Why Every Teacher Should Have iPads

I have had a keen interest in using technology in school for as long as I can remember -- even way before I even thought of being a teacher. I can remember when I was in elementary school in 1984 when I used my new Apple Macintosh computer to produce my own report on Argentina. This report was fully typed in Venice 14 point and contained a drawing I did in MacPaint. I was way ahead of my time and I think the only report in the class that was produced digitally.

Now I have been a high school teacher for 13 years I am still working and using technology in new and creative ways.
Over the past two years I have been eating and breathing iPads. Not because I am an Apple Fanatic (but I might be close) but because the ease of use for educational reasons. Over that time I have had alot of trial, error and troubleshooting. But now I have the benefit of being familiar with iPads strengths and weaknesses. Most of the apps that I have listed in the presentation are ones that I have used myself or with my students. These apps have survived the test of being easy to learn, easy to use, and powerful. They are basically my top picks.

I gave my presentation/workshop on February 15th, 2013 for a group of public school teachers in SD73 Kamloops.

In this workshop, I focused on powerful apps to use as a teacher on the back end & great apps to use in the classroom. These will work if you have 1 or 30 iPads in your classroom.

I have organized the student apps into three categories:

• Consuming 
• Collaborating 
• Producing

Below is an embedded copy of the presentation and a direct link to it in Slide Share. Also included are some recommended resources, sample student video's and criteria rubrics that are mentioned in the presentation. I hope you enjoy.


Slide Show:

• Presentation in Slide Share (Direct Link) 
• Or view the slide show embedded below
  

Why every teacher should have an i pad from jjjreid

Rubric Attachments:

• Mind Map Rubric
• Video Lab Report Rubric

      -Rubrics courtesy of Mr. Beeds

Science Dissection Lab Video's:

•  Heart Dissection Video Lab RE
• Heart Dissection Video Lab With Questions
• WSS Heart Dissection Mr Beeds Class VK

      -Links courtesy of Mr. Beeds

Other Interesting Blog posts on iPads I wrote earlier.

• 15 Ways to Use an iPad in Middle & High Schools
• How to setup iPads for school rollout 
• Week 5 of iPads in the Classroom: Video Editing 

 Extra Links for iPad information:

• 7 Reasons You Need an iPad in Your Classroom and 10 Ways to Use Them
• Top 10 reasons why tablets will proliferate in education
• Educators Reveal Why (and How) School Districts Are Adopting Tablets
• The Single iPad Classroom
• Using digital media to enhance educational transfer
• 10 Most Popular Posts On iPad Integration
• What you should & shouldn't use iPads for in schools
• Apple's Education iPad Page (with good ideas & apps)