There are so many apps that students can use to share their knowledge and understanding. Just when I think I have a good list I hear about something new. I give my students choice boards (see below) and they are able to choose which app to use to share what they know.





This example uses Popplet.

This example uses Pic Collage.




I love this quote by Jeanne Halderson.

Today I challenged my students to tell me about their favourite movie. They found a picture in Safari with Siri's help and took it into Book Creator. When they were finished they exported their book as a movie and blogged it to show their moms and dads.  Here are some of the journals.

Independent reading time is a tough time of the day when you are a non-reader or emergent reader. 20-30 minutes each day where you are expected to "read" a book without making any noise or causing any distractions can easily become a frustrating time for these students. The becomes especially pronounced as students get older and picture books turn into chapter books and it becomes harder to look like everyone else while still looking at books that are of interest and at ability level.
The iPad can be a great tool at these times. So many ebooks and audiobooks are available that all the student needs is a set of headphones and they can listen to or watch videos of books to their hearts content.

I sat down with some teachers at my school recently and asked them to list for me the types of tasks they ask their students to do. Answers included writing reflections, explaining their thinking, word work (ie. word sorts), quiet reading, completing worksheets, etc. After looking at this list I have come up with 6 basic types of tasks. I created these posters for teachers to post so that both they and their students have ideas of apps that might be helpful for that type of task.

Grab your copy here.

It's official! My class has been accepted to facilitate an EdCamp Global session. We are going to talk about how we use iPads to help throughout the day and wow people with some of the amazing work we've done.