This document discusses the educational uses and potential of iPads in classrooms, noting that thousands of apps are available and that iPads provide technical, mobile, and learner benefits. It provides examples of school districts that have purchased large numbers of iPads and recommends several apps for visual thinking, information gathering, creativity, guided practice, content repositories, productivity, and combinations of uses. The document concludes by comparing iPads to other tablets and discussing their use for research projects in Google Presentations.

1. INTC 3610
 Fall 2012
Ipod
Touch

3.  What does it do?
 Doesit have any
educational value?
 Will
it help
students learn?

4. Thousands of
Apps.
Endless Potential.

5. Built in APPS

6.  140,000 APPS for the iPAD – October 2011
 275,000 APPS for the iPad – October 2012
 350,000 Apps for iPOD and iPhone which are
compatible with the iPAD.

7.  Chicago Public Schools
 Long Island Schools

8.  San Diego Public schools purchased 25,000
iPad2 in 2012
 McAllen School district, Texas also
purchased 25,000 iPads for 3.5 million
financed by Apple
 September 2012-Burlington HS in
Burlington, MA. Every student (1,000) were
issued an iPad.
 Lexington, South Carolina -16,000 ipads at
a cost of $379 each with a total of $6.25
millions

9.  Technical
◦ Minimal time wasted booting up
◦ Fast access to apps & the Internet
 Mobile
◦ Learning anywhere, anytime
 Learners
◦ Appeals to a variety of learning styles
 Audience
◦ Work can be easily shared to global audience
◦ Incentive to produce higher quality work

10.  For Visual Thinking
 For Information Gathering
 Creativity
 Guided Practice
 Content Repository
 Productivity
 Combinations

11.  Textbooks
 ebooks
 Accessing media content via You Tube
and Vimeo
 Creating multimedia content
 Publishing Media to the cloud
 Hands on and tactile
 Small form factor
 Intuitive

12. Apps that provide visual information in the
form of videos, pictures and/or diagrams
 Comic Life
 Show Me
 Popplet

13. Apps that support finding, organizing, and
sharing information.
 Wikihood
 Tour Wrist
 Discover
 Qwiki

14. Apps that allow you to learn about an art form,
hone artistic skills or even make works of art.
 Storyrobe or Story Kit
 Puppet Pals
 Virtuoso
 Trackpad Magic

15.  Apps that provide skills practice and learner
self-pacing.
ABC Tracer
Super 7
MathBoard

16. Apps that provide content – specific knowledge
with easy access.
 NASA
 Our Choice
 World Atlas by National Geographic
 Leafsnap
 Science 360

17. Apps for taking notes, creating
bibliographies, or for audio recording of
thoughts or what is said in class
Notes Plus
QuickVoice / Audio Note
Evernote
EasyBib

18. Apps that provide powerful combinations of
affordances, as well as take advantage of the
iPad’s native features.
Elements
eClicker
Star Walk

19.  Incredible amount of podcasts and
applications.
 Many are FREE
 A variety of content for ALL levels
 Check it out

20.  A computer
 An Organizer
 An Educational Tool
 A Communication Tool
 For Edutainment

21.  Contentsame,
size smaller
$249

22.  Tony Vincent – Problem based learning with
handhelds.

23.  7.0 / 8 gb / Wifi / $199
 16 GB $349
 Powered by Android market – Over 100,000
available.
 10.01 Galaxy note from $349-$549
 Apps available in Google Play
 Focus gaming, entertainment, web browsing

24.  Google Nexus 10– can use most apps from
Google play $399 16 gb WiFi
 Books, Movies, Magazines, Internet
 Focus gaming, entertainment, web browsing

25. You will be working in groups to produce a GOOGLE
PRESENTATION on the iPad in the Classroom.
1. Research your APP.
2. Give a brief description.
3. Visuals are helpful. Find a short video on how it works.
Tip**Use key words: the name of the app and iPad.
4. Find a example of how it is being used in the classroom.
Teachers are posting lots of usage in their blogs. Dig deep to
find examples. Give grade level and content area.
5. Present to the class