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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Craig Badura, a PK-12 Integration Specialist in Aurora, Nebraska, has
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If you have iPads in your school and teachers need help with apps check out these "App Task Challenges" created by Craig Badura. Currently four are available and you may download them here. Learn about these apps for the iPad: Camera, Popplet and Skitch plus there is an App Smash Challenge you might undertaken. In addition Darin Spenser was inspired by Badura's work and has created on on Stick Around. These handouts could also be modified to use with students. All are available on this website. 
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
January 12, 2014 2:08 AM
Inspiring - some great materials here, might use some of these ideas for 2014!
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A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to St Oliver Plunkett to be a part of their 1-1 iPad rollout to the very excited Year 6 class. Led by their fabulous teacher librarian, Ann-Mari...
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post provides access to three pdf files that look at the iPad apps that one school with a 1:1 iPad rollout loaded on iPads for teachers, students and one that looks at inquiry learning on the iPad (image above for this one). Choosing which apps to include in a 1:1 rollout is not always easy to determine due to the wide range of apps available, so looking at what others have done is often helpful.
Kimberly House's curator insight,
July 28, 2013 6:17 AM
Great list of Apps for both teachers and students from a school implementing a 1:1. This is one of the hardest steps: determining which apps will be part of plan. There are some good suggestions here.
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The Autisum Transition Handbook was created by grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Delaware Department of Education "to assist individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families by providing access to the most current and comprehensive information on the transition to adulthood."
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This app wonderwheel is developed for students on the autism spectrum by an Apple educator Mark Coppin whom is also the Director of Assistive Technology at the Anne Carlsen Center. The wheel is split into six sections that define common learning expectations. Each of the sections then shows common learning traits, followed by app categories and then the apps (each of which is hot linked at the website). The six categories are: * Behavior * Communication * Social Skills * Need for Sameness or Routine * Sensory Sensitivity * Difficulty with Traditional Learning Methods The link you to the chapter that discusses Assistive Technology. To go directly to the App Wonderwheel use this link http://www.autismhandbook.org/images/4/4c/Appwheel.pdf. It is often difficult to know which apps to choose when we work with students. This resource may help you determine some apps to investigate for students on the autism spectrum.
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The 10 iPad projects included in this post are from a presentation at ISTE 2013. Some of you may know of TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) for their detailed list of iPad apps. This post will provide you with 7 projects for students in elementary school, using a variety of iPad apps. Some of the projects listed are: * Research and Explore, Create & Publish a Media Rich Text * Create a Digital Puppet Show to Retell a Story * Create Visual Illustration of Fractions There are also four additional projects including: * Build a QR Talking Museum You can also view the presentation presented at ISTE (pdf download). And if you have not seen the great spreadsheet of iPad apps mentioned above click on this link: http://www.tcea.org/ipad.
Simon Vasey's curator insight,
June 26, 2013 9:47 AM
Some great ideas here with a connection to Bloom's Taxonomy. Always good.
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The Kingston Grammar School began an iPad Trial in Sept. 2012. Their ICT Director, Matt Brittland, designed evaluations of the process and has just published a detailed report. Links to the following items are available from this website. * iPad Report (2012-2013 - full report) * iPad Trial: Launching to Heads of Departments (presentation) * iPad Launch to all Staff - Inset: How it Worked (Resources Included) * How to Evaluate iPad Use in Education * Lots of iPad Video Tutorials The final report provides graphs of evaluations from teachers and students. If your school is considering bringing in iPads take the time to review these materials.
Tamsyn Smith's curator insight,
June 5, 2013 9:40 AM
Loads of links to what Matt Britland did at his school with iPads
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"...the following list of apps from Sam Gliksman can be considered for both teachers and students, and an excellent foundation slew of apps for any 21st century teacher. From GoodReader and Slide Shark to Printopia and Air Display, all fill different niches of 21st century learning, and the many possibilities the iPad affords."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Are you looking for apps that some consider "essential" to the iPad? If so check out this article. Twenty-nine apps are listed and each has a brief description. You may also search the list through filters including productivity, writing, video, reference and more.
Paula Correia's curator insight,
April 29, 2013 2:07 PM
Está à procura de aplicações "essenciais" para o iPad? Então leia este artigo. Vinte e nove aplicações são listadas e cada uma delas tem uma breve descrição. Também poderá pesquisar a lista através de filtros, tais como produtividade, escrita, vídeo e muito mais.
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Auryn creates "interactive and innovative kids storybook apps for the iPad, iPhone and the Android Platform. The future of storytelling is here!"
Beth Dichter's insight:
Did you know it is National Reading Month? I did not until I read this post. If you have younger learners and access to devices that run iOS (iPad, iPhone) or the Android platform you may download a free book each day of March. The list above provides the name of the book for each day and more information is available on their Facebook page which is located at https://www.facebook.com/aurynapps.
Catherine Selby's curator insight,
March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
This is a fantastic way to engage students in reading. It allows students to not only read but use modern technology in the form of Ipads, and Smart phones to enhance their education.
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The Exploratorium has just "released Sound Uncovered, its second free iPad app, which the creators showed me during a visit to the unfinished museum. As I explored the app's exhibits, the tablet disappeared in my hands. When you launch this app, you're in the museum, no matter where you are...It takes 40 years of user experience wizardry to build a museum app this amazing."
Beth Dichter's insight:
The Exploratorium now has two free apps for the iPad. The first one released is Color Uncovered and now Sound Uncovered. According to this post "both "buffet-style" collections of short, multi-sensory exhibits. You can select from a table of contents or swipe through like a magazine. The first was Color Uncovered, which uses properties of the tablet's display to demonstrate properties of light. The new app, Sound Uncovered, uses both the speakers and microphones, as well as text and video explanations, to show off some of the surprisingly bizarre properties of sound." I have found many wonderful resources on the Exploratorium website, and suspect that both these apps would be great to have on iPads used in schools.
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So often we hear of iPad games for kids...but have you wondered about games for the adult in your life? Here are thirty games that will let you have fun. And if you would like a list of 30 games for kids check out http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2012/11/11/the-30-best-educational-games-for-the-ipad-kids-edition/.
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If the SAMR model is new to you here is a brief explanation of the four letters that make it up: S- Substitution - Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change. The SAMR Model begins with Substitution (as in read the poster from the bottom up to more clearly understand the model), moving to Augmentation, then Modification and finishing with Redefinition. The SAMR model is the work of Ruben R. Puentedura, Ph.D. from M.I.T. For more information on the SAMR model check out his website at http://hippasus.com/rrpweblog/. For an indepth look you may want to check out the presentation from August 23, 2012 with the title "The SAMR Model: Background and Exemplars."
Shannon Soger's curator insight,
January 7, 2014 7:46 PM
Great poster, but it's important to note that what you're doing with the app will depend what SAMR level the lesson is. Keynote CAN be at Modification, but it can also be used as Substitution. For example, if a student is typing an "About Me" slide in Keynote, the technology is simply acting as a direct tool with no functional change in the task. However, if a student created an "About Me" presentation in Keynote that contained Photo Booth pictures of his/her family, and video of a family tradition that would bring the lesson to Modification. The student could not have "brought his/family" into his presentation without the use of the technology. 
Chris Hua's curator insight,
February 9, 2018 10:14 PM
APPS which can be used in each SAMR classification
Chris Hua's curator insight,
February 9, 2018 10:20 PM
APPS which can be used in each SAMR classification
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In 2010 Professor Dylan Wiliam took over a year 8 classroom at Hertswood College and tested six simple ideas that transformed the quality of the class' education. Not only are these "tricks" worth looking at you will find a link to a documentary that is on YouTube and is worth watching.
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"The iPad and other gesture based tablets have capture the minds and fingers of many in education. Whether its in pre-K or senior classes these intuitive devices are making changes to how teaching and learning occurs in the classroom." Andrew Churchill has provided links to websites that have information on iPads in many areas, including a list of apps broken down by curriculum area, by learning areas, the iPad as a multimedia tool and many more. Excellent resouces for the novice and experienced user!
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Are you looking for apps that will help you with Universal Design for Learning. This pdf provides a wide range of apps divided into the following categories: * Multiple Means of Representation of Information, with subsets in the following categories - Including Students with LD with: Reading Difficulties, Written Output Difficulties, Executive Functioning Difficulties, Physical Difficulties, Vision Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Early Learning and/or Cognitive Delays/Communication Disorders. * Multiple Means of Expression (with the same sub-categories as above) * Multiple Means of Engagement (with the same sub-categories as above) The final page provides an overview of Universal Design for Learning. Each of the icons in the pdf is linked to the Apple store so you may quickly learn more about each app. As our classroom walls continue to expand and the diversity of our students if often widening it is helpful to find apps that help us differentiate instruction and also that meet the goals of UDL.
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This infographic looks at how technology shaped education for special needs students (in the U.S.). There are many sections in the infographic including: * A Brief History of Children with Special Education Needs * The Percentage of Students by Disability (ages 6 - 17) * Then, Now and the Future * Devices to Help the Hearing Impaired * Devices to Help the Visually Impaired * iPad Apps * Psychological Effects of the new Technologies * References As educators we need to understand the history of Special Education and the needs of our students. This post presents valuable information for teachers across all grade levels and curriculum.
Shao Lin Lauricella's curator insight,
October 30, 2013 8:26 PM
I find this super helpful. There are many more special needs children today than there were back in the day. Also today there is more use in the technology world and we need to accommodate to both. This is helpful because it teaches teachers who has a special needs students the different technology tools that will help those students specifically.
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"An article I read this week had me thinking about Bloom’s Taxonomy and what learning really is. It led to me coming up with a new graphic for Bloom’s Taxonomy, this one a Paint Palette. I like thinking about Bloom’s in the form of an artist paint palette because each color has equal importance. For an artist, the greatest beauty comes in the mixing of colors. Using a multitude of shades and blends on a canvas. I think the same can be said of learning."
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This is a work in progress based on student work at Anastasis Academy. We know that we would like our students to be able to demonstrate their understanding in a variety of ways, but often they find one way and that becomes the only way (from their perspective). In this post Kelly Tenkely describes her experiences with students at Anastasis Academy and how this experience has led her to create this paint palette that will contain two additional components. Along with this palette you will find a painting that provides "students ideas for different outcomes and evidences of learning" and a component that is still a work in progress, that will "an app and website catalog organized by the same colors so that students can be introduced to the many options they have for the different types of learning and producing." You can see the page with apps in this post that are specific to Create and additional pages with apps will be posted in the future.
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
July 21, 2013 9:40 PM
An excellent analogy, and a visual my students will surely relate to in the Art Room. I think this will be helpful as they plan and reflect upon their own learning goals. 
Jessica Rebstock's curator insight,
July 22, 2013 11:55 AM
I appreciate that this view of Bloom's Taxonomy is less linear. Every course needs a different blend of Bloom's learning levels.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This latest iteration of the Padagogy Wheel has all apps hot linked to the iTunes preview page and other sources. It also includes some QR codes that will take you to some additional resources including Graduate Attributes and Capabilities, a video of Dan Pink presenting "The Puzzle of Motivation" at TEDtalk, and a link to a post on his website that describes how to use the wheel. To go directly to the Padagoy Wheel (as a downloadable pdf file):
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"In the Digital Classroom, teachers have many opportunities to design flexible and engaging student-driven learning experiences that allow them to create. Adopting this style of teaching and learning can be overwhelming, especially when being expected to embrace new technology and also implement the Common Core Standards at the same time."
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If you are looking for some apps that help address Common Core Standards this post will help you out. Below are the apps listed with a short description of how you might use them...but more information is available when you click through to the post. * Popplet + Common Core Mastery - Have students write a script that address content and Common Core standards * ThingLink Mobile - Take an image and tag it with video and text and share * Pixntell - Select your images, add narration and a video will be created which you may share...special effects also available * Educreations - An app that turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Have students create tutorials, presentations and more * ShowMe - Another app that allows you to record voice while using your iPad as a whiteboard Students love to create, and these apps are tools that allow students to be creative and address Common Core standards.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Combine Bloom's Taxonomy with iPad apps and add on the SAMR Model and this is what you get...a new version of the Padagoy Wheel!
Randy D. Nichols's curator insight,
June 6, 2013 6:14 PM
hehe.. Pad-ogogy.. get it? like iPad mixed with pedagogy?
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Rather than pedagogy this is the Padagogy Wheel,looking at Bloom's Taxonomy related to the iPad. Would you agree with where the apps are placed or do you find that your use of them varies from what is suggested above?
Allan Carrington's comment,
March 8, 2013 6:29 PM
THE PADAGOGY WHEEL: Thanks Jenny for reposting this. I am the first to agree that some of these apps might be better placed elsewhere on the wheel also there are more than one place for each app and there is constant need for updating as new apps are released. Where I am planning to take this next is develop "app powered learning sequences" i.e. connecting more than one app together to build a learning activity sequence. This will IMHO generate a highly engaging flow of transformational learning .... what do others think?
Also I thought some people might also find my 1.57 min video thought provoking. In it I introduce this wheel and more research I am working on with graduate attributes, Please visit http://tinyurl.com/padwheelvid which will be redirected to YouTube. I am calling the method the CAMERA Method .. "Capabilities and Attributes Mapping for Educational Results inspiring Achievement" ... it's all about the students being all they can be. It is about mapping everything back to graduate attributes, values and capabilities These are more than learning outcomes, they are an attempt to define a graduate. There is also the podcast episode I did with Prof Geoff Scott of the Uni of Western Sydney. He has done years of research into graduate capabilities (aka values or attributes) It is fascinating stuff in the context of Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching. He has asked the people who give the jobs and catalogued what the respective industries in the market place want in graduates. Duh! Look at the list and ask yourself are they being developed in students from Higher Education or in Education in general ... this is why mapping is so important. Are we equipping graduates to excel and make a difference .... hmmm! Have a look and listen to http://tinyurl.com/alsltblog. "If you exercise these capabilities ... you will be employed!" This sort of stuff makes the "CAMERA method" worth developing. Comments are welcome guys? ... regards Allan. 
Keshena Cooke's curator insight,
January 24, 2014 8:30 PM
For those trying to use technology in the classroom, this is worth a look.
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Time to stop spending all afternoon hunting through the app store. These free education apps sorted by grade level should save you quite a few hours.
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Check out this list of 48 free apps, sorted by grade level. Each is rated and suggested grade levels are included, plus the list is hot-linked so you can quickly download them from iTunes.
Dupree Wesley's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 10:06 PM
A list of some of the most useful apps for education purposes. I have done this and scouring the app store for apps can take hours. This list is extremely useful.
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"Tomorrow marks six weeks since I officially launched my blog devoted to iPad apps for students and teachers...Since I launched the blog I've published 56 posts which is better than one per day. In the slideshow below I've organized 46 of the reviewed apps. The slideshow is organized in the following order: math apps, science apps, social studies apps, language arts apps, video apps, and productivity apps. Not all of the apps in this slideshow are free, but most of them are."
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Are you looking for some apps to use with students? Richard Byrne has started a new blog that looks at iPad apps and in this post he provides a review of 46 apps that he has reviewed.
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If you are looking for free and open source materials one great place to check out periodically is Open Culture. Richard Bryne shared that "they launched a new collection of more than 200 free video lessons, apps, ebooks, and website for K-12students and teachers...which includes...items that were new to me...like this Shakespeare app and this Google Earth for science teacher resource." Links to a number of resources are embedded in his post.
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Whether you're the parent of a child with a reading disability or an educator that works with learning disabled students on a daily basis, you're…... Fifty helpful tools - Some will help "educators and students with reading disabilities," others focus on "fundamentals of reading, writing, and spelling." Suggested apps are also provided for reading, writing and spelling.
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What makes the iPad brilliant is that it caters to all different intelligences. In fact most apps touch upon all different types of intelligences. I've tried to match all of my favorite educational apps with their corresponding intelligences. This post will provide links to iPad apps that are looked at using Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. It is important to remember that many apps may link to a variety of the intelligences. She also quotes Daniel Willingham "Children do differ in their abilities with different modalities, but teaching the child in his best modaility doesn't affect his educational achievement. What does matter is whether the child is taught in the content's best modality." Each multiple intelligence is represented in the full image. Click on the app icon to see in the App Store.
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School's curator insight,
April 12, 2013 10:02 AM
It's great to learn about new apps to enhance the Multiple Intelligences approach to teaching! |
Do you use iPads in your school? Do you work with Bloom's Taxonomy and/or SAMR? Are you interested in seeing how you might combine Bloom's and SAMR using specific apps? If so, click through to this post.
The post takes apps and organizes in three categories:
* Consumption - which includes Knowledge and Analysis (split into Activity and Gamification)
* Collaboration - which includes Application and Synthesis (split into Assessment and Cloud Storage)
* Creation - which includes Comprehension and Evaluate (split into Multimedia & Design and Multimedia Texts)
Then read on and see how you might take these same areas and apply them to SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition).
This is worth a look even if you do not have iPads. The ideas of placing work into the three Cs of Consumption, Collaboration and Creation may be applied to work that students do, with or without technology.