"Theres an #eduapp for that"

Ok, I really didn't want to end the year with an iPad app review. So ... this is how I get out of it:

Link is here to a "SNapp" page (That would be the Special Needs APPlications) .... it reviews and lets you in on all kinds of apps that should help you learn about your iPad, and how to get more into your class.


I'm thinking this post will be the last for a while ... unless something really really good comes along .... Peace out!

...and now for something completely different ...

...I know I have changed topics of that which I am "researching" on this blog a few times, but every once in a while, you kind of have to look around and see what else is out there.

Especially when ideas are emailed to you that support that which you do in a classroom every day. Like blogging.

Just in case you missed it...

So, yeah ... you can do anything with an iPad. Yes you can ... including attending a wedding, which was on the cover of the Toronto Star today.

"There's an app for that!"

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.