Useful ideas to use iPads in the classroom and Library

1. iPads in the classroom
Bob Rodgers
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2. Bob Rodgers
Australian School Library Association Inc.
 Started teaching career in 1973 at the
St George Secondary Department in
Western Queensland
 Currently a Principal Project Officer
with the Department of Education and
Training in Queensland
 Responsibilities include research into
Emerging Learning Technologies
 Passionate about exploring the
potential that technology can play in
engaging students and developing life-
long learners
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3. Putting things in perspective …
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The iPad is great
but I believe that
students should
be exposed to a
broad range of
technologies.

4. And another perspective …
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The iPad is NOT
a computer!
So we can start to
think differently
about how we use
them in a classroom

5. Full of potential …
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Creation toolConsumption tool
Data logger
Still Camera MicrophoneVideo camera
Light and easy to carry
Utility tool
Clock/Timer
GPS device

6. Simulate an Interactive Whiteboard
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Doceri
(Free)
https://goo.gl/eXTQui
Don’t forget the
FLIP side!

7. Simulate an Interactive Whiteboard
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IPEVO Whiteboard
(Free)
https://goo.gl/70O9us

8. Use as a document camera
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IPEVO Whiteboard
(Free)
https://goo.gl/70O9us

9. For best results … mount the iPad
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https://goo.gl/j1kcZoVideo Guys … Makayama Mount
https://goo.gl/EnJeiRVideo Guys … Delkin Fat Gecko Mount
http://goo.gl/4ZvNOXLittle Sun … iPad Mount
http://goo.gl/Epk3S1Caddie Buddy … iPad Mount

10. Other possibilities with iPad mounts
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iMotion
(Free)
https://goo.gl/yLF3VI
Stop Frame animation
Time lapse video

11. Whole class brainstorms
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popplet lite
(Free)
https://goo.gl/yIdNSN

12. Collaborative brainstorms
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iBrainstorm
(Free)
https://goo.gl/f9Usk7
Up to 4 iPads can
collaborate

13. Recounts
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AudioNote Lite
(Free)
https://goo.gl/IL1Lmm
Up to 10 minutes of
recording per note

14. Mark up documents
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
(Free)
https://goo.gl/AzHyr2
Less paper?

15. Classroom Response/Quiz system
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https://goo.gl/pg3IcS
eClicker Audience
(Free)
eClicker Presenter
($6.49)
https://goo.gl/AzHyr2

16. Photocopy/Scan documents
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Genius Scan
(Free)
https://goo.gl/BnwQ4c
Also used by students
with low vision

17. Convert to PDF
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PDF Printer
($7.49)
https://goo.gl/cp2YC6

18. Timing
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Timer+
(Free)
https://goo.gl/wmxAR6

19. Written Calculations
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MyScript Calculator
(Free)
https://goo.gl/2Sh5SB

20. Calculating and converting
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PCalc Lite
(Free)
https://goo.gl/gq30r1

21. Measuring
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DecibelMeter
(Free)
https://goo.gl/vKAHUC

22. Sharing/Uploading files
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USB Sharp
(Free)
https://goo.gl/mzDU1T
Flick
(Free)
https://goo.gl/iofiSc
USB Sharp
(Free)
https://goo.gl/YIWaKB

23. Multipurpose tool
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GoodReader
($6.49)
https://goo.gl/C2VwDH

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