So ... what did we do today?

I had a guest speaker today come in and show Raz-kids.com, a website that helps with literacy. I hooked up my laptop to the smartboard and then demonstrated how to hook up my iPhone as a remote for the laptop. We heard the story, could read the story and had a short content quiz at the end. The guest speaker was a little shy, so didn't want to use the remote or the smartboard, but it was all good int he end....

I used Rowmote, which has to be downloaded onto the laptop, as well as an app for the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad for everything to work. As long as they are on the same wireless network, all should be good.

Just as an add on, as I was getting this post ready, I noticed that the app Splashtop Remote is free today.... it does the same thing, and is free...

...and just after I finished this post, I got this link in my head... using Pages (a piece of software for the Mac to ePublish my own book to iBook; something to save trees and further blur the line for cell phone use in the class)

Celli

Now, this is interesting - texting all of your students to remind them of work is hard - except now it isn't. Interesting that people don't want cell phones in schools and yet, they are already there.

Interesting, interesting.

Presentation today

this is a picture of me, using my iPad as a remote/wireless keyboard for my laptop


It didn't happen. I did walk into the lunch room and people were eating. I did ask if this was the right time of day to present and people did express their thoughts that it was.

All I was going to do today was point out this blog to my workmates. If you look on the right hand side are all kinds of materials that have been sent to me over the past few months that I have been looking at iPad uses in the classroom.

I was going to make sure that people knew about the Learning in Hand website, too. That Tony Vincent, nice shirts, good ideas, too.

Finally, I was going to point out some of the more interesting applications that Tony (and others) have pointed me towards. Certainly Comic Touch is one of the cool ones. Check out these from my Phys Ed class:



and also this one:



Someone also asked me to help with syncing problems. I did what I could.

s'all good. Drop a comment in the space below if there is something I should do next Thursday, May 26th.

Today's posting

ya know ... it's like time never moves. I'm still stressed, and I'm still parking articles for me to read later here.

Like this article about creative ways to use an ipad in the classroom.

Kewl.

iPad apps

As you may know, my stressful time of the year is coming -S L O W L Y - to an end. Sort of. Like crawling the last fifty meters of an ultramarathon or something.

I did get this article's link emailed to me today, about the 10 best music apps for the iPad. SOmething to explore while I recover from this negative stress.