Having an iPad for every student in your classroom would be a teacher's dream. I don't personally have one, but I have talked with teachers who have at least one and they absolutely love theirs. I did some research on what you can do with an iPad in the classroom and I came across this wonderful site that offers 53 ways you could use an iPad in your classroom. Yes, I said 53 ideas for an iPad. Here is the link to the site. https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_721gdk5jtd8 The site offers ideas for all age levels, so I picked out four that I though were ones I could use in my own classroom.
Activity 1
The first idea is using the speech into text application. You will need to download an app called Dragon Dictation which allows you or a student to convert speech into a readable text. This would be a wonderful tool when it comes to writing an essay. Not only would it make it easier for students who have trouble writing their thoughts down on paper, it would help students complete the writing assignment even quicker. This would definitely help the child with ADD.
Activity 2
My second activity would require you to download an app called Doodle Buddy. This app turns the iPad into a mini whiteboard. During lectures or test reviews, students can write their answers on the iPad and then show them to the teacher as a form of assessment or checking for understanding. I use the cut-out whiteboard and dry-erase markers now. This method would be less messy and you wouldn't have to replace the markers.
Activity 3
This next activity calls for using the iPads as small tv screen. For students who are visually impaired, you can download the apps called Air Video or Air Video Free. I can present our states ETV videos which correspond with our state standards to every student in the classroom within arms length.
Activity 4
I would use the iPads as literture books. My students read silently for twenty minutes almost every day. (I have my language arts students for 110 minutes) I would download the a particular novel that we are reading together as a class. Students would use the iPad instead of the actual paperback and then use an app to record answers to daily questions that I have for the particular chapter or section that they read.
After visiting the website, what were some of your favorites?
I really would love ipads in the classroom too! My mother had one and loves it!!! I think the speech to text app would be very beneficial to teachers and students. I could see how that would help some students write better and help the ADHD students. I also thought teachers could use it to record their lessons and then they would have a typed version to give to students who were absent.
ReplyDeleteI also like the drawing app, brushes, that the site had. I could see how some artistic students would love it! I didn't know there was an app that would make the ipads into eclickers. I would definitely have to get that app if I had the ipads for the whole class. Then you wouldn't need a set of the steno clickers!
Thanks for sharing!
You have a lot of great ideas with the Ipad. I believe with this generation having Ipads in your classroom would make learning a lot more effective.
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