iPad Apps: Collaboration & Comprehension

iPad Apps:Comprehension and Collaboration Adam Stone February 25, 2012

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About Me• From San Diego, CA• RIT, UCSD (M.A. in ASL/English Bilingual Ed.)• 1st Grade Teacher at P.S. 347 The ASL and English Lower School www.47lowerschool.org• iPads at 347

What is an iPad?

Why iPads? Pros:

Why iPads? Pros:Engagement DurabilityEase of Use Price

Why iPads? Cons:

Why iPads? Cons:Management TypingCaptioning Sharing

Comprehension & Collaboration College & Career Ready (CCR) Anchor Standard 1Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively Speaking & Listening Standard 1 (K-5) Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade-level topics and texts • Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions • Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges • Ask questions for clariﬁcation or follow-up

Common Core

Two Parts1. App demonstrations that align with SL 12. Catalog of fun/interesting Grade Literary Nonfiction apps to use in the classroom • Many of those apps 4 50% 50% provide access to informative/nonfiction 8 45% 55% text 12 30% 70% • Remember - 50% (or more) of all classroom text is to be nonfiction

Collaborating• Any app/task can be turned into a collaborative activity simply by: • sharing one iPad among partners or a team • using apps that network with each other• Lets ﬁnd a grade-level text!

FaceTime Alternatives:Google Hangout (Google App), Skype

iMessage

Dropbox File Sharing Video Library Alternatives:Evernote - especially for shared research

Whiteboard Lite Alternatives:Doodle Buddy, Scribble Press (neither do networking)

VoiceThread

Making VideosiMovie 8mm HD CollabraCam

Writing ResponsesPages Scribble Press ComicBook!

e-DioramasPuppet Pals HD ToonTastic

More Apps• Now lets look at more apps!• Categorized by subject

BooksiBooks Kindle Free Books

BooksMeeGenius Comics JibJab Jr.

ReferenceGoogle Google EarthQwiki Nations

ScienceScience 360 NASA Era of Dino

ScienceProject Noah HowStuffWorks SkySafari

MathMath Board CalcBot McGraw-Hill Math Apps

DemonstrationEducreations BoardCam

MiscellaneousGeoPop Doodle BuddyToy Story Rainbow Sentences

MiscellaneousTeachMe Big Words PBSKids

Last But Not Least Find My iPhone

Review• Turn anything into a collaborative activity by: • sharing one iPad among partners or a team • using apps that network with each other

iPad Apps: Collaboration & Comprehension

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