Here is the schedule for today’s workshop:
Morning 8am – 11am:
Introduction to Apple TV.
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what it does, what it doesn’t do
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letting students use it…
- Parental controls
- Set passcode
- Remove icons
- Video tutorial for parental controls http://youtu.be/M4Udu48TJB0
- Parental controls
- connecting with students via Apple TV
Data collection:
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Google Forms for formative assessment
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ClassDojo for behavior and attendance. ClassDojo.com
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ClassDojo for communication with parents/ students
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ClassDojo for providing feedback on “soft skills” development.
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Plickers – Plickers.com
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Quickly gathering anonymous feedback to inform your instruction.
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Three Ring – ThreeRing.com
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Digitizing physical artifacts (handwritten work, drawings, collages, etc).
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Providing feedback on digitized physical artifacts.
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Workflow management:
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AirDrop
- Make sure you have bluetooth and wifi turned on.
- Select “share” while viewing a file.
- Tap Airdrop and select recipient.
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Google Drive
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OwnCloud.org
- cloud.deltaschools.org
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Evernote – Evernote.com
- Penultimate – an open notebook app that syncs to Evernote. Write notes by hand with a stylus or your finger tip.
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8
- Otus Plus – otusplus.com
- Teacher app allows you to create online classrooms for sharing assignments, polling students, and posting announcements.
- Student app gives students access to your classroom.
- Install the student app and use Class Code SxCtJ to join my sample classroom.
Afternoon 12pm – 3pm:
Improving classroom-home connections:
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Remind 101 – remind.com
- Install the app.
- Enter the class code @mrbyrn to join my demo class.
- Blogging – Blogger App
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blogger/id459407288?mt=8
- The “secret” to making blogging work…
Crafting flipped lessons:
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ShowMe – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8
- Knomia Teach – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/teach/id527216211?mt=8
- eduClipper – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educlipper/id737584066?mt=8
Additional Apps for Middle School – http://ipadapps4school.com/category/middle-school/