Ways+to+use+the+iPad+in+the+classroom

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Analogy poem Take a photo of your hand. Zoom in on it.



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Chalkboard app-This is a great app to use to as a warm up to a lesson. For example, have students create a list of adjectives for English class. Have students record the fact family for a particular number. Have students record all the prime numbers between 0-20. For history, record the qualities of a good leader. For advisory, students could record their top three study tips for a science test.

Tools4Students App-This graphic organizer app is fabulous for reading and writing activities. The 20 odd graphic organizers are easy to add information to and the work can be emailed to the teacher as well as saved automatically within the app.

I video kids demonstrating skills in the classroom. I can email these to parents. Also, using the ipad to video in class has done wonders for classroom management. When kids know they are being video taped, their behavior is far better and the quality of their work is higher.

iMovie- I recorded students reading their posters and put them together into a movie. This was a great way to share their work with each other and their classroom teacher. I am hoping to use this to send students' work to their parents.

PuppetPals- Have children retell and record a story using puppets.

My thoughts are that the power of the iPad is using it as a creation tool, not a consumption tool. Below is an interesting graphic. media type="custom" key="13411944"