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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter's insight:
The Kingston Grammar School began an iPad Trial in Sept. 2012. Their ICT Director, Matt Brittland, designed evaluations of the process and has just published a detailed report. Links to the following items are available from this website. * iPad Report (2012-2013 - full report) * iPad Trial: Launching to Heads of Departments (presentation) * iPad Launch to all Staff - Inset: How it Worked (Resources Included) * How to Evaluate iPad Use in Education * Lots of iPad Video Tutorials The final report provides graphs of evaluations from teachers and students. If your school is considering bringing in iPads take the time to review these materials. 
Tamsyn Smith's curator insight,
June 5, 2013 9:40 AM
Loads of links to what Matt Britland did at his school with iPads
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Rather than making young people wade through incomprehensible strings of words and numbers, writing code in Hopscotch consists of dragging and dropping different cute characters and running scripts on them.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This free app for the iPad will help students learn how to code! It is geared to students between the ages of 8 and 12. Using drag and drop students should be able to create games and animations. A ongoing debate in education is around the issue of teaching programming to students. This app may provide opportunities for students to begin to explore the concept of programming easily.
Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight,
May 10, 2013 8:41 PM
Here's something we need most even more than algebra. Girls and Boys that can code are in high demand for awhile.
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"Upon hearing that they will have to read another book students usually roll their eyes and moan in disagreement. So to make the reading process more fun for them we let them chose their own creative assignment."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Change the way your learners create book reports by using your iPads! This post provides 22 suggestions on how learners may demonstrate their knowledge. The post state that "For each of the assignments students will need to make sure that their piece of work shows that: * They have read the book * Thought deeply and reflected on the book * Have understood the assignment Each suggestions also lists the app or apps that would be needed. A few of the suggestions include (quoting from the post): * If a journey was involved, draw a map with explanatory notes of significant places. (Google Earth, Notability, Showme) * Design and make the fronRecord a video interview with a character from your book. Ask at least ten questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. (Reel director, iMovie) Many more great ideas are found in this post!
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From Khan Academy to Haiku Deck, there's more than a dozen apps and tools you should give a whirl this year.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This list of 16 apps and tools are the favorite picks from Edudemic. There are a range of suggested apps, ranging from learning basic sign language (Marlee Signs) to free textbooks (Boundless) to Duolingo (learn a foreign language). Many others are listed in this post and some may be new to you!
SchoolandUniversity's comment,
February 16, 2013 12:13 AM
The Edudemic Magazine year-end special showcases the very best education apps and web tools of the year.
http://www.tinyurl.com/7yge7po
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Check out these six iPad apps to create fun, engaging, interactive study guides for your students. Better yet, have students create their own study guides using these tools and share them with other students. Apps suggested include ScreenChomp, StudyBlue and Socrative.
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While we’ve witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we’re struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. The five critical mistakes (and more information is in the post): * Focusing on content apps. * Lack of teacher preparation in classroom management of iPads. * Treating the iPad as a computer and expecting it to serve as a laptop. * Treating iPads like multi-user devices. * Failure to communicate a compelling answer to "Why iPads?"
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You can help get kids interested in STEM fields no matter their age with the help of the iPad and its numerous apps. The fifty apps are categorized into General, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. A short explanation of each is provided.
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I felt it was worthwhile to update the Top Post (over 25,000 views) on Langwitches: Bloom’s Taxonomy for iPads I have added links to each app represented on the visual.
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Forget Lord Sugar's precocious apprentices, meet a real teenager entrepreneur...who created an app that summarizes websites (iPhone, iPad, iTouch).
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Instagram is a photo-sharing app that makes it easy for anyone with an iPhone, iPad or iTouch to snap a photo, apply a filter and share it with friends on Instagram and other networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Tumblr. The filters offer an added sense of creativity and “color correction” — perfect for amateur photographers.
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"Augmented Reality seems popular at the moment although many people think it is still beyond our reach as content providers. This has changed recently with the development of a new range of Apps that allow you to implement AR features on your iPad. Have a look at the three we have featured here for a peek at the way educational information could be presented."
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THE STARTING POINT? It is interesting to reflect how this simplification of iPad key tools has changed in a relatively short space of time. iWork suite aside, you could purchase the above apps for ...
Beth Dichter's insight:
One look at how iPads may be used in the classroom with suggestions of apps to use. Some additional apps are suggested in the post with explanations on why you might choose to use them. All to often when rolling out new tools teachers become overwhelmed. This diagram was developed with the author stating: "The point is that less than 15 apps can be a starting point for learning, with the substitution of applications based on the learner’s needs and educator’s requirements."
Nicole Kotoski's curator insight,
April 1, 2014 10:56 PM
Ipads are a great tool to use in the classroom when they are used correctly. Just using the IPad does not mean that we are integrating technology into our classes we need to use it as a tool in learning. A tool that supports students to think creatively and to collaboratively. Apps are plentiful and using the SAMR model as educators we will be able to integrate the right apps into the classroom. Just using keynote does not mean that we are allowing our students to design the wheel, we have taken a step into integrating technology but we have not taken a leap. We have modified a task that students have done previously. Dependent on learning goals and achievement and learners own abilities will depend on the apps you use. I will certainly be taking the SAMR model into consideration when using apps in the classroom. 
Karen Barlow's comment,
April 11, 2014 6:44 AM
ipads are a great tool to incorporate the higher levels of the SAMR model into learning. The best part is that it is easy and the payoff particularly when you get to the modification and redirection levels. Whilst it is easy to use ipads as a substitution and augmentation they are an easy and great way to incorporate interactive tasks into learning.
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Hey, teacher! Got an iPad? Then you've got a toolbox that you can fill to help you be an even better teacher! Spend some time with this infographic to discover how your iPad can be your handy assistant.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This infographic looks at verbs, specifically at the following verbs: * Show * Manage * Assess * Interact * Access * Make * Learn For each verb there are a number of apps listed (the majority are free) and they "can help you capture learning artifacts, plan lessons, poll students, visualize concepts, share demonstrations, and much more." This is a very large infographic and is available to print out as a long pdf (with active links for apps) or in either 6 or 24 pages (to put together and hang up). If you are looking for more ways to use an iPad as a teacher click through to the post.
Beth Dichter's comment,
April 23, 2013 6:05 AM
The files are large, esp. if you download the 24 page one.
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A list of free apps recommended by the STaRT Education Department
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If you are looking for free apps that are divided by grade level and rated by a school district this post may be helpful. Apps are split into K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9+, and teachers, and raged from 3 to 5. A great place to begin if you are going to getting iPads into your classroom.
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Time to stop spending all afternoon hunting through the app store. These free education apps sorted by grade level should save you quite a few hours.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this list of 48 free apps, sorted by grade level. Each is rated and suggested grade levels are included, plus the list is hot-linked so you can quickly download them from iTunes.
Dupree Wesley's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 10:06 PM
A list of some of the most useful apps for education purposes. I have done this and scouring the app store for apps can take hours. This list is extremely useful.
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"A new app for the iPad and Android devices uses a highly visual format to provide a different search experience for the tablet user. More than just a pretty interface, Izik—which debuted last month as the top reference app in iTunes—is based on Blekko, the search engine that boasts higher quality results based on human curation."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This search engine is designed for a tablet and provides some unique features. The visual format is based on categories so you can swipe horizontally to view additional entries, and or vertically to see more categories. Their website states "our goal is to have the practicality of the Web unfold at your fingertips in a fun and playful manner." To download the app (iPad or Android) or to check it out online check out their website at http://izik.com/.
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If you are looking for apps for the iPod, iPhone and iPad that address individuals whom have dyslexia and learning disorders this post will provide you with a list of apps that address "reading, spelling, writing, organizational/study skills, (and )increasing self-confidence in the classroom and workplace." The apps are divided into categories so you may quickly move to the area of interest. Many but not all of the apps are free.
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Are you looking for a directory on educational apps? Edudemic and FindTheBest have collaborated and created a list that allows you to search and find educational apps. You may narrow results by age and content rating, sort by product (iDevices and Android), adjust based on price, filter by size of download and more. To go directly to the the Compare Education Apps site (which also includes a buying guide):
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"So you’ve got one or a few iPads that you want to use in the classroom. You could visit the Apple App Store’s education section and peruse the many offerings… do some Google searches to figure out what’s good… or just use this print-friendly image below to get started! Following on the heels of our wildly popular Twitter Spectrum, we wanted to build an ‘iPad Spectrum’ for all our wonderful readers out there."
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There are a number of apps that are available that let you record your voice in order to convert it to text. I find this helpful when I need to transcribe longer pieces or even if I need to transcribe multiple entries. This technology is not yet perfect but it has improved considerably since these apps first came on the market. The first time I tried these app I got about 30% of the words correct, that figure is now more like 85% and with some effort on your part can be as high as 95%.
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If you're looking to make the most of Instagram, check out these 10 apps to extend the app's digital reach.
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This free iPad presentation app is ideal for teachers and others to show their PowerPoint presentations and preserve original animations.
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Do you use iPads in your program? This visual Periodic Table of iPad Apps may provide you with another way to view apps. It divides apps into the following categories:
* Apple
* Google
* Creativity
* Productivity
* Teacher
* Mathematics
* Interacting
* Sharing
When you click through to the website you will be able to bring up a larger jpg image. This table may suggest some new apps, or allow you to see another way to use an app you have installed. Unfortunately the images are not linked to the actual apps.