Flash and the iPad

Worried about displaying flash based videos, simulations and  
animations on your iPad? The Puffin App is the solution. Puffin
is an app that streams flash content to your iPad. Use the Puffin
App to run flash based web animation, video and simulations.

App Store - Puffin Web Browser

Track Student Engagement with your iPad and Class Dojo

Class Dojo, a web based program, now available as an app, tracks student classroom engagement and behavior in real time. With a free Dojo account, students can create their own avatars that teachers use to track and award points to recognize positive class contributions such as participation, helpfulness, creativity, insight, work ethic and presentation skills.  Dojo works well on your iPad, and with Apple TV's screen mirroring feature, teachers can walk around the room with iPad in hand, listening and watching group work, discussions or experiments/labs, and give meaningful feedback . Class Dojo is now available as an app, is web based and works well on both iPads and iPhones and Smartphones.

Behavior Management Software - ClassDojo

Socrative Student Response System

            Socrative is a free student response system designed to engage students using their iPads. Try an "Exit Ticket" to capture student understanding in minutes and have the results emailed to yourself in an Excel report. "Exit Tickets" are predesigned and have loaded questions built into the App that quickly and efficiently collect student understanding. 

Once you have mastered the "Exit Ticket", you can create your own custom Questions or Quiz Activities in the form of M/C, T/F or Short Answer. 

Students will need to download the free Student App. 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/student-clicker-socrative/id477618130?mt=8

Faculty need to download the free Teacher App.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teacher-clicker-socrative/id477620120?mt=8

Qrafter

A QR Code (Quick Response Code) encodes information (URL, Location, Contact Card, Event, etc.) into a matrix barcode that can be printed out or emailed to students.  Qrafter both creates and reads codes, making it a useful app for both teachers and students. Teachers can differentiate their classroom by posting print outs of QR Codes linked to websites, apps, map coordinates e tc. to engage students into a lesson or post codes in hallways to garner student curiosity and excitement. Codes can also be created to invite students to extra help sessions, dances, club meetings, athletic informational meetings etc. Students simply scan the code using their iPad or Smartphone, where they can sync the date, time and description directly into their iCal App.  

App Store - Qrafter - QR Code Reader and Generator

Educational iPad Blogs and Websites

Here are some useful links to blogs and websites for teachers and students using iPads.

Apps in Education

Http://appsineducation.blogspot.com

Free Technology for Teachers

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/7-services-for-sending-group-texts-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29

Apple in Education

http://education.apple.com/ipad-learning/

The iPad Classroom

http://www.scoop.it/t/the-ipad-classroom

Ed Tech Teacher

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

iEducation App Reviews

http://www.iear.org/

Mac Rumors

http://www.macrumors.com/

iPads in the Math Classroom

This year, students in grades 7-10 will be using iPads in their math classes. Students will be able to download their Pre-Algebra, Algebra, or Geometry textbook right onto their iPad and access them anytime, anywhere. Good news for students- no more heavy books to lug around! Good news for teachers- students won't be "forgetting" to bring their books to class! These new texts, which include illustrations, animations, photos, videos, and self-assessments, are designed to make interactive learning with an iPad available to all students inside and outside of the classroom. 

While those who are new to the iPad may just use it as a textbook to start, and that is fine, some tech-savy students are already quite comfortable using their iPad to take notes, do their homework, and submit assignments using some of our recommended apps. Below are two snapshots of a student's work taken during a math class this past year. On the left is a shot of the notes a student took during class using the text feature of Notability. On the right a student used the writing feature to work through practice problems during class.

Another neat feature of Notability is the ability to transfer notes. Students can send  notes created in the App, such as a homework assignment, to their teacher, or the teacher can send notes, such as the day's lesson, to the student using either email or a cloud service, such as Box or Dropbox. This creates a paperless exchange between the student and teacher.

With the upcoming implementation of AppleTV into the classrooms, both students and teachers will be able to project wirelessly, through the classroom projector, what is on their iPad for the whole class to see. This will allow teachers to roam around the classroom, making sure everyone is on task, but still be able to teach on their iPad.

Apple TV and Classroom Configuration

 

This fall, Apple TVs will be installed in all classrooms at BC High. An Apple TV doesn't really resemble or function like a TV as you know it; however, it will allow you to free yourself of the dongle and mirror your iPad screen using your projector or Smartboard set up. "What's a dongle?" you ask. Well, it's the adapter used to plug your iPad into the projector or Smartboard. By mirroring your iPad screen, you can present your Keynote, homework or problem set and annotate directly from your iPad. All this, while you roam freely throughout your classroom, engaging students, giving feedback, and of course looming over shoulders of students, checking for appropriate iPad usage. Here are some desks configurations, you may be interested in deploying in your classroom to enhance your new found freedom and mobility.