The Challenge of iPad Pedagogy Staff training completed. Make no bones about it, the use of the word completed couldn’t be further from the truth. My advice to anyone else undertaking an iPad trial, be more than prepared. Imagine the most challenging class you have ever had to personalise learning for and double it. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely grateful for the vigour with which the staff and students have approached the training at such a busy time. The challenge lies in the pedagogy. Exposure to app use, productivity and possible implications has opened up the proverbial can of worms, and it’s fantastic. Whether you subscribe to the device as a consumption, creation or discovery tool, the technology opens the eyes of educators when given time to investigate. Not that I didn’t have my own ideas! It just feels like the trial has a real chance of success and not because of the new technology. So what to do next? It’s a challenge and it’s not about the technology! Like this: Like Loading...
7 Excellent Tools to Publish Students Work There is nothing much rewarding for students than to see their accomplished work being published and celebrated with others. This is very much motivating and is a strong impetus for them to achieve more and work harder. There are several online tools that you as a teacher can use to host your students work and share them with the whole class and as well as parents .Below are some tools that can help you do that. Check them out : 1- Flipsnack Fipsnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications ideal for publishing students work. 2- Issuu This is another popular website where you can upload and share your students work very easily and for free. 3- Tikatok Tikatok lets you easily create an unlimited books online . 4- Mixbook Mixbook lets you make completely customizable photo books, yearbooks, cards, and calendars and many more. 5- ePub Bud 6- Lulu Lulu is a website that lets you publish print books and ebooks for free.
iPad Usage Survey Results Reading Without Tears: Use the iPad to Encourage Reluctant Readers By Emily | October 18, 2012 | 2 comments If your child has a meltdown when it’s time to “drop everything and read,” consider using the iPad to build good reading habits and to help your child find content that interest him. Of course parents can tell a child that “there’s no iPad until you’ve done your reading.” And, there are many, many high-quality kids book appsavailable that encourage children to read, for some kids reading remains a chore. Look for apps which, while they aren’t books, still require reading. Let your child watch BrainPop with the mute button on, so he has to read along on his own. Make reading more like a game. Work more reading into a child’s play time. Track a child’s progress. Do you have a reluctant reader at home? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Creative Donkey.
Le iPad ou la correction 2.0 pour professeurs branchés | Université d'Ottawa Peut-on transformer un cours universitaire en lieu « sans papier », c'est-à-dire où plus personne n'utilise de papier? Deux professeurs de l'Université d'Ottawa ont déjà fait un pas dans cette direction. Robert McLeman, professeur au Département de géographie, désirait trouver une solution pour simplifier la correction des travaux de ses étudiants, mais surtout pour réduire la quantité de papier utilisée en classe. « Je me suis dit qu'il devait sûrement y avoir un moyen technologique qui permettrait de diminuer notre utilisation du papier tout en maintenant une qualité élevée dans nos corrections », explique le professeur McLeman, qui est aussi coordonnateur du programme d'études environnementales. Le professeur McLeman a donc demandé conseil à Richard Pinet, directeur du Centre du cyber-apprentissage à l'Université d'Ottawa. C'est le professeur de géographie Eric Crighton qui a tenté l'expérience pour une première fois à l'automne 2010.
How To 'App Smash' And Implement Digital Storytelling On The iPad App smashing, the process of using more than one apps in conjunction with one another to create a final product, is a concept that allows students to create engaging educational projects and illustrate their creativity in multifaceted ways. One of the most gratifying and effective ways to use app smashing in the classroom is to create digital storytelling projects. The concept of digital storytelling is emerging as a form of personal and collective expression of knowledge, ideas, and perceptions. Here is an iPad app smashing activity you can use in your classroom in order to create professionally looking digital storytelling projects. Getting Hands-On: The Project A typical app smashing activity has four steps: First, you start with the end product in mind. Objective To create a Digital Storytelling project that illustrates knowledge in effective and appropriate ways. Apps We Will Use Workflow Short Tutorials Here is a short video on how to use Tellagami Some Final Thoughts
Éducation - Un «DEC-iPad» au Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Le Cégep Beauce-Appalaches de Saint-Georges a fait l’annonce mercredi de l’incorporation de la tablette iPad d’Apple dans les cours pour le programme technique de gestion de projet en communications graphiques à partir de l’automne 2012. «Hors classe et partout dans le cégep, les étudiants pourront utiliser les applications et les logiciels avec un outil plus facile à transporter qu’un ordinateur portable», a expliqué le coordonnateur de département, Jean-Philippe Aubé, en entrevue téléphonique. Jean-Philippe Aubé a soutenu que les tablettes sont déjà présentes sur le marché du travail pour les chargés de projet et qu’il y a de plus en plus de demandes de clients d’adapter le contenu pour ces outils, ce qui explique la direction qu’a prise l’établissement. «La tablette électronique est un outil de travail pour le préparer à sa future carrière», a-t-il appuyé. «C’est de l’enseignement participatif», a-t-il résumé.
Spriting Guide | The Cave of Dragonflies I care about the truth, and I strive to keep the information on this website accurate and up-to-date. For instance, where possible, I have taken pains to personally test claims about the video games before making them. However, doing so is not always feasible, occasionally I manage to be wrong even when I think I've confirmed something, and with a website of this size, it's difficult to keep track of every single piece of information anywhere on it that might need to be changed or updated. Pokémon, Pikachu and all other Pokémon characters © 1995-2015 Nintendo, GAME FREAK and Creatures, Inc.
La tablette numérique entre en classe | Pascale Breton Pour cause. Les élèves s'apprêtent à recevoir un iPad, un outil de travail qui leur servira durant toute l'année scolaire. «Nous n'avions pas le choix d'embarquer», croit le directeur général du Collège d'Anjou, Luc Plante, pour expliquer ce virage numérique. Par l'entremise de l'école, les parents des élèves de 3e et 4e secondaire ont dû acheter une tablette numérique, obligatoire pour les cours. Au moins cinq collèges privés ont fait le saut cet automne. «Nous sommes reconnus comme un lieu d'innovation et de créativité. La majorité des écoles optent pour l'iPad. Légère à transporter, facile à utiliser, la tablette promet d'offrir de nombreuses possibilités : prise de notes, manuels scolaires, applications spécialisées selon les matières. Au moment de la remise des iPad, les élèves semblaient ravis. Les élèves seront plus motivés, croit-elle en soulignant que les jeunes «sont vraiment technologiques». Projets-pilotes dans le public Le réseau public commence aussi à lorgner le numérique.
Make Games - Pixel Art Tutorial Les iPad en classe: obstacles à l'horizon | Pascale Breton La volonté des écoles d'utiliser la tablette numérique en classe se bute à plusieurs obstacles. Les manuels scolaires en format numérique sont rarissimes, tout comme les applications en français. Quelques collèges privés ont choisi de doter tous les élèves d'une tablette numérique. Des commissions scolaires ont emboîté le pas avec des projets-pilotes, mais on est encore loin d'une révolution dans le sac à dos des élèves. «À la rentrée de septembre, aucun collège n'aura seulement que du matériel numérique. «C'est un phénomène encore rare.»Pour que la tablette offre réellement des avantages, le manuel numérique doit proposer de l'interaction sous forme de vidéos, de cartes ou de graphiques. La production de matériel scolaire nécessite près de deux ans de travail actuellement.Les contraintes sont nombreuses. «Nous devons obtenir l'approbation du ministère de l'Éducation. «Toute l'année, les questions des éditeurs sont restées sans réponses. Des choix à faire
Web design training: the top 20 online resources | Web design Web design can be daunting. Just the sheer amount of new techniques and acronyms appearing every day can make it seem scary and confusing, even if you're a professional web designer, let alone a beginner. But don't worry - help is at hand in the form of easy-to-understand web design training resources on the web. There are many approaches to web design training - some paid, some free; some interactive, some not; some based on text, others on video. Which means it can even be an uphill struggle working out where to go and what to learn. Don't miss this! To make things easier for you, we've gathered the best 22 web design training resources on the web. 01. While many web training sites look colourful, attractive, and welcoming, with video and colourful graphics, W3Schools looks a bit flat and boring at first glance. Yes, yes, we know: there's been some criticism of the site, which has pointed out some technical errors in some of its lessons. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
The iPad for a Professor- Why I Love It It's been interesting to watch FaceBook today- MANY of my FaceBook friends got iPads for Christmas, and a decent number got somewhat similar items (e.g., Kindles, Nooks). Not too surprising given the iPad was originally released in April of this year. I got my iPad in early October. Even though I don't use a Mac, I love it- not just as the "new techy trendy toy" (which I fully acknowledge it is that too!) I use my iPad for many kinds of presentations, ranging from classes to invited talks, and it works fine (just need that ~$30 VGA adapter). Personally, I favor the "2Screens" app over Keynote. I take my iPad to seminars I attend to take notes, just like a lot of people do with paper pads/ notebooks. If using the "Notes" app, you can have it sync with your GMail, and it automatically saves everything in a GMail folder called "Notes." I take my iPad to all sorts of committee meetings- student committees, university committees, etc. But life isn't all work. It doesn't have flash.
Teach Coding in the Classroom: Resources from ISTE '14 I was super excited to attend Hack Education (originally called “EdubloggerCon”), an all-day unconference held the Friday before the formal start of ISTE 2014. This interactive day of learning, now in its eighth year, was touted to me as the event to attend in Atlanta, and it did not disappoint. The informal, small-group conversations were inclusive and welcoming. In an attempt to heed Dave Guymon’s call to share the ISTE learning (see his blog post on Getting Smart, "Don’t Leave Your Learning Behind: What To Do Now That #ISTE2014 Is Over"), here are some resources discussed by a group of elementary and secondary educators during a morning session on coding in the classroom. Coding Curriculum, Activities, and Projects Code.org: If you didn’t have a chance to participate in “Hour of Code” this year during Computer Science Education Week, consider participating with your class next year. Applications for Programming and Teaching Coding Related Blogs on Coding in the Classroom from Edutopia