iPads Putting powerful literacy learning tools in the hands of students!

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Learners in 21st Century

STUDENTS:

• develop their capacity to learn and to play an active role in their own learning

• have the essential skills in literacy and numeracy and are creative and productive users of technology, especially ICT, as a foundation for success in all learning areas

•are creative, innovative and resourceful, and are able to solve problems in ways that draw upon a range of learning areas and disciplines

National Goals for Schooling, 2009

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Why choose the iPad 4 Learning

• PERSONAL DEVICE - portability, ease of use, access to information ‘anytime, anywhere’

• INTUITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE - hands on learning, multi-sensory, engaging for young learners, easy navigation

• RANGE OF AFFORDABLE APPS - many are free!

•EASY INTEGRATION of TOOLS & DIGITAL ASSETS - supports consumption & creation of digital content; cameras& integrated media libraries makes authoring less complicated.

• COLLABORATION - easy sharing via email, social networking & apps

•ACCESSIBILITY - Inbuilt accessibility features support students with specific learning needs

Reference - ๏ encyclopaedias, dictionaries, ๏ museums, galleries, exhibitions๏ calculators, ๏ inbuilt satellite navigation tools

๏ eBook Readers - Kindle, iBooks; News stand

๏ Communication Tools - Email, Internet, Youtube, apps for other blogging & social networking tools

๏ Personal entertainment - integration of photos, videos and music through iTunes, iPhoto etc

๏ Creativity apps - Photography editing; Paint & Draw ; Video editing & Animation tools

๏ Productivity Tools - Notemaking apps; authoring apps; presentation tools

๏ Assistive Apps to suit learners with special needs to access the curriculum

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What type of tools are available ?

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Victorian Field Guide -SCIENCE

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Virtual Walking Tour - HISTORY

๏ eBooks - book apps, ebooks, interactive iBooks

๏ eBook Readers - Kindle, iBooks; News stand

๏ Talking & Listening - Email, Internet, Youtube, apps for other blogging & social networking tools

๏ Writing - integration of photos, videos and music through iTunes, iPhoto etc

๏ Skills Consolidation - Photography editing; Paint & Draw ; Video editing & Animation tools

๏ Productivity Tools - Notemaking apps; authoring apps; presentation apps

๏ Assistive Apps to suit learners with special needs to access the curriculum

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What Literacy Apps are available ?

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The iPad expands opportunities for students in the English classroom

๏ Independent Reading Students read interactive digital apps, e-books, and online materials as well as print-based texts.

• Literature conversations could be held in threaded discussions online in addition to face-to-face in small groups

• Literature response journals would involve electronic journals and blogs rather than readers’ notebooks.

• Written response options could incorporate technology tools for publishing and multimedia products.

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Reading & Composing Texts - ENGLISH

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Reading multimodal texts

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Talking and Listening

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WRITING - Composing multimodal texts

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Consolidating Literacy Skills Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar

Most frequently teachers make selections by:

๏ functional category eg reference or productivity

๏ KLA topic

๏ ‘word of mouth’ including recommendations from those engaged in Pilot programs

๏ Online reviews from sites such as “The Learning Exchange” & “Apps in Education”

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Evaluating Educational Apps

๏ Some educators categorise apps according to the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

eg Kathy Schrock

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Evaluating Educational Apps

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Evaluating Educational Apps Early Childhood Researchers from Macquarie Uni have suggested that apps can be plotted on a continuum according to their contribution to cognitive development. (K. Highfield & K.Goodwin, 2011)

Categories identified:

•INSTRUCTIVE eg rED Writing; DigiMacq;

•MANIPULABLE eg e-books (Miss Spider) & Wishball

•CONSTRUCTIVE eg Popplet; Comic Life; Storykit; Drawing Pad.

In addition to existing evaluation criteria, iPad apps can provide the following benefits for learners:

๏ Capacity to work across a number of apps & inbuilt tools to construct a unified product of learning

๏ Communication and Collaboration is seamless

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An expanded criteria?

CONSUME----> COMPREHEND/INTERACT  ---->CREATE---->COLLABORATE/SHARE

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Playtime!

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Interviews with Sock Puppets

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Pair up.

Take turns to interview your buddy about an app you discovered that you would like to use with your students.

Describe how & why you think you will use it.

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Digital Storytelling Task GOAL: Connect the skills and literacies of contemporary learning to create a digital story. This will encourage students to develop fluency/workflows when composing using the iPad.

• DEVELOP A STORYBOARD. Use Popplet/Notes/Comic Book to plan your digital story.

• GATHER SOME IMAGES Use the camera or draw and paint apps such as Playschool Artmaker, Feltboard, Drawing Pad or Google CC images.

• CREATE YOUR STORY using the assets you have made. Use apps such as StoryKit, Scribblepress, Puppet Pals, Sock Puppets, Creative Book Builder, Animoto, Youtube etc

• EXPLORE how your story could ideally be published and/or shared via

Email, Dropbox, iBooks, Apple TV.

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Bringing it all together - examples

•Frog and Toad Get an iPad

•Marshall Armstrong

•Sculpture by the Sea Recount

•Playschool Artmaker

•Pedlar Lady

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Digital Storytelling Task GOAL: Connect the skills and literacies of contemporary learning to create a digital story. This will encourage students to develop fluency/workflows when composing using the iPad.

• DEVELOP A STORYBOARD. Use Popplet/Notes/Comic Book to plan your digital story.

• GATHER SOME IMAGES Use the camera or draw and paint apps such as Playschool Artmaker, Feltboard, Drawing Pad or Google CC images.

• CREATE YOUR STORY using the assets you have made. Use apps such as StoryKit, Scribblepress, Puppet Pals, Sock Puppets, Creative Book Builder, Animoto, Youtube etc

• EXPLORE how your story could ideally be published and/or shared via

Email, Dropbox, iBooks, Apple TV.

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Bringing it all together

• English K-10 Syllabus

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Resources

http://bit.ly/103ZwqO

1. Download the iBook from Dropbox

2. Open in iBooks

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