handheld apps

Handheld Learning Apps in Practice

Dr Jonathan Heggarty

Centre Manager - Multimedia

Contents Construction

Engineering

Geography

Languages

Other Apps

Instructions to Student

You have been asked to construct the frame and plywood outer covering for the front and sides of a dormer window.

You must now estimate how much timber and sheeting you will need for the frame and the plywood covering and then go on to cost the materials you will use.

The following 1:50 scale drawings give you an indication of the size and shapes of the parts you have to make. The positions of the timber frame are shown.

Construction

Scale 1:50

Construction

The original drawings presented to the student

ConstructionThe measuring app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

Construction

Measuring the drawing using the ruler tool from the iHandy Carpenter app

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5050

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Construction

The measurements from the Ruler app shown on the drawing

ConstructionThe app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

Construction

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5050

45

32 32The inputs to the TriangleCalc app

The calculations from the TriangleCalc app

Construction

The contents screen from the TouchCalc app

Construction

Construction

ConstructionThe TouchCalc app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

Construction

Area from drawing = 0.001235 m2

Area for full scale 0.001235 m2 x 502 = 3.1 m2

Construction

Area for full scale 0.001235 m2 x 502 = 3.1 m2

Cost = 3.1 m2 x £1.50/m2 = £4.63

Instructions to Student

Your workshop has been sent an order for the manufacture of 100 pieces of sheet steel, each made with a hole in the middle to the following size and shape.

Calculate the area of steel needed for each piece and then the total area of steel sheet needed for the whole order.

The steel pieces are to be shipped in crates that can hold a maximum weight of 50kg. you have been sent a sample of the steel – measuring 100 mm x 100 mm and it weighs 200 g.

What is the largest no of finished steel pieces that can be put into each crate for shipping?

Engineering

Engineering

EngineeringThe app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

Engineering

1000 mm x 550 mm

Engineering

200 mm x 200 mm

Engineering

550,000 cm2 – 40,000 cm2 = 510,000 cm2

This converts to 0.51 by using the area converter of the TouchCalc app

Engineering

The sample of sheet metal is 100 mm x 100 mmAnd weighs 200 g

Engineering

In other words:

0.01 m2 is 200g

So - 1 m2 is 20kg

Therefore, the weight of one piece with the calculated area of 0.51 m2 is 10.2kg

Engineering

If one 0.51 m2 piece weighs 10.2Kg

Then the packing box can take:50kg ÷ 10.2kg = 4.9 or no more than 4 whole sheets

Instructions to Student

You are part of a team that has been asked to record the numbers of various tree species along a set of evenly spaced 100 m long transects (lines) in an area of woodland. The transect has been broken up into 10 m lengths for ease of management of the task.

In each 10 m section, identify and record the name of any trees within 1 m either side of the transect line.

Record your results in the table.

Geography

Geography

For this learning activity, the following apps could be used:

IdentifyTree

QuickOffice – for creating a results table to be used on the spot

GeographyThe app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

Geography

Geography

Instructions to Student

Find out how to say the following in French and practice say in them to your group

Learning a Language

Learning a LanguageThe Talking French Phrasebook app – as it appears in the iTunes Store

“I would like Boeuf Bourguignon.”

Learning a Language

Use this section of the contents

“I would like Boeuf Bourguignon.”

Learning a Language

“I would like Boeuf Bourguignon.”

Learning a Language

“I would like Boeuf Bourguignon.”

Learning a Language

When the speaker symbol is touched the phrase is read out

Other Apps

Other Apps

Other Apps

Other Apps

Other Apps

Contact Details

Jonathan Heggarty:

Email: jheggarty@belfastmet.ac.uk

Tele: 028 9026 5325