iPad and SmartBoard: A Great Duo to Boost your Classes

1. iPad and SmartBoard: A Great Duo to Boost your Classes LaSalle College Pedagogical Day – October 5th, 2012 iPad and SmartBoard:A Great Duo to Boost Your Classes Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinator of Educational Technology Dawson College

2. “Any sufficientlyadvanced technologyis indistinguishablefrom magic”.Arthur C. Clarke

3. The Beginning

4. The BeginningSource: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfU___GMMJw&feature=related

5. The Beginning

6. Do not Touch the Screen...

7. ... You can Break it

8. iPad: A LandmarkSteve Jobs announces the iPad on January 27th, 2010Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3EB5UT6KI

9. Survey Who has an iPad?When you got your first iPad?

10. A Visionary There’s an old saying by Wayne Gretzky that I love: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” And we’ve always tried to do that at Apple.

11. Changing Paradigms: Touch the Screen!Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk

12. Consumer Availability

13. The Rise of Tablets

14. Other Tablets

15. EcosystemOpen Source Proprietary – Closed Environment

16. Ecosystem

17. Applications (“Apps”) Apple App Store

18. Applications (“Apps”) Apple App Store

19. Applications (“Apps”) Android App Store (Play Store)

20. Applications (“Apps”) Android App Store (Play Store) 675,000 apps (Sept. 2012) 25 billion downloads

21. Applications (“Apps”) RIM App Store

22. There is an app for that!

23. 16, 32 and 64 Gb (SSD internal memory, not expandible)

24. Ultrathin Keyboard CoverSource: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsIJUiTlrGI

25. Cloud Computing

26. The iPad was made for the Cloud [Video] Google Drive

27. Cloud Computing

28. Multimedia broughtthe world into theclassroom

29. Ubiquitous Connectivity

30. Learning with the iPadSource: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfloSNpujI

31. Using the iPad in the Classroom The main uses of the tablet in the classroom are:• reading digital books and textbooks,• note taking and annotating,• searching for images on the Web,• listening to or viewing multimedia content,• sharing documents,• communicating and collaborating,• manipulating content with applications.

32. Using the iPad in the ClassroomThese tasks can be performed with any computer, sowhat are the differences between a tablet and alaptop?A tablet is a portable computer indeed, but it hasspecific characteristics that can be taken advantage ofto enhance learning experiences.

33. Using the iPad in the Classroom1) Touch screen:The ability to manipulate objects directlywith the hand rather than with a mousemakes the tablet more intuitive andencourages kinesthetic learningexperiences.A tablets touch screen can represent objects, data orcomplex processes that can be annotated and manipulated.For example, the application Molecules for iPad letsstudents examine and manipulate complex molecules inthree dimensions.

34. Using the iPad in the Classroom2) Mobility:A tablet can be used anywhere to produce material quickly.A teacher can modify class notes or do exercises live, whilecirculating in the classroom.If the tablet is used as a whiteboard, students no longer haveto go in front of the class to interact with the device.The tablet can also be used in a laboratory or in the field toperform recordings and collect data, which can be treatedimmediately with applications.

35. Using the iPad in the Classroom3) ApplicationsApps: Simple and user friendly. Free and paid.Many can be used in educational contexts:Evernote (for note-taking),Dropbox (for storing documents online),Splashtop (for connecting with a desktop computer from atablet),iThoughts or Thinking Space (for mind mapping), etc.

36. Must Have Apps CloudOn brings Microsoft Office® to your iPad and links it to your Box, Dropbox and Google Drive accounts. CloudOn Digital Corkboard to add notes Keynote: an eBooks Apple version of Powerpoint Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en

37. Classroom AppsAttendance iThoughts HD: Mindmapping toolWhiteBoard HD SplashTop: Run a virtual machine! Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNJwAL8cG8 Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en

38. Marking AppsGoodReader Quick OfficeiAnnotate Sundry Notes DocScan Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en

39. Admin Apps Penultimate IM+ Informant HD Text+Source: http://apop.qc.ca/?id=377&lang=en

40. iPad in Education: Resources Source: http://www.scoop.it/t/ipads-in-education

41. iPad in Education: Resources Source: http://paper.li/tag/ipad

42. iPad in Education: Resources Source: http://edudemic.com/2012/09/100-ways-to-use-ipads-in-your-classroom/

43. The Mini iPad

44. iPad Survives 100,000+ Foot Fall From Space Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4xNcF6T7Is

45. SmartBoardsThe Smart Board is a line of interactive whiteboards(IWB) produced by the Calgary, Alberta-basedcompany Smart Technologies. It was created in 1991

46. SmartBoardsSource: http://vault.smarttech.com/videos/wolverhampton/index.html

47. SmartBoards Uses for interactive whiteboards may include:Running software that is loaded onto the connected PC, such as a webbrowsers or proprietary software used in the classroom.Capturing and saving notes written on a whiteboard to the connected PCCapturing notes written on a graphics tablet connected to the whiteboardControlling the PC from the white board using click and drag, markup whichannotates a program or presentationUsing OCR software to translate cursive writing on a graphics tablet into textUsing an Audience Response System so that presenters can poll a classroomaudience or conduct quizzes, capturing feedback onto the whiteboard

48. Using the SmartBoardNotebook Software

49. The $50 Interactive White Board Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OghxXT1faSU

50. Transforming an iPad into an Interactive White Board App Absolut Board (Free) ShowMe Interactive Board (Free) 2Screens (Free) Explain Everything ($2.99) Doceri SplashTop (Remote Deskotp) + Sankore (Free IWB tool)