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6 Hands-on Center Ideas for using Tech in Pre-K - Kindergarten

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Offers Back to School with iPads: 5 Steps for the First 5 Days

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-ipads-5-steps-beth-holland

5 Steps include:
1.  Set Clear Expectations
2. Get Organized
3. Start with small, meaningful activities
4. Include time for "Tech 10"
5. Start Creating

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iTunes provides a starter guide that has 4 chapters encompassing the how to and use of an iPad in the classroom to include:

Getting Started with iPad

Working with iPad

Exploring Learning Resources

Going Further

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iPad opens up new, engaging ways of teaching and learning. This guide shows educators who are new to iPad how to navigate and personalize their device, work with built-in apps and features, and explore the world of learning and teaching resources available for iPad. Along the way, readers will become more confident, pick up essential skills, and get inspired to create hands-on and personalized learning experiences.

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Teaching in a 1:1 computing environment can be a very different experience from what you are accustomed to as a classroom teacher. Certain teaching strategies may help you to adapt to this new model. Others may not. What is your teaching style?

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Thinking about BYOD.  We have a BYOD policy and many secondary teachers use as a collaboration/teaching tool.
K-12 Blueprint for BYOD

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20 Ways to Use a Tablet in the Classroom

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Whatever model of Android or iOS tablet you have available, it's a hugely versatile tool when it comes to educating and entertaining children. Here are some of the best apps and features you can make use of in the classroom - some of which you have to pay for and others that are free.

1 Dive into 360-degree videos

This is the most basic form of virtual reality, a full sphere of video centred on the spectator who can view an environment in any direction. The content works with VR headsets but is also available through browsers and mobile devices. Launch a 360-degree video in the Facebook or YouTube apps and children can tilt it around to change the view as the clip plays (a simple search should turn up some 360-degree content that will be clearly labelled). It's a more interactive way of exploring everything from distant countries to underwater shipwrecks (check out Discovery's YouTube channel for some great educational content).

2 Get creative with photo taking

The Android and iOS camera apps are simple enough to use and can be deployed to record anything from a field trip diary to the results of a science experiment or a class art show. A number of additional apps let you stitch pictures together and add stickers on top; Pic Collage for Kids is one of the best but there are others out there, while PicLab lets children add filters, text and various other effects.

3 Make music - no experience required

Tablets are well-known as music-making devices, even among professionals, and there are a plethora of apps available that make good use of the tablet's extra screen space compared with a mobile phone screen. These range from apps that enable you to add effects to existing tracks to apps to help you compose something from scratch, note by note. GarageBand (iOS) and Music Studio (iOS, £10.99) and Caustic 3 (Android) are worth a look, while for younger children apps such as ABC Music (iOS, £2.29) and Animal Band (Android and iOS) can help nurture the musical creativity of your kids. There are plenty of more specialised music apps available, so you should be able to find something to suit your children's age and even particular topics or instruments.

4 Record radio shows and podcasts

Alternatively, you can make music (or indeed any kind of audio) and then use a tablet to record it. Again, there are a lot of apps available for the job, from the free and basic to the feature-packed and premium. Have a look at the retro-looking Voice Recorder Free (iOS), the rather spartan Smart Voice Recorder (Android) or the professional tool Cubasis (iOS, £39.99), for example. Tablets have basic recording apps as standard, but there are plenty of third-party alternatives available if you have the budget for them.

5 Make immersive and interactive notes

In iOS 9, Apple revamped the native Notes application to make it much more powerful than before. Along with extra formatting controls, individual notes can now incorporate web links, checklists, photos taken within the app, sketches and miniature maps, making the app perfect for a whole range of tasks. Children could use Notes to record what happens on a field trip, to research a particular event in history, or for any other purpose where different media needs to be mixed with text.

6 Do the maths with Angry Birds

One of the most successful mobile games of all time, Angry Birds or one of its sequels (iOS/Android, £0.79) can also be educational. For example, assign numbers to the different coloured birds (or the pigs) to give each level a score and test if kids can calculate the highest and lowest possible scores. Or take advantage of the game's realistic (if cartoonish) physics engine to predict what's going to happen with each strike - if a bird hits a structure at a certain angle where will it fall? Get the children to identify the optimum place to strike and then see if they're correct. You can get children to write stories about the game, design their own levels, and create related artwork as well.

7 Add augmented reality to the real world

The free Aurasma apps (Android/iOS) allows children (and adults) to overlay real-world objects with digital graphics, including posters and doorways. It might sound complicated, but it's easy to use. When viewed through Aurasma and a tablet's camera, targeted post-it notes and classroom displays can launch photos and videos or interactive graphs and charts.

8 Start up a class blog

Starting a blog through a browser app can be confusing and difficult - something such as Easy Blog Jr (iOS, £2.99) makes the process much more straightforward. Kids log in by tapping on their picture (so it's suitable for shared devices), and they can then combine text, video and images into a blog post that goes live with a couple of taps. It makes web publishing as simple as it should be. For older students, Blogsy (iOS, £3.99) is a more complicated alternative with a host of extra capabilities, while Google's own Blogger (Android/iOS, free - requires a Google account) is another option to consider. In each case there are controls that give you final approval over what's posted online.

9 Test your children against Siri and Google Now

When you buy a tablet you get Siri or Google Now included - the digital assistants that respond to your voice and can look up almost anything on the web. Whether you want to compile questions for a quiz or you'd prefer to test the knowledge of your class against these artificially intelligent apps, there are many ways to use them. For simple questions, have your pupils race to answer first; for more difficult ones, they can write down their answers in advance and see if they're right. Try "When was the battle of Trafalgar?", "How far is it to the moon?", "What's four times six?" or "What's the capital of France?" and you can see what they're capable of.

10 See the world

It's easier than ever to take a virtual tour of the world for whatever lesson or topic you want to link the idea with. Apple's Maps app (iOS) includes a detailed 3D-flyover for some major cities (the options appear automatically when available). Google Maps (Android/iOS) has added 3D buildings in some areas and includes street view too (press and hold on any road for a closer look). Google Earth (Android/iOS) lets your kids see the contours and landmarks of the planet and can even overlay nuggets of information thanks to Wikipedia.

11 Get someone else to read the story

If story time is a regular event there are various ways you can save your voice or just give the kids some variety. iBooks (iOS) has an extensive audiobook library but which is rather plain in appearance; on the other hand you can choose something aimed directly at children like Read Me Stories (Android/iOS, free), Farfaria Story Time Best Book Reader (Android/iOS, free) and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore (iOS, £3.99). Some of these apps are more like interactive movies than ebooks - with animations and clips that children can respond to - though the costs can quickly add up if you're buying individual titles.

12 Study the night sky

A tablet makes a great stargazing tool if your children are studying the pattern of the cosmos, and with the right app you don't have to wait for the sun to go down - you can simply point the tablet up at the sky and it will show the constellations as you move it around. SkySafari 5 (iOS, from £0.79), Star Walk Kids (Android/iOS, £2.29), SkyView Free (Android/iOS) and GoSkyWatch Planetarium (iOS, £2.99) are among the best apps, though there are more. While most are premium priced, many also provide a basic free edition so you can try them out before buying. The apps can even be used in daylight, but are most effective when pupils can see the stars in the night sky as well as on their device display.

13 Tune into worldwide radio

There's almost no end to the number of hats a tablet can wear - jukebox, map, e-reader, television and, importantly, radio. Using an app such as TuneIn Radio (Android/iOS, free), one of the best radio apps available, kids can experience music and talk shows from all across the world in dozens of different languages, with more than 100,000 stations to choose from. If you're studying a foreign culture, it's one way of bringing a taste of it into the classroom.

14 Document learning progress

Seesaw (iOS/Android, free) is a relatively new app, but it's hit the ground running with a suite of excellent tools enabling students to keep a record of what they're learning (and parents can get involved as well). Photos, videos, drawings, text, web links, pdfs and material from other apps can all be incorporated, and teachers have the option to log into the journals (and approve work) from any device. A recent update added blogging capabilities to the app and, thanks to the intuitive accounts system, a whole class can alternately share one tablet device if necessary.

15 Set up a class webcam

If you can fix a tablet somewhere suitable and have a few pounds to spare then iCam (Android/iOS, from £3) does a great job of turning the device into a private webcam that you and the children can log into and view from any web browser. Perhaps you want to keep an eye on the class vegetable patch or some wildlife outside the window, or maybe there's another class somewhere else in the world that you have a special partnership with and would like to contact on a regular basis - there are all kinds of different ways to use the app.

16 Make your own movies

You probably know how to use a tablet's camera app to record a movie, but you might not realise just how versatile it is. The default iPad app includes a time-lapse mode for recording a scene over a long period of time and then shortening the results (scroll up in the mode list to find it). Other apps can lend a hand too: use Stop Motion Studio (Android/iOS, free) to build a movie from a series of pictures, Shadow Puppet Edu (iOS, free) to add voice narrations, music and text, or ChatterPix Kids (iOS) to turn inanimate objects and drawings into animated talking heads.

17 Produce your own comics and storybooks

The process of producing a comic (or storybook) develops writing, drawing and design skills all at the same time, and apps such as Book Creator (Android/iOS) and ComicBook! (iOS, £2.29) give kids everything they need to put together their own creations through a tablet. Whether you want your class to adapt existing images into something new or would prefer to allow the kids to start from scratch, there's a wealth of creative features available covering text, graphics and drawings, and you can easily export the results in physical or digital form for others to enjoy as well. You could get a class to write their own superhero story or fairy tale, or start a story which children can then finish off.

Five of the best apps that help teachers communicate with parents
18 Create 3D digital models from photos

With the right software, a digital 3D-model can be created from a series of photos taken at different angles, which is exactly what 123D Catch (Android/iOS) from Autodesk does. It turns any photographed object into a model that children can then view from any angle inside an app, upload to the web for other people to look at or even turn into a physical object through a 3D printer. In a digital world that's becoming more and more about virtual reality and 3D space, it's a useful introduction into how these digital models are created and applied inside apps (and it's a lot of fun too).

19 Translate foreign words and phrases instantly

From the simplicity of the post-it note approach applied by FlashSticks (Android/iOS, free) to the full-scale language learning
experience offered by Duolingo (Android/iOS, free), there's no shortage of apps out there to help children get to grips with a foreign tongue. As far as classroom fun goes, Google Translate (Android/iOS, free) is worth trying out: there's a special camera mode that converts text into a specified language on the fly, so you can play around with signs, headlines, blocks of text and more while exploring the basics of a foreign language. Audio and text translation features are also included.

20 Learn the basics of programming

Is the next Mark Zuckerberg hiding in your class? Children are being encouraged to get coding earlier than ever, and Cargo-Bot (iOS, free) is one of the best ways of teaching them the basics while keeping them entertained - the music and visuals are all to the highest standard and the levels pack in plenty of replay value as well. If Cargo-Bot doesn't seem suitable then Hopscotch (iOS, free), Tynker (Android/iOS, free), Lightbot (Android/iOS, £2.29) and Move The Turtle (iOS, £2.99) are all excellent alternatives you might want to investigate.

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Easy iPad Projects for Elementary Students: (Public) Teaching and Learning with iPads

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Are you thinking about buying an iPad and want to learn more about it? Or do you own an iPad and want to put it to better use? These lessons are designed for beginners and cover the basics from what that round button at the bottom of the iPad does to how you can move or delete an app. There is even a lesson with tips that will help you get the most out of the iPad and perhaps even teach your friends a neat trick or two.

The first lesson deals with the actual iPad, including what comes in the box and what that circular button at the bottom does and the basics of the iPad's user interface. You will also learn how to find the web browser so you can surf the Internet, how to play music on the iPad, how to buy music and movies from Apple and how to boot up the App Store so you can start downloading apps.

This lesson builds upon the first, teaching you how to navigate the iPad and how to organize and arrange the apps on the screen. Did you know you can create a folder and fill it with apps or that you can delete an app that you no longer use? You'll even learn how to find the best apps in the App Store by using top charts, customer ratings and locating the featured apps.

If you're still a little overwhelmed with the App Store-and with nearly two million apps, it's easy to get overwhelmed- this lesson guides you through downloading the iBooks application, which is Apple's reader and store for ebooks. This is a great app to have, and once you are finished with the lesson, you should find downloading apps to be a breeze.

If you are looking for a quick start guide and want to hit the ground running, check out the first things you should do with your iPad. This guide takes you through some of the tasks the experienced tablet user should do on day one with their new iPad such as connecting to Facebook, downloading Dropbox for cloud storage and setting up your own radio station on Pandora.

The beginner courses in navigating and organizing your iPad are perfectly fine for most people, but power users have all sorts of little tricks they use to find apps quicker and get the most out of the iPad experience. If you want to take it to the next level, this guide will teach you some of these techniques.

The iPad has a lot of cool uses that most of us might not ever think of on our own such as using it as a portable TV, as a photo album or even as a GPS for the car. This lesson is designed to spark your creativity in different ways that you might use the iPad both around the house and on the go.

Siri can sometimes be overlooked by those new to the iPad, but once you really get to know the voice-recognition personal assistant living inside your tablet, it can become indispensable. Perhaps the easiest way to use Siri is to tell it to open an app by saying "launch [app name]" or play music by saying "play The Beatles." But it can do much, much more than that if you know how to ask.

This collection of apps covers topics including streaming high-quality movies, an app that lets you create your own radio station, NS a collection of fantastic recipes. There's an app for almost everyone in this list, and best of all, these apps are absolutely free. So even if you don't like one of these recommendations, it won't cost you a dime.

How to Organize Your Life Using the iPad

The iPad can be a wonderful organizational tool capable of assisting you with your daily tasks. It can remind you to take out the trash, keep up with your busy schedule, and help you keep your tasks organized by quickly making to-do lists.

Whether you are buying an iPad for a child or if your kid is simply going to be using your iPad, it is important to know how to lock down the device.

Protecting your iPad might be as simple as disabling in-app purchases to ensure you don't get a nasty surprise with your iTunes bill or restricting the Safari web browser from bringing up adult websites, both of which can be great protections for your child and still allow you to use the iPad without much notice of the restrictions.

Childproofing can be as thorough as only allowing "G" rated apps, music and movies, completely disabling the App Store, blocking apps like FaceTime and iMessage, and even using Screen Time to limit how long kids can use the tablet per day.

The final lesson teaches the number one most used troubleshooting step used by tech support analysts all over the world: rebooting the device. This lesson was covered briefly in the tips lesson, but it is so important, it is mentioned here to make sure everyone has the opportunity to learn how to reboot their iPad. It doesn't matter if you're suffering from an iPad that is frozen, one that is having trouble loading web pages or an iPad that is simply acting slow, rebooting the iPad could be the key to solving your issue.

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As you probably know, Google Drive is far more than a place to store files online. It also includes a suite of versatile creation tools, many of which perform the same functions as the ones we use in other spaces. These include Google Docs, a word processing program that behaves similarly to Microsoft Word, Google Slides, a presentation program similar to PowerPoint, and Google Forms, a survey-creation tool similar to Survey Monkey. Although Drive also includes other tools, these three are particularly useful for creating rigorous, academically robust projects. If your school uses Google Classroom or at least gives students access to Google Drive, your students are probably already using these tools to write papers or create slideshow presentations, but there are other projects they could be doing that you may not have thought of.

Below I have listed 16 great ideas for projects using Google Docs, Slides, and Forms.

Docs

Annotated Bibliography
By the time a student reaches the later years of high school, and certainly by the time she's gotten to college, it's likely that she'll be required to write an annotated bibliography, a list of resources that not only includes the bibliographical information of each source, but also a short paragraph summarizing the resource and reflecting on its usefulness for a given project. Usually an annotated bibliography is required as a part of a larger research paper, but it could stand alone as an assignment that tasks students with seeking out and evaluating sources just for the practice of doing so. And the research tools in Google Docs allow students to locate, read, and cite their sources all in one place. To learn more, see this guide from Cornell University Library on How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography .

Book Review
Instead of a book report, have students write a book review instead. This is certainly not a new idea, but publishing the work electronically allows students to enhance the final product with the book's cover image, a link to the book's page on Amazon, and even links to other titles the author has written or articles on related topics. For models and inspiration, elementary and middle school students can read student-written reviews on sites like Spaghetti Book Club . Older or advanced students might work toward more sophisticated, nuanced review styles like book reviews written on Oprah.com .

Book Review

Any kind of research paper can be given a big boost when done in a Google Doc, because students can insert images, drawings, and links to other relevant resources, like articles and videos. Using the Media-Rich Research Paper
research tools built into Docs, students can research their topics and include in-text citations with footnotes.

"Blog Posts" without the fuss, written in Google Docs.

Instead of creating a job chart yourself, have students build it from scratch.

Slides

These could take a variety of forms: mini-textbooks, children's books, cookbooks or how-to manuals, personal art or writing portfolios, even yearbook-style memory books. To learn more about the possibilities, see my post from earlier this year on E-book
Student E-Books.

Click the image above to watch a sample Museum Kiosk in action.

Students can upload their own images and add text boxes to a slideshow to create an animated story, then record the slideshow with a Google extension called Short Film
Screencastify. They can either record their own voice as narration, add background music, or both. There are so many different kinds of films students could produce: illustrated stories or poems, final reflections for a 20 Time or Genius Hour project, video textbooks on content-related topics, or news-like feature stories of school or community events. In this quick sample, I added music from YouTube's library of royalty-free music that anyone can use to enhance their recordings:

Using the same screencasting software mentioned above, students could also create their own video tutorials by creating a Slides presentation on their topic (such as "How to Open a Combination Lock"), then recording the slideshow with narration. This would make a nice final product for a unit on informational writing or a way for students to demonstrate their learning at the end of a unit in science ("How to Take Care of Lab Equipment"), social studies ("How to Measure Distance on a Map"), or math ("How to Multiply Fractions"). Student-made tutorials could even be created to teach classroom procedures. And any tutorials students make could be stored for later, so other students can also benefit from them. Video Tutorial
Learn more about how Screencastify works right inside Chrome.

Forms

Whenever students need to gather data to support an Peer Survey
argumentative essay or speech, let them gather data quickly and easily by creating a survey with Google Forms. Links to the survey can be sent out via email, QR codes, or through a post in a learning management system like Edmodo or Google Classroom. When results come in, students can use them to support whatever claim they are trying to make in their argument, or make adjustments based on what they discover in their research.

Way Beyond Worksheets

Just this morning on Twitter, someone posted a comment along these lines: "A worksheet on a Google Doc is STILL a worksheet. Students should be using tech to create!" I've heard this sentiment over and over, and it's exactly why I've put this list together. Google offers some incredibly powerful tools if we know how to use them. I hope this list has given you a few new ideas to put into your students' hands. ♦

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Set Student Expectations for Responsible Use of iPads & Post in Your Classroom

How students handle the iPads

Always carry with two hands.

No "tug of war" with the iPad.

Only one student "pilots" the iPad at a time, even when collaborating.

Use only the apps you've been instructed to use

No "free" internet browsing.

No installing or deleting apps on the iPad

Care and upkeep of iPads

Hands should be clean when using the iPad

Do not set the iPad near liquids, food, or objects of extreme heat

Never spray liquid on the iPad or iPad case.

Use a soft cloth, such as one used for cleaning glasses, to clean the screen on a regular basis.

Use a dry cloth to clean the iPad cover.

An alcohol wipe can be used to disinfect the touch surface of the iPad if it has a cover on it. The cover can be cleaned with an alcohol wipe also.

Students should know it is expected that they will immediately report any damage to or malfunction of the iPads or their covers.

iPaddling in the BYOD Classroom - A third grade teacher is recording her experience using iPads with her students, and includes the rules she uses in her classroom along with procedures she has used to teach her students about responsible iPad use.

GISD Student Responsible Use Policy - This policy applies to students using any type of technology in GISD, including iPads.

Have consequences for inappropriate use and enforce them consistently.

Classroom Management Tips

If possible, keep track of which student is using which iPad

If something inappropriate occurs with an iPad, this will help with tracking down who was responsible.

Keep a list of which student uses which iPad in each class.

Make students aware of which number iPad they use according to the GISD label on the back, or add your own numbered or colored sticker to the back of the iPads to help students easily identify them. Please do not add any further decorations to the iPads or Otterbox covers or allow students to decorate them.

Let students know they will be held accountable for the condition of their assigned iPad.

Briefly inspect the iPads at the end of each use to check for damage. Look at which apps are open to see if students were staying on task.

Set a routine for how students should get iPads at the start of class and put them away at the end of class.

Part of routine should be making sure all iPads are returned and inspected by the teacher at the end of class.

Otterbox covers should also be put on the face of the iPads between classes and/or when the iPads are not going to be used for an extended period of time.

Face Down

Use this instruction to get student attention away from the iPads and on you during instructional time.

iPad on the Desk/Table in flat or slightly elevated position when being used.

This allows you to see what the students are doing on the iPad at all times

Do not let students use the iPad in their lap where the desk/table can hide what they are doing.

When not being used, iPad should be on the inside corner of the desk or center of the table.

Sharing iPads

Place the iPad between two people or in the center of the group when sharing.

Only one student "pilots" at a time or take turns. Two students should not be trying to touch the screen at the same time.

Assign jobs (or ask students to work out jobs) when sharing the iPad. For example, one student might input text and another might take pictures or video.

Mute

Teach students how to mute the iPad unless sound is needed for a lesson.

Keep iPad muted at all times or keep earphones plugged in at all times.

Headphones

Obtain headphones for each iPad or ask students to bring their own headphones.

Headphone splitters can also be used for sharing the iPad.

Do not share earbuds due to germs.

Volume

Tell students how many sound bars are appropriate for use with headphones and for listening "out loud".

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The iPad offers a Wealth of Unique Tools for Constructing an Effective Flipped Classroom Experience

Back in 2013 I published a similar set of articles on EmergingEdTech. As I am preparing for a Breakout Session on this topic at the upcoming 2015 TLIPAD conference, I've refreshed this content and decided to post it here to share with everyone!

We'll approach this by examining apps based upon some key functional considerations in the flipped classroom, as follows:

Creating and finding flipped content

Delivering flipped content

Ensuring content engagement

Using that valuable class time you've freed up

Assessment

In this first article, we'll look at apps and tools for creating and finding quality flipped content.

Creating & Finding Digital Learning Content

An essential aspect of the flipped classroom is digital learning content. Students will consume content outside of the classroom, and class time will be used to review and reinforce learning (there are many ways to approach this - more on that next week). Teachers have the choice of taking advantage of the wealth of learning content available on the Internet today, creating their own content, or using a mix of both.

Creating Content

Screencasting is the most common content creation approach for flipped teaching. While Apple does not permit apps that capture all iPad screen activity like traditional PC and Mac screencasting tools, there are ways to work around this, and there are lots of good tools for doing a more limited form of screencasting (more like "white board casting") on the iPad. Apps like Educreations let you bring up a digital white board on the iPad, record whatever you do there, and save and distribute it for play back.

Here is a selection of good iPad white board apps that let you record creations you make.
Whiteboard Apps
Full blown, traditional screencasting is possible with the iPad, by combining a few apps and a PC or Mac to accomplish it. This video from Screencast-O-Matic explains how to do this: http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cInob2VIaL.

Another very helpful resources to guide you and help ensure that you create high quality content, whether you are using screencasting or the "white board casting" alternative available on the iPad is this "Tips and Techniques for Creating Good Quality Engaging Instructional Screencasts" video and the accompanying article.
Other Content Creation Tools
There are many other types of tools that can be used to create digital learning content. In addition to many great web based apps (for example, check out the 3 minutes intro's to Blendspace, Tackk, Movenote, and LessonPaths you'll find here), there are plenty of good iPad apps as well. Here's a few favorites.

For a wealth of other ideas and resources that will help you create great learning content, I strongly suggest checking out Kathy Schrock's Digital Storytelling Resources page.

It is by no means necessary to create all of your flipped content. Many teachers choose to leverage the wealth of great content available on the Internet. Additionally, there are numerous tools available that can let you take a YouTube video and "make it your own" by embedding questions (such as EduCanon or EdPuzzle) or delivering them with a tool like ed.ted.com, where you can build a lesson including questions and discussions around a YouTube video.

Here are some of the web's best resources for free, quality video learning content:

In our next post, we'll share resources and techniques for delivering content and ensuring engagement. In the meanwhile, if you have some favorite apps or other resources focused on creating and finding flipped learning content, please drop a comment and tell us about them. Remember ... sharing is caring :)!

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The Flipped iPad Classroom - Creating and Finding Great Flipped Content

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Back in 2013 I published a similar set of articles on EmergingEdTech. As I am preparing for a Breakout Session on this topic at the upcoming 2015 TLIPAD conference, I've refreshed this content and decided to post it here to share with everyone!

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An online guide/course for using iPads in your classroom

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iPad lesson ideas for core content areas

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iPad lesson ideas for core content areas

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Lesson Plans and More

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One question that comes into my inbox or on Twitter a lot lately is one dealing with iPads in the Classroom. Many schools a all over are investing in iPads in the Classroom and educators want to know how to use them effectively, apps to consider and more.

In keeping with the "My Favorite Resources" theme ( last week I listed my favorite resources for talking about Twitter) here are my go-to resources when people ask me about iPads in the Classroom.
iPads For Education
While this site comes courtesy of the Department Of Education in Victoria Australia, there is lots of information that can cross the Pacific that you can use in your classroom. Be sure to check out the suggested apps, the case studies and the 21 Steps To iPad Success which has everything you need to know if or when you roll out these devices.
Sample Lessons-iPads In Education
5 Quick Lessons using various iPad apps. You could use these as an example for lessons you might write.
Cybrary Man's iPad Resources
My friend Jerry of course has a great page with tons of resources related to everything iPad. There is more stuff in here than just iPads in education. There is general info, app reviews and more. (And some good info on iPad 2.)
iPad: Ideas To Inspire
From the widely popular series, there are now 47 ideas how to use the iPad in the classroom. Don't miss this one.
Tony Vincent's iPad Resources
Tony is considered by many the expert when it comes to these devices in the classroom. He has a plethora of resources on everything iPad including a great interactive that shows you Tony's must have apps.
The iPad Livebinder
My friend Mike has put together a most awesome livebinder with great resources for iPads in education. Lesson plans, apps, and more. There is even a section for administrators which I found very helpful. With over 60,000 hits on Livebinders, Mike must be doing something right!

Those are just a few sites to get you started. In each one I am sure you will find more information than you know what to do with. But maybe not. Maybe you are sitting on a resource not listed here or in any of the ones I list. Wanna share? Of course you do! Post it in the comments below.

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Easy Introduction to iPads for Beginners

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Easy Introduction to iPad for Beginners in 30 Minutes

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If you just got an iPad and you are not sure what to do with it, this training video is a terrific place to start. Computer Care Clinic's Chuck Fresh, a certified computer trainer and award-winning technician, guides you through the basics from turning it on for the first time, to connecting to WiFi, to setting up an Apple account, sending your first e-mail, and downloading and installing your first app.

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25 STEM Education Apps You Need in 2015

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The below information aligns with the expectations of the use of iPads within the classroom.

Currently, we have 5 available carts, with one cart designated for Special Education teachers.   The carts will be housed as follows:
Pod A:  Roselli (Edwards, Alvarez)
Pod B:  Driscoll (split with McCrea, Mahan)
Pod C:  Apodaca (split with Darrah, Ronhovde, Moore)
Pod D:  Kline (split with Ford, Bate)
Pod E:  Klaurens (split with Hume, Fagan, Holt)
All iPads will remain in the designated pod(s).  The expectation will be that each teacher within the pod receives 7-8 iPads each morning for small group learning.  This will support Math and ELA online components, as well as allow for small group literacy and math learning centers.  At the end of the day, iPads will be returned to the cart for storage and charging.
Due to the fact that we are not a one-to-one technology school, we can only support small group usage at this time.

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Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning.

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Sign in to the Education Community. Discover great learning resources and learn new skills to become an Apple Teacher.

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There are many tutorials for learning about various devices.

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Hoonuit: Empowering Educators to Take Informed Action

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Hoonuit is an analytics and professional learning provider to schools and districts. We empower educators to take informed action to positively impact students.