Learning with iPad (mobile device) TechnologyEDP 370: Heather A. Davis & Dina DeVose (Co-instructors)

Bethany SmithNathan Stevens

College of Education Information Technology Specialists

Getting to Know Your iPad

• Moving around screens• Moving Apps to different screens• Moving between Apps• Making a screen capture• Getting to the settings

• Registering your device on the NCSU Wireless network• Setting up an e-mail account• Importing the EDP 370 Google Calendar

Registering your Device on the NCSU Wireless Network

• Why?• All need to be on the same network to make

some of the collaborative Apps work• On the secure network, can send e-mail from

your iPad• Won’t have to type in your Unity ID each time

• How?• https://nomad.ncsu.edu/

Setting Up an E-mail Account

•Microsoft Exchange• NCSU E-mail• Allows both E-mail and Google Calendar• Add Personal Accounts

Importing the EDP 370 Google Calendar• Why?• The MOODLE calendar is ‘unwieldy’ for instructors to

modify if there are any changes to the syllabus.• Google Calendar allows us to ‘share’ the responsibility for

keeping the calendar updated.• You can set up alerts so that you are reminded about

upcoming assignments.• Email• Pop-up reminders

• How?• Go to Gmail in Safari and sign into your NCSU G-mail account• Go to our MOODLE site (in Safari) -> Touch Shared Calendar Link• Bottom right corner (+ Add this Calendar)

Syncing Gmail Calendars

• Microsoft Exchange allows you to sync multiple calendars onto your mobile device. But you must ‘tell’ it to sync the calendars.• Go into your Gmail account• Top tool bar select the ‘More’ link• Scroll down to ‘Even More’• Select the ‘Sync’ link• Select all the Calendars you would like to sync on your

iPad. Be sure to select our shared calendar.

Classroom Apps: Completing Readings

• Accessing MOODLE• Via Safari• Via mTouch+ (YUCK! – but we recommend you try it)

• Downloading Readings• Via MOODLE• Via Dropbox

• Taking Notes (options): Pre-installed Note Taking• Google Docs• iBook• .pdf Notes• Noterize (audio comments)• Replay Notes (audio comments)• Evernote (sharing()

Classroom Apps: Reciprocal Teaching

• Reciprocal Teaching: “The purpose of reciprocal teaching is to facilitate a group effort between teacher and students as well as among students in the task of bringing meaning to the text.” • Students share responsibility for summarizing, generating

questions, clarifying, and applying what they read. They ‘teach’ each other.

• Quick Office / Google Docs• Word (to create electronic handouts)• Excel (to create tables / charts that organize information)• PowerPoint (to create slides)

• Power Presenter to Project

Intro to Google FORMS• "The mission of our partnership is, first and foremost, to create a transformative

experience for the children in Step-UP Children's program and the future teachers and leaders in NC State's Applied Child Development (EDP 370) course. Students and faculty in EDP 370 strive to serve as mentors creating opportunities for children at Step-UP to systematically reflect on their experiences at school and their understanding of their emerging identities as students. Children at Step-UP, by candidly sharing their experiences contribute to developing more compassionate and effective teachers and community leaders.

The mission of our partnership is also to produce new knowledge that can be used to demonstrate the impact of the Children's program and to train future educators and community leaders. As students in EDP 370 develop their skills as careful observers of child thinking and behavior, they will collect data that can be used by the Step-UP and by future students in the class. Moreover, as they learn to evaluate curriculum for its developmental appropriateness, they create a database of curricular materials that can be used by co-partners."

Intro to Google FORMS• Why?• FORMS allows teachers / researchers to create surveys or

observation tools that can be accessed when there is no wireless internet available.• Important when access points are restricted, limited, or

non-existent.• How?• Practice: • https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFRyN25YdW

dfY0RpYVh4YjJuMTF1WXc6MQ

• Enable Off-Line Mode & Uploading Responses• Tutorial:• http

://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/Accessing+Google+Docs+with+Forms+App

Google FORMS

• Pre-Unit Assessments• Activities for Students (Scavenger Hunt)• Surveys• Collect Data & Analyze It

• Observations

• ‘Security’ of your NCSU Account