Summer Assignment #1: App Awards

Please comment below with an app that would win your award for each of the following categories:

• Most useful app 
• Best notetaking app
• Best app to use in my area/department/grade level
• Best app to use if I was in a different area/department/grade level
• Most entertaining app
• Best app to keep me organized

Summer Open Thread

If you have any "aha" moments this summer or have questions for the other iPad participants, please use this summer open thread.  Feel free to comment with anything iPad-related!

Teaching with your iPad

For this assignment, we would like you to use your iPad during one of your classes with your students.  Once you have done so, comment to this post and write about what you did, as well as your reflection on the experience.
Some ideas for how to use your iPad in a lesson are:

• project an app for your class to experience together
• make a movie (or have a group of students make a movie) to share with the class
• assign a class scribe or researcher
• make a video tutorial on Screenchomp or Educreations to email to your students

If you can't think of anything, consult with your mentor or read back through this blog (there are dozens of uses listed throughout!).  This assignment is due Monday, May 21st.

Intro to File Sharing - May 16th

Confused about how files should be transferred between your computer and iPad?  Not sure how you can send documents to your students electronically?  Want to move towards a paperless classroom? If so, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, May 16th for a session on file sharing and management.  We'll give you an overview of resources like Google Docs, First Class Conferences, Dropbox, and iCloud. We will share the pros and cons of each.  We welcome new iPad users, as well as experienced users who would like to share their experiences.  We will meet in the tech center at 10:10am. RSVP to Amy Valk.
*If you would like to attend, but this time doesn't work, let us know and we will try to make a second session.

iPad Accessories

Have you tried a stylus for your iPad?  If so, please comment below and let us know the name, price, and what you think about it. 
Also, don't forget that we have adapters available so you can show what's on your ipad through your projector.  Stop by the tech office to pick one up.  We also have camera connectors if you ever need to transfer pictures or video to your iPad

iPad Tutorials

Did you know that our school webpage has an entire page devoted to iPad tutorials?  For this week's assignment, we'd like you to go check it out. Open our school webpage and navigate there by going to About Us>Technology>Technology Resources>iPad Pilot Project>Using Your iPad.  Once you are there, review at least three of the videos that you think would be most helpful.  Comment on this post and tell us which sections you watched and what you learned.  Also tell us something that you would still like to learn.  We'll use your suggestions to plan future trainings.

This assignment is due May 7th.

Words of Wisdom

This is the first assignment for our new group of teachers.  For an assignment to be completed, you must click on "Comments" below and add your comment.

Assignment: Meet with your mentor and ask them what they would have liked to have known when first getting started with their iPads.  Share with us their words of wisdom.

This assignment is due April 23rd.