WebDav

The Webdav app is a great way to get student work, pictures and video from the iPad to the network for printing, sharing and saving. See your TIS for assistance in setting up this app to connect to the network if you have not already done so. Click on the WebDav links below to see how to copy files to the network using this app.

Webdav with Keynote and Pages

Webdav with Pictures and Video

Classroom Applications:

Publishing

Printing

Collaborating

ScootPad


ScootPad is the ultimate way to engage kids in mastering Common Core Standards and Concepts in math and reading with personalized, self-paced and stimulating practice.  Kids love ScootPad!!

 My teachers love the ScootPad app because it is highly engaging practice for their students using Common Core standards, they can make the practice unique for each student, and because it's easy to maintain. 

You can even open it through Edmodo Apps or online at ScootPad.com!

Practice. Learn. Succeed.

Classroom Applications :
*Individual practice of math & reading skills
*Spelling practice
*Can be used in centers!
*Common Core review

Puppet Pals HD App

Puppet Pals is free iPad app used to create simple animated shows.  Choose actors and backdrops and record! (There is an option of purchasing additional content as well.)

Creative - Fun - Engaging!

Classroom Applications:
*  Creative writing

*  Book Talks

*  Historical events or biographies

*  Share Project Information

*  Collaborative Stories 

Pic Collage Poster Maker

Pic Collage is one of my favorite free apps. Students can add pictures and text to create a poster to demonstrate their learning.

When students finish the project, click on the forward arrow and select "Save to Library". This puts the image in the iPad's camera roll. You can then use the Webdav app to copy the image to your student R drive.

Classroom Applications:

Research Project Posters

Book Talks/Advertisements
Science Lab Explanations
Student Writing
Acrostics
Visual Vocabulary
and much more....

Managing Your iPad's Memory

Hello Lex1 Teachers! Here is a 5 min. video that describes strategies for managing space on your iPad.

Keynote

Keynote is a presentation app. It is the Apple version of PowerPoint. Use it to create slideshows and presentations. You can save a keynote presentation as a PowerPoint or a PDF.






Activity: Now It's Your Turn
Create a presentation in Keynote using pictures and animation.

Step 1: Create your own math problem using different color shapes..
Step 2: Click the plus sign and choose to Create Presentation.
Step 3: Show students how to make a shape (click the plus on the top right), change its color, and copy/paste to create more shapes to illustrate the problem.
Step 4: Add text boxes to write the math problem in 3 parts.
Step 5: Touch one of the text boxes to open the Inspector and click animate to add animation. 


Classroom applications:
1. Students practice Spanish/French vocabulary by making a slideshow with pictures and words describing vocabulary words. 
2. Students create a presentation with pictures about a historical figure in Social Studies.
3. Students create a presentation showing what they've learned about a topic in Science such as landforms or animal habitats. Include text and pictures.

Pages App

Pages is a word processing app (provided free by Lexington1 for teachers). It's the Apple version of MS Word.  Use this app to create, edit, and view documents.
You can send a Pages document as a Word doc or as a PDF.

Activity: Your Favorite Time of Day
Create a Pages document that includes a picture and paragraph.

Step 1: Take a picture of a clock or watch in your classroom.
Step 2: Open Pages on your iPad.
Step 3: Create a new document (Tap the + icon, top left).
Step 4: Choose Blank template
Step 5: Tap the picture icon (top right) and insert the clock photo.
Step 6: Write a paragraph below the picture about your favorite time of day and explain why it is your favorite time of day.
Step 7: Share with your classmates.

Classroom Applications:
1. Student takes a picture of him/herself and writes an autobiography.
2. Student takes a picture of a plant or animal and writes a paragraph describing what type of plant or animal.
3. Student takes a picture of a math problem and explains how to work the problem.

The Camera App

Welcome to Our Elementary iPads Blog!

The elementary schools in Lexington School District One are rolling out iPads into the classrooms. In order to share ideas and apps with teachers, this blog has been created. Please check back often to find more ways to use iPads effectively in your classroom.


Please use the comment link below the posts to let us know different ways you are using the apps we suggest!