This document provides guidance for teachers on setting up an iPad classroom. It recommends organizing iPad usage through a school calendar, assigning each student the same iPad number for the year, and having students sign an iPad usage contract. It also suggests creating a Dropbox account for students to submit projects, teaching students basic iPad functions through a scavenger hunt, and sharing keyboard options for different language classes. Finally, it discusses several apps that can be used to engage students, including Book Creator, Comic Life, Puppet Pals, iMovie, and Google Docs.

1. Setting up your
iPad classroom
Shauna Néro
Twitter ID: @MmeNero
Email: nero_s@surreyschools.ca
Blog:
www.mmenero.edublogs.org 1
Image was created using my words to
describe the iPad uses in the classroom added
into “Word Collage” app
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2. WHO AM I?
French Immersion,
FSL & Spanish TEACHER
Mother of a 3 year old...
a future BC public school
student
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3. WHY THE iPAD?
iPad picture has words added into it using the app
“WordFoto”
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4. Video: lynda.com
“Rationale for the iPad classroom”
http://bit.ly/1aK2ARQ
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5. GUIDING QUESTION:
How can we use the iPad to encourage collaboration and
use formative assessment strategies to enhance student
understanding of the learning objectives?
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getting organised
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7. Using your school’s Calendar
•Teachers can sign up for classroom use and all others
can access that information
•Organizes the use of iPads so that everyone is aware
who used the iPad in the same day
•Communicate what apps you plan to use
ex. [P2 Nero Evernote, Book Creator)]
GroupWise tutorial for
using the Calendar
functions
http://bit.ly/19VDKz7
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8. Learning from my mistakes:
practical knowledge
• Give each student the same iPad number for the
whole year (even if they are doing group work,
choose one student's iPad number in the group)
and record this on a class list
• Put a responsible student in charge, ask him/her
to distribute the iPads when necessary and collect
them. Do not let any student leave the classroom
untilYOU have checked that all have been
returned.
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9. Setting up an iPad contract
Click on this link to find a
sample you can
download as a doc
http://bit.ly/19VEYub
•Hold your students
accountable for their use
•Sets the tone that iPads are
tools for learning
•Necessary for the respectful
use for all shared classes
•Reduces the amount of
problems you could
encounter
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10. Create a classroom Dropbox account
1. Create a gmail account (ex. GB.Nero@gmail.com)
2. Write the name of your account and the
password on the board
3. Set up a Dropbox account at www.dropbox.com
4. Have students send their projects to the class
Dropbox account (write the directions on the board or
have them keep a hard copy in their binders)
Here is a link to a document that I use as a
reference for marking projects :
http://bit.ly/16MEgdW
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11. Dropbox
• When projects are completed, have students
send them to the class Dropbox account.
• This will avoid LOTS of your time being spent
trying to track down projects.
• A virtual space for you to keep all of the
projects that you would want to keep and
share over the years.
• Many apps (like Book Creator) have a share to
Dropbox link
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12. Getting to know the
iPad
• Do not assume that they know how to use an
iPad (this was my first and biggest mistake)
• Give students a "Scavenger hunt" activity for
them to learn the basic uses (taking pictures,
saving pictures to Photos, surfing the internet
on Safari, turning it on/off, the use of the
"Home" button)
• Let them have fun for a class or two in order to
acquaint themselves with it, those students who
have used an iPad before become the leaders
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13. Share a Google Docs
list with the terms that
they need to know
Home button:
enables you to leave an app at
any time
Safari:
the access to the internet
(search engine)
Finder-search engine:
swipe to the left after the home
screen to the Magnifying Glass
page to type in the name of an
app to find its location
Swiping:
the act of moving between pages
(turning pages on the iPad)
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14. 14
important HOW-TOs
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15. Let’s learn together!
Screen Capture: hold the Home button and the
Power button at the same time
Saving your iPad’s battery life: double-click on
the home button and delete the apps
Saving images in Safari: click and hold the image
(some are copyrighted and will not work) then
push “Save Image” or “Copy”
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16. Keyboards for French Immersion schools
In SETTINGS, click
on...
“General”
“Keyboard”
“Keyboards”
“Add new keyboard”
Click on the world to
interchange between keyboards
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17. bitly.com or the Bitly app:
a teacher’s best friend
http://
www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmo
re.com/record.htm
http://bit.ly/14zxusz
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18. 100 iPad Tips and Tricks
http://bit.ly/1dl3Qgi
Apple’s iPad User Guide
http://bit.ly/15rA0RA
Some online texts
to help you out
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19. 19
apps for the engaged
learner
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20. Book Creator
Have students publish their own
books!
Instead of your typical writing
assignment, have students use
the same criteria but complete
their work by creating an e-pub
book that swipes!
Example:
Les aventures de Mei-Ling by
Francis A and Hannah
(students can even record
themselves reading their stories)
(FRAL 10, 2012)
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21. Comic Life
Students can create their own
comic strips using the app.
Hint: Have students finish it off by
using "Screen capture" and
saving the images into Photos.
Then copy and paste them into
Book Creator to make their
comics into an e-pub book.
Example:
One Direction Visitent la France
by Kiana R and Daman
(FSL 8, 2012)
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22. www.pixton.com/ca/
• Pixton is a great website for
students to use to create
online comics. They can
change their character's
expressions and their
gestures.
• I would suggest doing the
same and "Screen capture"
the pages and paste them into
Book Creator.
Example:
Mi amigo de Canada by Adam
W and Nitesh D
(Spanish 9, 2012)
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23. Puppet Pals HD
Director's Cut
• Create films using their dialogues and
scripts
• Students must create/find characters
which represent their respectful
personalities
• Students must include scenery which
represents the content of their
dialogue/stories.
• Have students create a plan before
using Puppet Pals (who are their
characters, what are their physical/
personality traits, how many
backgrounds will they need and what
are their details)
• WHY DIRECTOR's CUT?
Students can't find their own
characters in the free version,
limited space
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Students use Puppet Pals to create their own characters and
backgrounds for their Book Creator books
(integration of two apps to complete their project)
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25. iMovie
• In order for Puppet Pals to become
a movie, all "Saved Shows" need
to be exported into Photos and
then saved in order in iMovie.
iMovie is a great tool for making
videos of:
• Students showing how they have
learned a lesson
• Students becoming teachers by
explaining concepts their own way
• Recording and presenting skits or
music videos of their own songs/
raps
Share movies to Camera Roll, iTunes
or class private YouTube account.
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26. Doodle Buddy
• Doodle Buddy is a great tool for
playing Pictionary in class,
students can draw directly onto
the iPad so that other groups
can guess
• Any words or quotes that need
to go into iMovie should be
created in Doodle Buddy and
then added to Photos
• A great tool for creating any
doodles or drawings that
students want to add to their
stories
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27. Recording Apps
• The Voice Memos app is
an easy way to add your
recordings to iTunes
• Dragon Dictation helps
students who have
difficulty writing and
dictates what they want to
express on paper
(sometimes it makes
mistakes though, a
headset is recommended)
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Voice Memos are an integral part of my
podcast project in the language classroom.
See my blog to understand how.
Read from page 13 of "Inquiring Minds Learn
to Read and Write"
by Wilhelm, Wilhelm & Boas, 2009
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28. Review: Using Book
Creator for Carousel Activity
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Recently, in order to review for a unit test on Le
Petit Prince, I had students work on a theme,
character or scene in Book Creator (they were
pre-loaded onto the iPads, students did not
know what they got until they started)
This project:
• Ensured that students discussed the elements
of the book as a group, helping each other out.
• Made students think about themes and
develop their answers together.
• Look for quotes and explain them in their own
words.
• Ask a question that was to be answered by
another group about the topic.
• Each group had to complete two topics and
continue from another group, by answering the
question asked.
Examples: Le Petit Prince and Le thème de la
vanité et la beauté
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29. Digital Portfolio:
Book Creator/Show Me/Evernote
• Have students create a digital
portfolio for them to explain what
they are proud of, what they have
learned, what they need to improve
on and establish goals.
• Great for showing at Parent-
Teacher conferences, students can
explain in their own words.
• Challenging for some to get away
from "I got a perfect mark, that's
why I am proud" rather than explain
the learning behind getting that
perfect mark.
Example: Tesla K
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Google Docs:
a love letter via Youtube
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31. Google Drive
A place for students to
share their documents in
order to collaborate
together.
Peer editing so that teacher
can go and restore
previous versions to see
what suggestions or
changes have been made.
Show example:
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Revision History is
a Teacher's Best
Friend!
Example: Alors on dort by Shimmy L, Matthew L and Morgan A
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33. Apps that I have not used yet, but plan on it at
sometime...
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Inspiring Others with their Work
Just like displaying excellent student
examples in the classroom, it's
important to share digital work as well.
Wall in my
classroom with
QR code links
that work A blog for
their work
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