Friday, June 28, 2013

June 27th PD

It was great to be back in NLR after a great ISTE conference.  We had another productive iPad professional development with innovative educators.

Answer to question:

Haiku decks can only be created on the App, not the web.

Summary of responses from participants:

Videolicious:

Kim Haydon - I think this would be great for kids that are terrified to get up in front of the class.

Girdler - Videolicious would be great to do short training videos without videotaping myself. Videos are easy to post on the district web page with a link and not the actual video. With all the new changes coming through the system, more resources need to be available for teachers.

Suggestions:

Girdler - Insight 360 cost money but combines several of these apps into one. I would have purchased with my own money if I were still in the classroom.

Hart - I used the dictionary app in class a lot for my students. They liked to hear the words pronounced.

Ms. Billings - I plan on using the financial football app in my financial class for review.

Drop box:

Girdler - Dropbox is like having a mobile network drive. Helps transferring files to iPad.

Kim Haydon - Students can save things at school on Dropbox and then have access to them on their devices at home. When students save to their J:/ drive they can't get to it from home.

Haiku Deck:

Hoggard - During the first week of school, put the students in small groups and have them do an introduction presentation.

Kim Haydon - For when students are working in groups so they can update what they have discussed for the rest of the class

Bonus apps-Remind 101 and iPick a student, both free

Thank you to all of the participants, I had a wonderful day working with dedicated educators.

Have a great summer!



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