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Why should we have iPads?

Why should we have iPads?. A presentation on how teachers can use iPads. By: Jessica Shepherd. Many of us are wondering “Why do we need iPads?”. IPads can have many uses as an educational tool. They can be used to communicate amongst facility.

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Why should we have iPads?

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  1. Why should we have iPads? A presentation on how teachers can use iPads.By: Jessica Shepherd

  2. Many of us are wondering “Why do we need iPads?” • IPads can have many uses as an educational tool. • They can be used to communicate amongst facility. • They will help us keep up with our tech savvy children. • Our children will benefit from using them in their spare time.

  3. What do you mean we can use iPads as an educational tool? • Teachers can do benchmark testing on the iPad. • Dibels • We can track students. • Teacher’s Assistant Pro • We can share lesson plans with one another. • iCloud • We can make and edit documents on the go • Pages • We can teach lessons on the whiteboard from our iPads • Show Me • We can make lessons from the iPad • Keynote

  4. Why should we do dibels on the iPad? Paper Ipad Upload Roster Self timed within the app Automatically changes when word is finished Keeps up with students progress for you • Time consuming • Timer • Flip pages • Fumbling • Write down scores

  5. Teachers Assistant Pro • Upload your classroom roster then • Keep up with discipline • Edit every aspect such as specific infraction, and specific disciplinary action. • Create random grouping for projects • Help your class become fully acquainted • Instantly communicate reports with parents and administration • Set up conferences with students parents with documentation. • Syncs up with your school email.

  6. iCloud • Every teacher will be linked with iCloud. • Save information without cluttering memory. • Share lessons with one another. • Access documents that you have forgotten via the internet.

  7. Pages • Similar to Word • Create documents such as • Handouts • Premade templates help you easily create handouts on any subject. • Tests • Assignments • Can also send out assignments from the application. • Notes • No more writing on the overhead. • Can save documents in .pdf form for everyone to access. • This makes it easy for you to upload onto the school site.

  8. Show Me • Present on your interactive whiteboard • Record voice • Take screenshots • Make video presentations • Use your stylus to draw or write on your whiteboard from any location in the room.

  9. Keynote • Create beautiful lessons • Premade themes • Can add things to slides like • Animation • Pictures • Tables • Charts • Videos

  10. How can our students benefit from iPads? • Educational games • Word Magic • Stack the States • The Math Masters • Resources at their fingertips • Google • Dictionary.com • Tutoring • Spanish tutor • TypeFast • Word processing • Pages • Keynote

  11. Everyone can benefit from iPads! • Makes our job as a teacher a little easier • Helps us to keep up with our tech savvy classes • Helps us to quickly communicate with one another, parents and administration. • Helps students learn concepts and research easily.

  12. Resources • http://www.teachhub.com/20-amazing-ipad-apps-educators • https://www.itunes.apple.com • http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as

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