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... :)

Tech Tuesdays: iPads in the Classroom

Tuesday, I had the opportunity to present for my faculty in my first session of "Tech Tuesdays."  You know, it's funny, because I used to HATE presenting and speaking in front of people.  But, now...I actually enjoy it!  I feel like I have found a little niche for myself.  I have always known I wanted to work with curriculum, and presenting on different topics seems to be something that I really like!  Anyway, I promised everyone that I would put the resources I shared here...so here they are!  ;)  

My idea was to USE various presentation apps to share a variety of content area apps that we can all use in our classrooms.

I began the session with this video I made of the 21st Century Classrooms at our school.  I'm so proud to be a part of this!  ;)

Here are the handouts that I gave to the participants:

Agenda

Handout 1

Handout 2

Handout 3

(When I converted the Word files to a Google Doc, the format went funny...if you want the originals, just email me or comment, and I will be glad to send them to you!)

This is link for the Prezi I created for the training...I, of course, used the Prezi Viewer app to show the presentation.  :)  

For the slide titled "A Whole Class Set," I used the Nearpod Teacher app and asked my participants to download the Nearpod Student app on their iPads.  Love this app--check it out if you are not familiar with it! 

The next portion of the training was "30 apps in 30 minutes..."  Here is a link to some of the apps I shared, organized by content:

READING

ReadWriteThink Trading Cards

ReadNRespond

Toontastic

VOCABULARY

Word Collage

Chicktionary

Sparkle Fish

MIND MAPS

Tools4Students

Corkulous

Mind Meister

LANGUAGE

Bluster

Grammar Jammers

Grammar App

MATH

Arcademics Grand Prix Multiplication

Sushi Monster

Show Me

SOCIAL STUDIES

Google Earth

9/11 Memorial

Maps (Built-in)

SCIENCE

Lists of Science Apps

MORE

SmartOffice 2
Splashtop
EverNote
Edmodo

Skitch

Khan Academy

Dropbox

Quickoffice

CommonCore

iTunesU

Wonderopolis

TED

Pinterest

VoiceThread

Stick Picks

eClicker Host

I also shared some iPad tips and tricks.  Here are links to some of the ones I shared on the Prezi:
50 iPad Tricks
Ridiculously Awesome iPad Tricks

I'm already looking forward to next month's Tech Tuesday!!

Also, a little note...I haven't posted much lately, but I finally feel like I'm getting back into the swing of things.  Look for another post in the next couple of days!  'Til then!