Why Every Teacher Should Have iPads

I have had a keen interest in using technology in school for as long as I can remember -- even way before I even thought of being a teacher. I can remember when I was in elementary school in 1984 when I used my new Apple Macintosh computer to produce my own report on Argentina. This report was fully typed in Venice 14 point and contained a drawing I did in MacPaint. I was way ahead of my time and I think the only report in the class that was produced digitally.

Now I have been a high school teacher for 13 years I am still working and using technology in new and creative ways.
Over the past two years I have been eating and breathing iPads. Not because I am an Apple Fanatic (but I might be close) but because the ease of use for educational reasons. Over that time I have had alot of trial, error and troubleshooting. But now I have the benefit of being familiar with iPads strengths and weaknesses. Most of the apps that I have listed in the presentation are ones that I have used myself or with my students. These apps have survived the test of being easy to learn, easy to use, and powerful. They are basically my top picks.

I gave my presentation/workshop on February 15th, 2013 for a group of public school teachers in SD73 Kamloops.

In this workshop, I focused on powerful apps to use as a teacher on the back end & great apps to use in the classroom. These will work if you have 1 or 30 iPads in your classroom.

I have organized the student apps into three categories:

• Consuming 
• Collaborating 
• Producing

Below is an embedded copy of the presentation and a direct link to it in Slide Share. Also included are some recommended resources, sample student video's and criteria rubrics that are mentioned in the presentation. I hope you enjoy.


Slide Show:

• Presentation in Slide Share (Direct Link) 
• Or view the slide show embedded below
  

Why every teacher should have an i pad from jjjreid

Rubric Attachments:

• Mind Map Rubric
• Video Lab Report Rubric

      -Rubrics courtesy of Mr. Beeds

Science Dissection Lab Video's:

•  Heart Dissection Video Lab RE
• Heart Dissection Video Lab With Questions
• WSS Heart Dissection Mr Beeds Class VK

      -Links courtesy of Mr. Beeds

Other Interesting Blog posts on iPads I wrote earlier.

• 15 Ways to Use an iPad in Middle & High Schools
• How to setup iPads for school rollout 
• Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing 

 Extra Links for iPad information:

• 7 Reasons You Need an iPad in Your Classroom and 10 Ways to Use Them
• Top 10 reasons why tablets will proliferate in education
• Educators Reveal Why (and How) School Districts Are Adopting Tablets
• The Single iPad Classroom
• Using digital media to enhance educational transfer
• 10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration
• What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools
• Apple's Education iPad Page (with good ideas & apps)

15 Ways to Use an iPad in Middle & High Schools

I have had the privilege of being able to plough new ground in my classroom with a class set of iPads. I now have over a year of experience in using them with my students everyday. Over that time I have had alot of trial, error and troubleshooting. But now into my second year I have the benefit of being familiar with iPads strengths and weaknesses. All of the apps in my list of 15 Ways to Use an iPad are ones that I have used with students.

Below is a copy of my presentation/workshop I gave on Friday October 19th, 2012 to a Middle School who just received a set of iPads.

In this workshop, I focused on some easy to use and powerful apps that I use regularily in a High School. I tried to focus on some quality apps that I have found great to use with students.

I have organized the apps into three categories:

• Consuming 
• Collaborating 
• Producing

 

Here is a Direct Link to the SlideShare above.

My list of favorite apps for use in High School.

• These are my favorite apps for students to use for projects and to demonstrate learning.
• These are my favorite Social Studies apps for the iPad.
• These are our favorite Science apps for the iPad.

Other Interesting Blog posts on iPads I wrote earlier.

• How to setup iPads for school rollout 
• Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing 

 Extra Links for iPad information

• 10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration
• What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools
  
   

What Can You Do With iPads in Your Classroom? | A Workshop

What Can You Do With iPads in Your Classroom? If you have wondered what all the hype is about iPads and other 1:1 technology in classrooms, then this is the presentation for you.

Here is the workshop that Jim & I gave to Kamloops teachers on our 24 Feb 2012 Professional Development day at TRU campus. This workshop was designed to be hands on, so we brought a dozen iPads so attendees could try out some of the apps we regularly use.

Below is the presentation and links that we went over.

What can you do with iPads in a HS classroom?

View more presentations from jjjreid.

More details on my favorite apps for use in High School.

• These are my favorite apps for students to use for projects and to demonstrate learning.
• These are my favorite Social Studies apps for the iPad.
• These are our favorite Science apps for the iPad.

Links to example Student Work

• Sock Puppet
• Animoto
• iMovie

Other Blog posts on iPads

• How to setup iPads for school rollout 
• Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing 
• Week 4: The Good, Bad & the iPad
• Third Week Using iPads in the Classroom
• 10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration
• What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools
  
   

Contact

Jeremy Reid 

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Jim Beeds

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