Gretna

Gretna iPads Grades K-5 

Description: Participants in this session will get a hands on look at how to use their iPads in the classroom environment. Examples of how to use the iPads with groups of students as a center or in whole group instruction. A number of applications will be shared and we will also look at a variety of web based applications we can use with the iPad

Connecting Activity:  (5 minutes) at table groups, participants share a tip or trick they have learned using the iPad. It could be how to take a picture of the screen, how to organize apps into folders, etc.

Overview of the Basics:  (20 minutes)
 * Link to esu3ipads page on the basics
 * Basics Handout (paper copy) or .pdf: [[file:esu3ipads/iPad Basics Remember Sheet.pdf|iPad Basics Remember Sheet.pdf]]
 * Lock-Unlock, On/Off[[image:esu3ipads/ipad-esu.jpg width="165" height="208" align="right"]]
 * Screen Rotation/Orientation
 * Custom Home Screen: Moving, Removing, Docking
 * Spotlight Searching
 * Gestures: Swipe, Pinch, Expand, Multi-touch
 * Creating Folders for Apps
 * 1x vs. 2x
 * Multi-tasking--Quick App Switching
 * Camera Operation - Front/Back
 * Projecting Using Adapters
 * Keyboard Basics

Learning Stations: (60 minutes) Teachers will rotate through four stations to complete activities where they learn an app and complete a series of curricular related activities at the station. Teachers will get ideas on how to set-up a station with the iPads by experiencing the stations first hand.


 * **Station 1:Safari & Swifter/Flash Browser**
 * Navigating Web Sites in iSwifter & Safari: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Safari-iSwifter bookmarking.pdf|G-Safari-iSwifter bookmarking.pdf]]
 * Saving a Web Clip: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Safari web clip-.pdf|G-Safari web clip-.pdf]]
 * Saving an Image: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Safari Photo .pdf|G-Safari Photo .pdf]]
 * Readability: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Readability Safari.pdf|G-Readability Safari.pdf]]
 * Discussion Questions: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Questions Safari.pdf|G-Questions Safari.pdf]]
 * **Station 2: QR Codes**—learning how to use QR readers, QR word walls, QR math problems, QR access to web sites, QR scan for audio directions at stations, etc.
 * QR Code Station Directions [[file:Directions-Elem QR Station.pdf|Directions-Elem QR Station.pdf]]
 * QR Reading/Scanning: [[file:1-Scan QRs.pdf|1-Scan QRs.pdf]]
 * QR Creation: [[file:2-QR Reading.pdf|2-QR Reading.pdf]]
 * QR Activity for Math: [[file:3-QR Math-pk.pdf|3-QR Math-pk.pdf]] ~ [[file:3-QR Math Worksheet.pdf|3-QR Math Worksheet.pdf]]
 * QR Activity for Literature: [[file:4-Elementary QR Create.pdf|4-Elementary QR Create.pdf]]
 * QR Questions: [[file:5-Elementary QR Discussion.pdf|5-Elementary QR Discussion.pdf]]
 * **Station 3: Skitch image annotation tool**
 * Directions for Station: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Directions Skitch.pdf|G-Directions Skitch.pdf]]
 * Downloading the App: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Skitch Download.pdf|G-Skitch Download.pdf]]
 * Saving a Picture: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Skitch Web Search.pdf|G-Skitch Web Search.pdf]]
 * Annotating a Picture: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Skitch Annotate .pdf|G-Skitch Annotate .pdf]]
 * Discussion Questions: [[file:esu3ipads/G-Questions Skitch.pdf|G-Questions Skitch.pd]]
 * **Station 4:**iBook
 * Book to download for the station: [[file:esu3ipads/How_the_Zebra_Got_Stripes.ibooks|How_the_Zebra_Got_Stripes.ibooks]][[image:zebra.png align="right" link="file:esu3ipads/How_the_Zebra_Got_Stripes.ibooks"]]
 * Directions for Station: [[file:esu3ipads/1G-Directions ibooks.pdf|1G-Directions ibooks.pdf]]
 * Downloading Books: [[file:esu3ipads/1G-Download Book for ibook.pdf|1G-Download Book for ibook.pdf]]
 * Downloading pdfs: [[file:esu3ipads/2G-Download-pdf in ibook.pdf|2G-Download-pdf in ibook.pdf]]
 * Bookmarking and Notes: [[file:esu3ipads/3G-bookmark and note .pdf|3G-bookmark and note .pdf]]
 * Highlighting and Notes: [[file:esu3ipads/4G-Notes-Highlights.pdf|4G-Notes-Highlights.pdf]]
 * Definitions: [[file:esu3ipads/5G-Define Glossary.pdf|5G-Define Glossary.pdf]]
 * Questions on iBooks: [[file:esu3ipads/5G-Define Glossary.pdf|5G-Define Glossary.pdf]]

Whole Group App Cards: (30 minutes—10 minutes each) Using app cards with instructions and lesson ideas, participants will complete the activity in whole group with the following apps: Socrative (clicker app), Lino (sticky note app—we will do a sorting or labeling activity), ShowMe (whiteboard like app with audio—we will be creating a ShowMe clip on parts of a whole—fractions)

Hands on Literacy Lesson:  (60 minutes)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vocabulary lesson: Using Comic Touch Lite, participants will create a “cartoon” that illustrates their assigned vocabulary word from “How Zebras Got Their Stripes” (they will have the vocabulary words on notes from the iBook activity in Station #4)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Collaboration Activity: students will share their vocabulary comics using the app Bump until they each have all 8 vocabulary words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing Activity: Students will create an a vocabulary iBook using Scribble Press and the vocabulary comics created in the vocabulary lesson and shared in the collaboration activity.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">App Exploration: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (50 minutes) ---using app cards or app list provided by Gretna

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Teachers will explore apps using the app cards or the list provided by the school to explore apps that fit into their curricular areas noting the grade level and the way the app would be used (centers or whole group)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Closing: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (10 minutes) Pop-Up Activity for sharing one “big idea” that they learned today that they could use in their classroom.