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The World of Mobile Learning - at AcceleratED 2015

Agenda
bit.ly/Ipdx15mlearning

Objective: Participants will experience mobile learning activities, and discuss issues related to mobile learning environments, to strengthen their understanding of mobile learning.

• Introductions
• What is mobile Learning?
• SAMR
• Quick check on a few ed tech terms.
• Andragogy, Heutagogy, Pedagogy - how are they different?
• Agogy Exit Ticket
• Does mobile technology help/hinder grit? 
• Angela Lee Duckworth Ted Talk
• Jigsaw Discussion Topics
• Triangle Reflection

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Jigsaw Discussion Topics

1.  Your Vision as a District/School (What is your curriculum oriented goal, so what technology will be supporting that goal?)

• Common Sense Media 1-1 Essentials (Phase 1)

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2.  Community Conversations (Are parents, community satisfied all students are online?  How are you sharing with them?)

•  Give Parents a Voice in a 1-1 or BYOD Environment
•  Common Sense Media - Parent Concerns and Learning with Technology

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3.  Management/IT (What filters do you need in place?  How are you managing devices?  Are they going home?)

• No More Mobile Learning Mayhem

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4.  Class Workflow (Are teachers asking high level questions, what classroom management systems will be supported, will you explore strictly online learning opportunities?)

•  The Distraction Myth of Learning with Technology
•  Hook Students with QR Codes - adding movement to engage critical thinking
•  seesaw - an eportfolio system elementary students can use
• Canvas, Edmodo, Schoology, or Google Classroom

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5.  Digital Citizenship (What program is integrated to teach digital citizenship and at what grade levels?)

•  Common Sense Media Scope and Sequence
•  Netsmartz

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6.  Social Media (Will social media be allowed, what procedure is in place when creating student accounts, will the school/district be using it?)

• Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Blogs, and many more....
•  Introducing Social Media to Elementary Students

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7.  Professional Development (What professional development opportunities will be available for your staff?)

• Online courses at Canvas
•  Teaching Channel

iPad/Chromebook Summit

iPad/Chromebook Summit

June 17, 2014
All Day Training – TimeTBD
Pendleton High School

Several presenters, many sessions, and loads of peer to peer networking will be available to further your knowledge of how to implement iPads or Chromebooks into the curriculum.

A website will be coming soon.

Click here to register

For more information contact

Joe.buglione@imesd.k12.or.us or Heidi.paullus@imesd.k12.or.us

iPads Integrated into Math

GTKY - piccollage
SAMR/Flipped Classroom Discussion

Common Core Standards Initiative - Math

Objective: To be exposed to a few ideas and apps in several different implementation strategies using an iPad in a Math Class.


Using iPads to get immediate feedback from students

• InfuseLearning 

iPad compatible online resources, with teacher student reported data

• XtraMath (Mathfacts website)
• Happy  Numbers (Number Sense and Algorithm Practice)
• Manga High Math (Math Practice based on CCSS)
• Slader Math or Slader iTunes App (Check your textbook based math homework problems)  

Intervention, Drill and Practice Apps: The app will provide you with feedback

• Flash to Pass - Math Fact Practice
• Loot Pursuit or LP Talum - Middle School Math Concept Practice
• Common Core Concepts - Review of common core concepts
• ClockMaster - review clock basics
• Math Millionaire - An online site to review math skills, 3rd on up  

Apps With a Problem Solving Twist

• DeepSea Dual
• This=That
• 5Dice

Online Video Libraries: Online videos, some also pair with practice

• Khan Academy
• Hippocampus
• Math TV

Manipulatives and Online Tools Apps: The app allows for exploration, generally no feedback

• Geoboard
• Number Pieces Basic
• MyScript Calculator - a scribble interpretive calculator
• Fluid Math Free
• m.wolframalpha.com 
• Geogebra   http://www.geogebratube.org/
• Geometry Pad

Creating and Showing Work Apps: Screen casting or using an app to broadcast to class

• Educreation
• 30hands  
• BaiBoard
  

QR Code Integration into Math

• QR code Math Problems 
• QR Code Reader : I-nigma 
• For Chromebooks:  ScanQR app
• QR code generator
• QR Code implementation guide from Cool Cat

Teacher Resources

• K-5 Math Teaching Resources
• Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) Tasks
• Math Maven Mysteries
• Yummy Math 
• Edmodo community - use a free teacher account to gain access

App reviews and more from iDevice in the Mtns 

Apps from EdTechTeacher

Tech Links from IMESD

iPads for Music = CREATE!

• bit.ly/imesdblog
• GTKY with Tellagami
• Who are you?  Where are you from?  What do you have access too?   What do you hope to get from today's session?

•  The Making of an iBand  (Winter Concert/Feliz Navidad)
• Classical Guitar 
• Mandala Hang Drum 
• Barrel Tones  
• VibraSlap! 
• Marimba Free
• It's really endless...looking for an instrument?  Check the app store

•  There's an App for That!  (App Evaluation Activity)
• Ear Trainer Lite
• NoteWorks Free
• PianoBird 
• Figure (Free this week) 
• Sight Reader
• Rhythm Cat Lite HD
• Blob Chorus Ear Training
• Music Intervals
• Music Keys
• Timing Trainer
• iRhythmicLite
• TuneTrain
• Monster Chorus
• Arpie
• Loopseque Kids 
• Music Learning Lab (Lite Version) 
• App Share Out 

• Let's Make Some Music!
• Garageband
• Composing in Band Using Garageband 
• Additional Apps: 
• GrooveMaker 
• BeatWave
• JamPad 
• LoopJ
• Hokusai Audio Editor 

• Projects (Digital Life)

• iMovie ($4.99) 
• Educreations
• Book Creator (free version)  
• VidRhythm

• How to move large files...
• Google Drive
• Dropittome (in conjunction with Dropbox)
• Share it: 
• Where to Share Creations
• Vimeo   private example: http://vimeo.com/55871440
• Youtube

•  Music Research and Resources
• Aweditorium
• SoundHound
• Radio.com 
• Tunein
• NPR Music 
• Youtube  - Subscribing to Channels

• In Conclusion - My Reflection  AutoRap

• Places to Check Out!
• Best iPad Apps for Music Teachers - Pinterest Board
• Apps I Use In My PreK to Grade 3 Music Class - Pinterest Board 
• Common Core and Music - Pinterest Board 
• Example of a Music Room iPad Workflow
• MusicFirst Blog 
• MusTech.net
• iPad and Technology in Music Education

Thank you for attending!  

iPad for Writing - NCCE 2013

February 27, 2013

Agenda

  Joe Buglione
Heidi Paullus
from Intermountain ESD in Pendleton OR

GTKY - Trading Cards

• Describe yourself using a trading card - real person
• Blog reflection with our kidblog "How can you use the Trading Cards app in your classroom?"
• Kidblog class/URL for the app : kidblog.org/ncce2013

Activity: Where is the Writing? 

• Click here to use this following form, 5 words with commas

Basic iPad functions -

• keyboard functions
• record and listen, edit
• with quickrecorder
• select word to dictionary
• Miriam Webster Dictionary app
• FreeSaurus Thesaurus app
• Just write at a5.gg 

Activity: Learn site words / vocabulary

• Create a flashcard list of terms:  Bitsboard, Phonics Genius
• Reflection write about Bitsboard and how you can use this in your classroom.

• Vocab with Camera - Piccollage, Phonto, Storykit
• Reflection write about Piccollage and how you can use this in your classroom.

Activity: Brainstorm

• Concept Mapping - Total Recall
• NCCE 2013 offers me ... 
• Word Walls - iBrainstorm 
• Play jumbline 
• Learn one word you did not know, use it in a sentence
• Flick your sentence over using iBrainstorm Companion
• Reflection write about these concept mapping / brainstorming tools and how you can use this in your classroom.

Activity: Digital Stories

• Story board with a5.gg
• Digital Story Telling; prompt "If you give a kid a camera" : Story Kit,  Scribble My Story, Book Writer ($), Creative Book Builder ($)
• Digital Video Creation; prompt "This afternoon at NCCE..." : Videolicious, imovie ($)

Activity: Workshop Reflection

• Recap two highlights of what you learned and how you plan on implementing them in your classroom or job. Use Tellagami to record your reflection, save movie to your ipad, and if challenged upload it to your reflection blog.

 

Activity: A Creative Conversation

• Collaborative Writing -  Google Story Builder
• In groups of 2-4 with one ipad, write a short conversation using the blog characters  as the names and personalities, to address the prompt "What do you want to take back to your school after attending NCCE?"
• Reflection write about how you can use Google Story Writer in your classroom.

Activity: Comics

•  Create a Comic Strip - Toontastic, SockPuppets

 

Points to Ponder:

• Conventions : Post is denied by students if conventions are not correct. EdModo, Kidblog
• Journaling with Noteability ($), Evernote, or iDiary
• Blogging with KidBlog, or Blogger: continued reflective posts throughout work session reflecting on various activities.
• Giving them a reason to write:  what motivates them?  who is their audience? 

Thought Provoking Articles:

• The Use and Abuse of Technology in the Classroom
• Persuasive Writing with Puppet Pals
• Examples of Student Writing

Web Resources:

• Read Write Think
• Word Hippo - Find synonyms, antonyms, and more
• Google Drive - The app allows for simple modification of Google Docs, and in a collaborative environment.  More advanced editing still might need to be done via Safari.

Evernote for Eportfolios - NCCE 2013

Agenda

February 26, 2013 

Joe Buglione and Heidi Paullus
from Intermountain ESD in Pendleton OR

GTKY : Skitch n share

• Photo of you, include text about where/what you do
• Explore skitch
• Pair up n share about you, 5 sec recap of evernote experience
• Groups of 4, introduce partner to other two
• Repeat with new groups of 4, new partners
• email to portfolio

 Activity : ePortfolio Wordsift

• create list of words you think of describing eportfolios, Click to enter those words here
• Google Form then Wordsift those words
• what is your reflection?  what do you want to contain in student portfolios?
• email to portfolio

Post a Pic:

• Walk about and take a picture of some identifiable with NCCE
• Post this picture in your evernote
• Post the picture with text which reads why it is identifiable for you to your portfolio

Using Your Evernote:

Work in with a partner to help each other out through the following topics:

1. Can you post different types of items; prompt "information about NCCE"? text, picture, voice, webpage, combination
2. Can you view your notes using web interface, app, software?
3. Interfacing with Evernote, do you know how to use the following: evernote website, web clipper, software on computer, with mobile device, via an app paired with evernote)
4. Limitations using Free Account
5. Sharing notebooks and privacy settings: Can you share a notebook with another evernote user, with the public?  Can you view a notebook being shared with you from someone else?
6. Searching Evernote:  Can you search evernote and obtain what you want?  Did you realize you can search for text within pictures?
7. Organization of posts: Can you create a Stack?  Can you modify stacks and move notebooks?  Can you move notes?  Can you work with Tags?
8. Create a quick video using Tellagami describing what you learned about Evernote, Save to Camera Roll, then email to your portfolio.

Ways to Organization your ePortfolios

• Under your account
• Create Stacks and Notebooks
• Students email using correct syntax
• Limitations on total Evernote uploads
• Teacher has total control over content
• Can share notebook as necessary
•  Student creates their own account
• They share notebook with you
• If free, you can not edit notebook
• Students can upload easier with mobile devices and such
• Students can upload more, with higher limits per student
• Teachers organization still the same
• Teacher has little or no control, just observing
• Post a reflection of how you want to implement an eportfolio design with Evernote; email your reflection to your portfolio.

Evernote Trunk and other apps

• Skitch
• Penultimate
• Evernote Peek
• vJournal
• Everclipper
• Evernote Food

Posting from Explain Everything  (the app ExplainEverything)
Posting from BaiBoard (the collaborative screen casting app BaiBoard)

Evernote articles and resources

• True Learning - A teachers journey as she implements eportfolios during 2012-13.
• Group vs Individual Accounts with Evernote Portfolios - One post from a blog reflecting on the use of Evernote in the classroom. Be sure to read through other posts on the blog.
• 3 Keys for Successful eportfolio Implementation

 Other eportfolio options

• Google Blogger
• Google Website
• Three Ring

Distractions - Managing Devices in the Classroom

It takes one frustrating class period with students to cause the idea of using devices in the classroom to go to the back burner.  They were distracted! They wanted to play games, take pictures of themselves, text their buddies.....  

Here are some ways to make the experience easier on the teacher and at the same time teach students how to be better users of the devices they have in their pockets.  

Establish Clear Expectations

As with any new activity of course!   When can they use them, how to handle them, what accounts to use, etc...  With older students, especially classrooms using BYOD or iPod touch labs, require that the devices stay on top of the desk (no in the lap texting/game playing), and when not in use “turtle” them or “apples up” meaning the screen is asleep and facedown.  Post your expectations and have consequences for not following them.  The more you use the devices, the easier establishing a routine will become.

Finding Your Workflow

I know what app, I know what I want them to do, but they know more than me!  Please remember, you don’t have to be an expert.  Allow the students to explore the app before using it for an assignment or let them figure it out on the way.  We had a post last fall from a classroom teacher on this very topic: Let Them Explore.   

If it is a creation app, make sure to do a quick sample and figure out the workflow to turn in the assignment.  Will you view it on their device, can it save to their photo album, will they email it to me? Everyones workflow may be a little different, but make sure you decided on that before hand.  

How to Use the Device for Learning

Students need to be exposed to the tools loaded on the devices.  If its BYOD, have them download tools on to their own devices that will teach them to use their device beyond games and their social networks.   

What about how to search for good sites for references or teaching them about copyright issues?  Common Sense Media is a great place to look for lessons pertaining to researching, copyrights, as well as how to be a responsible digital citizen for grades K - 12.  

But They are Still Distracted!

There have been discussions on the distractibility of all the new technologies we use in our everyday life.  It’s not just our students, we too are more distracted than ever (look around at the next staff meeting!)  With iPads there are settings options, like Guided Access, to lock a student in an app, but with high schoolers with their own devices, it’s not that easy.  

In the blog post “Teaching a Distracted Generation to Focus” on Technapex the author discusses the findings of a study on just how distracted we all are.  A great suggestion in the post on taking “Tech Breaks” caught my attention.  It’s the opposite of what it sounds, when teaching class, stop and take a couple minutes to allow students to check their devices, then put them back on the desk and get back to work at the task at hand.   Rather than fighting students throughout the lesson, set a “tech break” in the middle of a lesson, then focus back to the lesson... turn it off/asleep and turtle on the desk. 
Remember, there will always be and always have been distractions in classrooms....note passing, comic books inside the textbook, even the cool mechanical pencil! Do you have any tips and tricks for helping deal with the "distractions" with students? Please feel free to share what has worked for you!

photo credit: blakespot via photopin cc
photo credit: Enokson via photopin cc

Find apps with TechChef4You

Are you searching for a free middle school app to assist with teaching math, or possible a primary app to assist with teaching reading?  TechChef4You, an app, offers a great data base where you might find some valuable resources including apps and Pinterest boards to integrate into your curriculum.

When looking at the app, click on different places off the picture to obtain various information.  For starters, click on the bowl full of apps to bring up a query tool.  

Select your device, grade level, and a category to bring up results based upon your inquiry.  Then find the app you desire and use the link to install it onto your device.

Select the social media icons off the wooden spoon and read through different social media posts.  For example, choose Pinterest, and then be sure to scroll down to find different Pinterest boards for ideas.

Pinterest boards available
from techchef4you

You can also select the RSS pot on the stove and read through the TechChef4You blog.

Instead of searching Google, try looking through TechChef4You for great ideas and apps to help you with integrating iPads into your curriculum.

iPad for Admin Agenda

Agenda:

• GTKY - Infuse Learning
• Circle the 4 Cs 
• Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration 

• Basic Settings to Review - Group Time 
• AutoLock, Passcode Lock, Restrictions
• Gestures
• Location Services and Notifications
• Safari Reader  It's OK to be a Lurker 
• Save a Website to home screen
• Find My iPad
• PDF to iBooks P21 Common Core Toolkit
• Reflection vs Splashtop vs Apple TV

• Shiny, Nice, Tools  
• Trends in Education
• Common Core - Where's the Tech in the CCSS
• Table Talking Points
• Flipped Classroom 
• Flipped Classroom Infographic
• ETextBooks
• ck-12
• Digital Citizenship
• Common Sense Media 
• BYOD
• Shareout from Sunridge Middle School 
• Teacher Observation Apps
• Sunset Elementary iWalkObservation
• Umatilla School District  eCove
• Google Forms

• Break

• 5 Minute Reads with Flipboard
• What are you following? 
• Infographic of Education Hashtags (no twitter acct required)

• Productivity Apps
• SIS Apps RollCall
• Google and Google Drive (free)
• Pages, Numbers, Keynote (must purchase)
• iMovie, Pinnacle (must purchase)

• Apps you may see in a classroom or two
• Educreations
• I-nigma
• iTunes U
• teachingchannel.org 

• Give One Get One

Writing Activities for iDevice Centers

Agenda and App List for October 24, 2012 
Writing with iDevice Centers Workshop

• GTKY Activity
• LabelBox or LifelikeCards
• What the CCSS Expects of Instructional Technology (Grade Level Breakdown)
• Vocabulary/Spelling
• Apps
• Spelling City
• Quizlet
• Dictionary/Reference 
•  Living Dictionary with a Word Wall
• Aurasma Lite 
• Brainstorming and Organizing
• iBrainstorm 
• Popplet Lite 
• Discussion:  Google Drive vs Pages
• Journaling:
• iDiary Lite
• KidBlog  www.kidblog.org
• Class Blog  classblogs.us/
• Blogspot  
• Recap of the Morning: Linoit Wall 
• Lunch  
• Alternatives to Book Reports and Essays
• Create a Comic
• Zoodle Comics
• Toontastic
• Digital Story Telling - Create your own book
• Scribble Press
• Mooklet
• Story Kit
• Sock Puppets
• Break
• Revising and Editing Activities with iPads 
• recording/listening - iTalk  
• Using video (built in to iPad)
• Creating eBooks
• PDF files and iBooks
• Create an ebook with an app
• iBookwriter Lite - 4 page limit
• Easy Writer Lite - seems like 4 page limit
• CBB ($)
• Closing
• Infuse Learning 

iDevice Center Activities for Reading

AGENDA:

• 8:00 Get Connected and iDevices Loaded!   Please download the following:
• inigma
• ibooks
• kindle
• audioboo
• dictionary (we need to still choose!) 
• A few more for this afternoon - suggested but not required:
• educreations
• fotobabble
• toon tastic 
• sock puppet
• skitch
• quizlet
• 8:30 GTNY Activity - QR Code Share Out Example 
• QR Code Book Talks 
• 10:00 BREAK 
• 10:15 All Things Ebooks Building and Organizing a Library
• 11:50 LUNCH
• 1:00 Voice Recording - "The 3R's Using iPads in Reading"   Fluency, Expression, Retelling, Podcasting  Quick Voice  BlueFire
• Fluency post from a year of "firsts"
• Fluency Kid Friendly Rubric 
• Timed Reading by K-12 (lite version) 
• Fluency Timer Pro - 0.99
• Running Record Calculator - Lite Version 
• Fluency $2.99   Brief discussion at this post:  Recap of Cadre
• 2:00 Project Based + iDevices = Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration
• Edutopia Blog Post: How the iPad Can Transform Classroom Learning 
• iPad App Evaluation from langwitches.org 
• 3:00 Closing Project

Resources and Example Lessons:

• Literature Genres and Podcasting from The iLesson Lady 
• ReadWorks.org - skill and strategy lessons aligned with CCSS
• iTraits of Character using Sock Puppet to support character analysis/development from Techchef4u
• iPad Activities from Langwitches Wikispaces 
• Scholastic Read Every Day with Taylor Swift

EPUB Resources:

• Project Gutenberg 
• iBooks Store - Charts
• Children's Books Forever - epub books by Hans Wilhelm 
• Free Readers - Public Domain Children's Books 
• MegaMouseBooks - free online children's books 
• Magic Keys - Children's Books Online 
• Subscription Services to access PDF printable books to use?  Edhelper.com

One iPad in the Classroom

We met with 20 teachers from around the region. All had varying levels of iPad experience.  Our goal was to tackle how to incorporate this tool into the classroom....when there is only one!

Here's a run down of ideas we brainstormed, apps we explored and/or activities we did:

*used SKITCH to introduce ourselves to the group. Fun photos were made using photo booth!
*talked about basic settings, making sure to have Find my iPad turned on and using FIND MY IPHONE, *using reminders to make a student list so students know who to pass the iPad to next...

*we used reflection on the computer to project creations, discussed how to use reflection to monitor the use of the iPad while it is out being used by students, and talked about pros and cons of reflection.

*after discussing ideas for using the iPad with the students the task was to use EDUCREATIONS or SHOW ME to create a screencast of one way they feel that they would use their iPad with their students.  We then did a pair-share of our creations.

*teacher use of one iPad in the classroom brought us to the topic of remotely controlling the computer with the iPad and we demonstrated SPLASHTOP 2, discussed linking your computer and the iPad with a google account, and showed how to control activinspire flipcharts from around the room.

*teacher use included also an explore time of eportfolio collections for students and two apps:  EVERNOTE and THREERING and collecting and posting assignments with EDMODO.

*more professional development use of the iPad included a discussion of using rss readers, blogs, and other apps.  A few of the apps we discussed were FLIPBOARD and ZITE for content consumption.

As I was updating this post on my iPad during the training using the simple little BLOGGER app (I also took and added the pictures with my iPad inside the app) I realized why quite a few of the participants walked away saying they were very "brain full" after it was over!  We covered a lot of apps!

iPadagogy

You want to check out some apps, and you are a visual learner.  Sit back and watch through videos dedicated to iPad apps for the classroom on the Youtube channel "iPadagogy".  There are several short 5-10 minute videos, each video covering the use of an app in education.  If the app is extensive, like Evernote, you may find a few videos in order to cover all the features.  A great resource for teachers using iPads in an educational setting.

iPad Baker SD Training Part II

Agenda and Apps for morning session:

• Photosynth - A panoramic picture taking tool
• Collaborative Apps
• I have (app store search) - this is the I have Who has activity
• Futaba
• NearPod - a new advanced app for sharing with other ipads
• Share your photo story
• Scribble Press
• Mooklet
• StoryKit
• Create a short video
• Videolicous
• FlipBoom
• Splice (search app store for free version)
• iMovie is app of choice
• Podcasts, where to get them
• Search iTunes and install them into your Music
• App resources
• iDevice in the Mtns app resources
• Collaborate with others at Padcamp Pendleton