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Week 12's topic was to "Identify a teacher or school that does a learning activity that makes use of a tablet device (such as iPad) in which students create audio or visual artifacts to demonstrates that learning has taken place".
Explained: "This week we read about audio and visual (video) technologies. What was not included in the chapter was a discussion on how smart phones and tables (like iPads) can support audio and visual teaching and learning. Tablets make it easy to audio or video reflection, presentation, weekly summaries, documentation, digital storytelling...".
Our group has chosen an article about an iPad pilot program at "North Shore Schools" a school based in New York.They have implemented the the iPad in there classroom which includes audio and visual lessons using iPad apps and the built in camera. In addition, students use tuner apps to tune their musical instruments, metronome app for keep in time, and Garage Band app and iMovie app for audio/visual presentations and podcast projects. Students can even connect their connect their ipads to SMART Boards with a Apple VGA adapter and the iPad's mirroring capability. there are many more applications listed on the website.
The website is located at http://www.northshore.k12.ny.us/12Oct/distbox3_ipadupdate.html and it is feature rich with functionality and tools for administrators, teachers, parents, and students.
Furthermore, what's great about the iPad is that it can be tailored to create lessons for many different learning styles.. For example. North Shore Schools uses the iPad's Camera for scavenger hunts where students need to take a picture of an artifact and explain why it is important to the concepts they are learning in class. Some other schools have made use of the iPad's camera also by using QR codes which are scrambles patterns, but when you take an picture of it using a QR app, it takes you to a website, video, or displays words or clues if used in a scavenger hunt. I think I can even take this further by using QR codes to produce GPS coordinate that students input into a GPS, Iphone or GPS enables iPad and incorporate Geocaching lessons on geography and math. Some schools have came up with a term called Geoconferencing where the take the concept of GPS treasure hunts and collaborate with other schools through video conferencing to lean about geography and math.
Some other iPad ideas for Audio/Visual concepts you can incorporate in your classrooms are below that were equally interesting and discussed in our group.
GeocConferencing info:( https://sites.google.com/site/geoconferencing/ )
Geocaching & Video Conferencing at Putnam Elementary YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poJIJGYmtA4
Geocaching with the iPad video:
http://youtu.be/4Ytv0S2WbT8
EduCaching:
http://youtu.be/ZvaItxzJaCU
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Using QR codes for a sight word scavenger hunt
Children find pictures which have QR codes they scan
and a word associated with the picture pops up on the IPad,
they they record it on their work sheet.
and a word associated with the picture pops up on the IPad,
they they record it on their work sheet.
QR code Scavenger Hunt
Students hunt for QR codes which link to
video storyline clues to the next set of notes and QR code.
Explanation is after the cool long intro trailer at 1:17 min.
video storyline clues to the next set of notes and QR code.
Explanation is after the cool long intro trailer at 1:17 min.
A video of a student's work using the stop motion animation App called "iMotion HD". Students create tutorial videos for other students that are having trouble catching on to concepts. In a way the students take on the teacher role with their stop motion video creations.
http://sch00lstuff.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/made-4-math-stop-motion-animation.html
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