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Presentation made in Keynote converted to Powerpoint. About the use of the iPad in the school environment. Some app suggestions for teachers. By LeBaron
Is your iPad getting slow? Check out these 7 tricks to speed up your iPad. This post delivers long-term results, and it explains what does NOT work as well.
There is so much that the iPad can do that we don’t know about when we unbox the device for the first time.
Here is some help in understanding and activating AirPlay Mirroring from you iPad to Apple TV.
Haiku Deck, a free iPad app, is a completely new kind of presentation software designed to make your slides stunning. Whether you are pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, delivering a keynote, or igniting a movement, Haiku Deck makes presentations simple, beautiful, and fun.
GoClass is a free iPad application for creating short lessons and delivering them to your students. The lessons can include annotated images, free hand sketches, text, and video.
When Kevin Beverley was in his mid-thirties, he was attacked and beaten in an unprovoked fight. His injuries were so severe that he was left paralyzed on the right side of his body and he hasn’t been able to speak for 20 years.
Do you remember the first time you came face-to-face with the Periodic Table of the Elements? Was it exciting? Daunting? Maybe a little boring? We’ve selected a range of iPad apps that teach the periodic table to a number of age ranges.
What is Dyslexia ? Dyslexia is a specific type of language-based disability that is caused by a defect of some sort in the way the brain processes graphic symbols. Dyslexic people experience severe difficulties with reading, writing, listening and spelling.However, dyslexia is only a language related disorder and does not arise from any a developmental disability or physical limitation.
Screen Chomp is a very simple to use tool that allows teachers and students to make simple video tutorials on their iPads and upload them to the web to share with others.
Lets compare these two devices in terms of function, cost, and extras. I will look at what the devices do similarily, how much the average cost is for the devices, and what other advantages one tool might have over the other, and then you decide!
This new eBook is an excellent introduction to using the iPad in the classroom.
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Whether you’re looking to find the best interactive whiteboard app, a new way to deliver exit slips, or simply a fun educational game that can be used in your classroom tomorrow, these app review sites are definitely your go-to source.
Write to Read is an educational iPad app that helps young kids, ages 3-10, hone their reading skills through writing, specifically story creation. The Write to Read experience is based on the idea of ‘learning to read by writing’ and ‘writing and discovering’ where the child uses his current level of written language abilities to create text to accompany pictures taken with the iPad camera.
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To create a narrated picture book on Story Creator start by inserting a picture as your book’s cover. To create a page just tap the “+” icon and import a picture, draw a picture, type some text, or do all three. After completing one or all three of those previous actions tap the microphone icon to record your narration. After making your recording you can quickly adjust it so that each word of text is highlighted to match the timing of your narration.
he Haiku Deck blog has a post containing five examples of using Haiku Deck in school. That post contains a link to Haiku Deck's Education Case Studies Pinterest board. That board currently contains 76 examples of Haiku Deck being used by students and teachers.
If you are new to the iPad, or maybe you’re just not tech savvy, there may be some things about your touchscreen tablet that you don’t know about. That’s why we are here to help. Last week, we gave you some helpful hints on using the iPad’s keyboard.
What are some of the best iPad apps for ESL students? There's a ton out there but here are some favorites!
Just Mobile, makers of high quality accessories and gear for your mobile devices, has a great new pedestal for your iPad called the UpStand.
The AppVentures iPad Play Case is an easy-to-fit case that snaps over your iPad and turns it into a playhouse for your firefighter or doll figure. When you purchase the Play Case, you’ll get one figure with a scannable QR code that can be used with the compatible $0.99 iDollhouse or iFirefighter app. When you scan the figure, it will be virtually transported to the app so you can interact with your iPad and your playhouse.
Penultimate provides a place for you to hand-write notes on your iPad. The app allows you to create multiple notebooks with multiple pages in each. You can change the color and size of the pen strokes that are created when you write in your notebooks.
Are you planning to use iPad in your teaching this year ? Are you still looking for resources to help you with the implementation of this mobile device in your classroom? I know those first steps can sometimes be extremely hard particulalry in regard to a piece of technology that is still relatively new in education. You might also have problems convincing your school staff about the importance of iPad in yur teaching. You need to have solid ground to stand on and to do this you need to have recourse to the different educational resources you can put your hands on. Fortunately this modest blog can provide you with a head start into the world of' ' iPadology '.
Here is a list of some excellent books for your iPad.
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