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=Using iPads in the Classroom = The iPad is a “21st Century” device that can change the way you and your students access the web, share media, and learn on the go. This workshop will cover an introduction to the iPad and will be fun and full of hands-on activities for personal productivity and classroom integration. = Wikispace KWL - link =
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|| [] media type="youtube" key="YFnWoEGWCVY" height="237" width="396" || Here's what the iPad brings to the table from the perspective of educators.
 * ** Device advantages **

**Screen size, touch interface - **The 10-inch screen renders content beautifully and has a nice large touch interface that students with motor skill issues can work with easily.

**Battery life** - The iPad advertised a 10-hour video viewing battery life. Even with a 6-cell battery, a netbook would only last four hours. **Predictable user experience - **Students pull the iPad out, hit power, and jump into an app quickly. Because the process is so fast, teachers don't lose much instruction time. "You know when you open an application that it’s going to run. You know what it’s going to do. Everything happens the way it should happen 99.9 percent of the time."

**Communicating, consumption - **With the iPad, you don't have to worry about outlets, power cords or battery life. And they're fantastic for communicating, e-reading and Web browsing. || ** Device limitations, challenges ** But the device does have limitations and presents challenges we will need to overcome.

**Sharing devices **- In one-to-one pilots, sharing can be difficult. For the device to be effective in the classroom, you need to have your own because it's a personal device that leaves a data footprint. Sharing the iPads doesn't allow students to make them their own, and there's a learning curve to acquire the skills you need to effectively use the touch interface.

**The touch interface - **The touch interface and the keyboard of the iPad can be difficult. The more students use it, the more they become comfortable.

**Moving Documents from the iPad- **<span style="color: #31505e; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Moving documents made on an iPad to another device can be tricky. Box.net offers the best alternative for students. ||
 * 20 iPad Cart at the High School || 10 iPad Cart at the Middle School ||

**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">How to use the iPads in class ** <span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">This year we are experimenting with how the iPads are used in class. Some activities have worked more effectively than others. In many cases, we're hamstrung by our need to share the iPads. The resultant inability to store personal student data on them (such as login information) has made it difficult to use many apps and web services. Their use in class has been focused primarily on the following activities:

**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">A. Reference tool - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Teachers can use the iPads extensively as a research tool. Students use the Google app for general web research and we also subscribe to several web based library services that students can access. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">B. Documents and Presentations - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">The specialized apps we have used most often involve reading, creation and marking up of documents and presentations. The apps include: <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Pages and Office HD for word processing and note taking <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Keynote for creating presentations <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Box.net for distributing documents to students <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Safari for browsing the web **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">C. E-Books - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Since the availability of quality digital textbooks for the course curriculum being covered is pretty thin, e-books and textbooks have not been explored at this time. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">D. Collaborative Projects - **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">The size and weight of the iPad make it an ideal tool for group work and it can easily be passed around and shared. Instant On Wi-Fi - LMSD-MAC Searching Keyboard || =Gestures= Tap Tap and Hold Double Tab Flick (Scroll) Tap and Drag Pinch & Stretch || =Applications= Safari Pages = Word Numbers = Excel Keynote = Powerpoint Copy and Paste Image into Pages || = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Informational Websites: =
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iPad Educational Apps
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=iPad Basics=
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 * ===[|Apple - iPad - See the web, email and photos. Like never before.]Apple store info about the iPad.===
 * [|iPad Basics – Built-in iPad Apps]Basic Apps that come with the iPad and it's uses.
 * [|Keyboard Shortcuts and Typing Tips for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch]Keyboard Shortcuts and more. Very handy and with screen shots.
 * [|The basic skills for iPad users]Basic skills like muting, reseting, cut, copy and paste and more.
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=iPad Argument - Is this THE best next step in Ed Tech?=


 * Delicious/hey.milly/iPad_Argument**
 * [|Documents To Go update brings more productivity to iPad | Business Center | iPhone Central | Macworld]
 * [|All things related to the iPad™ in schools]Another educators view on iPad's in Education
 * [|haiku LMS : iEngage : iEngage Home]A list of Apps and things that are happening with iPod touches in classrooms through the iEngage projects.
 * [|The iPad: Not the Right Product for Education | The Thinking Stick]Article by Jeff Utect on iPads consuming rather than creating. This is thoughts prior to using an iPad.


 * The Nerdy Teacher: The iTouch and iPad In The ClassroomInteresting take - but how much of this is/can be done from laptops/mobile devices already etc?
 * [|iPad and Education]Talking about the possibilities and forward thinking of the iPad in the future.
 * [|Five Reasons Why the iPad Won't Change Higher Education - PCWorld]- Lighting Issues - Not a multi tasker - one App at a time
 * [|iPAD Learning LAB by The MASIE Center]A blog from people using iPad in the classroom, asking themselves what will the iPad do for education?
 * [|Six Ways the iPad will Transform Education]How it will transform Education - once again based on consuming rather than creating content as a main staple. A more positive spin on it though.
 * [|How will the iPad change education? « PBS TeacherLine Blog]Looks at the ideas why iPad's are great for education.
 * [|Education and the iPad’s architecture of control | opensource.com]Open source blog looking at the idea that the creativity is not as readily available. It could be, but creation of apps is strongly controlled/regulated.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.lynda.com/iPad-training/tips-and-tricks/68383-2C.html ======

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