The document provides options for presenting classroom content using an iPad, including:
1. Using an Apple projector adapter to display still images and presentations from an iPad onto a projector.
2. Using a document camera to display any content visible on the iPad screen, including video, onto a projector.
3. Using Apple TV air play to wirelessly display any Apple device's screen onto a projector, including web pages and video.
Presentation creation options like Apple Keynote, Educreations, and Nearpod are also discussed. Interactive response tools like Socrative that turn devices into clickers for polls and quizzes are presented. Classroom monitoring with LanSchool is described as
1. Presenting Classroom
Content with the iPad
Now that I have an iPad in my classroom, what can I do with it?
TNT Conference 2012
Room 214 from1:35-2:25
Meredith Boullion & Georgia Broussard
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4. Some Background & This Presentation
• I am fortunate to have been
awarded grants to purchase
technology for my classroom.
• My classroom currently has 15
iPads for student use, a
projector, and an Activeboard.
• I’ve been trying to best create
content for the iPads and figure
out how to manage them all
since April.
• This presentation is intended to
share the best of what I’ve
learned through the process.
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6. Option #1: an Apple Projector Adapter
The Good… The Not So Good…
• Enables you to connect an iPad • Will not work to show videos
to a projector using the same (United Streaming, student-
VGA cable that is used to made, etc.), only still images
connect your computer to the and presentations
projector
• Easily found at Wal-Mart or
Amazon.com
• Inexpensive: average cost
between $20-$40
• Easily connected
7. Option #2: Document Camera
The Good… The Not So Good…
• Can be run through your • Expensive – from $75 and up
laptop to your projector
• Enables you to view any
content that is visible on the
iPad screen – including video
• Easily view both teacher
produced content and
student produced content
8. Option #3: Apple TV Air Play
The Good… The Not So Good…
• Any Apple device in the • $99
classroom can be wirelessly
displayed via the device
• Can share web pages and
video
• Easily display student work
• Password protected
11. Apple Keynote
• Create presentations on an iPad, iPhone, or
Mac and access via the iCloud
• http://www.apple.com/apps/keynote/
12. Apple Keynote
The Good…
• A lot like PowerPoint The Not So Good…
• Visually appealling
• It isn’t free, the app costs $9.99
• Easy to use and create
• Only available on Apple devices
• Can be saved as
PowerPoint, pdf files, and • If you have more than one iPad
mov files linked to your account, your
presentations show up on all
• Can be saved in the iCloud
devices with the app (including
and accessed from any Apple
student used devices)
device
• Any updates or changes are
made to single presentation
13. • Create presentations on a whiteboard with
drawing tools
• Record the presentations to share
• http://www.educreations.com/
14. The Good… The Not So Good…
• Free • Only available for Apple
• Easy to use and create devices
• Handy for all subjects
• Students find it easy to use, too
• Can make videos of your lessons
for students to view later
(RTIE, absences, etc.)
• Make videos similar to those
shown on Khan Academy
• Once you create an account you
can save your presentations and
email or copy and embed the
link
15. • Create interactive, teacher-paced lessons
• Include
content, video, polls, questions, quizzes
• Lessons created through their website and
then launched via the teacher app
• Nearpod website
16. The Good… The Not So Good…
• Free app • Works best with multiple
• Fairly easy to use student devices
• Nothing for Android
• Lots of Webinars for training systems, but can be viewed
• Can use already made through computer browsers
content (their site or your • Can only save 10 presentations
own PowerPoints) for free, then it costs $10 per
• Teacher paced presentations month
• Include interactive features • Up to 30 students per session
(polls, questions, quizzes) for free, then up to 50 with the
$10 subscription
• Can include video • Requires access to Internet via
wi-fi
17. *Please install the free
app, student version on your
Apple devices (student
socrative clicker)
• Turns any Apple device (phone, iPod, iPad) into
a response system
• Used to develop review games, polls, and
quizzes
• http://www.socrative.com/
18. The Good… The Not So Good…
• Turn any device into a • Best with multiple devices
clicker
(iPads, iPods, iPhones) • Requires access to the Internet
• Teacher version available via via wi-fi connection
Apple or Android • Not available for students in the
• Interactive polling, review Android market
games, and quizzes
• Student results downloaded
as Excel spreadsheet or
emailed to teacher
19. • Enables the teacher to monitor classroom
device usage by mirroring the screens onto a
teacher screen
• Can also be used to communicate with
students and create polls and quizzes
• http://www.lanschool.com/
20. The Good… The Not So Good…
• Monitors all computers in • $199 for the year
the classroom by displaying • Cannot limit iPad apps, only
their screens on your websites
desktop
• Can limit websites
• Can send and receive
messages
• Can deliver quizzes and polls
• Free 30 day trial
21. • Please install and open the Socrative student app.
• Enter the Socrative Classroom #: 63473.
• Draw a number for the first question response.
• We’ll take a quick quiz to demonstrate how it works.
• I’ll draw for prizes from those with the best scores.
22. Time to Research, Install and
Play
We hope you have found this presentation
to be informative and useful.
Meredith Boullion & Georgia Broussard