This document discusses using iPads for inquiry-based learning. It introduces inquiry-based learning and the inquiry model of planning, retrieving, processing, creating, sharing and evaluating. Various apps are presented that can support each stage of the inquiry process. The document then provides examples of "app-tivity stations" that students can complete to develop inquiry skills using different apps. It concludes with suggestions for displaying iPads and sharing students' work.

1. iPads and Inquiry Based Learning
Karla Holt
@karlaholt
karla.holt@me.com

2. Introductions
• Introduce yourself to a
‘learning buddy or two’
• Discuss: Today’s session will
be successful for me if...

3. Agenda
• What is inquiry based learning?
• Apps and Resources for
stages of the inquiry process
• App-tivity Stations
• Workflow solutions

4. !
http://padlet.com/wall/
ipadsinq
Tip:You can scan the QR code with an
app like i-nigma to go to the webpage.

5. http://padlet.com

6. http://padlet.com
• Quick and easy
• No sign-in required
• Works on all
computers and tablets
• If you sign in, you have
moderator privileges
over all posts.

7. http://padlet.com
Click on the gear
to add a title,
change the
wallpaper, privacy
and address.
Pages can be
password
protected.

8. The Inquiry ModelInquiry Model
Planning
! Identify a topic area for inquiry
! Identify possible information sources
! Identify audience and presentation format
! Establish evaluation criteria
! Outline a plan for inquiry
Retrieving
! Develop an information
retrieval plan
! Locate and collect resources
! Select relevant information
! Evaluate information
! Review and revise the plan for
inquiry
Processing
! Establish a focus for inquiry
! Choose pertinent information
! Record information
! Make connections and
inferences
! Review and
revise the
plan for
inquiry
Creating
! Organize information
! Create a product
! Think about the audience
! Revise and edit
! Review and revise the plan for inquiry
Sharing
! Communicate with the audience
! Present new understandings
! Demonstrate appropriate
audience behaviour
Evaluating
! Evaluate the product
! Evaluate the inquiry
process and inquiry plan
! Review and revise personal
inquiry model
! Transfer learning to new
situations/beyond school
http://education.alberta.ca/media/313361/focusoninquiry.pdf

9. Types of Inquiry
Mini-Projects (or
stations) throughout a
unit of work / topic
that focus on inquiry
An overarching project
(or problem) framing
the learning (Project
Based Learning)
Small groups
Whole Class
Need Ideas? Try: http://bie.org/project_search

10. Blooms and Inquiry
Creating assemble, construct, create, design,
develop, formulate
Evaluating argue, defend, judge, select, support,
value, evaluate
Analyzing appraise, compare, contrast, criticize,
differentiate, discriminate, examine
Applying choose, demonstrate, dramatize,
employ, illustrate, interpret, solve, use
Understanding classify, describe, explain, identify, locate,
select, paraphrase
Remembering define, list, recall, reproduce, repeat
Planning inquiry activities:

11. iPadagogy Wheel
http://tech2learn.wikispaces.com/file/view/iPadagogy-Wheel.jpg
Remember
Understand
Apply
Create
Evaluate
Analyse

12. bit.ly/1bMtQBd
The apps and tools we will explore today…

13. Phases of Inquiry
• Pre-focus phase (determining what would be a
good inquiry question - student choice/teacher
driven)
• Processing Phase - model/teach how to compare,
contrast and synthesize data (graphic organizers,
note taking, references, sources of info)
• Creating Phase - model/teach how to organizing
the info, putting the info in own words
• Sharing Phase - audience and purpose (authentic
- blog, website, school assembly)

14. Planning

15. Planning
Low Tech High Tech

16. Planning your inquiry:
• Create a simple outline for an inquiry.
• Record your ideas using an app such as
• Popplet Lite
• Mindomo
• IdeaSketch

17. Popplet Lite

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Mind-Mapping Apps
Mindomo Free
Mind mapping app, allows images;
Collaborate with others online with an account.
iBrainstorm Free - Allows multiple mind maps, cannot insert images;
can save to camera roll
Idea Sketch Free - Allows multiple mind maps, cannot insert images;
can save to camera roll
Popplet LiteVersion = Free FullVersion = 4.99
Mind mapping app, allows images; suitable for young children.
Free version allows only one mind map at at time. Collaborate
with others online.
Kidspiration LiteVersion = Free FullVersion = 9.99
Mind mapping app, allows images and clip art; suitable for
young children.
Free version allows up to 5 mind maps.
Inspiration LiteVersion = Free
FullVersion = 9.99
Mind mapping app, allows images and clip art
Free version allows up to 5 mind maps.
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19. How can you use these features
& apps?

20. More Planning Options
Know Want to Know Learned
Create and open KWL charts or other graphic
organizers in the Pages App or on Google Docs.
Pages ($9.99)
Google Drive (free requires
google account)

21. More Planning Options
KWL charts or other graphic organizers
Tools4Students App $0.99
Contains 25 graphic organizers
for students to complete.
Can be emailed, sent to dropbox
or opened in…Google Drive.

22. Retrieving

23. Retrieving
Safari
Google
Chrome
Search Tools
All results
Reading Level
Narrow results by reading level.

24. Retrieving
Speak Selection - Reads aloud selected content.
Settings > General > Accessibility >
Speak Selection > Turn on
Drag slider towards turtle.

25. Retrieving
Instagrok
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Use the free app or
access from the
website: http://
www.instagrok.com
!

26. Retrieving
Wikipedia-
Simple English
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Under Languages side bar choose Simple English.

27. Retrieving
http://wonderopolis.org/wonders/
Science 360
Discovery Education
Khan Academy
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/default.aspx

28. CreatingProcessing
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29. Processing & Creating:
“It’s not good enough to ask
students to simply find information…
they need to do something with that
information.”

30. Compiling Information:
• Mind mapping apps
• Word Processing and Annotating apps
Google Docs
PaperPort Notes App
Notes App
Pages App
(9.99)
Evernote
Skitch

31. PaperPort Notes - free
• Summarize key points
• Speech to text
Select the T then click on the page.
The Tap & Speak button will be above
the keyboard.
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32. App-tivity Stations
• Go to the station and read the task card.
Complete the activity. Please adapt the
activity to suit a learning objective you are
teaching.
• You will need a QR-Reader App.

33. App-tivity Stations

34. Grade 3 - Social Studies Rubric
3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how
geographic, social, cultural and linguistic factors affect quality of life in
communities in India, Tunisia, Ukraine and Peru.
Beginning Approaching Fully Meeting Exceeding
Recognizes that
daily life differs
in each of the
four
communities.
Identifies and
describes
differing ways
of life in the
four
communities.
Explains
differing ways
of life and
identifies
factors
influencing
quality of life in
the four
communities.
Evaluates
factors
influencing
quality of life
and analyses
the
interdependent
relationship
between the
factors.

35. Slideshow Station
!
•Choose one of the communities we have been studying: Peru,
Tunisia, Ukraine and India.
•Create a slideshow that highlights how the geography and
culture affect the quality of life in the communities.
Possible Apps to use:
Haiku Deck (free) Keynote ($9.99)

36. Haiku Deck• When you first open it you are prompted
to create an account but you can skip
this step.
• Create a new slide show.
Add a new slide
Play presentation
Layout of text
Select Image
Write Text
Without signing in you cannot ‘share’ your presentaion
Tip: Take a screen shot of each slide to save them to the
camera roll.

37. PostCard Station!
•Imagine you are visiting one of the communities we have been
studying: Peru,Tunisia, Ukraine and India.
•Send a postcard to the class describing and explaining a
tradition or celebration in that community.
Photocard
Lite (free)
1. Scan the QR code to access images
and information about the community.
2. Gather information and save images
to your camera roll.
3. Use the app Photocard to write your
postcard.
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine

38. PhotoCard Lite• When you first open it you are prompted
to sign in but you can skip this step by
clicking on Explore.
BackAdd image from Camera roll
Without signing in you cannot ‘share’
your post card.
Tip: Take a screen shot of both the
front and back of the card to save
them to the camera roll.

39. Multimedia Presentation Station!
•Pick one of the contributing factors of quality of life such as
shelter, food, job or income, schooling, freedom.
•Use images and voice over to compare and contrast this
factor in two of the communities.
Videolicious
(free)
!
30 Hands
(free)
1. Scan the QR code to access images and
information about the community.
2. Gather information and save images to your
camera roll.
3. Use the app Videolicious or 30 Hands
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine

40. Videolicious - Free
Choose Shots > Camera Roll Select your images in order. Record your voice over.
Drag up the photos as you
record your voice.
Choose your music.

41. Videolicious - Continued
Choose your music.
Preview & Save
Give it a title
Save
!
The video will be saved to your camera
roll.
!
You can also email out from
Videolicious.

42. 30 Hands
Skip this step
New Presentation Give Title and Add Slides
Choose your type of slide
(photo or draw)
Choose your
photos. You can
choose more than
one at a time.

43. 30hands
Drag to re-arrange
your slides if
neccessary.
!
Tap on Begin
Recording
Record your
voice. Swipe
to move to
the next
slide.
Tap the arrow to
publish the video.
Save to camera
roll.

44. Infomercial Station!
•Pick one of the communities we are studying.
•Create a 30 second infomercial persuading others to visit the
community. Be sure to include key festivals, traditions and
other aspects of the culture.
Tellagami
(free)
1. Scan the QR code to access images and
information about the community.
2. Gather information and save an image for
your informercial background.
3. Use the app Tellagami to create your
infomercial.
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine

45. Tellagami Preview
1. Choose a background (from
Library)
2. Choose a character
3. Choose emotion (optional)
4. Record your voice or add
typed text that will be read
aloud.
5. Share - Press Save to save the video to your camera roll

46. Role Play Station Option 1!
•Pick one or two of the contributing factors of quality of life
such as shelter, food, job or income, schooling, freedom.
•Create a short role play to demonstrate how this factor
influences the quality of life of people in the community.
Camera App
!
Splice iPhone
Video Editing
App (free)
!
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iMovie App
($4.99)
1. Jot down ideas for your role play and script if
necessary.
2. Film your role play using the camera (video)
app.
3. Use an app to edit your role play. Save your
finished role play to the camera roll.

47. Role Play Station Option 2!
•Pick one or two of the contributing factors of quality of life
such as shelter, food, job or income, schooling, freedom.
•Create a short role play to demonstrate how this factor
influences the quality of life of people in the community.
1. Jot down ideas for your role
play and script if necessary.
2. Use the app PuppetPals to
insert your image as one of
the characters.
3. Record your role play in the
app. Export it to the camera
roll.

48. Note: You can only add your own
images with the paid version.

49. Collage Station!
•Pick one of the contributing factors of quality of life such as
shelter, food, job or income, schooling, freedom.
•Compare and contrast this factor across the communities and
describe how it influences the quality of life of people in the
community.
1. Use the PicCollage App to
search for images in the
communities.
2. Be sure to label each image.
3. Export your collage to the
camera roll.
Pic Collage

50. Pic Collage (Free)

51. Pic Collage (Free)

52. Explaining Station!
•Consider the geography of one of the communities.
•Explain how the geography influences humans in the community. You
may include information about climate and natural resources.
Doceri (free) 1. Locate an image that shows
the geography of the
community. Save it to your
camera roll.
2. Use one of the apps to write
on the image and include voice
over to explain the influences.
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine
ShowMe (free)
Educreations (free)
Explain Everything
($2.99)

53. Doceri
New
RecordVoice
and Screen cast
Add image
Pens and
Drawing tools
Undo and redo

54. Doceri- To save your video to the Camera
Roll
Select your recording
and drag to the
camera roll icon.

55. !
• Use the app Skitch to label the three geographic regions of Peru.
• The Coastal Plains
• The Amazon Rainforest
• The Andes Mountains
!
• Label why each region is important to Peru. What resources or services
does each area offer?
• Use the QR code to go directly to a map of Peru. Press and hold on the
image and Save to Camera Roll or open Safari and find a map of Peru to
save.
Any QR reader app will
work. I use the i-nigma
app (free)
Annotation Station
1. Open Skitch. You do NOT have to sign in.
2. Choose your map of Peru from the camera roll
(allow Skitch to access your photos). Annotate the
map.

56. Skitch App - Free
★Annotate images using text, pens and shapes.
★When you first open you are prompted to sign in
(syncs with Evernote), but you can skip this step
and still be able to email your annotations.
Email or
Save to
Camera Roll

57. Skitch App (NewVersion)
Choose your image.
Tap here to access
annotation Tools.

59. I want my students to...
Book Creator
$4.99
Pages
$9.99
Keynote
$9.99
create a culminating project
including images, video, text
and/or sound.

60. Book Creator $4.99
Creates an epub file.
Add text, photos, video
and voice recordings.

61. App Smashing

63. Ways to display your iPad:
AirServer Software for
your computer
Apple TV
connected to your
projector
Reflector Software for
your computer
VGA adaptor
Document Camera
Airplay

64. AirPlay in iOS 7
• Swipe up from the bottom of
your iPad to open the control
panel.
• Click on the airplay
• Choose the device
• Mirroring: ON

65. AirPlay in iOS 6
• AirPlay
• Double Tap the home button
• Swipe backwards.
• Click on the airplay icon
• Choose the device
• Mirroring: ON

66. Ways to display your iPad through a Projector
Pro Con
VGA
Adapter
$35.00
Connect directly to
your projector
cable.
•Disconnect projector cable from
computer and connect to iPad
•Unable to move around
•Often comes loose
•Does not work with iPad 1
(only iPad 2 and later)
Document
Camera
(PriceVaries)
Use Document
Camera
•See your fingers and gestures
•Works with iPad 1 (and 2 & 3)
•Unable to move around
•Glare from device can be an
issue
Air Server
$3.99 single
$14.99 five
Download http://
www.airserver.com
•Wireless-You can move around
•Works using AirPlay Feature of iPad -
no connecting cables.
•7 day free trial
•requires wireless internet and both
computer and iPad on same network
•Does not work with iPad 1
Reflector
$14.99 single
$49.99 five
Download
https://
www.reflectorapp.c
om
•Wireless-You can move around
•Works using AirPlay Feature of iPad
•10 minute free trial
•PC (XP & up) or Mac (10.6.8 & up)
•requires wireless internet and both
computer and iPad on same network
•Does not work with iPad 1
Apple TV
$109.00
Connect Apple TV
to your projector
and use airplay to
mirror iPad.
•Wireless-You can move around the
room
•Works using AirPlay Feature of iPad
•requires wireless internet and both
computer and iPad on same network
•Does not work with iPad 1
•You may need an HDMI toVGA
adaptor
Adapted from: http://learninginhand.com/blog/5-ways-to-show-your-ipad-on-a-projector-screen.html

67. How do I get projects from
the iPad???
• Email - the Mail app must be configured on the iPad
• Dropbox App or Google Drive Requires
teacher to share folder with students.
• Upload to a padlet wall.
• Manual Sync - Image &Videos will be imported from
the camera roll
• iTunes - File Transfer (iPad must be synced with
that computer).

68. Sharing Using the
Dropbox App
Requires a dropbox account (free).
!
Options:
•Create a class account and sign in with
that on each iPad.
!
•Students join Dropbox and you create
‘shared’ folders. Students sign in with
their own dropbox accounts.

69. Sharing Using the Dropbox App
•Upload files individually •Files uploaded
from the iPad
appear in the
Camera Uploads
Folder.

70. Sharing Using the Google Drive App
• Requires google accounts.
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71. Sample Inquiry Projects
• Inquiry Projects in Golden Hills: http://
www.ghsd-curriculum.com/inquiry/projects/
• Grade 1 animal inquiry project http://
www.mrswideen.com/2013/03/ipad-animal-
inquiry-project.html?m=1
• CBE School Showcase Inquiry Projects http://
schools.cbe.ab.ca/b143/showcase.htm

72. Inquiry Resources:
• http://bie.org/for/teachers
• http://www.inquiry-based.com
• http://inquiry-based.com/ipads--ipods.html
• http://www.techchef4u.com/history/inquiry-based-app-
tivities/
• http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/aisi/themes/
inquiry.aspx
• http://galileo.org/teachers/designing-learning/articles/what-
is-inquiry/
• http://education.alberta.ca/media/313361/
focusoninquiry.pdf

73. Questions/Comments
What’s your take-away?
karla.holt@me.com
@karlaholt