Common+Core,+Digital+Blooms+and+iPad+Apps

Teaching with iPads

Evaluating and Exploring Apps for theCommon Core, Digital Bloom's, Whiteboards, Response Systems and Clickers
Kathy Malsbenden kmalsbenden@gmail.com Welcome = Agenda: =

Two sessions in one:

 * ==Common Core (This page)==
 * ==Learning Systems and Response Systems==
 * ==With a little caveat: App Smashing==
 * **Why App Smash? **
 * ThinkLink
 * Other links:
 * @http://www.edudemic.com/app-smashing-education/
 * @http://edtechteacher.org/blog/?p=2191

This Wikispaces Menu

 * ==Title: iPads and Education:==
 * ==Website: http://ipadsandeducation.wikispaces.com==

iPad setup and basic review

 * Settings
 * Finger sweeps
 * Accessibility
 * App Store

Before using iPad, know your intent

 * __ Focus on specific learning goals that promote: __
 * critical-thinking
 * creativity
 * collaboration
 * student-centric learning environments.
 * Pedagogy before Technology. That’s why IPurpose before iPad
 * [|iPurpose before iPads]
 * Reasons
 * The iPad as....with interactive links to apps sorted by learning activity or device.
 * [|EdTechTeacher]
 * [|How EdTechTeacher can help]
 * The Pedagogy Wheel with clickable apps
 * IPads used to transform instruction

//** Literacy Common Core **//

 * Text complexity guidelines
 * Increased focus on informational text
 * Text-dependent questions requiring evidence
 * List of Literacy CCSS

//** Math Common Core **//

 * Procedural and conceptual understanding
 * Fluency in and application of skill
 * Math Common Core Apps:
 * http://mathcommoncoreresources.wikispaces.com/iPad+Math+Apps
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 * @http://goo.gl/o9VkYF
 * Unpacking the Common Core **


 * Points to consider **
 * According to Elizabeth Calhoon, an academic technology specialist at the Santa Clara (CA) County Office of Education, the best way to use apps for Common Core curriculum is not to look for apps aligned to specific standards but to find ones that encompass the "ideas of collaboration and creation [which] are far more pervasive in Common Core" than in the current paradigm. The following is a selection of apps for ELA and math, curated with help from Calhoon, that do just that.
 * Virtual Manipulatives allows instructors to create lessons around drag-and-drop "fraction bars" that can aid in lessons comparing fractions, decimals, and percentages. Free for iPad.
 * With ThingLink, students can curate a collection of photos and annotate them with multiple pieces of text, YouTube or personal video, or even Twitter handles.
 * Free for iPhone or iPad.
 * Toontastic records users as they move characters around a screen and narrate their story audibly. Photos can be imported for use in backgrounds. Free for iPad.
 * Knowmia Teach allows teachers to create short video lessons in several small steps, similar to how they might develop a slide presentation. The lessons can then be posted online. The apps records fingerstrokes and audio for later playback. Free for iPad.
 * Mindomo, a mind-mapping app, offers a real-time collaboration feature and lets users turn their maps into presentations and share them with others. Free for iPad.
 * The mobile counterpart to cloud video editor WeVideo.com, the WeVideo Uploader allows students to capture videos and photos directly on their device, import, and even begin the editing process, which can be completed online. Free for iPhone and iPad.
 * //__Teachers can use 3D modeling software__//(such as Google SketchUp) to design projects around virtual manipulatives like geometric shapes and architectural models. They can then import them into the SightSpace 3D app for mobile viewing, which can be layered over real-world environments for an augmented reality twist. There is a free version for iPhone and iPad, as well as a $39.99 version.
 * Read more at [|http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/07/10/7-must-know-apps-for-common-core-skills.aspx#VJu3QRH3Oh5J5ocm.99]
 * See iPads in the Art Classroom wiki page for more design apps.
 * Three Apps you may not know about that demonstrate learning~Tony Vincent

** Search differently when looking for apps **

 * Use Common Core standards language
 * Use Common Core keywords
 * Use alternate terms
 * Search using Common Core codes


 * Evaluate Apps for YOUR class **
 * [|Ways to Evaluate Apps]
 * [|Rate that App] //Uses a number system//
 * [|Intro to App Evaluation~Kathy Schrock]
 * [|Critical Evaluation of a Content Based App]
 * [|Critical Evaluation of a Creation iPad/iPod App]
 * How do the these Apps correlate with Common Core?
 * [|App Evaluation rubric]
 * [|iPad App Evaluation App for Librarians] Ex. of using a Google Form
 * [|How to Choose the Best Apps]


 * Analyze App **
 * Figure out what apps work and why
 * How do students react to
 * background music
 * incentives
 * multiple tasks in one app
 * skill and drill
 * open ended creation tools
 * collaborative apps
 * Let go of apps that create distractions


 * UDL and Common Core- Kathleen McClaskey **
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 * OS Apps and Resources for Common Core $$ **
 * http://jayemtucker.wikispaces.com/iOS+Apps+%26+Resources+for+Common+Core

Digital Bloom's Taxonomy

 * Kathy Schrock's Bloomin' Apps
 * [|http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.htm]
 * Kathy Malsbenden's Digital Bloom's Diigo Bookmarks and Group (anyone can join this group.)
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 * Symbaloo WebMix by Kathy Malsbenden
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media type="custom" key="24592224" = Learning Management Systems: = [|A quick guide to "why" a learning management system] Other [|Learning Management Systems]
 * [|Blackboard]
 * [|Canvas]
 * Edmodo
 * [|Moodle]
 * [|Google For Education]
 * [|Wikispaces classroom]

Free Whiteboards

 * 8 Digital Whiteboard Apps
 * [|Educreations]
 * Explain Everything
 * [|Show Me]
 * [|Screen Chomp]
 * [|BoardCam]

Response Systems
[|NearPod] [|Socrative]
 * [|What is Nearpod:]
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 * Student feedback options
 * [|Teacher comments on using Nearpod]
 * Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
 * [|Teacher App]
 * [|Student App]

Other Resources

 * Free Technology for Teachers:
 * Apps to analyze writing
 * 60 Apps in 60 Minutes
 * 103 Ways to use iPads in the Classroom
 * Scoop It: []
 * Symbaloo: [|http://mobiles.symbaloo.com]
 * ICT NETS Standards
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 * iPad deployment
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Contact Information Kathy Malsbenden email: kmalsbenden@gmail.com Facebook: Kathy Keegan Malsbenden Twitter: kathymals Diigo: []