Don't Be a One and Done: Creative Ways to Use Multiple Apps

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Don't Be a One and Done Matt Bergman Milton Hershey School

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  • 1. Don't Be a One and Done Matt Bergman Milton Hershey School

2. Interactive Presentation For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com 3. About Me [email protected] 4. Objectives for Today Inspire you to take an honest look at how you use iPads Provide you with FREE recipes that use multiple Apps with the same purpose: help ALL students learn For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com 5. For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com 6. Percentage of students who have used a smart device or tablet. Source: CNET (2014) For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com 7. Lets take a moment to think about these statistics For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.c om Room ID 44064 8. Think about these statistics: As of October 2013, approximately __ iPads have been sold to educational institutions Source: Apple (October 2013) a)4 million b)6 million c)8 million d)10 million For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com Room ID # 44064 9. Percentage of schools that allow cell phone usage in schools. Source: USA Today (Aug 2013) For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com Room ID # 44064 a)3 % b)8 % c)19% d)25 % 10. a)59% b)73% c)79% d)82% For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com Room ID # 44064 11. How much the LAUSD plans on spending on the districts second phase iPad roll out. Source: LA Times (March 2014) a)50 million b)500 million c)1 billion d)2 billion For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com Room ID # 44064 12. FACT: Tablets are changing the face of education. 13. What are your favorite Apps to use personally or in the classroom? Why? For todays presentation visit: student.infuselearning.com Room ID # 44064 14. What is your approach to App usage in the classroom? 15. If you take a band aid (aka One and Done) approach, you may assume Apps are a substitute for instruction Free Apps Paid Apps There is a perfect one- size-fits all App Only 1 App can be used at a time 16. The problem with band aids is that they are a temporary fix 17. When you take a band aid approach, you can easily become a One and Done (noun) An educator who takes a one-size- fits-all approach to App usage Consistently uses one App per educational experience, addressing the learning needs of some and neglecting the needs of others 18. How do I know if I am a one and done? You might be a one and done if.... 19. You might be a "one and done" if... You think Safari is a place you go on vacation 20. You might be a "one and done" if... The Home Button is your favorite App 21. You might be a "one and done" if... There is more dust on your iPad than Apps 22. You might be a "one and done" if... Your closet sees your iPad more than you do 23. Are you using Apps as a tool to address the learning needs of ALL students? 24. Using Apps as a tool.. Addresses learner variability Provides scaffolds and supports Teaches students how to progress from using the tool to finding the right tool for job 25. Example that started my thinking 26. 4th and 5th graders How would they meet the new CCSS and inspire students to read? 27. After Reading Book Read Book Write Review Record Trailer 28. Creating Engagement and Excitement with Apps Free QR Reader 29. Not everyone learns the same way Diversity of learners in our classrooms today 30. The purpose of today is to give you iPad recipes With a few sprinkles of iPad tips 31. iPad Tip # 1: Dont like typing? Setup Keyboard Shortcuts 32. iPad Tip # 2: Use 4 to go back and forth 33. Recipe # 1 A Basic Classroom Recipe 34. 6 35. Ingredient # 1 Pre-Teach and Learn Vocabulary Provides students with meaningful ways to interact with vocabulary Same information through different sensory modalities (Rose and Gravel, 2010) Multiple platforms Can use anywhere 36. Ingredient # 2: Taking Notes? Take an existing PDF for structured notes. 37. Evernote is Another Free Option! 38. Ingredient # 3: Assessing Students 39. Taking the toolbox approach means looking at the quality of the experience. Its not about the tool, but how you use it. 40. How could I find a way to use Apps to.? 41. How could I give my students a meaningful technology experience? 42. Recipe # 2 Creative Ways to Introduce a New Concept 43. Ingredient # 1 - Activate Background Knowledge with Brainstorming Apps iBrainstorm SimpleMind Free 44. iBrainstorm Task Brainstorm 2 - 3 items they know about topic Mill around room to share and swap answers Work in pairs (if limited number of iPads) 45. Ingredient # 2 - Classroom Management Techniques Each device is pre-numbered for organization and facilitation 46. Use Kids Doodle as a random selection tool 47. Ingredient # 3 - Interactive Presentations Presentation Slides Classroom Management Everyone on Task Visual Disabilities 48. Options for Expressing Answers! 49. Setting up a NearPod Presentation 50. NearPod Data 51. iPad Tip #3: Organize into Folders 52. iPad Tip #4: Favorite Sites to Home 53. Recipe # 3: Taking Ownership of Learning 54. Ingredient # 1: Activate Learning with BINGO 55. Ingredient # 2: Students Take Ownership of Information Assign a portion of your class presentation to each group in the class 56. Ingredient # 3 Sum Up Learning 57. Ingredient #4: Dont like poetry? Try Sticky! To sharetake a screenshot to save to your camera roll 58. iPad Tip # 5: One of the biggest barriers? File to teachers? 59. How can students turn in assignments and access materials on an iPad? 60. Recipe #4 - Making Reading Social 61. shar.es/PyXQB How often do you provide students with different versions of text for an assignment? All of the time Most of the time Sometimes Not very often 62. Marshall McLuhan (1950s) 63. Ingredient # 1: Options for Reading 64. Book Creator Text Audio Pictures Movies Easy sharing! 65. How do you hold students accountable for reading assignments? 66. Ingredient # 2 Reading Protocol to give Purpose http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/a_z.html 67. 4 A's Protocol = Discussion Tool Assumptions Agreements Arguments Aspirations How could I get students to discuss what they read while still keeping accountability and engagement? 68. Another Option: Dice as a Discussion Tool? Virtual Dice Virtual Dice Lite 69. Ingredient # 3 - Edmodo to foster discussion Students got into groups of 3 4 Each person had a role 70. Have you noticed different ways of learning is addressed in discussion? Verbal and Auditory = Discussion Visual and Kinestetic = Edmodo Written record of discussion for accountability or students who are not in class 71. Ingredient # 4: Exit Ticket End of Class Activity 30 second summary of concept that can be shared via social media, email, or SMS 72. Other Ideas! 73. Apps work best when they give students opportunities to... Represent content differently Express and show what they know in different ways Engage in their learning WHAT I LEARNED 74. iPad Tip #6: Side Button and Lock Screen 75. iPad Tip #7: Accessibility Features! 76. What are the challenges of having students write on iPads? 77. Recipe # 5: Enhancing the Writing Process 78. Writing 3.0 Options to organize and brainstorm Collaborate and gather feedback Final product Holland, B. (2013) Redefining the writing process with iPads. Retrieved December 11, 2013 from www.edutopia.org/blog/redefining-writing-process-with-ipads-beth- holland 79. Options to organize and brainstorm 80. Ingredient # 1 Write down ideas and transfer to Camera Roll or Word Processing tool For the student who likes paper! 81. Ingredient # 2 Tools to help students brainstorm! Idea Sketch SchematicMind For the student who needs mindmapping software! 82. Ingredient # 3 For students who like to use iPads to write, draw, or find pictures to represent their ideas! Penultimate App INKredible App 83. Tools for final product 84. Ingredient # 4 Tools to get your ideas on paper! What about students who have trouble with getting their thoughts to paper? Learning disabilities? Evernote Google Drive Dragon Dictation 85. Collaborate and gather feedback 86. Ingredient # 5 - Add Comments with Google Drive 87. Ingredient # 6 - Video Comments Provide valuable feedback to students through video Comments to make improvements Explain Everything 88. Explain Everything Demo 89. Exporting is Easy! Photos, iTunes, DropBox, Evernote, Google Drive, etc. 90. Recipe # 6: Helping Students Prepare for Tests 91. Ingredient # 1 Review Vocab with MoveNote 92. Ingredient # 2: Educreations App Have students demonstrate a concept, complete a problem, or share their understanding of a concept through a screencast 93. Lensoo Create 94. Ingredient # 3 - Share in LiveBinder Share MoveNote and Educreation presentations in binder Store in a LiveBinder as a scaffold or study tool 95. What is your approach to App usage? 96. A One and Done DOES NOT See the diversity around them AND the need to address it through different Apps Take into consideration learner variability Plan for students in margins 97. A One and Done DOES NOT Plan for potential barriers with Apps See Apps as a tool to scaffold and support learning 98. A One and Done DOES NOT See how Apps interact with learners and the three major brain networks 99. Where do I start? Take one step at a time Dont be afraid to try multiple Apps to do same thing OR in a lesson Make mistakes and learn from them Dont be afraid to learn from your students 100. Thank You Email: [email protected] Blog: [email protected] Twitter: @mattbergman14