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I was recently given an iPad cart to begin supplementing reading support work with a new software called iLit.  It has been difficult to launch due to district network issues as well as software problems through Pearson.  I am hoping that, over time, this will run smoother.  This is extremely frustrating because we don't have a person in our building dedicated to trouble-shooting.  We must rely on a Pearson Help call/chat or calling our BOCES representative which can be time-consuming.  Technology is great when it works properly, but one must always have a Plan B.  I am having 2 other classes get acclimated to using the iPads through an older software reading program, Achieve/Teenbiz 3000.  This will enable them students in our class to work not only in whole group settings, but in small groups and partnerships as well.

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I was recently given an iPad cart to begin supplementing reading support work with a new software called iLit.  It has been difficult to launch due to district network issues as well as software problems through Pearson.  I am hoping that, over time, this will run smoother.  This is extremely frustrating because we don't have a person in our building dedicated to trouble-shooting.  We must rely on a Pearson Help call/chat or calling our BOCES representative which can be time-consuming.  Technology is great when it works properly, but one must always have a Plan B.  I am having 2 other classes get acclimated to using the iPads through an older software reading program, Achieve/Teenbiz 3000.  This will enable them students in our class to work not only in whole group settings, but in small groups and partnerships as well.

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Tarshia Holder

Grade 8 Critical Literacy Teacher
teachilit.com

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White Plains City School District Student IPAD Handbook

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White Plains City School District Student IPAD Handbook

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We are in a planning year for our 1:1 initiative. The district is currently piloting the program in 2 other buildings.
E. Spatafore

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I use imovie a great deal in Critical Literacy - kids create book review/book trailers

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I use imovie a great deal in Critical Literacy - kids create book review/book trailers

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Clare Smith

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Don't let all that great iPhone and iPad video go to waste: spend a few minutes editing it in iMovie and you can get stunning results. We explain how to use the app plus tips and tricks to give your movie that professional look.

Top-quality video editing software is expensive, so shelling out a couple of pounds on iMovie is a no-brainer. And if you have an iPad Air or iPad mini with Retina display, it's free!

iMovie is quite basic, but it's easy to use and can produce great results that will wow friends and family. It's easy to share the finished movie, too, as you can upload to YouTube, iTunes Theater, Facebook, Vimeo and share it via iMessage.

We're using the latest version of iMovie running on an iPad with iOS 7.

Step 1. This is optional, but much of your video will probably be on your iPhone rather than iPad. You can run iMovie on an iPhone, but it's much nicer on an iPad's bigger screen. To transfer videos between devices, simply use AirDrop. If your devices don't support it, you can use a third-party app such as Simple File transfer from the App Store, or transfer the videos via iTunes.

Step 2. Launch iMovie and tap the + button to create a new project. You can choose between a Movie and a Trailer. Trailers are fun, but we'll focus on Movie mode here. Tap Movie and then choose a theme. You can tap the play button to watch a preview of each style.

Step 3. You can change the theme later, so don't worry too much. Choose one and tap Create Movie in the top-right corner. You'll see the editing screen, with your videos to the right, a preview monitor on the left and, running across the bottom, the timeline, which is currently blank.

Step 4. Tap on a video and it will be highlighted in yellow. You can drag the left- and right-hand edges to trim the clip before you add it to the timeline, or you can add the whole clip (by tapping the downward arrow) and trim it later.

Step 5. You can zoom in and out on the timeline by dragging two fingers apart along the timeline, very helpful when making precise edits. For now, tap on the video clip to select it, and you'll see some options appear at the bottom.

Step 6. Tap audio and you can adjust the clip's volume. It's useful to see the audio track, so make sure this is visible by tapping the squiggly line next to the undo arrow at the top-right of the timeline. Importantly, there's also a Detach option, which we'll use later.

Step 7. Tap the play button at the top of the timeline to play your movie. You can scrub through the clip by swiping left or right on the timeline. The white vertical line is the playback marker. Make sure the line is in the right-hand half of the clip before adding another video to the timeline.

Step 8. Add another video to the timeline by repeating step 4 and you'll see the transition icon between the clips. Tap it and the options appear at the bottom. The default is dissolve, but the others, left to right, are straight cut, theme special, slide, wipe and dip-to-black (or white). The latter three have additional options when you select them.

Step 9. You can change a transition's duration by tapping the '1.0s' option at the bottom right, and then choosing either 0.5s, 1.5s or 2.0s. Some transitions have a sound effect, which is muted by default. Tap the speaker icon to toggle sound on and off.

Step 10. Tap the first video on the timeline and then tap the Title option at the bottom right. Now tap Opening on the left and the theme's title will be added to the clip. Simply tap on the text in the preview window to edit it. With this Travel theme, a marker points to a destination. You can alter this by tapping the pin icon and then typing in a place name.

Step 11. We've added an establishing shot of the hotel, followed by a clip showing inside the room. To give your video a pro feel, you can make the audio from the second clip play over the establishing shot. Tap on the shot inside the room, then on Audio, then Detach. The clip's audio is shown in blue beneath it.

Step 12. As with video clips, you can tap and hold on an audio clip to move it on the timeline. However, to keep it in synch with your video, don't do this. Instead, select the video to which it belongs and trim it by dragging the left-hand yellow bar to the right. The audio won't be trimmed, and will extend beneath the previous clip - the establishing shot.

Step 13. By default, detached audio clips fade in, and you can change this by tapping the clip to select it. Now tap Fade at the bottom right and two yellow arrows will appear on the clip. Drag these left or right as you like to fade the start or end of the clip in or out.

Step 14. To complete the edit, tap on the transition between the two clips and change it from dissolve to a straight cut. Play the two clips and you'll see a seamless transition between them, with the continuous audio making it a lot less jarring. It's a technique used in almost every TV show, and is very effective.

Step 15. You'll want some background music, so tap the Audio button at the top-right corner of the screen. You can choose iMovie's own music, or any other music on your iPad. Select a song and tap the downward arrow to add it to the timeline.

Step 16. iMovie doesn't allow gaps, so it will insert the song at the start of your movie. If you don't want that, or want to have a gap between songs, just trim the clip to the point where you want music to start, and use the slider at the bottom to reduce the volume to 0%.

Step 17. Now you can repeat step 15, adding the song again (or a different song). There's the same Fade option to fade the song in and out, and you can adjust the volume. Note that iMovie will automatically reduce the song's volume during a video clip that has audio, but will otherwise play at the volume you set.

Step 18. Continue to add clips, and perhaps a closing title similar to the opening title in step 10. Tap on a grey area of the timeline to deselect any clips, then tap the cog icon at the bottom right. This offers options to fade your movie in from black and out to black, as well as letting you change the theme. Changing theme will change all titles, special transitions and even transition sound effects.

Step 19. When you're finished editing, tap the back-pointing arrow in the top-left corner and you can tap on the title to edit it. The play button lets you watch the movie full-screen, and tapping the clapper board takes you back into editing mode. Tap the upward-pointing arrow to share your creation. If you want to have the movie in your Camera Roll, tap Save video and then choose the highest quality (usually 1080p).

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Don't let all that great iPhone and iPad video go to waste: spend a few minutes editing it in iMovie and you can get stunning results. We explain how to use the app plus tips and tricks to give your movie that professional look.

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Learn the basics of using iMovie on the iPad to create narrated slideshows and other video projects. Please also watch my other iPad tutorials.

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The Benefits of IPads in the classroom, and the research behind it.  -Mouzakitis

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Extra Support for Algebra Class

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It is the goal of the White Plains School District that the information on its Website be accessible to all individuals, including those with visual, hearing, or cognitive disabilities. Good faith efforts have been made to ensure that the Website complies with: Federal standards on Website accessibility under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and New York State's OFT Policy P08-005.

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Clever Sign On for students and teachers   MO'Sullivan

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Clever Sign On for students and teachers   MO'Sullivan

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Access to Big Ideas

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50 Resources for IPad Use in the Classroom- Michelle Nisianakis

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50 Resources for IPad Use in the Classroom- Michelle Nisianakis

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A list of IPads Apps for Middle School Students- Michelle Nisianakis

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A list of IPads Apps for Middle School Students- Michelle Nisianakis

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Edutopia Resource for IPads- Michelle Nisianakis

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Edutopia Resource for IPads- Michelle Nisianakis

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The purpose of this is app is to monitor what students are doing on their iPads. I started using it last week and find it to be very effective. I can lock screens, share screens, mirror screens or view them on my own iPad. I use the lock screen feature to conference with students while they are doing group work. I also lock the whole group when we do a benchmark lesson and I need them looking up at the board. Another great feature on this app is sharing. I can find a link and share it to them (similar to airdrop) but this is only one click, as the class is bundled as one group. Instead of sending and waiting for them to accept the file or website, students iPads immediately go the link that was sent (almost like an override mode). I am really enjoying the versatility of this app and have used it every day since the initial implementation.
https://images.apple.com/education/docs/Classroom_Guide_Education_9.3.pdf
https://youtu.be/930Qyy2PQoI

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Learn about your new teaching assistant.

Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping a teacher guide students through a lesson, see their progress, and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student device at the same time, or launch a different app for each group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus on teaching so students can focus on learning.

What's new in Classroom 2.1
Student Activity Summary
When the teacher ends a class session, a new screen presents a summary of student activity timelines before returning the teacher to the class chooser.
Drag and Drop to Share
Share URLs, documents, images, and more to individual students or to groups using the new drag and drop functionality in iOS 11.
Teacher-created classes on supervised student iPads
Three new Configuration Profile restrictions allow you to set, configure, or force the "Join Classes," "Lock Apps and Device," and "AirPlay and View Screen" settings for teacher-created classes to match the behavior of admin-created classes.

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom app.

What's new in Classroom 2.0

Create classes within Classroom and invite nearby students to join

Share documents and links to student devices via AirDrop (replaces the Classroom Share Extension)

Students can share documents and links with their teacher via AirDrop

Mute audio on student devices

Learn more about the requirements for Classroom app.

What's new in Classroom 1.1.2

Fixed an issue that in some cases prevented Classroom from discovering nearby student devices.

Requirements for Classroom 1.1.2 can be found in the Classroom Help.

What's new in Classroom 1.1.1

Improved support for passcode-protected Apple TV devices.

Edit a group while in Slide Over or Split View.

Filter apps by name in the Open App action dialog.

Requirements for Classroom 1.1.1 can be found in the Classroom Help.

What's new in Classroom 1.1

A new Share Extension lets you send links from Safari and other apps via the Share sheet.

Navigate to iTunes U courses

Add and remove students from teacher-created groups

Requirements for Classroom 1.1 can be found in the Classroom Help.

About Classroom 1.0

These features were introduced with Classroom 1.0.

Requirements for Classroom 1.0 can be found in the Classroom Help.

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Learn about your new teaching assistant. Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping a teacher guide students through a lesson, see their progress, and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student device at the same time, or launch a different app for each group of students.

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Students can access endless "free" resources provided by the District. Many of the resources are available in English and Spanish.  D. Lopez

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Instructional Technology Resources. D.Lopez 

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Instructional Technology Resources. D.Lopez 

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The White Plains School District has a wealth of instructional technology resources, professional development, Engineering and Computer Science courses, content based software, data systems, websites, computers, laptops, iPads, whiteboards along with an enterprise WAN, LAN and WiFi network for all of our staff and students to assist with their educational and work needs.

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Technology Offices / Technology Department Landing Page

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Log in required-Ms. Padilla

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Log in required-Ms. Padilla

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log in required-Ms. Padilla

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Our district Office of Instructional  Technology has some great resources for teachers and kids; they are ready for us to teach ourselves with their resources. 

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Our district Office of Instructional  Technology has some great resources for teachers and kids; they are ready for us to teach ourselves with their resources. 

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I-Pad Institute:
https://livewpcsdk12ny-my.sharepoint.com/personal/laurenberrios_wpcsd_k12_ny_us/iPadinstitutes/SitePages/Home.aspx
The district technology plan can guide our goals for and instruction with I-Pads:

https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=22119&dataid=24397&FileName=White%20Plains%20Public%20Schools%20Comprehensive%20Technology%20Plan%202015-18.pdf

MC

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Software Updates

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Collaboration Anywhere!!

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WPCSD App Store

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A classroom contract use for their specific I-pad (Abby Avendano)