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July 4, 2013 | slide 1 RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning
Apps for Teaching & Learning
Insight 2013: Blend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!
Martin Cooke, ILT Advisor
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk
2. Aims
Introduce you to the apps
Mostly Apple
Mention Windows
Show some examples and
demonstrate the features
Opportunity for hands-on
Questions and discussion
3. iBook
iBook is a great way of accessing your docs
on the iPad. Convert Word docs to pdf and
upload to iBooks.
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5. iPad folders
Organize your apps with folders
tap and briefly hold on any app to enter editing mode where the apps
appear to shake or dance
Drag and drop one app on top of another. iOS will try to guess a name
for the folder, but you can choose a different name as needed.
organize apps by task (podcasting, QR code scanning),
topic (math, reading), or intended users (art class)
You can have up to 20 apps in a folder on the iPad
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9. varieties of tools
ebooks
SMS polling
Speech recognition
Drawing apps – for building e-portfolio
Google maps and GPS, Google earth
Evernote
Wifi or blutooth work to computer
Powerpoints as jpgs or pdfs – access on mobiles
Record audio ideas, comments, feedback
Creativity
annotation app, a screencasting app,
an audio creation app, a video creation app
10. ideas for activities
Record lesson and upload it as
audio or podcast. Share link
Share your number
- Ls message Qs while reviewing lesson
Ask a Q - Ls use phones to find the answer
Create short lists of salient points, eg history dates, exam hints, short
summaries, etc share via messaging
5 mins study using Google maps before quiz
Daily vocabulary: send flashcards with a new word and definition.
11. ideas for activities: design
Strip Designer to create the front cover
Creative Book Builder to create an ebook with instructions and videos
iMovie to plan film and edit an advert
Garageband to compose a jingle
iPad camera for pictures for a brochure (ebook) using
Creative Book Builder, viewed in iBooks
Number to create a spreadsheet to calculate costs
12. ideas for activities: MFL
VoiceThread to record students speaking,
or create a collaborative discussion
Animoto for a student presentation on vocabulary
Socrative for a quiz
Explain Everything to create a grammar tutorial
26. avatars: Crazy Talk
• uses sound and text to animate facial images
• import images, specify the facial features
• record your voice
• automatically generates lip-syncs
to create videos
for beginners, students, and all
Easy to create with instant results
29. resources on the RSC Moodle
Accessibility courses
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/category.php?id=11
Xerte for beginners
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=204
Resources from Accessibility Forums
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=113
esafety webinars
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=185
30. BYOD and Flipped Learning
Bring Your Own Device
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=246
Creating Flipped Learning Resources
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=241
31. JISC RSC Toolbox
available for loan
o Wireless keyboard and mouse
o USB camcorder
o MyStudyBar on a pen drive
o Digital keyring - for reminders
o Digital pen for recording notes with synced audio
o voice recorder with integrated speech recognition
o Games console with educational software
o Electronic Dictionary Bookmark
o iPad 1
A laptop loaded with Windows 7 and specialist software
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Insight 2013
All the resources from the Insight series:
• Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle platform
http://bit.ly/insight-resources
• All the recordings of the online webinars are now available
free: (I think they are all free) CloudOn Evernote Socrative Google Drive iBooks Soundcloud Voicethread Qrafter Dragon Dictation iSpeech WordPress CamScanner Image to Text
struggle with taking notes ? records both the lecture and written notes in real time, synching up the written notes with the audio. This helps students remember which formula or illustration goes with which part of the lecture, and it keeps notes in their proper order.
DONT FORGET there are free Windows based voices for all FE and Skills learners and staff so we dont have to use Microsoft Sam. Jess is a northern voice and can be downloaded free from www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/voices
Speech tech was always expensive so the TTS developments have been a revolution for VI Dragon Dictation: voice recognition App which can be used for ‘writing’ memos, short notes emails and documents. Like most voice recognition software the speech conversion to text should always be checked for accuracy. Dragon Dictation requires an Internet connection to use it.
An Internet connection is required for the application to work because it compares the photograph a person has taken of an object with a large online database to find out what the object is. VoiceOver should be turned on. Settings General Accessibility Voiceover