This document outlines an agenda for a workshop on using iPads in education. It introduces iPads and apps that can be used for note-taking, social media, collaboration, organization, assessment, and publishing. It also discusses technical considerations for connecting iPads to networks and charging devices. The workshop provides an introduction to iPads and asks participants to work in groups to explore scenarios for using iPads in educational settings.
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• Some terminology
• Finding your way around
• Apps
• Connecting to the network
• Uses in education
• Workshop
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3. Introductions
»2 minutes in pairs
»Introduce your partner
»Their name and job title
»A claim to fame
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5. Some terminology
»Tablets
› IOS (ipads and iphones) = Apple
› Android (e.g. Samsung) = independent
› Windows (?) late as usual!
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6. Differences from a PC
»Fast
»Touch screen
»Auto-save
»Simpler interface
»Less features
»Cheaper apps
»Very good for accessibility
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7. Accessibility Features
»Assistive features built-in
› Settings – General – Accessibility
› Voiceover, zoom, invert colours
»Apps
› http://www.slideshare.net/rscsw/ipad-apps-for-
accessibility
› Techdis
› Robobraille, QR codes, pearltrees, mindjet,…..
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8. Finding your way around
» Switching on and off – keep pressing the top button
» The home button
» Scrolling through apps
» Closing down apps (saves battery)
» Gestures
› Pinch
› Drag
› Zoom
› Search
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9. apps
»Paid for vs free
»Vast amount
› Are they any good? – check ratings
› Be prepared to waste some time!
»Itunes accounts – individual vs corporate
› VPPVolume Purchasing Programme
› http://www.apple.com/uk/education/it/vpp/
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10. Examples of apps
» Main categories I will look at
› Note taking
› Social media
› Linking - QR codes
› Collaboration
› Organising
› Assessment
› Social bookmarking
› Publishing
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11. NoteTaking
»Evernote
› Very capable free app/paid for has offline features
› Links to many other productivity apps
› Penultimate
»Audionote
»Dragon Dictate
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12. Social Media
Uses?
› Group work
› Collaboration
› Updates to timetables
› Assignments
» Marketing
» Facebook
» Twitter
» Combined dashboard - Hootsuite
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13. QR Codes
»A quick link to websites, photos, videos even apps
»Easily created for free
»All smart phones and tablets have an app for it
www.qrstuff.com
Try this
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16. Assessment
»Video and photo evidence using builtin camera
› Imovie
› Splice
»Storage and sharing of videos and photos
› Vimeo
› Youtube
› Flickr
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19. Publishing
»Creating books and magazines on the ipad
› Projects and assignments
› Class magazines
› Publicity
»Creative Book Builder
› http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJoslt6bz9E
»Pages
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20. Technical Considerations
»Wireless
› Supports nearly all major security protocols
› WPA, WPA2 WEP
› Redirect pages
»Filtering
› Will need some trial and error!
› Supports proxy servers
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21. MoreTechnical Considerations
»Charging
› Battery life about 6 hours reliably
› Have you got enough power sockets/capacity?
› Consider charging stations
»Updating apps and IOS
› Joint charger and app updating station
»Loss and theft
› Find my ipad
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22. Educational uses
»Assessment
»Learning resources and activities
»Research
»Reflective practice
»Dashboards for College systems?
»Personal organiser – timetables, news
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24. Workshop
»Work in pairs or threes
»Pick a scenario or make one up
»Explore how you would approach this
»Take some notes for feedback – evernote?
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25. Find out more…
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Ken Scott
E-learning enthusiast
support@rsc-yh.ac.uk
Regional Support CentreYH
University of Leeds
0113 343 1000
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
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Group work
Collaboration
Updates to timetables
Assignments
Marketing
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