The document discusses the transformation of teaching and learning through the use of technology, particularly iPads, suggesting that educators should integrate digital tools to enhance educational experiences. It highlights the differences between automating tasks and transforming learning environments, advocating for the development of literacies such as media literacy and digital citizenship. Various apps and tools are recommended for creating, sharing, and engaging with content, alongside specific project ideas aimed at enhancing student creativity and collaboration.

1. Transforming
Teaching &
Learning
SilviaTolisano

2. Century Silvia Literacies Tolisano
Skills, Rosenthal
& Fluency
Educational Consultant
GloballyConnectedLearning.com
Langwitches.org/blog

3. http://globallyconnectedlearning.com

4. http://langwitches.wikispaces.com

5. http://langwitches.org/blog

6. @langwitches
http://twitter.com/langwitches

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TransLiteracy whatever
wherever Media Literacy
critical thinking
communicate Net work Literacy
imagination Information Literacy connect
amplify Apps Pedagogy
Digital Citizenship
Global Literacy create
Tools
Curriculum
collaborate
innovation
life-long

10. documenting
sharing
connecting

11. documenting
sharing
connecting

12. documenting
sharing
connecting

13. How can we...
Transform Teaching &
Learning?

14. What is the Difference
bet ween
Automating?
Transforming?

15. Automating

16. ...substitute manual / analog
activities...

18. “Two Thousand Dollar Pencil”
Alan November

19. Transforming

20. ...do what we could have NEVER
done before...

21. Informating...
Whole Systems.... Flow
of Information &
Communication

22. Imagination

27. A Journey...
Not a roadmap...
A Process...

28. possessing or demonstrating
Being Skilled accomplishment, skill, or special
training (from Free Dictionary)
To be literate means to have
knowledge or competence (from 21st
Century Fluency Project)
Being Literate To have to think about what you are
going to do next (from Ian Jukes)
To be fluent is to demonstrate
mastery and to do so unconsciously
and smoothly (from 21st Century Fluency Project)
Being Fluent
Are unconscious skills, you just
know what to do next (from Ian Jukes)

29. Being Skilled Having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a
certain activity well.
• know how to take screenshots
• be able to write on iPad in my handwriting,
so it was somewhat legible
• find and download appropriate apps to
substitute tasks, I was used to doing on my
laptop
• upload and synch images and documents
• organize apps into folders
• search for, open, close, multi-task
• type, copy/paste, edit text, etc.

30. Being Literate ha ving kno wle dge o r c om pe ten ce
• manipulate and edit images and video
• read books and documents, allow
annotations, share highlights
• aggregate and read my RSS feeds
• organize and access files
• brainstorm and mindmap
• tweet, blog and facebook
• take notes
• create presentations, graphs, flyers, etc.

31. Being Fluent the ability to create and then communicate your creation
• connect tasks effortless together (ex.creating and editing a video,
then uploading, embedding and disseminating on several
platforms)
• CREATE and then being able to COMMUNICATE
• Read in my RSS Reader and seamlessly disseminate links to
Twitter, Facebook and to my social bookmarking service
• take an image…edit…then automatically post to my photo stream
as well as embed into a blog post
• work within several apps, then remix content from each one by
being able to import them from one app to another.
• not having to rely on my laptop as a “translator” to convert a file,
remix files, upload files, having to email files in order to send
them on to a specific depository or grab an embed code, etc.
• seamlessly switch between different accounts to disseminate as a
different user of the platform (ex. Twitter, Email, Facebook)

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de v ic e
f o r. . . Cre ation
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33. How can we
Enhance Learning?

34. Text
How can we...
Differentiate Learning?

35. Text
How can we...
Personalize Learning?

36. How can we...
Transform Teaching &
Learning?

37. Transformative?
Orion iPad Pilot Project

38. Transformative?
Wuhan, China 1:1 iPad Program

39. Car Commercial-Year 6 , Hull/UK
Transformative?
http://mrandrewsonline.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/case-study-part-3-using-ipads-as.html?m=1

40. What is YOUR
Question

41. Do yo u us e
the
iPad a s a
t o o l t o te ac h
o r t o le a r n

42. iPads as a Teaching Tool

43. Access to Curate Access to
Information Media
Differentiated
Instruction
Organized
Professional
Development
Mobility

44. iPads as a Learning Tool

45. Beyond
..replacing the paper/pencil/worksheet with an app on the iPad
Infuse Creativity to Experiment
... Amplify...

48. Bloom’s Taxonomy for iPads
Creating
Audioboo iMovie ComicBook! ReelDirector SonicPics Animoto Puppet Pals Toontastic Doink
Evaluating Mobile Science
HootSuite Skype Zite FlipBoard Instapaper Goodreads Wunderlist
RSS 360
Analyzing iThoughts Today’s Explain 3D Cell GoSky
Lino Popplet Diigo GoDocs
HD Documents Everything Simulation Watch
Applying ZigZag
Poetry Keynote Visualize Posterous Presentation Xperica GearHD
ShowMe
Creator Board Link
Understanding 123 Good Touch
ScreenChomp Motion Math Idea Sketch Corkulous Blogsy Pages
Charts Reader Draw
Remembering Stack the Evernote NxtApp Ansel & Clair’s Word
iBook Noteshelf eClicker Globe
Countries Peek 4Kids Adventure Seek HD
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano~ GloballyConnectedLearning.com~ adapted from Kathy Schrock’s Blooming iPad

56. Generations

57. Baby Boomers
born between 1946-1964

58. Generation X
born between 1964-1982

59. Generation Y
Millenials
Born Between 1982-Early 2000

60. Generation Z
The Net Generation
Mid 1990’s - Late 2000s

61. Swiping
Generation

62. Digital Natives?
62

63. iPad
Fluency
Knowing what app to use for a specific purpose...
Knowing what and how to combine apps to create and share...

64. iPad
Fluency
edit
create
upload
share

65. How do we Success
Image by Mattox- http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=profile&l=Mattox
measure?
engagement
empowered
Improvemen creativity
t of fluency
Instructional motivation
Practice innovation
connectedness
Improvement of Student 65

66. ShowMe 66

67. ShowMe 67

68. Sock Puppet 68

69. AudioBo
o
69

70. Safari 70

71. Notability 71

72. Google Earth 72

73. iMovie 73

74. Scan 74

75. Book Creator 75

76. Brushes
76

77. iMovie
77

78. Dragon Dictation 78

79. Activities

80. 1. Interview
Apps Suggestions: iMovie ($4.99), AudioBoo (free)
Directions:
You will interview a real, historic, or fictitious person. Ask them about a specific event in their lives (historic
period, eye witness event, family story, contribution to society, expert advice, etc.)
• Script introduction to the person you are interviewing, give background information about the person. and
formulate interview questions.
• If using iMovie: Take an image of the real person you are interviewing (and maybe the surroundings/
settings) or find and download an image (licensed under Creative Commons) of a fictitious person and
pertinent images that would go with your interview. Import the images.
• Record the audio of the interview
• Keep your interview between 3-5 minutes
Share:
Export the movie to YouTube or Vimeo (if you have an account), then email me the link. I will embed the video
clip on the example page of this wiki. If you do not have an account with these services send me the video file
via Yousendit or Dropbox
Publish the audio file to AudioBoo, then email me the link to your audiobook and I will embed the file on the
example page of this wiki

81. 2. Book Recommendation
Apps Suggestions: Sonic Pics Lite (free) StoryRobe ($0.99) , StoryKit (free)
Directions:
1. Decide on a book that you would like to recommend to a specific audience (your students, book club, parent
community, teacher colleague, administrators, etc.)
2. Write a short script to summarize the book, highlight why you feel your audience would like/benefit from
reading it. Add further resources (links, websites, movies, other books on the topic, etc.) about the setting,
characters, topic, author, etc.
3. Find 5 visuals/images online to include in your recommendation.
4. Use Sonic Pics Lite and import the images, then record your script, advancing the slides as you are recording
5. The Book recommendation is to be between 90 seconds and 3 Minutes
Share:
Please export your recommendation as a movie:
• send to YouTube (if you already have an account) to then share the link with us.
• email the movie to me, so I can upload the video clip to my account

82. 3. Comic Strip.
Apps Suggestions: Comic Life ($7.99), ComicBookk ($1.99), Comic Creator ($),
Comic Strip ($0.99), Cartoon Studio Free ( Free)
Directions:
You will develop a comic strip. Convey a message, an invented or true story, express interesting information
about the topic of your choice.
(Ex. A current news event, cyberbullying, Facebook etiquette, Using iPads in the classroom, a holiday, a funny
story, etc.)
• Storyboard your comic, by deciding on your story, setting, characters, dialogue
• Have 3-5 related images in your iPads Photo Album (take your own images or search for creative commons
or public domain images online)
• Use a Comic creation app of your choice.
• Choose a layout to accommodate the number of your images
• Import your images from the Camera roll or take you own images with the iPad's camera.
• Add speech bubbles and stickers (if available)
Share:
Save your comic strip image and email to me or share on Twitter (don't forget to mention my username
@langwitches)

83. 4. Create an eBook
Apps & Software Suggestions: Pages App ($9.99), Google Docs (web based), iBooks
Directions: Create an eBook with information for your students to read about a specific subject,
topic or area of interest. (Ex. Monarch Butterflies, South American Countries, Student Created Essay or Poem
Anthology, etc.)
1. Create a word document in (Google Docs, Pages or Microsoft Word)
2. In Pages (software) save document as an ePub file. If you used Pages (app), Word or Google Docs, save
as .doc or .pdf, , then convert the file with the free online ePub converter (http://www.2epub.com/) .
3. E-mail ePub file to yourself or
4. Drop the ePub file into your iTunes library
5. Sync itunes library to your iBook
6. Find and open your eBook in iBook.
Share: Email the completed ePub file to be added to examples page.
More Resource
• Step by step flyer to create your own eBook for the iPad

84. 5. Tutorial Design
Apps Suggestions: Showme App (free) or ScreenChomp (free)
Directions:
• Choose one of the above screenrecording witheboards.
• Create a step by step Math tutorial for students (choose a grade level) or a tutorial that showcasing you
favorite iPad app, you want your students to start using (take screenshots of your app to be included in
tutorial)
• Your tutorial should not be longer than 3 minutes
Share:
With SchowmeApp: Share the tutorial clip by uploading it to ShowMeApp.com from within the app. You will
need to create an account when prompted.
With ScreenChomp: send it to the "cloud"after recording is complete, you will receive a unique URL (Web
address).
Please note that URL and email it to me. I will share the link on the Wiki's example page.

85. 6. Epic Citadel Challenge
Apps used: Epic Citadel (free)
Apps Suggestions: iMovie ($4.99) , Sonic Pics Lite (free), StoryRobe ($0.99), StoryKit (free), Keynote ($9.99),
Brushes ($7.99)
Directions:
• Create a digital story utilizing photos from the app Epic Citadel
• The digital story may include text, or it may not. It may be a collage, a poem. It is entirely up to you, as long
as it tell some sort of story - use any apps you like to create your story
• Take screenshots (press down the on/off button and home button at the same time)
• Record your voice to go with your story
• Use any apps you like to create your story, ex. iMovie ($4.99) , Sonic Pics Lite (free), StoryRobe ($0.99),
StoryKit (free)
• Your story must be no more than 3 minutes
Share:
E-mail the completed story in their final format (movie, audio, presentation, image, etc.) to be included in
example page.

86. 7.Create a QR Code
Apps Suggestions: Qrafter Pro - Scanner and Generator ($2.99) or Goo.gl (web based) & Scan (free)
Directions: Choose a physical object (book, building, poster, art work, model, map, etc.) and create (with
another app) or find a virtual connection. This could be an audio file, a movie, a website, google map, etc. Using
the QR Generator create a QR code.
Share: Email me the QR Code as an image (take a screenshot) pointing to an image, audio file, video, website
or product you created. Please include a short summary of what the QR is pointing to and how you would use it
with your students.

87. 8.Early Elementary
Game Design &
Interactive Books
Apps Suggestions: Tiny Tap (free)-
Directions:
1. Brainstorm a theme or topic for the game/interactive book. Think about what can you learn from photos?
What kind of skills do you want users to practice? Vocabulary? Target language?
2. Create a flowchart/storyboard for your story/images.
3. Find, choose or take your own images. Keep in mind areas that you want users to recognize, match, find,
select or discover something.
4. Import images.
5. Choose a book cover image and record a “question”, inviting the user to play and learn with the book. Trace
the entire image as the correct area. Users will have to tap the screen to start the game/book. The image
automatically advances to the next page when tapped on.
6. Create multiple pages that increase in skill level, offer diverse practice opportunities, include a
complementary content area or combine different approaches to practice skills.
7. Record several questions for each image and add positive responses as well as a “try again”type responses.
Share: Please email your TinyTap game to me to be included on the Sample page

88. 9. Book Creator
Apps Suggestions: Book Creator ($ 4.99)
Directions:
1.Decide intended age/grade level for your book. Outline a story with characters, setting, plot, introduction,
climax, conclusion, etc. or the content of an informational book.
2. Find, shoot or create your own images then insert into you book
3. Add text to your book
4. Add sound to you book
5. Format pages, text and images
6. Export your completed book as ePub
Share: Please email your eBook to me to be included on the Sample page.

89. 10. Evaluate: Automate vs.Transform?
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_721gdk5jtd8