iPad Appy HourSession 3

With Bob and Lori

Agenda

• Ice Breaker• Updates on Session 2 apps• Student Directed Inquiry • Game-Based Classroom Response System • Build Your Website– Did anyone try Padlet or Bravenet?– Add a page

• Interactive Multi-Media Lesson Delivery• Closing Activity

How to Delete Old Scenes in YAKiT and ChatterPix

YAKiT• The best option to delete

scenes is to go into your Settings app, find YAKiT Kids, and hit the Reset switch. It will bring the app back to it's default state.

ChatterPix• Go to your GALLERY, then

tap on the one you want to delete, that will open it up and in the lower left corner you will see a trash can icon. Just tap that.

Ice Breaker

• Grab an iPad from the front table.

• Find the Space Journey App.

• Discover the Solar System and explore the Sun, the planets and their satellites in stunning details.

• Take over time and space and observe the planets' position and orbit.

I-Search: Authentic Inquiry for all Content Areas

• Why I-Search?– Builds on Student Choice and Previous Knowledge.– Concentrates on Process and Developing Student

Voice– Inquiry and Authentic Research are staples of the

Highest Achieving nations in Literacy, Science, and Mathematics.

– (Student Printables can be found here.)

I-Search cont’d.

• I – Search is Social– Research is not done in isolation.

• I – Search is Inquiry– Students help each other form essential questions

that guide the research.

• I – Search is Reflective– Students have time to think, plan, and act.

I-Search cont’d.• I – Search General Rules

– Personal involvement with the topic is key for motivation and quality.– A need to know must be established – the concept of burning questions.

• I – Search Topics to Consider– Family Histories– Local/School Histories– Career Investigations– How-to Topics– Personal Problems– Scientific Questioning– Testing Hypothesis

I-Search cont’d.

• I – Search Research Tools– First Person Interviews– Surveys– Pop- Culture– Libraries (class, building, public)– Electronic Sources

Game-Based Classroom Response System

• Kahoot!• A learning game which consists of multiple choice questions - as a

quiz, discussion or survey • Projected at the front of the classroom, & played by the whole class

together in real-time (answering on their own personal device)• Kahoot! initiates peer-led discussions, with students left on the

edge of their seats.• Kahoot! ensures 100% engagement by turning the classroom into a

gameshow, combining multiplayer game-based learning, ease-of-use and mobile technology, creating an enchanting social experience which leaves everyone totally gripped and absorbed in the subject.

• Kahoot! provides deep learning through creation of educational games, and new understanding through playing them.

• Save time on grading! Access game data for all students, understanding what they answer for each question and how fast; allowing you to adapt their learning accordingly

• Choose from hundreds of thousands of pre-existing games made by the Kahoot! Community

• Step-by-Step Guide

5 Minute Guide to Kahoot!

Build Your Website

• Did anyone try Padlet or Bravenet?• Uniformity• How to Add a Page– eSchoolView's website– eSchoolView’s manual

• Go to https://esvadmin1.eschoolview.com/ to log in to your own site

Interactive Multi-Media Lesson Delivery

• Intro Video• Combines features like

those of Power Point and Smart Notebook

• Ability to push slides out to student devices for them to work on and return to you

How to Sign Up for ClassFlow

How to Create Your First Class Flow Lesson

Closing Activity• Grab an iPad• Find the “Dragon Shapes:

Geometry Challenge ” app• Teaches various geometrical

shapes while having user piece various pieces together to create pictures in a challenging learning environment

• With 4 levels and 50 puzzles set in an entertaining story

• Great for children who need a fun way to practice their geometry skills