iPads: From Rookie to Productive in Three Days

Here are the resources that we used the past three days.  There are links to apps, files, and websites that you will (hopefully) find valuable as you delve into the world of using the iPad in the classroom.  :)

iPad Boot Camp

Tips and Tricks to Use With the iPad

Here is a link to the Prezi we used in the training.

Tips and Tricks for the iPad
**Great website with tons of tricks that we did not cover in the training!**

Productivity Apps/AppSort
Reminders
Doodle2Go
Notes
Jumbo Stopwatch
SimpleDice
EventBrite
Paper
LiveBinders
Seatcharter
iRandomizer
Evernote
iBooks
Dragon Dictation
DocScanHD
StickyNotes
DocAS Lite
RL Classic
CloudOn
ClassDojo
Contacts
Scan
SlideShark
Wunderlist
Calendar

  

Productivity Scenarios
These are the apps you found to use in these scenarios.

Planning a Conference: 

Wunderlist

Calendar

Seat Charter/Smart Seat

Attending a Conference:

DocAS

Calendar

Evernote

Contacts

StickyNotes

Dragon Dictation

Planning a Grade-Level Field Trip:

I Plan Field Trips (free)

TooNoisy

Sit or Squat

Back to School

Be Seated

Class Dojo

Pinterest

Teach Thought

Notes, Evernote

Science and Math Night Out

Prezi

Educreations

iRandomizer

Timer

Sock Puppet

Evernote

Nearpod

Socrative

Grant to Visit Another Country

Evernote

SeatCharter

Dragon Dictation

Nearpod

FaceTime

DocAS Lite

High Maintenance Student

Edmodo

Calendar

Reminders

Evernote

Thirty Apps in Thirty Minutes!

App Party!!

Here are the screenshots of my folders on my iPad.  Some of the apps are listed above, but there are some news ones for each category as well!

If you find any cool, new apps to share, please comment on this post, or email me at mhutton@scs.k12.al.us so that I can repost on my blog for others to benefit. You know I'm a bit of an electronic hoarder... :)

Web-Based Tools for Teaching and Learning

This module is full of great web-resources and tools!  Check them out!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K5MX9XM

Brainstorm

•SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/

•Response-O-Matic: 

http://www.response-o-matic.com/

•Kwik Surveys: http://kwiksurveys.com/

Flisti: http://flisti.com/

•www.voki.com

•Mixbook: http://www.mixbook.com/

•

•Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/

Answer Garden

§Wordle

§Tagxedo

ABCya!

•Storylineonline

•ReadWriteThink

•Diigo

http://www.diigo.com

•Symbaloo

•http://www.symbaloo.com

http://www.sweetsearch.com

•Delicious: http://delicious.com/

•Google Bookmarks: https://www.google.com/bookmarks

•StumbleUpon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/

•Portaportal: http://portaportal.com/

•ikeepbookmarks.com

•www.jogtheweb.com

•Alabama Virtual Library http://www.avl.lib.al.us/

•Famhoo: http://www.famhoo.com/

•AskKids: http://www.askkids.com/ 

•KidRex: http://www.kidrex.org/

•SchoolWAX TV: http://schoolwaxtv.com/

http://www.toondoo.com

•http://bit.ly/MZHFJ3

•www.glogster.com

•Edublogs: http://edublogs.org/

•Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/

•WordPress: http://wordpress.com/

•PBworks: http://pbworks.com/pbworks-basic-edition (basic edition is free for educators)

•Blogger: http://blogger.com/

•Edmodo:  http://www.edmodo.com/

TeachersFirst – Wikis: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki

•Bubbl.us: http://www.bubbl.us

•MindMeister: http://www.mindmeister.com/

•XMind: http://www.xmind.net/

•Mindomo: http://www.creazaeducation.com/mindomo

•Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/

•Popplet: http://popplet.com/

•PrimaryWall: http://primarywall.com/

•Padlet: http://www.wallwisher.com/

•PiratePad: http://piratepad.net/

•Educreations:  http://www.educreations.com/

•Web Guru

•Pinterest

•www.freetech4teachers.com

•www.superteachertools.com

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbQBJHNxwjE&feature=player_detailpage

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•http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/challenges-2/free-tools-challenge/

http://alex.state.al.us/

Microsoft Mania

Microsoft Word Specific Resources

Microsoft Office Tutorials:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/getting-started-with-office-2010-FX101822272.aspx

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_word.htm

Tutorial PDF:

http://www.goodwin.edu/computer_resources/pdfs/word_2010_tutorial.pdf

Tutorial App for iPad, iPhone:  

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/mobileapps/word2010tutorialapp

Free Fonts

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

http://www.dafont.com/

Templates:

 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/

Microsoft PowerPoint Specific Resources

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm

Tutorial PDF:

http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cio/file85354.pdf

Other Resources
https://www.youtube.com/user/Microsoftedu

• http://www.slideshare.net/tonyvincent/education-technology-quotes
• http://thejournal.com/articles/2005/06/01/20-technology-skills-every-educator-should-have.aspx#UhEb876CV7RVb5ft.99