This document provides an overview of various apps that can be used with iOS devices in the classroom, including their purposes and features. It discusses apps for creating and sharing videos (Show Me, Educreations), audio recordings (Audioboo, Fotobabble), movies (iMovie), photos and videos (Animoto, Pic Collage, Pic Stitch), comics (Comic Story), word collages (Word Collage), classroom engagement and management (Class Dojo), communication (Skype, Edmodo, Kidblog), and QR codes (QR code readers and generators). The document aims to offer teachers ideas and strategies for incorporating iPad, iPod and other iOS devices into classroom lessons and learning activities.

1. iOS Devices
NTIP February 20, 2013
Tanya Alvarez @alvareztany
Maria Calarco @mscalarco

2. iPads & iPods
Elementary
How to use these devices in your classroom?
Apps, Ideas & Strategies!

3. Show Me
● great for students to explain their thinking
● teachers can create lessons
● you can find many lessons already made
● free app & web-based
● keep private or public
● email, tweet, embed or link on blog
● 1 page recording only
● create a narrated story
● representing numbers
● subtraction stories
● retell cycle of a butterfly

4. Educreations
● create & share videos
● free app & web-based
● graph paper, lined...
● record on multiple pages
● you can undo or redo
● individualize learning
● tweet, copy link, email,
● Kinder Addition
● Decomposing Numbers
● Sequencing
● Recipe, science experiment, seasons inquiry

5. Audioboo
● free app & web-based
● 3 minutes boos
● share on Twitter and email
● explain your thinking
● story telling
● sequening
● making connections
● synthesizng
● oral language
● assessment
● documentation

6. Fotobabble
● free app & web-based
● talking photos
● capturing students work: !
● Inferring
● Morning Message
● evaluating character
● retell
● share on email and Twitter
● assessment and documentation
● explain your work: math problem solving
● graph, representing numbers, subtraction stories....

7. iMovie
● $4.99 app
● make movie, movie trailer, easily edit audio, add effects
and share your movies
● design your own or use samples of narrative,
fairy tale, superhero, etc.
● post to YouTube
● Extras for iMovie $1.99
● elements of a Story: Pirate Inquiry
● gather evidence of students learning:
Butterfly Inquiry, Learning About Bullying,
Patterning Movie...
● What was the best experience this year?
● Persuasive Writing: Recycling

8. Animoto
● free app & web-based
● create music videos with pics & videos
● capture students thinking
● Inferring
● Question & Answer: What do you love?
● Field Trip: Winterlude
● Shapes are Everywhere

9. Evernote
● app & web based
● portfolios
● digital collections of students work that
evidences os skills, applied knowledge...
● teacher captures a picture of students
learning, something that a "test" can't do
● Give feedback to your students assessment
tools
● How to create portfolio with Evernote?

10. Easy Portfolio
● app $1.99
● portfolio
● evidence of students learning
● add image, video, audio
● How it works portfolio

11. Skitch
● easy way to capture,
annotate & personalize
images
● then make them
available anytime &
anywhere with Evernote
● Post to Twitter, share on Blog
● use on anchor charts
● Getting started with
Skitch
● Skitch Samples

12. ● free app
● arrange photos into frames
● borders, stickers, text
● save to camera roll, Tweet or Blog
● Descriptive Writing
● Sequencing
Pic Collage

13. Pic Stitch
● Free app
● 3D shapes
● Representing Numbers (different ways to
make 10)
● Text features (Fiction/Non Fiction)
● Save to Camera Roll, Tweet
or Blog
● Sequencing
● Making Connections
● *Tweeting to Other Classes

14. Comic Story
● $0.99
● create comic strip with photos
● sequence pictures
● procedural writing
● poster

15. Word Collage
● $0.99 word collage
● save to library, Tweet, email
● Getting to know your students
● Guess the Christmas Song
● Kindness Jar
● Mother's Day
● Main idea
● Brainstorm
● Generate Ideas
● Begin an Inquiry

16. Class Dojo
● app & web-based
● engage students
● behaviour management
● instantly reinforce good behaviour
● data & reports
● attendance
● learning skills
● Get Started
● Sample Class Dojo

17. Skype
● open up your classroom
● peer to peer audience
● interact, collaborate
● build relationships
● explore geography
● talk to experts
● virtual fieldtrips
● compare & contrast
● shared classroom
experiences
● interactive video-chat

18. Edmodo
● free app & web-based
● social network for your class
● facebook for schools but secured
● great way for kids to connect from home
● great tool to flip your classroom
● collaborate discussion
● post assignments, videos, links, calendar
● polls, quizzes
● Website

19. Kidblog
● free app & web-based
● teacher approves before being posted
● kids have an audience to write = motivating
● kids can receive comments = motivating
● great tool to see your students writing
progress
● kids have access from home or school
● embed video
● Mrs. Martel's Kidblog

20. QR Code Readers & Generators
● Free apps: Qrafter or i-nigma
● Scan and Create Codes
● qrstuff.com
● Generate a code, save, print & post
● Link to Twitter, Blog or YouTube
● View a Website
● Read Text
● Encode Homework
● Link to an app

21. More Apps to Show Learning
40 top apps for education

22. Questions?