Make The Best of iPad in Your Teaching with This Wonderful Interactive Guide

October 10, 2015
iPad is a game-changer in education. It provides teachers with transformative means to create immersive and interactive lessons to engage students and enhance their learning. iPad has also opened up new possibilities of learning that were unimagined before and empowered students with a voice and equipped them with the tools to take control of their own learning.

Besides the numerous resources we have been sharing here in our blog to help you make the best of iPad in your teaching, today’s post is highlighting another very good resource to use in this regard. Discovering Educational Content for iPad is a free interactive iBooks book from Apple in Education packed full of helpful tips, tricks, app recommendations, and ideas on how to better integrate iPad in your instruction.

‘This guide will help teachers understand what type of content is available in each of the iTunes stores, how to access the stores from a Mac or iPad, and find tips on how to search each store and education curated collections for the type of content they might use in their classrooms.  The Guide walks through 2 sample lesson topics to help showcase the wide range of materials a teacher might use in a lesson, and encourages creative thinking about using content beyond Apps when teaching with iPad.’

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5 Helpful Resources to Get You Started Teaching with iPad

September 11, 2015
Last week we shared with you ‘ Evaluating Apps for the Classroom’ a free interactive guide from Apple Education to help you make the best of educational apps in your instruction. Today we are featuring with you some interesting materials from ‘Get Started Teaching with iPad’ series.These are courses created specifically for teachers. Each of these courses provides tips and resources for integrating iPad in the instruction of one of these subject matters: elementary math, elementary science, and elementary literacy. We have also added two more resources for high school physics and chemistry teachers.

1- Elementary Math with iPad

'Learn how other teachers have taught math with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own math classrooms. You'll find examples of math lessons that can complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you'll explore curated math collections to help you discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials to build your own math lessons. '

2- Elementary Science with iPad

'Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons.'

3- Elementary Literacy with iPad

'Learn how other teachers have taught literacy with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own literacy classrooms. You'll find examples of literacy lessons that can complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you'll explore curated literacy collections to help you discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials to build your own literacy lessons.'

4- High School Physics with iPad

'Learn how other teachers have taught physics with iPad and how you can integrate a variety of iPad content into your own physics classrooms. You’ll find examples of physics lessons that can complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated physics collections to help you  discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials for building your own physics lessons.'

5- High School Chemistry with iPad

'Learn how other teachers have taught chemistry with iPad and how you can integrate a variety of Pad content into your own chemistry classrooms. You’ll find examples of complete chemistry lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated chemistry collections to help you discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials for building your own chemistry lessons.'

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7 Effective Ways to Use iPad In Your Teaching

March 27, 2015
You have probably already used iPad on your lessons before, and you know that children love everything connected with modern technology. In this article, we will go through 7 interesting and fun ways to use iPad in your classroom. Let’s see what we have.

1- Coding
Do you want to be the first to teach kids coding? Code.org allows you to use kid-friendly programs to learn the basics of coding with nothing more than an iPad. Colorful blocks and AngryBirds animation will make it easy and fun for you and your little students to learn one of the most needed subjects today. Connect your iPad to projector and get ready for children age 6 and up to write their very first program.

2- Educreations

You can use Educreations to explain a difficult Mathematical concept or assist in a difficult homework task. The app allows you to engage students with a video or colorful infographics. You can also engage students to take an actual part in making a video.  Make a table with questions and record each student while giving the answers. After you are done, you can send the video to your students and their parents, which will be an exciting memory to share in future.

3- Google map treasure hunt
Imagine changing a boring field trip into a fascinating treasure hunt. To do so, you will need to create pins on a Google map and ask your student to find them. Orient student to most important places during your trip, whether it is a lesson on a local history or geology it will make a big difference for students. If you are having an open air lesson nearby your school you can even use Skype as a walkie-talkie.

 4- Video conference
 If you want to upgrade your pen pal projects you can make an online video conference with your sister school via Skype. Make it a big deal, ask your students to prepare 5-7 sentences about your sister school’s culture, language, traditions etc. Add ethnic dresses of your school or learn their national anthem. This will teach your scholars to respect another culture and will be a great surprise to your colleague teacher on the other side of the world.

5- Augment reality

Take Layar app or Aurasma to create a fantastic lesson using augment reality. Take geography lesson as an example, ask children to scan the black map for the answers. You can make multiple layers, quizzes and games. Be sure, students will love your digital ideas.

6- Drone lesson
Practically every school has a robotic program, so why not to use modern technologies and our beloved iPad to navigate a very first personal drone? With a help of this video you and your students can enjoy an easy and fun lesson with lots of creativity and technology included.

7- Stop motion movie
 Add some digital storytelling to your lesson with Lego movie maker application. Use iPad to create clay figures, illustrate historical event or explain a difficult mathematical concept.

 P. Green is an author of “7 ways to use iPad on your lesson”. She is an IT specialist who is taking an active part in technological education for children. Right now she works as a contributor for college papers writers.

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