iPaddiction: February 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

You Can Do That On An iPad?!

Monday, February 23, 2015

Doctopus + Goobric + Google Classroom

If you are considering using Google Classroom or are a current user, connecting Doctopus and Goobric would be an excellent efficiency tool.

If you use a rubric to grade student work, Doctopus and Goobric will allow for an assessor to place a rubric directly on a digital document.

During Lunch N' Learn, the "how to's" and "what if's" will be discussed.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

WIX Website Building For Spanish Students

Mrs. Titler and Ms. Slusarek, PHS Spanish teachers, asked a few weeks ago about website building tools for students to "Show What They Know". Besides Google Sites, WIX was a suggestion I provided as it is an easy drag and drop tool to build a website.

A guest blog post is below along with student examples.

The students just completed a project where they had to make a web page giving advice and suggestions to people who want to be come different types of professions. The students worked with a partner, picked a profession and created the webpage with information such as typical day, salary, description of job duties and characteristics of a good worker. They did a great job, but I especially liked the projects that used WIX. This was a new web building tool for me and I was very pleased with how the website looked. The students said that it was easy to use, but that they needed a lot of information to fill it up. I included some examples here for you to see. There are some errors, but the overall presentation is what I wanted to share with you. Thank you for the suggestion!

Friday, February 13, 2015

The Sketchnote Process

One of the twenty-four Google Slide templates serves as the backdrop for explaining Sketchnotes to students. Sketchnoting is a process that I started about two years ago. It wasn't until the implementation of the Flex Mod schedule and true designation of "large group instruction" time, that I found a place for Sketchnoting. Now, I am certain that Sketchnoting will fit into a student's life.

After extensive reading, speaking with educators, and practicing, I believe Sketchnoting can be and should be a tool used often in a student's educational life. Whether completed using paper and pencil or a tremendous art app (Paper 53 now free) which is included in my "Top Tech Tool" infographic, the process can truly revolutionize one's ability to remember concepts.

A presentation intended for teachers and students on the "Art of Sketchnoting". It will take about 25 minutes to share all the information with students or adults. Consider giving students or staff a blank piece of 8.5" x 11" paper to "sketchnote" the presentation. It's a great eye opener to see how the notes start with all words and progresses to images and words as the end of the presentation draws near.
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Eighth Grade Student Examples
As Mrs. Hoffmann, one of our middle school art teacher, stated,
"My 8th graders today really enjoyed it and wished that their other teachers would do this and actually give them time to do this because their teachers just rush through everything so they feel they have to write everything."

Monday, February 9, 2015

iMovie: Integration Apps For The iPad

It is important to understand the tools that exist for efficient, effective, and engaging productivity by our students and staff utilizing the iPad.

This does not dismiss the importance and necessity of Google apps or Creation apps used on the iPad, but "showing what you know" is a critical skill for students.

Continuing a four part series of Integrating Apps for the iPad will be our Lunch N' Learn's focus.

Four Apps. True Productivity.

Week 1: Notability
Week 2: Recordium
Week 3: Explain Everything
Week 4: iMovie

Define: Integrat(ion)

iMovie has been used, either in movie mode or trailer mode forty-seven documented times in our middle and high school.

Extremely Versatile Creation Tool

All About Your Image
Age of Reason Fantasy Draft in Social Studies
40 Seconds With Flex Mod Digital Workflow
Assessment Ideas At Your Fingertips Using the iPad
Food Talks Using Chatterpix
Flex Modular Scheduling - Here We Go
iPad and iMovie Brings Smiles On Fishing Trip
n2y Winner, Mrs. Morgan!
iMovie on iPad - Adding Subtitles
4th Annual Good Triathlon
App Smash Options For End of Year Projects
Final Four App Madness Breakdown
Teacher Sub Plans For Substitute Teacher Via iPad and YouTube
Splicing iMovie and Exporting To Explain Everything
App Smash PicCollage and iMovie Student Example
G Drive (Green) App For Downloading Video To iPad
Basic Anatomy Students Helping Patients
Illustrating A Book On an iPad or Online
iMovie Updates in iOS 7
Lunch N' Learn Promotion Using Canva
Storyboarding For iMovie
U.S. History 1990 and Early 2000 iMovie Trailers
Meograph - Four Dimensional Storytelling
Teacher's First iMovie Creation
3rd Annual Goody Challenge
Many Students Taking Video To Google Drive To iMovie
iMovie Trailers For Renewable Energy Resources
Students Using iMovie Trailer To Promote Alternate Energy Business
Creation Apps and Web For Anatomy Problem Based Learning
Lunch N' Learn Trailer Using Intro Designer App
8th Grade Scheduling Open House
FACS Infomercial Using iMovie
iMovie To Document Hunger Banquet
Anatomy PBL Video
Aid To third World Country Using iMovie
Project Based Learning In Anatomy Using iMovie
iMovie Trailer Student Reaction
iMovie Trailer For Absolute Ruler Promotion
iMovie Trailer Options For Students To Acquire Material
iMovie Tutorial For Teacher To Show In Class
Transfer of Matter Through iMovie and Skitch
Story Term Project
iMovie For Seven Deadly Sins of Video
Creating America's Story on the iPad
Best Learning Experiences 2011-2012
iPad, iMovie, Extras4iMovie, and Scroll Credits

24 Google Slides Templates You Can Use On Your iPad

There is no shortage of Google Slide templates found on the web that can be in addition to "already created" templates with in Google Slides.

While browsing for templates, SlidesCarnival makes the "Hey, Look at me!" statement that you can't ignore. The templates are fantastic!

View them within categories

or All Templates

On the web, using them is quite simple,

Find the template you like
Scroll down slightly and click "Use This Presentation Template"

Logged in or not
The template will show up in a browser tab

Click File
Make a copy...
Rename if needed
Edit, Duplicate, Add slides as needed

Start creating...

However, this process does NOT allow you to use them on an iPad.

My solution.

Using THIS GOOGLE FOLDER, all of the templates have been downloaded into this folder as a .PPTX. Clicking on this FOLDER in the Safari web browser will allow for downloading the file.

Once the download has completed, A "Open In..." feature will be present so that it can be opened in the Google Slides app.

Once you have opened it in the Google Slides app, adding images and adjusting the text is easy.

View how to...

On the iPad and in Safari, CLICK HERE TO CHOOSE A TEMPLATE.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Eight Deadly Sins of Camerawork (With An iPad)

With an iPad, video taping is a snap. However, remembering effective tips can make a person's final product better than ever!

In seventh grade, I will be presenting the information below to students who are embarking on a project.

Friday, February 6, 2015

Current Events Sources For Geography Class

Three web resources and two mobile apps can provide specific news events from different regions.

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SlidesCarnival templates! Awesome!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Explain Everything: Integration Apps For The iPad

Readers of iPaddiction will realize that Explain Everything is well used in our school district. Well used in the fact that it is moving toward being invisible. Invisible in that our students don't ask for instructions, they understand the app and therefore focus on the learning!

Putting together a compilation of Explain Everything may help in continuing to provide teachers and students with an excellent technology tool to...