iPad PD

The model to work from with technology
SAMR model
Substitution- no functional improvement
Augmentation- supporting the function
Modification- task redesign
Redefinition- redefining the whole task

iBooks- bookmarking, changing fonts and letter sizes, can highlight text and take notes. In the contents page you have contents, bookmarked pages and notes you've made.

Popplet- collating information into a book or a collage
- use four fingers to swipe between apps
- home button and the sleep button to take a screen shot

Explain Everything- an app that allows you to record and draw diagrams and pictures while explaining what's going on. Can be used for maths with children modelling their thinking processes which they can watch back and revise.

Book Creator- can create your own books and share into iBooks. The only problem is that it is designed only for iPad.

We finished the day off with a challenge. Darren and I presented apps that would support children's learning around Physics and a level one stage. We went from the idea of playing an app called Alex (can't remember the last name) which scaffold the knowledge of movement and manipulation of that movement. This would then lead on to the app Tinkerbox which let the children create their own device that manipulated the movement of an object. They would then go away, think-pair-share, and design their own device out of physical resources and video themselves doing it. The next phase was to use the app Explain Everything and draw a diagram of their device and talk about how it works. The last step was to put it on a social site called Edmodo to interact with a global audience, seeking feedback to improve the model etc.

The next step from here is to incorporate the apps into the tumble and use topic time to incorporate an inquiry based model where the children drive the learning using appropriate apps