This document provides an overview of using iPads in literacy education. It discusses buying iPads in bulk, navigating the iPad interface, and recommended apps for literacy learning including ebooks, note-taking, flashcards, and math games. Suggested websites are also provided for finding educational apps and iPad resources. The document concludes with contact information for the author.

1. Using an iPad in Your
Literacy Zone
Nell Eckersley

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Using an iPad in Your Literacy Zone
• Introductions
• Buying iPads
• Navigating the iPad
• Suggested Apps
▫ Using the iPad with Partners
▫ Using the iPad with Learners
• How to Find the Apps

3. Buying iPads

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Prices

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Sample Invoice

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Griffin MultiDock

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What the iPad Comes with
• http://www.apple.com/ip
ad/built-in-apps/

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Adding Apps to iPads
• If you use Mac Computers
▫ Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to
mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and
iPod touch in a school, business, or institution.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-
configurator/id434433123?mt=12
• If you use PC computers
▫ limited to 10 total devices for one Apple ID (iTunes
account)

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Cases and Keyboards
• Zaggfolio
• Speck

11. Navigating the iPad

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Settings

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Organizing Apps
• Hold finger down
on any app until
they all begin to
wiggle
• Then hold finger
down on app you
want to move, and
drag it
• Create folders by
dragging one app
on top of another
app

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Accessing the Multi-tasking Bar

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How to…
• How to close open Apps on your iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch
• How to change the font in Notes for the iPad,
iPhone and iPod Touch
• How to accurately relocate the cursor in Notes
for your iPhone or iPod Touch
• How to create Folders on your iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch
• How to take screenshots of your iPhone or iPod
Touch screen

17. Apps

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ScanLife QR Code

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Apple’s iPad Manual

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Evernote

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Pocket (formerly “Read it Later”)

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Kindle and Nook
• Free or low cost books (as well as
regular cost books)
• Highlight passages and share
material with others
• Have all your books available to
you all the time
• Picture books as well as novels

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Note-Taker HD

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• Access, view and manage files
Box directly on your iPhone and iPad
• Mark files and folders as favorites
for easy access to content even if
offline
• Secure content with file-level
encryption, a four-digit passcode
• Upload photos and videos to your
Box account
• Project files from Box to a TV, LCD
monitor or projector via AV Out
(iPads and iPhone 4S only)
• Wirelessly print to AirPrint-enabled
printers

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Sight Words Pro
• Over 1,600+ sight words which
comprises up to 85% of the text in a
child's early reading materials
• Choose a pre-defined flash card word
list, or build and save custom flash card
lists
• Add custom words and record your own
pronunciations.
• Share custom word lists via Bump™ or
email.
• Mark flash cards with stars or flags.
• Shake your device to shuffle the words.
• Beautiful voice-pronunciations for all
words.

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Flashcards Deluxe
• Quizlet.com and FlashcardExchange.com
integration - Browse and download any of their 4
million+ flashcard sets.
• Text to speech (TTS) audio in 18 languages
• 1 to 5 sided cards
• Include pictures and sounds. Zoom into pictures.
• 3 response levels: Wrong, I kind of know, I know
really well
• Large number of cards (10,000+) can be imported
easily
• Backup your flashcards to your computer
• Supports Dropbox, Google Docs and USB
transfers

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Motion Math HD
• Follows a star that has fallen from
space, and must bound back up, up,
up to its home in the stars.
• Moving fractions to their correct place
on the number line is the only way to
return.
• A recent controlled experiment
showed that by playing Motion Math
HD, learners improve their ability to
estimate fractions and their attitudes
toward math. (More info:
http://bit.ly/motionmathstudy)

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MathBoard
• Teaches addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division problems.
• Appropriate for all levels from
kindergarten (with simple addition and
subtraction problems) to elementary
school where learning multiplication
and division can be a challenge.
• Control the range of numbers you
want to work with, the amount of
questions you want to answer and
even assign a time limit per quiz.

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Digital Storytelling with iPads

30. How to Find the Apps

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http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-
app-store/

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http://www.apple.com/education/apps/

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http://edreach.us/2011/12/20/ipad-
edresources/

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http://www.iear.org/

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http://appitic.com/

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http://www.scoop.it/t/ipad-literacy

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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/25
8242

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Nell Eckersley
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