1. My Chinese Class and iPAds
ChinHuei Yeh
Sherwood Middle School
chyeh33@gmail.com
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2. Today’s Agenda
Shrewsbury iPad program
Questions I often ask myself …
What do I do with the iPad in
my class?
Remarks
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3. How many iPads are there in
school now?
600 + school districts in the
States adopted a 1:1 iPad program
Potential of tablet in education
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/...
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4. Shrewsbury iPad program
iPad Pilot Program 2012
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5. Shrewsbury ipad program
1:1 iPad program Sherwood
Middle School Grade 5 & 6
starting 2012 fall
Grade 5-12 1:1
in 5 years
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6. Flexibility
Mobility Versatility
iPad
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8. iPad
pedagogy
practice
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9. Before each class, I often ask
myself the following
questions:
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10. Question #1:
Why do I use the iPad in this
lesson? What is my objective with
the iPad?
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11. Question #2:
What can the iPad do that is not
possible?
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14. Question #3:
How should my instructional and
lesson planning be revised as a
result of implementing of the
iPad?
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15. Question #4:
What style of learning am I
expecting the iPad to actuate?
Is it project-based? traditional
teaching? game-based? or
something else?
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16. Question #5:
What changes I need to make with
my original plan to allow the iPad’s
application in the classroom to be
more fluid?
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17. Question #6:
What backup plan should be built
into learning activities when the
technology doesn’t work as
planned?
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18. Question #7:
What is my own comfort level
with the iPad? Can I solve
students’ technical questions in
class?
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19. What change did the iPad
bring into my classroom?
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21. Students engagement
Meeting the needs for
differentiated instruction
Students using more target
language
Students Creation
Interactive collaboration
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22. Content Creation
The iPad offers students the ability
to capture, develop and publish
their learning in the creative,
engaging, multimedia way they
experience the world.
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23. What is the most impactful and significant
aspect of using iPads in my classroom?
Learning
Product
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24. iPad
pedagogy
Maximizing
learning time
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25. • http://www.ipadinschools.com/
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26. Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create
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27. Audio
Hand
Drawing
video
Learning
Products Explain
& record
eBooks their
learning
Quantity Quality
Comics Storytelling
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28. Audio Creation
 Target language
 Sharing their
work with the
family and peers
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29. Video Creation
Use Target Language
Active Collaboration
Share works with peers and family
Animoto iMovie
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30. Screen Capture
 Hands-on
 Live action
 Checking
understanding
 Good for stroke
orders
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31.  Create your own stories
 Add your voices
 Promote Creativity
 Practice speaking and listening
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32. Comic Books
 Use your own photographs
 Use a range of effects on your
photos
 A fun way to explore storytelling
without writing a long story
Comic Book Strip Design Comic strip
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33. Story kit
Writing
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Creativity
Ownership
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34. Student’s work
http://blog.huayuworld.org/yehlaoshi2/25646/20
12/05/17/113793
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35. Student’s Work
 http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-
bin/view.py?b=35l5lfhp37sxvvaotvkf
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37. Reading
Reading helper
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38. Socrative
Students response system
Check for understanding
Exit ticket
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40. Notability
Note taking
Recording
Write, type, picture
Homework sent to teacher
through email
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41. Notability
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43. Edmodo + iPad
I love it!
Existing Ticket Students love
it as well.
Homework
Grading System
Communication between T&S
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44. . Take a picture of the
note on the board and
send it to students.
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45. Sticky notes
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46. Chinese Pictographs
• Hands-on
• Creation
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47. iPad is a tool. It can
Help students solve specific
problem
Overcome certain obstacles
Create content to
demonstrate their
understanding
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48. The iPad itself won’t
make my classroom
different.
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49. The iPad doesn’t teach!
Content apps may help
introducing, reinforcing
and reviewing new content
The iPad cannot teach our
students
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50. It’s not about the iPad
neither the apps.
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51. It’s all about how you’re
going to use the iPad.
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53. Students’ Response
 I love using the iPads because it let us write
Chinese and learn new characters because you
could type a word and then find out 10 more by
just looking at the other ones.
 Yeah! I really enjoyed using the iPad in class! I
really liked how you could type in the pinyin,
then have to search and select the correct
character that you are looking for. I'm going to
get the Chinese keyboard on my iPod touch!
Connecting with real life…
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54. Students’ Response
 Working with the iPads was really fun yesterday!
I liked Socrative and how we could be quizzed by
typing, and getting our results in seconds!
Popplet was very fun, and I LOVED play with it
and typing. I would love to do this again!!! >:D
 I thought that this app was a fun and creative
way to apply what we are learning into a real life
situation.
This is what we teacher really want!!
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55. Students’ response It really counts!
 I thought story-kit was really cool because we got to
practice speaking and typing. Story-kit was very fun
and the books turned out great! I hope we will be
able to do it again.
 I thought that this app was a fun and creative way to
apply what we are learning into a real life situation.
 I thought using story kit to create a book in Chinese
was very fun. We got to use all of our knowledge and
showcase it in a cool way. Thanks for letting us use
the ipads and for posting my story here on the blog!
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56. The iPad is only one
of the tool in my
toolbox. It is not the
best tool for every job.
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57. High quality teaching
is the #1 influence on
student learning.
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58. Be aware!
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