Do you know what the key to finding the right apps for your classroom? The most important thing you can do is to look at your goals and objectives first. In this webinar, we will share tips and strategies for helping you design and develop standards-based lessons by looking at your objectives first. Then we will discuss how to search for the appropriate free and low-cost apps that will support student learning as iPads and the most suitable apps are integrated into the curriculum.

1. Presented by Reba Gordon Matthews
Designing Effective iPad Lessons:
Focus on the Objective, Not the App
Part III

2. About Me
Currently:
•iPad Educational Consultant
•Regional Educational Consultant – Scholastic, Inc.
•Online Adjunct Instructor – Ashford University
•Exec. Dir. & Co-Founder of The Jamal Gordon-Hill Foundation
Former:
•Teacher & Educational Technologist
•NASA Explorer School Team Leader & Teacher
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/

3. Technology Integration:
Not About the Device OR the Apps
Transform Classroom Practice with iPad
Technologies in the Elementary Classroom
http://naomiharm.org

4. Getting Started / Management
Choosing Standards
Spotlight Lessons:
• Phonics / Spelling
• Science: Cells
Successes and Challenges
Resources
Agenda

5. Number Those iPads!
Why?
•Organized Collection
•Assign student to iPads
•Locate Student Work / Photos
•Locate of Data for Reports/ Sharing
•Repository of Academic Support
•Differentiate Instruction

6. Number Those iPads!
How?
Design a wallpaper screen with your desired numbering or labeling system.

7. Number Those iPads!
2
3
1
Why?
Differentiated
Instruction
4

8. Use a Generic Email
Why?
•Utilize cloud storage (Dropbox, Evernote, etc.)
•Email reports when apps allow
•Utilize web-based applications ( Ex: BrainPop )
•Access to email required application/programs
Dropbox
Evernote
BrainPop
What?
•Email for student use (123myschool@gmail.com)
•Teachers have the “email” password (Security)
•Students use a different password for iPad applications
VoiceThread

9. Organize Your Teaching Apps
• Frequent Use
• Grouped by
Subject Area
• Project Specific

10. Group Apps by Subject

11. Arcade-Type Apps
School
Home

12. Creating Standard-Based Lessons
How?
1. Look at your state standards.
By the end of the year, my students
need to know…….
2.What standards are challenging
for your students ?
3.Choose (1) subject area at a time.
California ELA Content Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

13. Spotlight Lessons
Spelling / Phonics Lesson
Kndg. – 1st Grades
( Can be used in other grades )
Concept Development Lesson
Science Topic: Cells
(3rd – 12th Grades)
Notes
Notes
iCell
Screen Chomp
Video Biology
My Spelling Test
BrainPop
ABC Phonics
Word Family
3D Cell Stain
Mail (Optional)
Video Science
Evernote
iBook

14. Spotlight Lessons
Writing Lesson
2nd Grade. – 12th Grades
Evernote
Notes
My Spelling Test
iBook

15. Kindergarten and 1st Grade
English-Language Arts Standards
Phonemic Awareness
Decoding
•Track words w/ 2-3 sounds
•Match sounds to letters
•Distinguish one syllable words
•Read 1-syllable words
•Respond to oral prompts
•Understand letter – sound connection
-identify/produce rhyming words
•Sound short-vowel pattern
•Beginning – middle – ending sounds
•Read 1-syllable words
•Create rhyming words
•Understand vowel diagraphs – read words
•Segment 1-syllable words
•Read word families

16. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
Lesson Plan “Riddle Spelling”
Student Grouping:
Whole Class OR Small Groups
Objectives:
1. Respond to oral prompts to spell words from specific word families
2. Produce rhyming words within specific word families
3. Practice independently selecting letters to complete words
from specific word families

17. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
“at” Word Famly
Procedures:
2. Teacher prompts students to type word family - “at” using Notes app
3. Teacher writes “at” on Screen Chomp whiteboard.

18. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
“at” Word Family Riddle
Notes
Screen Chomp

19. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
“at” Word Family
Students clap out the letters of the words,

20. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
“at” Word Family
Spelling FREE
Procedures: (Preparation for lesson)
1.Teacher prepares a word family spelling list.

21. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
“at” Word Family
My Spelling Test FREE
Procedures:
11. Students take the test.

22. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
Assessment & Teaching Decisions
Procedures:
12. Review and/or Email Test Results to Teacher / Parents.

23. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
Independent Practice
ABC Phonics Word Family
Procedures:
13. Students work individually or pairs practicing phonemic awareness skills.

24. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
Independent Practice
Procedures:
14. Students work individually or in pairs practicing phonemic awareness skills.
15. Review progress report.

25. Phonic & Spelling Lesson (K-1)
Guided Teaching/ Re-teaching/ Assessments
Data Provides Info both apps
for
Small Group Instruction

26. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Science Standards (CA) – Cell & Its Structure
Life Sciences – 3rd – 6th Grades
•Plant and animal structures – different functions (3rd).
•Ecosystems and their components (4th).
•Plant and animal structures & their functions (5th).
•Multicellular organisms – transport of materials (5th).
•Classify objects – according to criteria (5th).

27. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Science Standards
Cell Biology - - 7th Grade
Genetics - - 7th Grade
All living organisms
- composed of cells
DNA – genetic material
- - located in chromosomes
Cells function same in living organisms
Distinguish plant cells / animal cells
Nucleus (plants & animal)
- genetic information
Mitochondria – energy center
Chloroplast
– energy for photosynthesis
Mitosis – cell division
Cell Differentiation
Structure and Function in Living Systems
Plants & Animals have structural organization
-- cells, etc.
Investigation and Experimentation
Construct labeled cell diagram

28. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Lesson Plan “What is a Cell?”
Student Grouping:
Whole Class OR Small Groups
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
•Develop a list of words that display their understanding of cells
•Reorganize the list into categories based on attributions
•Develop a deeper understanding of the given concept
•Develop personal learning informational units
•Expand their understanding of a given concept

29. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cell
Purpose?
increase vocabulary
focus
clarify ideas
participation

30. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Procedures:
Beginning Word Concept Work

31. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
3D - CellStain
Procedures:
Obtain additional background knowledge – interaction w/ cell apps.

32. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate the 3-D Cell

33. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Procedures: Interaction with cell diagram

34. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Procedures:
Students add any new words to their list

35. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
iCell
Procedures:
Obtain additional background knowledge – interaction w/ cell apps.

36. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate the 3-D Cell

37. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate Animal 3-D Cell
1
2
Basic
Reading
Level

38. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate Animal 3-D Cell
1
2
Basic
Reading
Level

39. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate Animal 3-D Cell
1
Intermediate
2
Reading
Level

40. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Manipulate Animal 3-D Cell
1
Advanced
2
Reading
Level

41. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Notes
Procedures:
Return to word concept development list – add more words
Repeat Steps.

42. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
BrainPop
(School Subscription)
Procedures: (Choose which video app / websites to gain additional information.)
9. Watch “Cells”.
10. Take Quiz

43. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Video Biology
Procedures:
9. Watch “Properties of Life”.
(Best for Middle – High School)

44. Additional Cell Learning Videos
Learn about Cells – Baresville Elem School – Hanover, PA (Jan 2010) (student
narration) http://www.schooltube.com/video/bbdd080e776944e1b7b2/Learn%20about%20Cells
Inside a Cell – (Star Trek style video)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/bbdd080e776944e1b7b2/Learn%20about%20Cells
Cell Membranes and Cell Walls (HS) by 1st Baptist Church of Marquett
http://www.schooltube.com/video/8119e6e81aba545f2bbb/Cell%20membranes%20and%20Cell%20
Walls
Mrs. Enny-Tully's Class - Plant Cell Photostory (Introduction)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/fed0bc8bd631b7ad4587/
Mrs. Enny-Tully's Class - Plant Cell Photostory (Vacuole)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/cab7382549945be1e0e4/
Introductory Cell structure by Kearny Senior High School
The Cell is Like a City – Dunkirk Middle School 5- HS
http://www.schooltube.com/video/309d4627a98ff28b8927/The%20Cell%20is%20like%20a%20City
Cells – (Discusses Animal and Plant Cells)
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=125855

45. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Safari
Evernote
Procedures:
9.Place “cell” video clip links into Evernote.
10. Students watch video clips from the website list.
(School Tube & Teacher Tube)

46. Watching Learning Videos
Safari

47. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Notes
Procedures:
Return to word concept development list – add more words.

48. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Procedures:
.
Students continue interacting with cell apps and videos, while adding words to list.
Students group their words into self-determined categories.
Sample Grouping (First Grouping)
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Golgi
Bacteria
Control center
DNA
RNA
power house
energy
packaging
transport
secretion
protein
nucleoid
germs
flagella
tail
moves
Kinds of Cells
Animal
Red
White
Brain
nerve
nucleus
mitochondria
golgi body
Plant
nucleus
mitochondria
golgi body

49. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Tell Us What You Learned – An Assessment Tool
Essay Writing
Activity

50. Concept Development Lesson (3rd – 12th Grades )
Topic: The Cells
Show You What I Learned – An Assessment Tool
http://www.screenchomp.com/t/q2eQ5lC7L
Video Creation
Activity

51. Other Sites for
Building Background Knowledge
CompassLearning Odyssey
http://www.compasslearning.com/sample-activities

52. FREE Sample Lessons
(Builds Background Knowledge)

53. Kndg. – Science Lesson
(Ingredients)

54. Kndg. – Science Lesson
(Ingredients)

55. High School. – Math Lesson

56. Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Lesson Plan “Creative Writing”
Student Grouping:
Individuals
(If you do not have a class set of iPads)
Special Setup:
Some on iPads / Some on laptops/desktops
Objectives:
1. Develop abilities to write creatively and expressively.
2. Demonstrate growing independence and confidence as a writer.
3. To create a portfolio of creative writing pieces.
4.
Other Skills

57. Creative Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Additional Skills
Notes
Spelling Free
Use for Notes: Student’s Personal Spelling List
- Students may ask how to spell a word.
- Student types it in Notes – Available for future reference
Use for Spelling FREE: For Teachers
Design Customize Spelling List
- Students may ask how to spell a word.
- Student types it in Notes – Available for future reference
Use for iBook:
For Teachers
Publishing Best Work
-Publish the Student’s Best Writing Pieces
- Convert to “pdf” files and load in iBook
iBook

58. Creative Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Evernote – (iPad Version)

59. Creative Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Evernote – (iPad Version)
1

60. Creative Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Evernote – (iPad Version)
2
1

61. Creative Writing Lesson
(2nd-12th Grades)
Evernote – (iPad Version)
1
2
Important:
- Title their work
- Tag it with their name or topic

62. App List for Lessons
Adapted from Dan King & Naomi Harm’s Chart
Short Link: http://bit.ly/LFFP2M

63. iPad Lesson Preparation

64. Any Questions
Contact Information
Twitter: jghfoundation08
Email: rebamatthews@cox.net