit on the floor
- Give instructions and project on the board the steps to access the app
- set the rules for good ipad use
- hand in the ipads
- carry out the activity
- consider the kind of follow up activity you will do with the students. It could be just asking questions and practicing with them, or if it is a drawing/project, there could be a show and tell moment. In this case, make sure everybody puts the ipads on the floor and close them as they listen to their peers.
By taking these steps, your class will be a smashing hit!
So, I´d like to invite all of you to consider including an ipad activity the next time you prepare a class for your Kids, Kids Fun, Top Kids and Junior classes. Remember that the Ed Tech Monitors at your branch are ready to give you a hand to plan for an effective approach to using iPads in the classroom.
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