ipad apps for iadministrators

Joquetta Johnson PGCPS Summer Leadership Institute June 25, 2013 Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School

Making  Best  Use  of  iPads®    and    

Other  Digital  Tools    in  Your    

School  Library  Media    Program  

 Joquetta  L.  Johnson  Seminar  Leader  

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Think of today as a smorgasbord…

You will get to taste and sample a buffet of iPad Apps & resources.  

iPad Fluency

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/11/ipad-­‐fluency/  

Skilled… Literate… Fluent…

Skilled���ability to do something well:  the ability to do something

well, usually gained through training or experience

http://www.bing.com/Dictionary  

ü take screenshots

ü substitute tasks they used to doing on their laptop ü upload and sync images and documents organize apps into folders

ü search for, open, close, multi-task

ü type, copy/paste, edit text, etc.

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/11/ipad-­‐fluency/    

A SKILLED iPad User Knows how to…

To be literate means to have knowledge or competence

21st  Century  Fluency  Project To have to think about what you are going to do next

Literate���

Ian  Jukes  

ü manipulate and edit images and video

ü read books and documents, allow annotations, share highlights

ü aggregate and read my RSS feeds

ü organize and access files

ü brainstorm and mindmap

ü tweet, blog and facebook

ü take notes

ü create presentations, graphs, flyers, etc.

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/11/ipad-­‐fluency/  

A Literate iPad User - finds and uses specific apps to…

Fluency  

To be fluent is to demonstrate mastery and to do so unconsciously and smoothly

21st  Century  Fluency  Project  

Are unconscious skills, you just know what to do next Ian  Jukes  

Fluent���

ü connect tasks effortless together (ex. creating and editing a video, then uploading, embedding and disseminating on several platforms)

ü create and then being able to communicate - the ability to create and communicate your creation is one of the main characteristics of fluency

ü read in a RSS Reader and seamlessly disseminate links to Twitter, Facebook and other social bookmarking service

ü not rely on a laptop as a “translator” to convert a file, remix files, upload files…  

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/11/ipad-­‐fluency/  

A Fluent iPad User Knows how to…  

http://m.socrative.com    Room Number: ipads4admin

Please visit

Don’t Stress

RELAX

Everyone is at different levels

We shouldn't expect

"out of the box" thinking

when we only employ

"in the box" teaching or

[LEADERSHIP]. Tom  Whitby  

It’s about looking at the

tools and applications to see which one will help you accomplish

teaching and learning of 21st century skills and literacies.

Curriculum & Standards Drives Instruction

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see

every problem as a nail.  

Abraham  Maslow    

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Let’s Play

http://goo.gl/Okuio

All resources will be found here:

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