Two resources for discovering instructional ideas for mobile learning

1. Matt Gomez: iPad Lessons on Pinterest (link)
 
2. #iPadEd on Twitter (link)

Planning activities, finding resources, and our examples

Chirp App

Infuse Learning for student responses from any device


Angie Kaltoff's iPad in the classroom Webinar (~10 mins)
Angie Kaltoff's Webinar Notes

Harry Walker's App Rubric

Matt Gomez Pinterest 
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QR Codes: 
goo.gl URL Shortener
Google Spreadsheet QR code template - good for quickly making many QR Codes!

Examples from Washington: 

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• This is a vocabulary project. Students were asked to create popples for words and their definitions. We were able to move popples around, cover definitions with words, and match the words with the right definitions.
• Problem: can't save it or keep it as an interactive activity for later, only work with it during class

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• I've had students create group drawings. We pass the ipad around the room and each student gets a chance to add his/her own touch to the drawing. We all watch the drawing grow on the SMART board.

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• Students used iPads to Video other students on their team making news reports about news worthy topics(curricular goal is making a speech). This included special correspondent news reports "made in the field". These special reports interviewed teachers and students. Commercials were also  created if the team chose to do commercials. The news cast panel presented their individual news items, introduced a video special report with a transition from news cast to special report and back to the new cast panel. Students also transitioned to commercial break and back to the news cast panel.Each group presented their news cast live. It was video recorded along with each special report and commercial to be played back for review. The news team and class critiqued the entire presentation.
• The techo challenge was to get all the inputs into the iPad to mirror with my smartboard.
• The logistics monitoring students and their accountability for using the iPads posed challenges. Holding students accountable for where they had checked out to in the building to conduct their work was also a challenge.  The accessibility of the iPads to complete the  project in a reasonable time frame was a challenge as well. The assistance, patience and understanding of teachers and other staff was appreciated. Making sure that the video content of students was kept "in house" is always a concern.
• The rhubric will be developed by me and my students to be as authentic as possible.

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Using Educreations App:

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Tools for planning video projects in your classroom (Google Docs folder)

Washington Cohort Meeting 4-3-2013

Digital Content

• What digital resources are you using in your classroom? 
• Where do you find resources? 
• What content and/or idea are you most excited about?

How we use digital content/resources 

Supplement reading,

"Teacher Assistant" - help a student while you help others 

Lesson review - explain the lesson using Educreations video 

Provide more "location" or experience more than simply using photos or 

Snapshots of teaching and learning - Classroom video and pictures

• What videos do you learn from? 
• What type of video do you use in class now? 

Criteria for a GOOD instructional video:

RELEVANT - Standards-focused

1.  Visual - Instruction right down to the point
2.  Creative ways to present BORING material 
3.  Interactive - SOME way to elicit responses or stir action  
4.  Quality sound, picture - high def when possible!
5. Engaging  

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Basic needs we have: 

How do I assess student work when it is digital?  /What to do with work turned in electronically 

Content Showdown - Each content area will show off a few of their best digital resources (must be free) 

YouTube Part I: For Sharing and Learning

Yes, YouTube can be a place to find video of cats singing Christmas songs, watching home-made bicycle jumps turned into horrible accidents or college spring break videos. 

GUESS WHAT?!? That's not all that's on YouTube. 

YouTube is the #1 place to learn how to do seemingly anything in the world. From simple how-to's for a math problem to large home renovations, you can find step-by-step knowledge to learn things you never knew were possible. If you didn't know this, I challenge you to go to YouTube.com and try it out.
(A large reason YouTube is the #1 place for video is because YouTube is the easiest place to upload and share video from basically ANY device... computer, iPad, smart phone, etc.)

iMovie Tutorial by New Ulm's very own rockstar, Travis Raske:

Five Steps to Your First YouTube Upload

Step 1:  Create a YouTube Channel (Google Doc) 

Step 2:  Upload video

• From iPad (Google Doc)
• From computer
• All other devices..

Step 3:  Set video Privacy Settings 

1. Public on the web. Videos show up on YouTube and other search engines. 
2. Unlisted - Best way to share classroom videos. Can share with anyone by sending them the link to access video. Videos do not show up on YouTube search. More: What is an unlisted video? 
3. Private - You need to sign into your account to view. Can only share with others if you manually enter in each email address. 

Step 4:  Share video

Step 5: Create YouTube Playlists to save and share all your videos

Grow your YouTube Powers: 

EDIT YOUTUBE VIDEOS ONLINE

What it looks like when an app gets pushed to you

When an app is "pushed" out to your iPad or other mobile device, you need to click INSTALL and enter in your Apple ID password in order to download the app.

Other than five or six apps our instructional technology department believes all teachers absolutely need to live, we will only push out purchased apps through this system. All other useful free apps to use in your classrooms will be shared with you via email, this blog, and twitter to reach as many people as possible!

My Script Calculator

I am super excited to share a FREE app I just found, My Script Calculator.  You hand write a math problem and this app will recognize your annotations and change it into text and solve for you. You can even write the answer and it will solve for the variable (?).  Super cool!

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id578979413

10 Tips for Teachers Using Evernote

I want to share a post from a teacher on Evernote's blog for 10 tips on using Evernote in education.

Evernote Blog | 10 Tips for Teachers Using Evernote – Education Series: