1. iPads - A day in a juniorclassroomPresented By: Marion Kirby @kirbyme& Alison Willis

2. iPads - A day in a JuniorClassroomDelegates will:1. understanding how we can embed the use ofmobile technology in our classroom programmes1. understand why they need to embed thetechnology rather than use it as an add on.1. have take away ideas they can use at thebeginning of term 4 across most curriculum areas.1. gain confidence in using mobile technology toenhance childrens learning 3. Overview of Session: Introduction (2 mins) Our Journey (5 mins) A typical day overview (2 mins) Writing (15 mins) - overview of apps, breakdown of organisation andsandpit time Reading (15 mins)- overview of apps, breakdown of organisation andsandpit time Maths (15 mins)- overview of apps, breakdown of organisation andsandpit time Other curriculum areas (10 mins) Question & Answer time (10 mins) 4. Your turn:A show of hands.Year level?Number of iPads in class?How long have you hadiPads?Marion Pillans Point School,Tauranga New EntrantTeacher Working in acollaborativelearningenvironment thisyear eLearning leaderlast 4 years Responsible forimplementing iPads First uLearn lastyearIntroductions:Alison Pillans Point School,Tauranga Year 1/2 Teacher Job shared withMarion for 3 years First uLearn lastyear First yearpresenting for bothof us 5. Our JourneyPillans Point SchoolDevices2012 First iPads for staff, PL (2 terms) Pods of 6 iPads for each teaching team(on a booking system)2013 Started the year with 1 iPad in eachjunior class Term 2 TECT grant - got 80 iPads whichallowed 4 each in the junior classes2014 Term 2 TECT grant - 7 in each juniorclassrooms (10 in other classes with 1 x1:1 class and 2 x 1:2 classes Apple tvs ineach classOur Learning JourneyPD/PL PL sessions first year PD second year - embedding iPads, wholestaff uLearn 2013 Creativity not consumption 2014 - SAMR - not just an add on Mini padcamp run by our staff this year 6. A Typical Day the apps we are usingRoll/NoticesOral LanguageMusic/MovementPhonicsWritingHandwritingSpellingBrowsing BoxesShared BookReadingMathsOther areas:Te ReoArt (self-portraits)SciencePE 7. Writing: Organisation examples writing roster Purpose? Apps we use...Quick voice:Great for children who are verydistracted at writing time and losetheir story and their focus. Great forboys who start writing and forgetwhat they were going to write!!!Plug in headphones to the iPad, childrecords story, plays back, writessentence etc. 8. Writing:Write About ThisThis app is great forwriting motivation.Children can either use anexisting picture and writeabout that or take theirown photo, write about itand also record.(school has lite versionwhich means cant printbut children take screenshot as evidence orwriting. There is now a NZversion. 9. Writing:Puppet PalsWe have used PuppetPals 1 & 2 for either amotivation to write (ie.they create first and thenwrite) or as a publishingtool where they can bringtheir story to life for anaudience.A copy of the blog postwent in this boys writingbook alongside theoriginal story he wrote. 10. Writing:Book Creator:Each week the children have a turnat writing in their digital book. Thesehave been set up with a link toDropbox so they can be shared withfamily.The children have an iPad writingday for their group each week. (seeroster)We use the paid version of BookCreator to get the full benefits (i.e.being able to make multiple books onthe app) 11. Writing - Hands On Session Setting up class digital books Doodle Buddy - Book CreatorMany ways to use...draw a picture inDoodle Buddy, take a photo of event ornews, take a video...etcOr explore Write About This on our class iPads 12. ReadingOrganisation examples...reading fluency rosterPurpose??Video App:Most children love the sound of theirown voice and they love the videocamera on the iPad. We use thevideo app daily for children who needto increase their fluency. For somechildren it has really hooked theminto reading and their progress hasbeen amazing.It requires very little organisation maybe just a roster so they knowwho is on which iPad. The childrennever forget a turn on the iPad!3 weeks later 13. ReadingPopplet App:We use the free version of Popplet.This means we cant save a projectto work on another day however thechildren mostly finish in the sameday. It is easy to export their work tothe camera roll.We use the Popplet app as a followup activity to reading.The children can choose a character take a photo in the app and writewords to describe the character inpopples around the picture. Or theycan do a retellendless possiblities! 14. Reading:Dropbox App:We have put many of ourMP4 files from the Readyto Read series intoDropbox so the childrencan access them to listento. It is a great activity inour reading rotations orfollow up or introductionto a guided reading text.We have also put instories from other seriesin Dropbox (eg. JoyCowley, Bear Stories)These files can only beaccessed by iPadslogged into our classaccount. 15. ReadingExplain Everything:We use this app in many waysas it is so adaptable to anysituation/any curriculum area.Some ways we use it in readingare: retelling a story eg. drawa picture of something inthe story or take aphoto..use the recordfunction to retell the story take a photo of a book,children write adescription of a characterin the book sequencing - beginningmiddle end - a slide foreach 16. Reading - Hands OnExplain EverythingTask:Choose a reader from the table.Take a photo of your favourite page in the story then write your name somewhereon the page.Record what happened in this part of the story using the record function on ExplainEverything.Save your movie then export it to the camera roll.Dont forget to put your name somewhere on the page.Orusing Popplet..take photos of all the characters in the Im the King of theMountain reader. Your title will be Characters in Im the king of the mountain.Dont forget to write your name in one of the Popples. 17. Maths Organisation examples Purpose? Apps we useScreen Chomp(Free)I use this app for guidedsessions with whole classand groups. I give the childrena problem and then show thechildren an example of astrategy they could use tosolve it. This app isnt onthe childrens ipads justmine. 18. MathsSubitising AppI use this is as ateaching tool forwarm upmaintenance. Forquick basic facts Iuse the dice and getthe children to addnumbers togetherquickly. The exampleon the right shows achild recording theirthinking after Ipresented a problem.Example ofSubitising app 19. MathsExplain EverythingThere are many ways ofusing Explain Everything inmaths. It is a great app forindividual use or collaborativegroup work. We love itbecause when you are busyworking with a group thechildren are working and lateryou can hear and see whatthe children were doing. Weprint out the NZ Mathsproblems, take a photo inapp then record the problem. 20. Hands On MathsExplain EverythingChoose some mathsproblems suitable to yourlevel.Photograph the mathsproblem in the app.Record the problem (read).Add a slide.Save with problem name.Now choose a problem and solve theproblem on the second slide showingyour working.Or get to know a maths app by exploring ourclass iPads 21. Other Curriculum Areas Te Reo (Mihi on Puppet Pals) Practise te reo conversations using Sock Puppets Learning our Mihi using Puppet Pals Shared books - Ministry of Education books, Kidztory, Big Cat (Collins) 22. Other iPad bits and pieces Teacher puts apps for the weekon the dock or in a folder Sending kids outside - airplay soyou can see where they are andwhat they are doing Make charging part of yourroutine/organisation (1st childto school plugs in etc.) Experts - pick children whoare experts for other children togo to first so that your arentalways interupted Have a set area in the class thatchildren use the iPads (eg. sametable) so they arent hiding incorners or tempted to get offtask Use headphones if they are on anoisy app Tool not a toy...teach thechildren that we dont play onthe iPads 23. Any QuestionsiPad Adventures Blog:http://kirbyme.wordpress.comEmail: marionk@pillanspoint.school.nzalisonw@pillanspoint.school.nzTwitter: @kirbymePlease contact us if you have anyfurther questionsPlease fill out the feedback formbefore you leave or fill in onlineThanks