Transforming Teaching & Learning

Transforming Teaching & Learning SilviaTolisano

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How can we...Transform Teaching & Learning?

What is the Difference bet weenAutomating? Transforming?

Automating

...substitute manual / analog activities...

“Two Thousand Dollar Pencil” Alan November

Transforming

...do what we could have NEVER done before...

Informating...Whole Systems.... Flow of Information & Communication

Imagination

A Journey... Not a roadmap... A Process...

possessing or demonstratingBeing Skilled accomplishment, skill, or special training (from Free Dictionary) To be literate means to have knowledge or competence (from 21st Century Fluency Project)Being Literate To have to think about what you are going to do next (from Ian Jukes) To be ﬂuent is to demonstrate mastery and to do so unconsciously and smoothly (from 21st Century Fluency Project)Being Fluent Are unconscious skills, you just know what to do next (from Ian Jukes)

Being Skilled Having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a certain activity well. • know how to take screenshots • be able to write on iPad in my handwriting, so it was somewhat legible • ﬁnd and download appropriate apps to substitute tasks, I was used to doing on my laptop • upload and synch images and documents • organize apps into folders • search for, open, close, multi-task • type, copy/paste, edit text, etc.

Being Literate ha ving kno wle dge o r c om pe ten ce • manipulate and edit images and video • read books and documents, allow annotations, share highlights • aggregate and read my RSS feeds • organize and access ﬁles • brainstorm and mindmap • tweet, blog and facebook • take notes • create presentations, graphs, ﬂyers, etc.

Being Fluent the ability to create and then communicate your creation • connect tasks effortless together (ex.creating and editing a video, then uploading, embedding and disseminating on several platforms) • CREATE and then being able to COMMUNICATE • Read in my RSS Reader and seamlessly disseminate links to Twitter, Facebook and to my social bookmarking service • take an image…edit…then automatically post to my photo stream as well as embed into a blog post • work within several apps, then remix content from each one by being able to import them from one app to another. • not having to rely on my laptop as a “translator” to convert a file, remix files, upload files, having to email files in order to send them on to a specific depository or grab an embed code, etc. • seamlessly switch between different accounts to disseminate as a different user of the platform (ex. Twitter, Email, Facebook)

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Text How can we...Personalize Learning?

How can we...Transform Teaching & Learning?

Transformative? Orion iPad Pilot Project

Transformative? Wuhan, China 1:1 iPad Program

Car Commercial-Year 6 , Hull/UK Transformative?http://mrandrewsonline.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/case-study-part-3-using-ipads-as.html?m=1

What is YOUR Question

Do yo u us e the iPad a s at o o l t o te ac ho r t o le a r n

iPads as a Teaching Tool

Access to Curate Access toInformation Media Differentiated Instruction Organized Professional Development Mobility

iPads as a Learning Tool

Beyond..replacing the paper/pencil/worksheet with an app on the iPad Infuse Creativity to Experiment ... Amplify...

Bloom’s Taxonomy for iPads Creating Audioboo iMovie ComicBook! ReelDirector SonicPics Animoto Puppet Pals Toontastic Doink Evaluating Mobile Science HootSuite Skype Zite FlipBoard Instapaper Goodreads Wunderlist RSS 360 Analyzing iThoughts Today’s Explain 3D Cell GoSky Lino Popplet Diigo GoDocs HD Documents Everything Simulation Watch Applying ZigZag Poetry Keynote Visualize Posterous Presentation Xperica GearHD ShowMe Creator Board LinkUnderstanding 123 Good Touch ScreenChomp Motion Math Idea Sketch Corkulous Blogsy Pages Charts Reader DrawRemembering Stack the Evernote NxtApp Ansel & Clair’s Word iBook Noteshelf eClicker Globe Countries Peek 4Kids Adventure Seek HD Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano~ GloballyConnectedLearning.com~ adapted from Kathy Schrock’s Blooming iPad

Generations

Baby Boomersborn between 1946-1964

Generation Xborn between 1964-1982

Generation Y MillenialsBorn Between 1982-Early 2000

Generation Z The Net GenerationMid 1990’s - Late 2000s

SwipingGeneration

Digital Natives? 62

iPad Fluency Knowing what app to use for a speciﬁc purpose...Knowing what and how to combine apps to create and share...

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ShowMe 66

ShowMe 67

Sock Puppet 68

AudioBoo 69

Safari 70

Notability 71

Google Earth 72

iMovie 73

Scan 74

Book Creator 75

Brushes 76

iMovie 77

Dragon Dictation 78

Activities

1. InterviewApps Suggestions: iMovie ($4.99), AudioBoo (free)Directions:You will interview a real, historic, or fictitious person. Ask them about a specific event in their lives (historicperiod, eye witness event, family story, contribution to society, expert advice, etc.) • Script introduction to the person you are interviewing, give background information about the person. and formulate interview questions. • If using iMovie: Take an image of the real person you are interviewing (and maybe the surroundings/ settings) or find and download an image (licensed under Creative Commons) of a fictitious person and pertinent images that would go with your interview. Import the images. • Record the audio of the interview • Keep your interview between 3-5 minutesShare:Export the movie to YouTube or Vimeo (if you have an account), then email me the link. I will embed the videoclip on the example page of this wiki. If you do not have an account with these services send me the video filevia Yousendit or DropboxPublish the audio file to AudioBoo, then email me the link to your audiobook and I will embed the file on theexample page of this wiki

2. Book RecommendationApps Suggestions: Sonic Pics Lite (free) StoryRobe ($0.99) , StoryKit (free)Directions: 1. Decide on a book that you would like to recommend to a speciﬁc audience (your students, book club, parent community, teacher colleague, administrators, etc.) 2. Write a short script to summarize the book, highlight why you feel your audience would like/beneﬁt from reading it. Add further resources (links, websites, movies, other books on the topic, etc.) about the setting, characters, topic, author, etc. 3. Find 5 visuals/images online to include in your recommendation. 4. Use Sonic Pics Lite and import the images, then record your script, advancing the slides as you are recording 5. The Book recommendation is to be between 90 seconds and 3 MinutesShare:Please export your recommendation as a movie: • send to YouTube (if you already have an account) to then share the link with us. • email the movie to me, so I can upload the video clip to my account

3. Comic Strip.Apps Suggestions: Comic Life ($7.99), ComicBookk ($1.99), Comic Creator ($),Comic Strip ($0.99), Cartoon Studio Free ( Free)Directions:You will develop a comic strip. Convey a message, an invented or true story, express interesting informationabout the topic of your choice.(Ex. A current news event, cyberbullying, Facebook etiquette, Using iPads in the classroom, a holiday, a funnystory, etc.) • Storyboard your comic, by deciding on your story, setting, characters, dialogue • Have 3-5 related images in your iPads Photo Album (take your own images or search for creative commons or public domain images online) • Use a Comic creation app of your choice. • Choose a layout to accommodate the number of your images • Import your images from the Camera roll or take you own images with the iPads camera. • Add speech bubbles and stickers (if available)Share:Save your comic strip image and email to me or share on Twitter (dont forget to mention my username@langwitches)

4. Create an eBookApps & Software Suggestions: Pages App ($9.99), Google Docs (web based), iBooksDirections: Create an eBook with information for your students to read about a specific subject,topic or area of interest. (Ex. Monarch Butterflies, South American Countries, Student Created Essay or PoemAnthology, etc.) 1. Create a word document in (Google Docs, Pages or Microsoft Word) 2. In Pages (software) save document as an ePub file. If you used Pages (app), Word or Google Docs, save as .doc or .pdf, , then convert the file with the free online ePub converter (http://www.2epub.com/) . 3. E-mail ePub file to yourself or 4. Drop the ePub file into your iTunes library 5. Sync itunes library to your iBook 6. Find and open your eBook in iBook.Share: Email the completed ePub file to be added to examples page.More Resource • Step by step flyer to create your own eBook for the iPad

5. Tutorial DesignApps Suggestions: Showme App (free) or ScreenChomp (free)Directions: • Choose one of the above screenrecording witheboards. • Create a step by step Math tutorial for students (choose a grade level) or a tutorial that showcasing you favorite iPad app, you want your students to start using (take screenshots of your app to be included in tutorial) • Your tutorial should not be longer than 3 minutesShare:With SchowmeApp: Share the tutorial clip by uploading it to ShowMeApp.com from within the app. You willneed to create an account when prompted.With ScreenChomp: send it to the "cloud"after recording is complete, you will receive a unique URL (Webaddress).Please note that URL and email it to me. I will share the link on the Wikis example page.

6. Epic Citadel ChallengeApps used: Epic Citadel (free)Apps Suggestions: iMovie ($4.99) , Sonic Pics Lite (free), StoryRobe ($0.99), StoryKit (free), Keynote ($9.99),Brushes ($7.99)Directions: • Create a digital story utilizing photos from the app Epic Citadel • The digital story may include text, or it may not. It may be a collage, a poem. It is entirely up to you, as long as it tell some sort of story - use any apps you like to create your story • Take screenshots (press down the on/off button and home button at the same time) • Record your voice to go with your story • Use any apps you like to create your story, ex. iMovie ($4.99) , Sonic Pics Lite (free), StoryRobe ($0.99), StoryKit (free) • Your story must be no more than 3 minutesShare:E-mail the completed story in their ﬁnal format (movie, audio, presentation, image, etc.) to be included inexample page.

7.Create a QR CodeApps Suggestions: Qrafter Pro - Scanner and Generator ($2.99) or Goo.gl (web based) & Scan (free)Directions: Choose a physical object (book, building, poster, art work, model, map, etc.) and create (withanother app) or find a virtual connection. This could be an audio file, a movie, a website, google map, etc. Usingthe QR Generator create a QR code.Share: Email me the QR Code as an image (take a screenshot) pointing to an image, audio file, video, websiteor product you created. Please include a short summary of what the QR is pointing to and how you would use itwith your students.

8.Early ElementaryGame Design &Interactive BooksApps Suggestions: Tiny Tap (free)-Directions:1. Brainstorm a theme or topic for the game/interactive book. Think about what can you learn from photos?What kind of skills do you want users to practice? Vocabulary? Target language?2. Create a ﬂowchart/storyboard for your story/images.3. Find, choose or take your own images. Keep in mind areas that you want users to recognize, match, ﬁnd,select or discover something.4. Import images.5. Choose a book cover image and record a “question”, inviting the user to play and learn with the book. Tracethe entire image as the correct area. Users will have to tap the screen to start the game/book. The imageautomatically advances to the next page when tapped on.6. Create multiple pages that increase in skill level, offer diverse practice opportunities, include acomplementary content area or combine different approaches to practice skills.7. Record several questions for each image and add positive responses as well as a “try again”type responses.Share: Please email your TinyTap game to me to be included on the Sample page

9. Book CreatorApps Suggestions: Book Creator ($ 4.99)Directions:1.Decide intended age/grade level for your book. Outline a story with characters, setting, plot, introduction,climax, conclusion, etc. or the content of an informational book.2. Find, shoot or create your own images then insert into you book3. Add text to your book4. Add sound to you book5. Format pages, text and images6. Export your completed book as ePubShare: Please email your eBook to me to be included on the Sample page.

10. Evaluate: Automate vs.Transform?https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_721gdk5jtd8