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NETA 2010 Presenter: Lisa Pospishil Norfolk Public Schools. iTouch & iPad Changing the Face of Education & Learning. A TOOL NOT a toy!. Welcome to my App-diction. Part 1. Math. There’s an Apps for that. Study Help. There’s an Apps for that. Literacy. There’s an Apps for that.
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NETA 2010 Presenter: Lisa Pospishil Norfolk Public Schools
iTouch & iPadChanging theFace of Education & Learning A TOOL NOT a toy!
Welcome to my App-diction Part 1
Math There’s an Apps for that
Study Help There’s an Apps for that
Literacy There’s an Apps for that
Early Childhood Apps There’s an Apps for that
Specialty Apps There’s an Apps for that
iPad Focus
Part 2 NPS Project Cliffnotes
NPS iPod Project • 600+ iPods- 11 lost or stolen, 3 damaged and 2 lemons • 6 iPads • 1,000+ Apps • 800 Screen Guards • 1 on 1 with 5-12 Special Education Students (All disabilities)-Voluntary • Group Sets in all Other Special Education Program Birth-21 • Hours of Training teachers and students • 21 presentations • 33 Podcasts • The Transformation of Learners and Educators • …..Priceless
How to Get Started • Establish 1 main iTunes Account. • Create an email address just for use with this account. Ex: npsapps@gmail.com. • This will be the account ALL your school’s iPods will be registered to. • If you are a small district you can get away will only one account. • if you are larger you may want to consider having more. • Only 5 computers can be authorized per account. • Norfolk has 7 accounts.
How to Get Started • Get to know iTunes…NOT iTunes the website, iTunes the program. • http://www.apple.com/itunes • Apple Tutorials • http://www.apple.com/itunes/how-to/ • SchoolTube.comhttp://www.schooltube.com/user/lpospishil • http://intouchschool.org
Once you have your Account • Load it with iTunes Cards • This is the point of no return…you are now on the road to becoming an Appaholic
What to Download 1st • Start with no more than 50 APPs (Listen to me…160 tops) Use either of my Top Apps Lists: http://intouchschool.org • Take a look at my Mothership. Download any that catch your eye….Careful there are over 1,000.
PLAY • Play with the Apps. • Run through the Building Apptitude Lesson 1: http://intouchschool.org/resources.html • Try a lesson with the kids • Try a couple Podcasts at: http://www.schooltube.com/user/lpospishil The Podcast Way
Restrictions Remember to turn Installing Apps back on when Syncing
Writing into the IEP What NPS is writing: Student will have an opportunity to use a variety of technologies to foster independent learning. This covers iPods, Smartboards, Aleks Math, Reading Plus and other technologies we have available to students