iTunesU: iGlue for iPad Learning

ISTE 2014 Atlanta, GA

iTunes U: iGlue for iPad LearningGWCC A406/407

@kowalyshyn@amboe_k @librarymall

Surrey Schools (SD36), Surrey BC, Canada

1 Orwell (5 min): Introductions, slides 1-2


Who We Are…

4520 km (2808 mi)

#sd36learn

2 Our district: - 70,000 K-12 students, city just outside of Vancouver, BC - 122 K-12 sites - follow our educators on Twitter #sd36learn


iTunes U App “24/7 Mobile Learning”

(Free)

3 Orwell (10 min): Download and demonstrate iTunes U app, slides (3-5) - searching for institutions and topics - the difference between collections and courses - navigating the iTunes U app interface

iTunes U ISTE 2014_Final.key - June 29, 2014


iTunes U App

Featured Top Charts

4 Live iTunes U catalog - featured courses and top charts (courses and collections) - courses have a graphic with divider tabs - collections have a simple square graphic


iTunes U App (Bookshelf)

Subscribed Courses

5 iTunes U Bookshelf - Top level controls (catalog/search/layout/edit) - Push notification badges inform subscriber when updates are available


iTunes Client / Web View

6 iTunes Client / Web View - limited but functional web/desktop to download digital assets, view the basic outline and course summary



Teacher Professional Development!Search: Apple Distinguished Educators

University Courses!Search: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Oxford, UNSW, McGill

K-12 Courses!Search: Surrey Schools, TASA

Beyond Campus!Search: National Geographic, Smithsonian

7 Orwell/Lisa (5 min): Who is creating courses and collections? - Professional Development Courses by fellow ADEs - Courses by university faculty - Courses by K-12 educators - Beyond Campus (National Geographic, Smithsonian, Library of Congress) - Worldwide contributors !


What is in a Course?

• Office files• PDFs• Images• Video• Links• ePub files• iBooks files• Web Links (iTunes store)

8 Orwell: (2min) What content can I add to a course? - PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT (Office Files), ePub, iBooks files, images, video and audio

(MP4 format) - Most common documents are viewable on iPad - Most common format of digital assets that you probably already have !


Ways to use iTunes U

Staff Pro-D Content!Student “textbook”!Digital Resources

9 All (5min): What iTunes U is not and what can it be used for - not an LMS (learning management system) - digital teaching resource, not a teacher replacement - used for professional development content, course material - used as a teacher designed text/media resource



Course Demo10 Orwell: (20min) Slides 10-18 Structure of a course on iPad

- Comparative Civilization 12 (Surrey Schools) done by Cole Anderson - Overview (default) - Instructor (default) - Outline and posts (default) - Credits (optional) - Terms of Use (optional) !- Course Materials (links or uploaded)


Overview Tab•A quick summary of main outcomes that will be covered what you’ve done for each specific one

•Outline that course assets may be viewable outside of the app

• Include info drawn from state/provincial documents, assessment tools, pedagogical approaches

11 All: Key points from Surrey Schools iTunes U Professional Development Days (10 min)


Instructor Tab

•May be a generic boilerplate paragraph for each course

• Include biographical info such as how long you’ve been teaching

•Highlight special aspects of your course including activities, assessments, or unique resources

12 Add slides from BC iTunes U Prof Development Days



Posts and Assignments

•For each post describe the outcome you are covering

•Create assignments with an action verb: Review, Listen, View, Read ....

•For each digital resource, link the resource to an assignment if you wish to expand on how you’d use that digital asset.

•Deep link to your video and iBook assets

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SAMR Model

SubstitutionTech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no

functional change

AugmentationTech acts as a direct tool substitute, with

functional improvement

ModificationTech allows for significant task redesign

RedefinitionTech allows for the creation of new tasks,

previously inconceivable

Enhancement

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Podcasts on iTunes U: http://tinyurl.com/aswemayteach

Blog: http://hippasus.com/rrpweblog/

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rubenrp

CC BY NC SA

14 Lisa/Kevin (5-10 min) - Describe the SAMR Model, terminology, concepts behind it


Credits Page and Terms of Use

• Include copyright or creative commons statements - “available for teaching and learning and research”

•Add in an idemnification clause?

•Provide description or contact information for the organization

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Materials List

•Ensure each asset in your materials list is properly annotated and titled

•Use consistent naming conventions for each asset: title, source, author

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Checklist ... As You Near Completion

•Review your posts or assignments so that they provide clear context on how the course may be taught or learned?

•Have a course cover visual?

•Have an instructor photo and compelling bio?

•Have materials in multiple formats (.doc, .pdf)

•Share your course enrolment code with peers for feedback.

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Sample Checklisthttp://bit.ly/1yYpcbM

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Break - Q & A

19 5 min break


Safari for Mac Google Chrome

https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/iTunes U Course Manager

20 Orwell: Slides 20, 10 min - Log into iTunes U Course Manager with your Apple ID (desktop/laptop) - Show how to edit or change AppleID (http://appleid.apple.com)


Let’s Build-A-Course

21 All: (45 min) - Structure a course around a topic of your choice - Create an overview, instructor bio, set of posts, begin to gather digital

materials.



Tool Function

OS X Quicktime Audio / Video / Screen Casting

iBooks Author Creating iBooks

Web: Youtube, Clip Converter

Linking, editing, extracting videos

Garageband Web: Audioboo Creating podcasts

Tips for generating content22


Share your course.

23 How to view your course on iPad - Get enrollment codes from course manager - Enter that enrollment code (or email link) and redeem in iTunes U app


Going Further:An iTunes U K-12 Public Site

24 Orwell (10min) iTunes U Sitemanager Demo - A control panel for institutional portal in iTunes U. - Affiliate your authors’ AppleID through sitemanager to allow publishing of

courses in your institutional portal - Unlimited storage space on Apple servers for materials - Course is public in the iTunes U catalog - Provides some internet stats on subscription and viewership



Thank you.

Orwell Kowalyshyn - [email protected] Kevin Amboe - [email protected] Lisa Domeier - [email protected]

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iTunesU: iGlue for iPad Learning