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http://learninginhand.com/blog/5-ways-to-show-your-ipad-on-a-projector-screen.html

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In my visits to various schools, I'd say that Apple TV, AirServer, Reflector, and X-Mirage work about 50% of the time. That's because AirPlay requires the device and the computer or Apple TV to be on the same network ( unless you're using the newest Apple TV and iOS 8). Often schools have different networks for mobile devices and for PCs so AirPlay won't work. Also, AirPlay requires specific ports to be open on the network for Bonjour (and frequently they are not configured to be open).

Mirroring360 has a feature called Mirroring Assist. It can work without the need to open ports for Bonjour. That means Mirroring360 can work on your school's network, even when other AirPlay solutions do not. Another feature of Mirroring Assist is the option to turn off the broadcasting of your computer on AirPlay. Instead, devices can be paired with your Mac or PC via a QR code. This is a very welcome feature in schools with long lists of computers under the AirPlay menu.

Even if your network allows for AirPlay connections, it also needs to be reliable. Many teachers experience slow and dropped AirPlay connections, which can make mirroring a frustrating experience. It's a good thing there are free trials of each of the software mirroring solutions so you can test your school's setup before purchasing.

If your Wi-Fi network won't cooperate with AirPlay, you should check out iTools. It's free software for Windows PCs that will mirror to a computer using your device's charge/sync cable. iTools Live Desktop feature is buggy and might not work on your computer, and there is no help documentation.

After upgrading to to OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac users can mirror their iPad's screen using a Lightning cable. iPad will show up as a camera source in QuickTime.

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10 Ways to Show Your iPad on a Projector Screen

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Teachers really like the ability to display their iPad or their students' iPads on a projector screen. Projecting on a large screen is great for demonstrations, simulations, explanations, and showing examples. There are several ways this can be done in the classroom. Read the post for more

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List of apps and websites for enhancing MFL. With ratings.

www.web2-4languageteachers.wikispaces.com

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www.networkforlanguageslondon.org.uk/blog/ipads-in-the-languages-classroom-where-do-you-start/

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Finding out what are the most useful apps for language learning on the App Store is a daunting task for those lucky enough to have access to iPads in their classrooms. The shortcut which I've found most useful is to follow the community of language teachers on Twitter known as the MFLTwitterati who regularly tweet and blog about apps they use in their lessons. I would also suggest you check out Kristyn Paul's wonderful wiki which lists a whole range of cherry picked apps organised into different skill areas and topics, Catherine Ousselin's app directory and Joyce Tabone's blog Teaching LOTE with iPads. The webinars I did for the Classroom 2.0 Live series , EdTechTeacher, University of Limerick, ALL London and LARC Social Media Workshop 2014 could prove helpful too.

To get you started, I thought I would share some of my favourite apps at the moment for promoting speaking and listening through multimedia.

Voice Record Pro is my app of choice for recording good quality audio files and exporting them via email or cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Drive. You can edit and trim the beginnings and ends of recordings too which is useful if learners hesitate before they start speaking or don't make it clear when they've finished. They can also read their script scrolling up the screen using the Visioprompt app while recording with Voice Record Pro in the background. Some language teachers tell me this process helps their students memorise controlled assessment pieces. Having created your files, you can rename them and convert them to mp3 meaning they can be played on any device or computer which plays digital audio. In my experience, recording and editing audio is fantastic for improving pronunciation, extending speaking, boosting confidence and deepening understanding in the languages classroom.

30Hands is a fantastic app for creating narrated slideshows including still images, annotations, text and drawings. The free version lets you make an unlimited length video and could be good for practising a sequence of events such as those typically covered in the topic of daily routine. You can save the results to your Camera Roll and then using Google Drive or Dropbox upload to the cloud or YouTube using the Capture app.

Yakit Kids is a great app for practising speaking work. You can take a picture of an inanimate object or two, add eyes and mouth and record a voiceover over the top. Ideal for pairwork. Tap each mouth in turn and record your questions and answers. Unfortunately, you are only able to record for 15 seconds per clip, but using an app like Videolicious or iMovie, it is easy to stitch together multiple clips and export them as one so your dialogue could be much longer in length than the 15 second limit. Have a look at Sylvia Duckworth's tutorial for more detail.

iMovie is a powerful app for editing together multimedia clips, adding voiceovers, titles and transitions to produce something wonderful. In this clip, a video has been created mashing together footage produced with the camera app and Puppet Pals HD then edited together in iMovie to bring the topic of where you live to life! Using different apps in conjunction with each other to produce a layered outcome is also known as appsmashing. Check out this webinar I delivered recently on the subject as well as this Pinterest board.

If one stop animation is your thing, Lego Movie Maker is a cool free app which lets you produce engaging short features including sound effects, titles and music. For editing and adding a voiceover, import your clip into iMovie and save to the camera roll. Easy! Animating plasticene characters or plastic models can be a wonderful vehicle for digital storytelling and language work particularly for kinaesthetic learners. How about a bit of word order in German with Lego, but animated?

You can also import your movie projects into Book Creator and add a description of your work in the target language then export to the cloud. The free version lets you make one book and the full version is unlimited. Have a look at this example by Jane Ross in the Chinese classroom and this one by Bu Cathy for Indonesian too. Book Creator is a wonderful app for language learning which can combine hand drawn images, digital photos, text and audio together to produce an impressive outcome. Finished eBooks can be exported as videos or opened in Apple's free iOS and Mac app iBooks displaying them beautifully. Using the free Chrome extension. Readium, you can also view eBooks on a PC or Aldiko on an Android device.

If you would like to learn more about multimedia language learning on the iPad, why not come along to my hands on course on 21st October in London and explore these ideas further? For more app suggestions, have a look at these comprehensive lists by language teachers Amanda Salt and Rachel Smith. If you are new to iPads, this post could be just what you've been looking for! Happy tapping!

Written by: joe

Joe Dale is an independent consultant who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype and Microsoft. He is host of the TES MFL forum, Vital MFL Portal Manager for the Open University, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker in the UK and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He has also spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, the Far East and Australia. Joe was key in updating the ICT elements of the QCDA SoW for KS2 Primary French; he also designed games for Heinemann's 'Expo'. Joe has featured in several Education Guardian articles and has himself both written for and been quoted by the TES. Joe has also written for the TES ICT blog and produced video tutorials for the CILT 14-19 website. Joe recently starred on a Teachers TV programme and has spoken about the Rose Review proposals on BBC Radio 4. His blog www.joedale.typepad.com has been nominated for four Edublog Awards.

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iPads in the languages classroom - Where do you start? " Network for Languages London

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Finding out what are the most useful apps for language learning on the App Store is a daunting task for those lucky enough to have access to iPads in their classrooms. The shortcut which I've found most useful is to follow the community of language teachers on Twitter known as the MFLTwitterati who regularly tweet and blog about apps they use in their lessons.

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www.appcrawlr.com

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Socrative: this is for assessment/quizzes/vocab tests. You type in your questions and can either choose multiple choice (and input a range of answers) or make pupils type in their answer (input the answers you will accept). They then complete the quiz and you get emailed a spreadsheet of their results so it saves time marking paper vocab tests.

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-Memrise: I discovered this recently and my Y7s are now hooked! It's really easy compared with Socrative because you just copy and paste in a massive list of vocab (for example, all the vocabulary for a module) and it makes the questions for you. It's for pupils to practise, rather than for assessing - they get scores based on how many questions they've answered. I'm going to use this a lot more next year, setting up Memrise courses for each list of vocab I need pupils to learn as homework, checking they've done some revision by looking at the leaderboard, and then assessing in class using Socrative.

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We use:

-Showbie: this is not a language specific app, it's just a way of getting work out to the kids and getting it back again. You set up all of your classes and add resources to the class file. Within that, each pupil can submit work and only you can see it. I sometimes just do this to cut down on photocopying when I might have previously done a card sort or worksheet- send them a Pages document with lots of text boxes and they drag them around to match them up. Or I make a pdf where they can draw lines on it to match things up, or write words in to fill gaps. This is particularly good for providing extra support as I will often have a word mat/writing frame, then other slides with key vocabulary on, for pupils to use when producing written work.

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We use Socrative (great that they now have Apple/Android/Windows Apps). Love their "exit ticket" section where students let you know what they've learnt, just before they leave. Like Kahoot and obviously Padlet, but just starting with it.