Teaching+with+the+iPad

**//Districts with successful record or integrating technology and iPads into instruction usually do the following://** 
 * Eight Keys To iPad/Technology Integration: **
 * **//Revise the curriculum to promote 21st century knowledge and skills.//**
 * **//Provide ongoing differentiated professional development.//**
 * **//Provide a robust one-to-one wireless managed environment.//**
 * **//Focus on making school a culture more collaborative.//**
 * **//Identify realistic, sustainable funding sources for technology and replacements.//**
 * **//Provide good tech support for teachers.//**
 * **//Ensure schools have strong and distributed leadership.//**
 * **//Have a clear vision for where technology integration is headed.//**
 * **//Forge partnerships with families, universities, and community businesses.//**

  **//App...tivities//**  =//**[| The iPad as.....]**// Most impressive functional iPad App site for integration!= = = ==

//**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">iPads in Education Articles: **//

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">T.H.E. Journal University Education Researcher Trying iPad in K-8 Classrooms <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">T.H.E. Journal Opening Up to Digital Textbooks <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">California School Districts Testing Use of iPad as Algebra Textbook <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Apps for Education (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Best Educational Apps Matrix <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">South Carolina Elementary School gets iPads <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Oregon School gets iPads <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">NY Times: Math That Moves: <span class="wiki_link_ext">Schools Embrace the iPad (pdf)


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Mobile devices help to close the achievement gap - try some of the following activities: //**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;"> Creating Podcasts (Vodcasts) to represent learning acquired from research projects or to show understanding of concepts taught. Additionally students can create podcasts for advertisements or story telling projects. Created Podcasts can be shared on a web page for parents to view.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Audio record students reading so they can evaluate their own reading rate, fluency, and intonation. Additionally students can practice giving a speech by recording themselves and listening to the playback to help them refine their speech. Samples of reading can be shared at parent/conferences.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Upload your Video files from your Flip camera or Photos from an SD card. Access applications like Animoto, Keynote, and Photo Pad to create projects.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Educational applications can be used to reinforce skills being taught in the classroom - See Instructor Recommended Links from the Sidebar.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Research is required at all grade levels. Use research based applications, web browser or topic specific applications to aide students in their research topic.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Use Screensharing tools like: iTeleport or TeamViewer to access your computer and SMARTboard software.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">The iPad and iPod can be used with students that have special educational needs - Accessibility options & Applications.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Applications can be found in the iTunes Store - Categories: Education / Special Education
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">The iPad and iPod are tools to help your students be successful. Lessons & Curriculum should not be driven from the device, rather the device should be a tool your students use to understand the objectives being taught.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Educators and Administrators are encouraged to use the iPad / iPod for Professional Development