The document discusses using tablets in the classroom to enhance teaching. It provides examples of how a teacher can use their iPad to create and share class presentations and agendas, collect and publish student work, flip their classroom by creating instructional videos, and have students do collaborative work using the iPad cart. The teacher demonstrates various workflows for setting up folders in Google Drive to organize and share class materials and student work between teachers and students. Examples of apps that can be used are also provided.

1. TEACHING WITH TABLETS
CATHERINE RITZ
ARLINGTON (MA) PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NECTFL, 2014

2. ABOUT ME &
TECHNOLOGY IN MY DISTRICT
• WL Director, Arlington, MA – French/Spanish teacher
• Middle School: each teacher has an iPad for teaching;
iPad Mini Cart for students
• High School: a few teachers have an iPad for teaching;
15 iPod Touches for students, many use their own
iPhones
• All students are assigned Gmail accounts through the
district, and teacher emails are also through Gmail

3. SESSION OBJECTIVES
• Understand how to set up your classroom with a tablet
and manage workflow in order to:
• …create and share class agendas and presentations.
• …share and publish student work.
• …flip your classroom.
• …use the tablet for fun, engaging games.
• Understand how to manage workflow when students are
using tablets in class or at home in order to…
• …effectively manage class time.
• …easily collect student work.

4. ONE TABLET
• Teach with your iPad like an Interactive Whiteboard
• Do interactive games with students
• Film student conversations
• Take photos of student work
• Flip your classroom (no more in-class grammar!)

6. WORKFLOW: CLASS AGENDAS/
PRESENTATIONS
Create Folder for each class in GoogleDrive
and Share with Students
Create Presentation in GoogleDrive
Open Presentation in Notability for class
Save Annotated Presentation as PDF to
Shared Google Drive Folder

10. WORKFLOW: SHARING /
PUBLISHING STUDENT WORK
Create Folder for each class in GoogleDrive and
Share with Students
Create student videos or take photos of student
work (Camera app)
Upload student videos or photos to GoogleDrive
Shared Folder (be in GoogleDrive to upload)
Upload student videos or photos to Blogger to
publish and share with parents/administrators

14. WORKFLOW:
“FLIP” YOUR CLASSROOM
Create Folder for each class in GoogleDrive
and Share with Students
Use an app like Explain Everything to create
screencast
Save the screencast to the Camera Roll
From GoogleDrive, upload the saved
screencast to your Shared Folder or Blogger

17. AND NOW FOR A LITTLE FUN…

22. IPAD CART
• iPad Minis/iPod Touches are also great
• Students can do collaborative videos, projects, speaking,
listening activities
• Digital storytelling
• Set up learning stations with different activities
• Browse the app store for free educational apps… there are
tons!

23. WORKFLOW: COLLECTING
STUDENT WORK
Create Folder for each class in GoogleDrive and Share
with Students
Create sub-folders for each student and share with just
that student OR create sub-folders for each assignment
Students export their work to Camera app
Students log in to GoogleDrive, then upload their work
from Camera app to hand in

24. SHARE THE SUB-FOLDER
WITH STUDENTS

29. http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as

30. QUESTIONS?
• ?
• catherineritz@gmail.com, www.catherineritz.org