i Pad Dreams Jan Training 2013 i Pad

i. Pad Dreams! Jan. Training 2013

i. Pad Funding Grants • CVS - $1500 • 109 Board - $1500 from last year • 109 Board - $3000 for this year • Mr. Pugh contributed an addt’l $500 BWS/STLP $1200 Market Day Pie Sales $1200 STLP - $500

i. Pad Expenses �Each i. Pad cost $399 • 21 ipad currently = $8, 379 • 21 i. Pad cases = approx $1200

How are we getting more? �Toyota Grant - $2500 (District 10, 000) �PC Board of Ed. Match - $2500 �Pennies for i. Pads (Student Council) �Looking for more grants! �Any other suggestions? �Next purchases will be for Kindergarden, special areas, resource/intervention staff and for classroom with high numbers (intermediate).

Notes App �Find the Yellow Notebook �Take notes here of any questions you may have or way you may want to incorporate the i. Pad into your RBI and daily instruction!

The Basics � On/off button � Volume button � Home button � What is an app? � Turning off apps � Sliding screens � Moving apps � Settings • Wifi – PCS Net • General – Restrictions – passcode �Installing apps – off when in student hands �Deleting apps – off when in student hands �In-app purchase – always OFF �Camera – teacher choice

App Maintenance �Orientation landscape/portrait �Deleting an app • Deleting app must be on in Restrictions • Hold app down until it bounces • Then slide it where you want it. Make a folder by hovering the app over another app. It will then prompt you to make a folder.

Installing apps �i. Tunes account/app store • Installing apps must be on in restrictions • If you are syncing to the computer you will log into i. Tunes, select apps and sync when you are done • Installing wireless, go to app store on i. Pad and select app, it will prompt you for the your itunes password, enter and it will download. • Cloud – if you want your cloud on it will download what everyone on your account has downloaded.

Wireless Disclaimer! �As you know we have had difficulty with our wireless…. I found out right before the break that our wireless devices have been recalled. The company is working to get all the devices replaced but they have many schools to service and are expected to be at PC soon. �The good news is that we will have working wireless soon!

Productivity Apps �Camera �Clock/timer �Calendar �Notes �Calculator (download for free) �Voice Recorder (download for free) �You can turn off the camera/video in the restrictions under setting.

Apps for the Classroom �Go to i. Tunes and do a search for any topic you want!

Math – Basic operations �Singapore Math (by grade level) shows videos and practice for bar model! FREE! �Math Bingo (Free or a 99 cent version) �My Math App (multiple operations) �Splash Math (one for every grade level)

Math – place value �Number lines �Rounding Numbers �App Tutor PVR �Chicken Vault

Math - fractions �Fractions lite �Fractions basic �Basic fraction �Pizza fractions �Action fractions

Social Networking �Edmodo

Management �Class. Dojo �Too Noisy

QR Codes �Qrafter �Search any QR code - several will be free Remember link to make QR Codes: http: //www. qrstuff. com/

Spelling Apps �The Electric Company Word Ball �Spelling City �Spellit Lite �Grammar Up �Magic Words 3 D �Kids Can Spell Animals

Writing �Poetry Creator �Toontastic �Mc. Graw Hill Language �Sight Words �Fry Phrases �Futaba �Bluster

Reading Apps �Booksy �Bookster �Tales 2 Go (free trial? ) �Mee. Genius! Kids’ Books �Scholastic Reading Timer (Fluency) �Toy Story Read along

Reference Materials �Merriam Webster Dictional �Free. Saurus (Thesaurus) �Common Core

Ereader �Overdrive ( KY Public Library) �Storia (Scholastic) �Kindle �Nook

Art �Air. Sketch Free �Drawing Box (Free) �How to Draw �PS Express –photoshop lite �Sketchboard

Social Studies �Early Jamestown �US History �Kids Maps �Landromer �Stuck on Earth �Tap. Quiz Maps

Science �Science 360 �Science Glossary �Go. Sky. Watch. P �Brain. Pop

Music �Easy Beats �Garage. Band �Soundrop �Toontastic �Virtuoso

PE/Health �PE Games �Fitness. Kids Lite �Awesome Eats �Healthy Snacks HD

Other Free Apps �Grade Book Pro �Dragon Dictation (speech to text app) �Evernote (note creating tool) �Popplet lite – brainstorming app �i. Card. Sort �Stage: Interactive Whiteboard and Document Camera �Show Me �Brain. Pop

Teacher Resources �Infinite Campus �Sky. Drive

App Websites to review �http: //www. scholastic. com/teachers/top- teaching/2012/12/my-35 -favorite-free-apps -teaching �http: //appitic. com/ �http: //edudemic. com/2011/01/web-apps/ �http: //www. techlearning. com/Default. aspx? tabid=67&Entry. Id=3617

i. Tunes �Each grade level will have an account to make it easier to sync and use the cloud. �You can purchase i. Tunes gift cards thru PTO Gift Card Program by filling out a requisition form. Vendor: PTO Gift Cards Item : i. Tunes Gift card for student app purchasing

Closing �At PLC, we hope to share each time an app that you are using or a way you are using your i. Pad for student instruction! �We are learning together, I don’t claim to know everything! REMEMBER our best teachers will probably be the students! �Questions? – see me afterward!