I spent a little bit of time this summer exploring my new iPads & thinking up ways to use them in my class. Well, I guess saying a little bit of time
everyday this summer would be more accurate! One of my top interests was publishing. I felt the iPad would really motivate my reluctant writers. My first thoughts of publishing started circling in my brain after Tony Keefer's session on digital literacy at the Dublin Literacy Conference in February, before I even had iPads. One tool his students use for publishing is Keynote. For our first iPad project (after a couple of pure exploring sessions) I decided on a "Welcome to our Room" presentation. I asked them to take 5 pictures that represented something we had done during the first weeks of school. I loved seeing what they chose to capture! We have the basic work done & will finish up the "sparkle" tomorrow.
Some students preferred to prop the iPad up on one of the docking stations while creating.
Some preferred the wireless keyboard instead of the on-screen keyboard.
Reader's notebook cover. Loved that they captured those images!
"Read to Self" guidelines.
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