iDevice Cadre - Pendleton April 9th

iDevice Cadre Agenda - Pendleton - April 9th 

Cadre Starts promptly at 4:00.

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1. Welcome - Please remember to Sign In! 
2. Install and Play      Draw a Stickman  
3. Basic iPad Camera Functions and Organizations 
4. Apps for Photo Alteration
5. Pick a Project
• Create a Postcard
• Postcards! HD  iPad 
• Postcards!  iPhone/iTouch
• Create a Photo Story
• Story Kit - iPad and iPhone/iTouch 
• Create a 360 Panoramic
• Photosynth - iPad and iPhone/iTouch
• Create a Comic
• Comic Touch Lite - iPad and iPhone/iTouch
  
6. Share Out
• What project/s you did and what you might use this app/project for down the road. 
7. Other Resource for Photos 
8. Next Cadre:
• Wednesday, May 9th 4:00 to 5:30pm
• Registration is open for PadCamp Pendleton June 14th & July 24th
9. Announcement: FYI Google Summit in LaGrande May 19th

103 and counting.... ways to use the iPad in the Classroom

Tom Barrett from EDTE.CH created a fun google presentation called

 "103 Interesting Ways to use the iPad in the Classroom".  

Since I opened this in my google docs, it has continued to grow.  That is the awesome benefit of collaboration online.... allowing other users to add their ideas to the growing presentation. 

 When you have time, check it out, look through the slides, or even add to it!  And while you are at it, visit his blog and check out the other Interesting Ways to page to check out other online ideas! 

Pendleton iDevice Cadre for Monday April 9th Register Now!

Monday, April 9th from 4:00 - 5:30pm

Lodgepole-Ponderosa Room at Pendleton IMESD

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We will be looking into using the camera and the many uses with still pictures.  

Come ready to take some pictures and tap into your creative side! 

A Tuesday Trick for the iPad

A little trick that my 5 year old found for me over break, funny how we learn new things.  

We've shown in a few iPad trainings that there are multitask gestures like sliding all 4 fingers up on your screen to reveal the multi-task bar. From there you can see all apps you have recently used, and if you swipe the bar to the right, it gives you brightness adjustment, volume control, and play/pause button. (See above picture)  This makes a fast swipe of the fingers to turn on and off your music, pause your audiobook, or move to the next podcast..... but if you are like me, your ipad goes to sleep while playing and if you have a passcode lock on your screen, to quickly pause your podcast can be a pain!

Like I said, my 5 year old showed me this.... of course he found it by accident by hitting the HOME BUTTON two times while the iPad was locked.  Notice in the picture above that I now have controls that have appeared for what you have playing.  Much faster and convenient and the screen is still locked!

Free Apps for World Autism Awareness Day

On most holidays or World ____ Days you will find a collection of paid apps that will be free in honor of the day.  So is true with today!  Make sure when you go to download it that it is still listed as free!

A $50 App for free.... today only.  Autism Track

This may not be an app for every educational professional but for those that do behavioral data tracking of children, this may be one to download while it's free and check it out!

Toca Store 

Another App that is free today is one of the Toca Boca apps that allows for children to play store on the ipad!  This would definitely be a pre-k to kinder level game, as the items only cost between 1 to 5.  This is for two players.

Memory Game: Addition 

Practice as a one player game, play against a friend in two player, or play against the computer!  Three levels of difficulty and NO ads!  

Normally a $.99 game - free today! 

and to finish up.... a estory book.

Hide Run Growl     

This is a storybook for pre-k to 1st grade level readers.  It has a "Read to Me" and a "Read it Myself" as well as games and activities to go along with the story.  Very cute storybook! 

Another Money App for the Classroom

Lil' Kitten Shopping Cart Game 

This app requires students be able to read on their own to some extent.  Student must help Lil- Kitten choose items from a shopping list that Mama Cat gives to Lil' Kitten.  Of course there is a budget and Lil' Kitten's goal is to stay as far below the budget as possible in order to have the most possible money left over.  With saved money the Lil' Kitten then gets to choose a toy from the toy store.

This app could be made into a center, as the game is set up already for good money practice.  This could extend into using it to write their own story problems for others to solve using scenarios in the game.
Here is a youtube demo of the game:



Notice that there are more than one brand and price for the items on the list!  This requires the students to do some thinking and looking before choosing what to put in their cart.  This could extend into upper elementary and middle school levels by sparking a discussion on brands, pricing, and finding the best deals in stores!

An iPad Microscope?

What I like about the iPad or iPod Touch, is that the technology has so many options.  With the camera, one can convert the iPad into a small microscopic digital camera, for materials that total less than a ten dollar bill. Disclaimer, your iPad or iPod touch needs to be beyond 1st generation with a camera.  Check it out on this video from Hall Davidson.