iPads to support HOTs

By Carol Newton, Whingate Primary School

Aims:You will have ideas on how

iPads can be used to promote Higher Order

Thinking

You will know how to use Showbie to collect children's work produced on iPads to be able to give feedback

You will have planned an opportunity for children to create content using the

iPad which shows the use of HOTs Image developed by Allan

Carrington. To see interactive version, click the

wheel or visit

http://www.unity.com.au/padwheel

Using iPads to support HOTs in topic work - some examples.

Remembering - still an integral part of learning. The ability to recall facts or steps helps us to perform higher level functions.

Year 3 children use medieval life app to find out what life was like in a Viking village.

They use Aurasma to scan pictures of/real Viking objects which link to a video the teacher has made

using Funny Movie Maker showing a Viking describing how

they used it.

They make a list of observations in Skitch, accompanied by screenshots from the apps.

To see Aurasma in action, scan Reggie Ray or Rita!

Understanding - processing or making sense of what you have seen or experienced.

Children use Popplet to categorise

what they have found out into

'buildings', 'clothing', 'jobs'

etc

Applying - the ability to apply facts and skills learned or remembered to complete a task.

Children use Educreations

to create an audio tour of the

village, combining screenshots

and VoiceOver.

Analysing - differentiating relevance, distinguishing relationships and recognising structure of content.

They use PicCollage to

present aspects of Viking Life

alongside modern day equivalents to compare life in the past to life now.

Evaluating - judge what you are seeing or experiencing by checking and critiquing. They use Tellagami

to play the role of a

time traveller to the

village,explaining what

they can see, and their

reactions to it. Within

a group, each child has responsibility

for commenting on a different aspect

ofViking life.

Creating - produce something innovative or new by going through the process of generating, planning and producing.

Children use Smoovieto create an animated

story which takesplace within the Viking

town.They storyboard theirfilm first using Strip

Designer with still photographs

andcaptions for stage

directions.

Using iPads to support HOTs in Reading

Remembering - still an integral part of learning. The ability to recall facts or steps helps us to perform higher level functions.

Children use Popplet to show

the main characters in astory and any adjectives used to describe them.

Understanding - processing or making sense of what you have seen or experienced.

Children use perfect

captions to add thought bubbles

showing what characters

were thinking in different parts of the

story.

Applying - the ability to apply facts and skills learned or remembered to complete a task.

Children use ToonTastic to

'dramatise' a part of the story.

Analysing - differentiating relevance, distinguishing relationships and recognising structure of content.

Children create a photo diary

showing the change in a character's feelingsat different points in

the story using Pic Collage.

Evaluating - judge what you are seeing or experiencing by checking and critiquing.

Children create a book reviewand add this to the

learning platform for other children to

comment on.

Creating - produce something innovative or new by going through the process of generating, planning and producing.

Children use PuppetPals to

create an alternative

scene/ending for a story.

Your Task - 1Have a look at some of the apps used for creating

content mentioned today.

Think of a way using one if these apps will enhance the learning in a forthcoming unit.

Note down your planned use of the app in Showbie. If you can, link it to an aspect of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Downloading this presentation from Showbie and following the link on the first page will take you to an

interactive version of the 'cog' visual, which will give you more ideas of apps you could use.

Your Task - 2Go to the Learning Platform StaffRoom and read the instructions

for setting up Showbie.

Follow the link in your LLN inbox to set up a teacher's Showbie account.

On Safari, go to www.showbie.com and log in using your teacher account. Create a class and make a note of your class code. Try

adding an assignment box ready for children to upload work into.

Go to the Showbie app and log in using your teacher account. Create something using one of the apps mentioned in this presentation and then upload it into the shared file in your

assignment box.

Give your class code to a partner. Ask them to join your class and upload a file for you to feedback on.

Your Task - 3Log back into Showbie using your student login.

Download the Learning Powers Self Assessment and open it in Pages.

Edit the boxes to answer the questions then re upload it straight from Pages to Showbie (the

instructions for this are on the learning platform)

Congratulations! You have just worked at your own pace using multiple

apps as part of your 'Workflow'!

This is what we need to prepare our 21st CenturyDigital Native learners to do!

Click here to see the latest version of a video I first showed in a staff meeting in 2007 - what has changed in that short

time? And what are the possibilities in the next 6 years?