This document discusses the benefits of using iPads in the classroom. It notes that students can see learning gains from as little as 20 minutes of iPad study per day. The bottom line is that iPads make a difference in improving learning outcomes. The document then provides examples of educational apps that can be used for student engagement, submitting and grading assignments, taking notes, sharing lectures, assessing student understanding, and projecting lessons. It also discusses how apps can support different learning styles and subjects like social studies. Overall, the document advocates for using iPads in the classroom by highlighting their educational benefits and providing examples of useful apps.

2. Why Bother Using the iPads?
With so much work involved when trying to get the
COW (Computer on Wheels) into the room, the iPads
distributed and the internet to work, why bother?

3. Student Engagement
A recent study (summarized on National
Geographic.com) found that, “Students saw learning
gains after as little as 20 minutes of study on the iPad”

4. Improved Learning Outcomes
‘The bottom line is that these iPads and similar
tools actually do make a difference,”
--Matthew Schneps,
founding member of the Science Education Department
at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in
Massachusetts.

5. What can Apps do?
Submit and Grade Student work: Edmodo is one of my
favorite educational sites and apps as it can be used in so
many different ways in the classroom. A teacher can
create quizzes, grade assignments, create small learning
communities and more.
Build Background and Interest: Brainpop is an app that
is expensive but valuable as it allows students to watch
short animated videos and take comprehension quizzes
afterward

6. Turn in Assignments: I’ve had success with edmodo but I
prefer using google docs to have students turn in lengthier
essays as its easy to make comments and mark up the document.
Take Notes: The Evernote app allows students to take notes
on any devise and access them From anywhere using a login.
This ensures students will always have access to their notes and
other assignments in progress.
Share lectures: Keynote, part of iWork, lets teachers share
lectures with students. Students can access lectures whenever
they needed and were able to learn at the pace that suited them
best.

7. Pull Students: The eClicker app is used to pull students on
what they know and don't know and this information can be
used to modify assignments or prompt further instruction.
Project: The Reflector app allows teachers to display what they
are doing on their ipad with students via the projector. This
allows students to follow step by step instructions in real time
which is very handy for learning new tricks and skills on the ipad
or learning to use a new website.
Here is a link to a site that explains 35 free apps
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/
2012/12/my-35-favorite-free-apps-teaching

8. Apps can be applied to lesson planning according to the
cognitive levels within Bloom’s Taxonomy as well as Gardner’s
Multiple Intelligence Model

9. Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad
Apps
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11. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/a-new-fantastic-blooms-taxonomy-wheel.
html

12. Gardner's Multiple Intelligence: Apps for the iPad
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/multiple-intelligences-apps-for-ipad.
html

13. Social Studies Apps
Atlas for iPad : Atlas features valuable Information
and Maps on over 250 world entities
History Maps of World: a fun and educational
collection of high-resolution historical maps
Stack the State/Country: A very popular
And competitive way to learn geography,
Students earn points for geographic knowledge
And can compete against one another
Here is a link to 16 FREE apps and what they do
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/16-excellent-ipad-apps-for-social.html

14. Not Feeling Confident About Using a
Certain APP or Feature?
Remember that youtube has thousands of video tutorials for
just about every app or iPad feature you’d like to use. These
can be helpful for both you and your students. Display the
video on the overhead or post a link so they can view it
individually from their iPad.

15. In order to use the iPads the Internet must work,
lets take a field trip to the fourth floor to see if we
can connect…