iPad workflow sample for beginning and intermediate classroom users

1. The Full-Throttle iPad:
Hitting the open road with high-octane
apps for classroom activities and projects
Rich Hovey
Atascadero Unified School District

2. When it comes to
new technology, too
many educators feel
like this cat.
Meanwhile, this
open-minded cat is
having all the fun.
(photo opens YouTube clip)

3. “If you are thinking of using an iPad in the
classroom I urge you to consider that the
effort required to understand its implication
is front-loaded.”
-Daniel Edwards
Educator and Blogger

4. Think of a huge marketplace.
Pike Place, Seattle

5. Lots of cool things to buy.

6. Lots of cool things to buy.

7. The App Store is no different.

8. Criteria for app selection
1. Is it free or cheap?
2. Has it been extensively and
positively reviewed?
3. Does it work on more than one
platform and device?
4. Is it compatible with other apps?

9. Workflow
The right apps for the job.
Job:
A five-slide plan for your next
SLO County vacation.

10. Workflow
The right apps for the job.
Tools:
-An information collector (Evernote)
-A place to explain (Doceri)
-Some cloud storage (Dropbox)
-Peripherals (Maps, Yelp...)

11. Evernote
Remember things.
• Create notebooks.
• Tag and save images.
• Highlight, tag, and save articles.
• Tag and save websites.
• Share!

12. Doceri
Show and explain.
• Select backgrounds.
• Use the tools.
• Import images.
• Capture screenshots.
• Record.
• Share and export!

13. Dropbox
Access your pictures more easily.
• Set it up.
• Photograph student work.
• Photograph things on your
board/walls.
• Capture unexpected moments.
• Save images from the web.

14. Peripherals
Use these to augment the workflow.
• Maps
• Yelp
• Image search
• YouTube

15. Glossary
@- A prefix for all users of Twitter, increasingly used as
shorthand to address people directly on other social media
platforms.
1:1 (One-to-One) - The presence of one device (tablet or
computer) for each student in a classroom or on a campus.
 BYOD - Bring your own device.
 Cloud - Virtual space where things are stored online, as
opposed to on your device.
 Network - The wired system on your campus that allows you
to transfer files and send something to print.

16. Glossary
 Productivity Tool - Anything that streamlines or automates
something you already do. Also known as a workflow tool.
Can be high-tech or low-tech.
 Sync A verb describing what applications do in the cloud to
make sure every folder and collection is updated with the
latest changes.
 Tag - To mark or label an online artifact, for the purposes of
narrowing its audience or making it easier to locate. In Twitter
and other social media, a pound sign (#) begins a hashtag.
 Workflow – A combination of tools (apps) and procedures
that enable a project or progress to be carried out, ideally
with efficiency and synergy.

17. Thank You
And remember: Be more dog.