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Mobile Learning
• Is able to deliver education when and whereit is needed
• Allows for any sort of learning when thelearner is not at a fixed, predeterminedlocation
• Is what happens when the learner takesadvantage of learning opportunities offeredby mobile technologies
• Enables students to make meaning of complex information
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Mobile Learning for
Education
• Aims to use mobile devices to enhance
collaboration through– Short messaging services
– To broadcast and access information from theInternet
– To share files
– To ask questions
– To deliver courseware
– To offer students multimedia learning content
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Importance of
MobileTechnology
• 32% of Americans go online using a mobile
device• Anyone and everyone uses a mobile device which
means the digital divide diminishes when mobileuse is taken into account
• 5.3 billion mobile subscribers
• Half a billion mobile users access the Internet
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Importance of Tablet Devices
• Tablet sales in U.S. will exceed netebookssales by 2012 and desktop sales by 2015.(Forrester Research, 2010)
• What does this mean for educators, who
may still be grappling with how tosuccessfully integrate stationary PCs andlaptops with varying operating systemsinto their curricula?
• Take advantage of Mobile Technologyinstead of desktop computing and laptops
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Student Expectations
•
A learning environment with amobile lifestyle
• Integrate todays digital tools
• Adapt to individual learning styles
• Encourage collaboration, sharing
and teamwork
• Encourage anywhere, anytime
learning• Enable a personalized learning
experience
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The iGeneration
• Commonly known as the iGeners
• They own cell phones
– The phone function is less important thanwhat else the phone is capable of
•
They are highly social– Use blog, vlog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,
video chat, share photos
– 300 MySapce Friends, 250 additional Facebook
friends, 50 or more online gaming groups
worldwide, and an IM buddy list
• They have redefined the concept of friend
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The iGeners
• They are ever-changing always wiredwhile creating a cyber identity
• They multitask using iPods, iTouch,
Smartphone, laptop computers,Internet, Social Networking
• Their attention, patience and focus isscarce in the digital age and in the
classroom• They know when to self-regulate
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Enabling iGeners• Educators should use anything to attract
and maintain a learners attention forteaching and learning purposes• Mobile Learning will provide a 21st century
24/7 learning environment• The iPad has this capability
– The iPad can adapt and be applied in manydiverse ways
– The iPad has the potential to cover many areasof the curriculum in new and engaging ways forlearners
– The iPad is light to carry and fits in a smallbackpack
• Easy to share the iPad tools and apps
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Rewiring Faculty
• Mobile learning has only been used in isolatedresearch studies as of yet it is not common inmost classrooms
• Faculty have what Piaget called folk pedagogy – Schema incorporates the downside of using
technology– Want to teach the way they were taught and
learned
• Faculty literally need to be rewired in order tochange their belief system
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Professional Development
•
Provide opportunitiesfor faculty to be trained
• Allow faculty to haveopportunities to test
and play with mobiletechnology in theirclassrooms and ininstruction
•
Provide appropriatesupport and time forlearning
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Role of iPad
•
Occupies a new space intechnology– Easily carried
– Easily stored
• Personalize learning
• Use as a collaborative tool• Use to integrate into the
curriculum
• Expands teaching and
learning abilities of students• Puts the teacher and student
in control of the technology
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Role of the iPad
• Capable of storing– Photos, music, podcasts and videos
– Contact information, diary events, calendar
• Mobile computing and connecting to theInternet
• Standard WiFi capability
• Wireless network
• Option 3G– cost range from daily/weekly/monthly costs
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iPad Basics
• 9.7 1024 x 768 pixelLED-backlit display
• 1GHz Apple A4
processor• Up to 10 hours
battery life
•
0.5 inch thin• 1.5 lbs
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iPad Features
• Little need for maintenance and technicalsupport
• Installing software is simple, quick and easy
• Screen size small like laptop/netbook but
larger than handheld devices• Boot time of a handheld device without
waiting for the mechanical start-up of alaptop
• Has the always on status of handheld devices• Charges and synchs when connected to a
Mac computer
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Inside the iPad
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Inside the iPad
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Uses the tactile touchand gesture interfaceof handheld devices
• iGeners have grown
up with tactile touchinterface; it adds totheir informal andpersonal relationship
they have withtechnology
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iPad Touch Screen
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Apps
• Allows learners to create in new ways
• Over 4 billion apps sold, 100 new apps a day
• 1000s of free educational apps used forlearning
• 11,000 native iPad aps in the App Store;223,000+ apps total
•
15,000 new apps are received every week • The iPad went from zero to 25% of the
digital book market in just 2 months
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Thousands of apps Endless potential
With thousands of educational apps on the App Store, youput thousands of learning possibilities at your fingertips.Take a look at some of our favorite apps for learning.
h#p://www.apple.com/educa1on/app
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Three Kinds of Apps
• Compatible– iPhone apps run on any
device• iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
– Running on the iPad the
apps• Run in compatibility mode• Choose between normal
dimension or double-sized 2xbutton
• Universal
– No compatibility mode– Always full screen
• iPad only
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Downloading Apps
•Open iTunes click on iTunes Store
• In the iTunes Store near the top of thehome page click App Store
• Browse for an application
– Click Buy App if purchase
– Click Get App if free
• Must have an iTunes account
• Connect iPad to computer iTunes willautomatically sync all apps
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How Many Apps on an iPad
• The most screens an iPaddevice will display with apps
– 11 screens (11 x 20 = 220
apps)
– Up to 6 apps in the dock
• More apps may be loadedon the screens but will have
to use the Search/Spotlightscreen to use them
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The Search Screen (Spotlight)
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iPad Folders
• Create folders on theiPad screens to loadmore apps
• Organize appsalphabetically, mostused, or by categories(news, media, games,
education, etc…)
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Organize Apps
• To move an app,– Hold finger on top of app
until it starts to wiggle
– Slide app to other screen,folders, or move to trash
•
To delete hold finger ontop of app once the Xappears tap it (the X onlyappears on items todelete)
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To stop an app fromwiggling press the Homebutton
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Select the Applications screen when connected toiTunes then change the arrangement on right side
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If Apple can do for the K-12 textbook market what they did for music, theiPad will change forever the way
kids are taught in school
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File Sharing
• iPocket Draw– Vectorial drawing
• Stanza– Download over
100,000 books
• Docs to Go– Edit, create, and
view MS files
• Dropbox–
Online File Storage
• Google Docs– Edit, create, view and
share
• Shazam– Finds Music
Applications can transfer documentsbetween the iPad and a computer
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iBrainstorm
iBrainstorm
FreePersonal Favorite
Use iBrainstormCompanion toconnect iPhonenotes to iPad
Best User: Anyone needing a creative collaborationtool; can be used with multiple devices Basic Features: Create sticky notes, draw,
collaborate with others, connect iPhone notes to iPadsession
Use: For group projects & collaboration with others
Productivity
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Popplet
Popplet
FreeNew & Noteworthy
Personal Favorite
Best User: Anyone needing a graphic organizer ormind-mapping tool Basic Features: Allows combination of text,
drawing, & photosUse: To organize thinking, and to visually shareideas, concepts or photos with others
Productivity
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ABC News
ABC News
FreePersonal Favorite
Your world.In your hands.
Best User: Anyone wanting to browse current newsstories, videos, and photos Basic Features: Spin the globe for the news articleheadlines & photos, touch image to read or watchcomplete story; save & share stories Use: Current events in social studies or history classes;class discussions, debates, writing assignments
Reference
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Chicktionary
Chicktionary
FreeStudent FavoriteMost Popular
Word Game
Best User: Students and adults who love word games Basic Features: Unscramble roost full of letters tocreate as many words as possible; more words created
equals more points Use: Reinforce spelling & vocabulary building skills
English/Language Arts
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Poetry Magnets
Poetry Magnets
Free
Best User: Intermediate students wholikepoetry and enjoy writing to expressthemselves Basic Features: Five categories of wordswith over 200 words in each category;tap & drag magnets to create line;
doubletap magnet to edit word Use: Reinforce poetry writing skills
English/Language Arts
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TanZen Lite
MathTanZen Lite
Free
Critical ThinkingSkill App
Best User: Students who enjoy challenging puzzles Basic Features: Combine seven geometric pieces into ashape without the pieces overlapping; click pieces, dragand rotate to fit into shape
Use: Reinforces critical thinking & problem solving skills
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FlashToPass
MathFlashToPass
FreeBest User: Students whoneed topractice math facts
Basic Features: Containsrandomlygenerated card sets; addition,subtraction, multiplication,division, and mixed sets Use: Reinforces and facilitates
mastery of basic elementarymath facts
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The Elements
Visual Exploration
$13.99Best User: students who are afraid of chemistry and find it boring Basic Features: every element is shownwith a smoothly rotating sample, provides
100s of facts, live object you examine fromall sides, objects respond to touch, 3DimagesUse: Reinforce chemistry skills
Science
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Solar Walk
ScienceSolar Walk
$2.99Apple Design
Award Winner,
Best AppWinner - 2010
Best User: Science teachers and students Basic Features: 3D Solar System Model;observe planets close-up; learn about their
trajectories, inner structure, history, facts, pointsof interest and more Use: Take a realistic spin through the galaxyusing 3D mode
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Go Sky Walk Planetarium
Science Go Sky Walk
Free
Best User: Science Teachers and Students Basic Features: displays the night sky with thecorrect orientation of wherever students are Use: Fun way to challenge students about
planetarium
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Google Earth
Social StudiesGoogle Earth
Free
Best User: Teachers andstudents Basic Features: Search forcities,
landmarks, landforms; viewphotosand articles from around theworldUse: Navigate the entireworld
with a swipe of your finger
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Illusions
EntertainmentIllusions
Free
Best User: Anyone who likes optical illusions Basic Features: Contains visually perceived images thatdiffer from objective reality Use: Fun way to challenge your brain and eyesight
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iPadCurriculum
Dissect Frog: h#p://www.ipadcurriculum.com/ Flipboard:h#p://www.ipadcurriculum.com/200/08/
flipboard/70 Ways to Keep Students Engaged:
h#p://teachers.net/gaze#e/wordpress/teachers-net-community/70-ways-engage-students/
Free
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iBooks
• Browse, buy and read
books on a mobiledevice
• After purchasing a book it is displayed on theiBook bookshelf
• Increase/decrease fontsize
• Change the brightness
• Look up a word
• Flip through pages• Sift through the table of
contents
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iBooks
• There are thousands of public domain booksin the ePub format on the Internet– http://www.epubbooks.com/
• Many of the books from ePub format areavailable in the iBookstore for free
•
Google books– http://books.google.com/
• Project Gutenberg– http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• More sources for books– http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/
load_your_new_ipad_ebooks_without_going_itunes
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eReader
FreeCritical ThinkingSkill App
Best User: Books for free Basic Features: Animation, Excerpts, Poems, new freeeReads monthly, Classics-greatest books of humanhistory, Illustrated, Realistic 3D page flip Use: Reinforces the joy of reading, critical thinking & problem solving skills
Classics:h#p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/classics-23-469-books-to-go/id36895233?mt=8
Kindle:h#p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle-for-iphone/id30258463?mt=8
Silverstein:h#p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shel-silversteins-anima1ons/id33679939?mt=8
ScaryStories:h#p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bloodcurdlers-2-0-an-expanding/id3296232?mt=8
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The following appsare used in varioussubject areas thatare interactivedisplays to teachstudents aboutreading, math,science, socialstudies, art, music,
astronomy andmore.
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Mathematics
•
Math Cards: This grade-as-you-go gameteaches subtraction, division, multiplicationand addition in a touch-screen game
• Kids Math Fun – Third Grade: This app is
devoted to third grade math skills,including basic arithmetic. Games likeDouble Dare and Minute Math keep it fun
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Math
• The Math Master: Practice math drills andlearn math facts on this app, whichfeatures a numeric touchpad
• The Chemical Touch: View the periodictable and learn about chemical propertieswith this app
• Mathemagics – Mental Math Tricks:
Practice multiplication, square numbers,and more
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Science
•
Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy:This app displays the night sky just asyoure seeing it, but with more detail anddescriptions of constellations and stars
• Pi83 Graphing Calculator: Perform variousgraphing functions using this calculator. Noneed for a separate calculator when youhave your iPad. Useful for lessons, to help
students, or for your own edification. Cost:$0.99
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Science
•
The Skeletal System Pro: This app offersdetailed information on the skeletal system.It is offered by a company that alsoprovides apps on muscles, the digestive
system and other areas of anatomy. A greatreference for lesson prep. It is also ahelpful and fun resource to use in class. Getthis app, as well as the other medical apps,
and find out how you can make the humanbody even more interesting. Cost: $19.99
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Social Studies
•Discover: An encyclopedia at your fingertips.You can explore Wikipedia, and getinteresting information about any number of subjects. A great way to learn more about avariety of subjects. Discover serves as a go to
app for those who want to prepare lessons,or just look something up quickly. Cost: Free
• World FactBook : Information on all thenations of the world. It provides up-to-date,
valuable data for more than 250 countriesand territories in a concise, well-organizedformat whenever and wherever you want
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Social Studies
• Manual for the United States of America:Kids can learn about and read the Articlesof Confederation, Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers,biographies of Supreme Court justices, and
a lot more• Oregon Trail: This classic game is now
available on the iPad and helps children of various ages practice problem-solving and
decision-making skills as they learn abouthistory and try to survive the great trek West
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Art and Music
• Ultimate Guitar Tabs: Kids can read guitar chords and tabs
to learn about music.• Pocket Guitar a virtual guitar
– http://itunes.apple.com/app/pocketguitar/id287965124?mt=8
• Art Lite– Greatest artist and their master piece–
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-lite/id299037255?mt=8 • MyPaint
– Finger painting, scribble, doodle and paint, start with a blank canvas, or a photo
– http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mypaint-free/id297415432?mt=8#
•Whiteboard Lite– Collaborate with friends and family– http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite-collaborative/
id301962306?mt=8
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Productivity
• Idea Sketch– Draw diagrams, mind map, concept map or flow
chart
– http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idea-sketch/id367246522?mt=8
• EverNote– Ultimate note taking application, jot down
information important for a class, coordinate lessonplans, keep notes on students. Use text, voice or
even pictures. Free– http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/
id281796108?mt=8
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The Value of the iPad
• It will offer a more affordable tool than acomplete laptop
• Its portability will encourage experientiallearning
• It will offer new ways to engage studentswith text
• It will encourage paperless classrooms
• It will ignite students interest levels• Its magical and revolutionary
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The iPad for Learning
• The iPad enables teachers to promotecollaborative, independent, and differentiatedlearning, adapting to the needs of eachlearner
• The iPad educational content deepens
students content knowledge by exposingthem to high-quality visual and auralrepresentations of – Places
– People
– Events
– Concept
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The iPad for Learning•
The iPads education content can perfectstudents critical thinking and informationliteracy
– Connect to the Internet using the iPad and
have students use Google Docs forcollaborative writing and multimedia creationactivities
– Have students search for podcasts in iTunes
on a topic of study and listen to it on the iPad
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For More Help
•iPad for Dummies– http://
www.dummies.com/how-to/content/ipad-for-dummies-cheat-
sheet.html
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Troubleshooting the iPad
• Restart the iPad•
Force any frozen apps to quit– Press and hold the Home button on the front of the iPad for 6 t 10 seconds. Then restart
• Reset the iPad– Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button along with
the Home button this will force the iPad to restart• Reset iPad Settings
– Tap the Settings icon on the Home screen, thentap GeneralRESETRESETAll Settings
– Resetting the iPad will not erase the data
• Restore the iPad– Connect the iPad to a computer, go to iTunes
source select Restore button on the SummaryTab.
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Useful Websites for iPad Educators• UsefulUSA-baseddiscussionforumonusingiPadsineduca1on
– h#p://ipads4educa1on.ning.com/
• 20AmazingiPadAppsforEducators– h#p://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/0/20-amazing-ipad-
apps-for-educators.html
• GrogKit
– 5reasonswhytheAppleiPadwillrevolu1onizeeduca1on.
– h#p://grockit.com/blog/main/200/0/27/5-reasons-the-ipad-will-
revolu1onize-educa1on/• 00incrediblyusefulandfreeiPadApps!
– h#p://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/00-incredibly-useful-free-ipad-apps/
• iEar
– Greatsitereviewingeduca1onalappsforiOSdevices.
–h#p://www.iear.org/
• Educa1onAppsbyApple– h#p://www.apple.com/educa1on/apps/