Pedagogical use

of iPads

James Little | Jane O’Neill SDDU

Introduction

Why iPads?

• Changes how, where and when

• Easy to use, reliable, instant

• Apps

• Connects us to wider world

• Tool for consumption, discovery, creation, communication and collaboration

Toolbox

CompassRulerGPSCalculatorCameraVideo cameraVideo playerKindleInternetEmailPhoto / video editorCalendarTask listReference bookReference managerGame console

Voice recorderRadioMP3 playerAtlasAddress bookNews standTelevisionNotebookClockPhoto albumFile storagePortable computerMind mapPen and paperCommunications tool

What are you hoping to achieve?

Discuss:

• What area of your teaching or students’ learning would you like to improve?

• Do you want to change your practice and /or that of your students?

Develop graduate

digital skills

Promote student

engagement

Assist collaborative

work

Improve student

communications

Make lectures

more interactive

Share resources

Innovate assessment

Change in time or place

What are you hoping to achieve?

Productivity / Study Skills

• Applicable to your own and students work• The iPad comes with some excellent apps for

time management and proof reading:– Mail– Calendar– Notes– UniLeeds for timetables

• “There’s an app for that” - Many third-party tools for:– Planning (Getting Things Done)– Content Management

Productivity / Study Skills

Mail, Calendar & Dictionary Demo

• Demo

Mail, Calendar, Notes & Dictionary

Demo of Things

• A Getting Things Done methodology based-app

Demo of ‘Things’

Productivity / Study Skills

• Typing

– Can get a separate physical keyboard

– Can be used for essays or extended marking

• Remote Desktop on the iPad

– Access to your PC on your iPad

Productivity / Study Skills

Productivity / Study Skills

• iPad has no file system for content

• Each app provides own methods (Mail/Things)

• How:– Sharing Documents

• DropBox

• Google Drive

– Organising and Commenting• GoodReader

• MobileLearn (VLE)

Content Management

Demo DropBox / GoodReaderDropBox and GoodReader Demo

Productivity / Study SkillsActivity

• Access the shared DropBox Folder at: http://db.tt/qoMTlx4N via the app (will send out invite)

• Open the documents in GoodReader and annotate

Activities

Research

Research

• Find and collect

– Searching

– Annotating

– Bespoke apps

– Data collection

Research

“iPads reduce the journey time to information”James Clay, ALTC 2012

Research

• News feeds / reading lists

– Example http://padlet.com/wall/c0x9s80867

Research

My iPad

News papers

Videos

Twitter feeds

Blogs

Podcasts

Images

Research

Capture and Create

Capture and create

• Light, camera, action

• Recording notes

• Screencasting – multimedia presentations

Capture and Create

• Evernote – notetaking ++

• Skitch – annotate images, screenshots etc

• Explain Everything – whiteboard and screencasting with ability to import and annotate just about anything

• Annotate student work and record voice at same time

• Create teaching materials for students to review in own time

• Student presentation

• Students record group work processes

Capture and Create

Activities

Choose one of the following:

1. Create your own Flipboard and magazine to share with your students

2. Create a 1 min presentation / handout using more than one of the following: camera, video camera, voice recorder, screenshots, Skitch, Explain Everything, Evernote

3. Design a task which requires students use their iPads to find and engage with content during a lecture

Teach

Teach

• Getting your iPad to talk to your computer

• Thinking about all class activities

• E-voting

Teach

Downloading Banxia Interact HEBanxia Interact HE

Communicate

Overview

• iPads all come with cameras (excl. 1st gen), speaker and a microphone.

• Built-in Apple software for communication

• Many third-party options

• Can enhance existing communications:

– Text message

– Phone call

– Videoconferencing

Overview

Messaging

• How:– Apple iMessage– Skype Messaging– ‘WhatsApp’

• Why: – Informal– Group work spread over a location– Free– On-going/asynchronous

Messaging

iMessage DemoiMessage Demo

Video Conferencing

• How

– Apple iMessage / FaceTime

– Skype

• Why

– Small group work over distance

– More personal than phone or email (personal support)

Video Conferencing

FaceTime DemoFaceTime Demo

Communication - Transformation

• Twitter– Can be used in a ‘traditional’ way to communicate

directly with individuals or

– Transform interaction at events:• Share ideas

• Highlight thoughts

• Connect with people

• Hashtags #HEAconf13

• Conference ‘backchannels’

• Storify– Collate and make sense of stream of information

Transformative

Twitter and Storify DemoTwitter and Storify Demo

In Addition…

• Any websites or services you already use may have an iPad application

• Blogging:

– WordPress

Blogging

Communicate Activities

• Either:– Use Twitter to find a hashtag for an event or topic

of interest

– Use Storify to collate relevant information and publish.

• Or:– Start using iMessage to communicate with

colleague(s) in the room about a topic of your choice.

Activities

Collaborate

Collaborate

• Great opportunity to collaborate as you will all have access to the same options

• Many collaboration apps and services have iPad-specific applications:

– Adobe Connect (writing whilst videoconferencing)

– Google Docs/Drive (writing)

– BaiBoardHD (whiteboard ideas-generating)

Collaborate

BaiBoardHDBaiBoardHD

Google Docs/Drive DemoGoogle Docs / Drive Demo

Collaborate

• Other services can be accessed through the web and are compatible:

– https://etherpad.mozilla.org/

Collaborate

MoPad Demo

https://etherpad.mozilla.org/

MoPad Demo

Collaborate Activities

• Either:– Join the MoPad document at:

https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Ha2fjCap9f and write about your ideas for collaboration and the iPad

• Or– Join the BaiBoard HD session and explore the

options, adding your ideas for collaboration possibilities.

Activities

Collaborate Activities

• Lots of possibilities. Can be overwhelming.

• Focus on what you want to achieve. Then find apps / use.

• iPad seems to encourage interaction rather than passive situations.

• Can enhance or transform activity

• Some apps are counterparts/companions to web-based services.

• A great opportunity for staff and students.

Conclusion

Collaborate Activities

• Q1) How would you go about evaluating the use of apps, or issues to identify, when using for teaching, research or administrative activities?

• Q2) What potential and idea do you have in using the iPad for your and student's work?

• Using Padlet:

– http://padlet.com/wall/94u8tje4a2

Moving forward…