iPads in Pilot Rock Training

Objective : To become more familiar with the iPad by using 21st Century Learning skills preferred by students.  Then start exploring and finding what fits in your classroom.

Agenda:

8:30-9:30 iPad Functions with Q&A

Basic Settings

• Save a Website to home screen (Share Button)
• Gestures
• Brightness and Wallpaper
• Turning Off or Sleeping iPad
• Task Bar
• App Organization - folders and deleting apps
• Installing an App
• Location Services and Notifications
• Safari: Google search, reader, images
• PDF to iBooks P21 Common Core Toolkit
• Pictures: take them and where are they

More advanced settings

• AutoLock, Passcode Lock, Restrictions
• Text to Speech
• Guided Access
• Find My iPad

9:30-10:00 Activity 1: Design your Lock Screen

• Use Phonto to create and save your image
• Find photo and share button to Wallpaper
• Use as Lock Screen
• The app in the classroom: A vocabulary word lesson or label an image.

10:15-10:45  Activity 2: Create a Digital Story

• Topic: Inside My Classroom or Your Summer Experience
• The App: 30hands
• Collect the photos first, then use the app to verbalize thoughts on each photo.
• Use share button in app to publish movie to camera roll
• The app in the classroom: Solve a math problem, explain a science experiment, tell a story, or  talk about something in history.

10:45-11:15 Activity 3: Explore different grade appropriate apps

Some apps to try out

• Educreations - a virtual whiteboard
• Bitsboard - a Flashcard creator app, great for ELL
• QR Code Reader : I-nigma
• Book Magic - an app to create story books
• Number Pieces - a Math manipulative
• Click on Apps tab from above and find more apps to try

11:15 Next Steps

SW Oregon Leadership Agenda

Tech Visions Session

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• Four Corners

Today's World

• What was a 20th Century Classroom?
• What is a 21st Century Classroom?  
• Today's Meet Back Channel 
• Learning to Change - Changing to Learn

Digital Citizenship
"Our mission statement clearly says that we teach responsible citizenship and lifelong learning," explains Patrick Larkin. "I don't think that you can teach responsible citizenship in the year 2012 if you're ignoring digital citizenship and the use of technology." -

• The Cyberbullying Virus
• PSA Commercial - The Talent Show
• Your Reflection
• Common Sense Media for Educators - look into cyberbullying toolkit, and browse the site

Examples of Integration
Making decisions on what to teach begins with standards, so making decisions on which tech to use/purchase starts with school/district goals

• Tech in ELA CCSS
• What works?

• SAMR Model - What is it?
• Infuse Learning

Visionary Reflection

• Block Buster - Is it historical?
• Today Show
• Where were you, where have you come, where are you going?

Link to other resources