Ideas for Using iPads in the Classroom

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Use the camera on the iPad for many purposes. Take pictures or videos of my students working. 

Use the camera to let students record answers to their essay questions. The students like recording their answers instead of writing, plus it made grading for the teacher.

Use the Camera App to take pictures of 3 items in the room that are blue, made of wood, or begins with the letter “m.”

Videotape a classroom science experiment.

Use the Camera App to take daily photos of growing plants. Plant seeds in paper cups and record daily growth by taking a photo each day. Place each photo on a bulletin board.

Story prompt with your favorite face.

Use the PhotoBooth App to take pictures of each other. Create a wall display of the pictures. Create a QR code to place beside each photo.

Work in collaboration with other pupils to build their own characters then write a play script or dialogue between them.

Create their own images using Photo Booth techniques for settings eg alien/mysterious/thermal imaging etc as a stimulus for writing.

Build up a face in response to a character description, or build up an unusual or interesting face prior to writing a character description.

TEACHERS CAN.....

Record listening passages for students. Play to the whole class or at different "learning/listening stations"

Record examples of poetry for the class

Create a listening assessment  (Spelling test, math story problems, etc)

Post recordings on their webpage (have a weekly podcast)

Record a chapter review, post it to the web and students can access it from home (Great for absent students)

Use music and sound effects to enhance storytelling.

Give directions to small groups. (Each listening station can hear their specific directions)

Record directions of a test. (Great for kids with IEP's who need directions read to them or for absent students)

STUDENTS CAN...

Record themselves reading a passage - great FLUENCY check.

Record themselves reading a paper or poem they have written - great way to check for errors

Record themselves reflecting on an assignment - great way to hear their thinking process

-Re-tell events of a story

-Create a song or a jingle for a commercial

-Create a podcast and post it to the class webpage

-Tell a story using music and sound effects

-Make a radio advertisement

-Make a public service announcement and play it for the school

-Record what academic goals they would like to achieve before the end of the year

-Practice their public speaking skills (especially great for students who are shy and don't like to speak in front of the class.

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