Science Saturday iPAD 8U

1. Holli Horton
holli.horton@esc2.us

2. Get the “big picture” with regard
to the role of the iPad in
education.
Become more familiar with your
device.
Discover classroom apps to use.

3. Today may be different!
 You will be working in pairs at your own pace to
master the objectives.
 Slides with green text are directions for
activities.
 “Ask three before me.”
 Help your neighbors.
 Be prepared to report your conclusions
throughout the day to the whole group.
 I will check in with you periodically.

4. What are your
questions and
concerns about
the iPad in
education?

6. • 32% of all Americans have gotten online with a
mobile device.
• African Americans are the most active users of
the mobile Internet – and their use of it is also
growing the fastest. This means the digital
divide between African Americans and white
Americans diminishes when mobile use is taken
into account.
• A recent survey predicts that by the year 2020,
most people across the world will be using a
mobile device as their primary means for
connecting to the Internet.
• PEW Report “The Future of the Internet”

7. Forrester Research predicts that
tablet sales (like the iPad) in the
U.S. will exceed netbook sales
by 2012, and desktop sales by
2015.
 What does this mean for educators, who may still
be grappling with how to successfully integrate
stationary PCs and laptops with varying operating
systems into their curricula?

8. “Students expect
a learning environment
that accommodates a mobile
lifestyle,
integrates today’s digital tools,
adapts to individual learning styles,
and encourages
collaboration and teamwork.”
Apple Learning Initiative

9. “Any sort of learning that
happens when the learner is not
at a fixed, predetermined
location, or learning that
happens when the learner takes
advantage of the learning
opportunities offered by mobile
technologies.”
 Wikipedia article on mLearning

10. Mobile learning is about
communicating.
Mobile learning is about
connecting.
Mobile learning is learning on
location and just in time.

11. http://todaysmeet.com/science12

12. Group A Group B
 What does learning look  What does a mobile
like in the “mobile device like the iPad
classroom?” enable district and
 How does the room look campus leaders to do
different than what we differently or better?
have now?  How might a mobile
 What do you see the device change leadership?
students doing? How are  How might it change the
the activities different? role of the teacher?

15.  25 BILLION apps downloaded so far
 700,000 iPad apps in the App Store; apps
total (compared to 500,000 apps in the
Android store)
 15,000 new apps are received every week
 The iPad went from zero to 25% of the
digital book market in just 2 months.
 80% of Fortune 100 companies have already
deployed or are piloting the iPad.

16. The most screens (pages) your device
can display with applications is:
 11 screens (11 x 20 folders x 20 apps in a folder = 4,400
apps)
 Up to 6 apps in the Dock.
You can load more applications onto
the device. But if you want to use
them, you will need to search for
them in the Search/Spotlight screen.

17. Swipe left on the Home screen to reveal
the Spotlight search. By default, it
searches everything, including songs in
your iPad, podcasts, apps, email, and
events.
To restrict the areas it searches, since
you may not want all these categories
included, look in Settings > General >
Spotlight Search.

18. Spotlight Search ibooks
No: AppStore-ibooks-Free-Install APP
Yes: Store-TopCharts-iPad User Guide
For IOS 6

19. Download a free book
Increase/decrease the font size
Change the brightness
Take notes
Create a bookmark
Look up a word
Flip through pages
Sift through the
table of contents

20.  A tab displays all PDF
documents that are in your
library.

21. There are thousands of public
domain books in the ePub format
on the web. Some of those free
books are available in the
iBookstore for free, but not all.
Here are a few places to get books:
 Google books
 Project Gutenberg
You can find more book sources
here.

22. Read the articles listed on the
next slide
Comment on Today’s Meet back
channel

23.  http://infographiclist.com/categor
y/technology/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/11/20-
surprising-social-media-stats-for-
2012/
 http://infographiclist.com/2012/0
3/23/here-is-the-new-ipad-
infographic/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/03/ne
w-ipad-education/

24. Wifi
General
Store (Now: iTunes & App Stores)
Privacy

25. General
 About
 Software Update
 Spotlight Search
 Restrictions
 Keyboard

26.  You can hide
applications on the iPad
(Safari, YouTube,
iTunes, location
notification).
 You can limit/control
download capabilities.
 Nothing can be added
or removed without
teacher approval.
 You can limit TV shows,
movies, podcasts and
apps by rating or
explicit content

29. To prevent students from
deleting apps, you must have
installed iOS 4.2.1.
Go to the Settings app, tap
General, tap Restrictions, tap
Enable Restrictions, choose a
password, and switch Deleting
Apps to off.

32.  You can open links in a new Safari
window, rather than always opening them
in the current one. Just tap and hold on
the link and a pop-over menu appears
giving you the option to open the link in a
new page.

33. • A Web Clip is an icon you
can add to your Home
screen as a shortcut to a
website. With one tap,
Safari will open to the
Web Clip's page.
– To make a Web Clip, simply open the
page in Safari.
– Tap the Plus sign at the top of the
screen.
– Tap Add to Home Screen and edit the
title (if you want).
– Tap Add and, presto, a new icon is
added to your Home Screen!

34. You can search for a
particular word on
an open page in
Safari.
 Type your word into the
Google search box.
 You'll see a list of suggestions
appear, and near the bottom
you'll see "On This Page",
showing how many times that
word appears on the page.
 Tap the Find option to go to
the first instance of the word.

35. Just touch and hold an
image in Safari or Mail.
An action sheet will be
presented to enable
you to save the image.
The image will get
stored in the “Saved
Photos” library of the
Photos app.

36.  To type an
apostrophe
quickly, just tap
and hold on the !
key and a hidden
apostrophe
option will
appear; then just
slide your finger
up to access it.

37.  Youdon't have to
move the iPad's
second keyboard
screen to enter a
quotation mark
either. Simply tap
and hold over the ?
key and a quotation
symbol appears,
which you can
select by moving
your finger
upwards.

38. Another great keyboard tip for
typing in apps such as Pages,
Notes, or Mail is to double tap
the space bar at the end of a
sentence. This adds a period and
a space for you, which can be
enormously time-saving.

39.  To access accents easily, simply
press and hold the letter that
requires an accent and you will see
a range of options displayed. Simply
drag and select the one you want
and the letter complete with accent
is inserted.

40. Insert the degree symbol in your
text by switching to the numeric
keyboard and holding down the
0 (zero) key.

41. You can take a screenshot on your
iPad by pressing Home and then the
Sleep/Wake button. The screen will
flash and you'll hear a click,
indicating that a photo has been
taken. Your screen shots are saved
automatically in your Photos
gallery. Here, you can view or
email them as you see fit.

42. • To move an app, hold your finger on top of the
app until it starts to wiggle. Then just slide it
where you want it.
• To delete an app from your device, hold your
finger on the app and then tap the X to delete.
(An X only appears on items that you can
delete.)
• To stop the wiggling, press the Home button.

43. • An easy way to organize
the order of the Apps on
your device is to select
the “Applications” tab
within the iPad Screen
when connected to
iTunes.
• When selecting the
applications to sync (on
the left hand side), you
can change the
arrangement on the
right side (for iTunes 9
and above only).

44. iWork Importable File Types
App
Keynote .key .ppt .pptx .pps .ppsx
Pages .pages .doc .docx .dotx .txt
Numbers .number .xls .xlsx .xlt .xltx .xlsm .csv
s

45. ProScope Mobile Digital Microscope
(varies depending on lens strength)
iPEVO Point 2 View USB Document
Camera
Apple iPad Dock Connector to VGA
Adapter
Apple iPad Keyboard Dock
Cleaning Cloths
iPad Cases

46. The Volume Purchase Program
allows educational institutions to
purchase multiple copies of the
same app at once. Developers may
also offer a discount for these
multiple purchases.
http://volume.itunes.apple.com/u
s/store
http://iear.wikispaces.com/VPP-
Step+By+Step+Instructions

47. Who picks them?
Who installs them?
Who provides
professional
development on
them?
Who evaluates them
later on?

48. App Rubric

50.  Just email an attached document to yourself, then open it
up on the Mail app. You should get a nice thumbnail of the
document, and then when you tap it, Mail will open its
own preview of that document if it can.
 If you want to work on the file, tap the button in the top
right corner (the box with the arrow coming out of it) and
you should get an option to open the file in the default
application for that file type, along with an "open in..."
button that lets you pick from any other applications you
might have that will work with that file.
 If you get stuck you can always go back to the Mail app,
where the original document will be waiting for you,
untouched.

51.  Apple built some minor file management features into
iTunes. Once you plug your iPad into your computer
and open iTunes, you get all sorts of tabs for
managing your music and movies and everything else
on your device.
 The "apps" tab allows you to arrange applications and
remove them from your device, but if you scroll down
you get a "file sharing" list of applications that can
give and receive documents. You simply click on the
application you'd like to share a file with, tap "add,"
and upload a file from your computer.
 Similarly you can select files already on your iPad and
save them to your computer from this interface.

52. Ifyou're a Dropbox user, this is
by far the simplest solution,
providing a simple view of your
online files, a lightweight
viewer, and an quick shortcut to
opening files in other
applications.

53.  The GoodReader app syncs files to the
"cloud;” You simply set it up with your
Google Docs, Dropbox, or even email
account, and you can download files
straight to your device and view them
from within GoodReader.
 GoodReader also has an "Open in..."
functionality for viewing and editing
your files in other applications. You
can sort your files into folders,
download files off of websites, and
connect to local servers over WiFi.

54. If your school/district has a license for Discovery’s United
Streaming, then you've got permission to put those videos
onto classroom devices! Here's how:
1. Visit the United Streaming website, and log in with your
username and password. Navigate to the video(s) you wish
to put on your iPad.
2. Directly beneath the video preview pane on the left,
choose Quicktime as the Download Type.
3. On the right side in the list of video segments, right-click
the small filmstrip icon located to the right of the video
you want, and choose “Save Link As...”or “Save Target
As...” to save a copy of the video to your computer. Be
sure to name it something that makes sense! Also, pay
attention to where you're saving the file.

55. 4. You’ve now taken a copy of the video “out of” United
Streaming and made it available to use on your school's
devices!
5. Next, copy that file into your iTunes library. It's not in
iPod/iPad format just yet.
6. In your iTunes media window, select the file you just
uploaded by clicking it once.
7. Go to the “Advanced” menu and choose “Create iPod or
iPad Version” (this menu item might also be called
“Create iPod or iPhone Version”).
8. A minute or so later (depending on the length of the
video), you should hear the iTunes confirmation beep,
and your video is now in the correct format. You can
delete the original file you uploaded, since it is no
longer needed.

57. Get with another team
somewhere else in the room and
discuss:
Thinking only about the basic
apps that are included with the
device:
 How might a teacher use one of these basic apps
to provide practice in 21st century skills?
 How might a teacher use one of these apps to
enrich a lesson or to extend learning beyond the
classroom?

58. http://bit.ly/ebyd3h

59. Visit www.tcea.org
Click Learning from menu bar
iPod/iPad resources
Look for very first link on page
It is a word that is a different
color

60.  http://edudemic.com/2012/05/7-ways-
to-keep-students-focused-while-using-
technology/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/02/1000-
apps/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/02/special-
ed-apps/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/04/25-ways-
to-use-ipads-in-the-classroom/
 http://edudemic.com/2012/08/diy-
infographics/

61.  3D Storybook – The  Pirate Treasure Hunt:
Wrong Side of the Bed Eight Challenges
($2.99)  Play & Learn, Toucan
 ABC and Me HD ($2.49) Toucan’t, Dressing Up,
 Food Fight! – An Funny Faces
Interactive Book ($1.99)  Pocket Charts ($1.99
 Intro to Letters by each for several
Montessori ($4.99) different ones)
 iWriteWords ($1.99)  Super Why! For iPad
 Miss Spider’s Tea Party
($2.99)
for the iPad ($7.99)  Toy Story Read Along

62.  Bluster!  Pecos Bill ($3.99)
 Free Books 23,469  Pirate Treasure Hunt:
Classics to Go Eight Challenges
 Grammar Jammers  PuppetPals HD
Primary Edition  Sentence Builder for
 King Arthur and His iPad ($3.99)
Knights iPad Edition  Shakespeare in Bits:
($4.99) Romeo & Juliet iPad
 Maria Counts Edition ($14.99)
Pumpkins – LAZ  SpellBoard ($4.99)
Reader  StoryBuddy ($2.99)
 Maxjournal for iPad
($2.99)

63.  Basic Math with Mathaliens ($.99)
 Khan Academy: Algebra 1
 Lobster Diver HD
 Math Circus
 Motion Math ($.99)
 My First Tangrams HD ($1.99)
 Park Math HD ($1.99)
 Pearl Diver HD
 Quick Graph
 Symmetry Shuffle ($1.99)
 Time, Money, & Fractions – On Track ($9.99)

64.  3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool
 The Elements: A Visual Exploration
($13.99)
 Frog Dissection ($4.99)
 Hudson Alpha iCell
 Khan Academy: Biology 1
 Life Science
 NASA App HD
 Orbit Architect
 Vernier Video Physics
 Try out the ProScope Mobile
microscope with the iPad.

65.  CivilWar: America’s Epic Struggle ($4.99)
 Early Jamestown
 EarthObserver
 European Exploration: The Age of Discovery
 Google Earth
 History Line
 Lincoln Letters (Lite) iPad Edition
 Today in History ($1.99)
 Today’s Document from the National Archives
 Westward Expansion for iPad

66. Safe Browser (uses
dynamic filter to
block inappropriate
websites) – $4.99
SortFix Kids (visual
search sorting
engine) - free

68. Find some great podcasts and/or
videos in iTunes U that would be
of value in helping your teachers
prepare for curricular and
instructional change. (Resources
are on the next two slides.)
Be ready to share at least one
with the whole group.

69.  With your
partner, find a
podcast or
video on iTunes
U that interests
you.
 Download it to
your device.
 Play it.
 Be sure to
check out the
Texas iTunes U
channel!

70. • Florida Department of Ed professional
development
• iPhone/iPod Apps
• Leading Education Thinkers
• Lit2Go audio files for grades K-12
(includes free audio books and stories)
• Tips for Microsoft Excel 2007
• WGBH’s Poetry Everywhere
• WGBH’s Teachers’ Domain (activities,
lesson plans, and videos for science)

72. Not just an app; a free website,
software, and app that allow you to
access your files anywhere.
Watch the Dropbox tutorial video in
your Video Tutorials folder.
Download the software to your
computer and create your free
account.

73. Dragon
Dictation

74. AppShopper

75. SuperVision
($4.99)

76.  Clinometer  USA Today for iPad
 EasyTask for iPad  Voice Memos for iPad
 Flipboard ($.99)
 How to do “Daily  The Weather Channel
Walkthroughs with Max for iPad
Google Apps and the  WeatherStation HD
iPad” ($.99)
 Kindle  Web Clip of your
 Stanza district and/or
 Stress Check
campus website
 Wx for iPad ($3.99)

77.  Air Sketch (free and  Jump Desktop
$6.99 versions) (Remote Desktop)
 Citrix Receiver for ($19.99)
iPad (if you have a  NPR for iPad
Citrix server in your  Numbers ($9.99)
district)  Keynote ($9.99)
 Dictionary.com
 TED
 Evernote
 Time Magazine
 Google Mobile App
 Twitter
 iDisplay ($4.99)
 Tweetdeck for iPad
 Instapaper Pro ($4.99)

79. “Mobile computing/communication
devices offer a unique opportunity for
teachers and students in different kinds
of instructional settings to capitalize on
the flexibility and freedom afforded by
these devices.
However, these benefits demand new
pedagogies and new approaches to
delivering and facilitating instruction.”

81. What resources are available for the
iPad to help the teacher
individualize learning for the
different needs of the students?
 Look for apps.
 Look for books from iBooks and PDF stories and primary
source documents from the time period.
 Look for podcasts, audio books, videos, and lectures in
iTunes U.
 Look for amazing websites.

84. What is your vision for the use of the
iPad in the classrooms of your
campus/district?
What is the greatest barrier to
implementing mobile devices in your
campus/ district? How can you
overcome that barrier?
What are your next steps?