iPads in the Classroom

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Computers are useless. They only give you the answers.
--Pablo Picasso

What has changed?

"It looks rather like a largish electronic calculator...

"It has...a screen about four inches square on which any one of a million 'pages' could be summoned at a moment's notice...

...[I]f it were printed in normal book form, an interstellar hitchhiker would require several inconveniently large buildings to carry it around in."

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What Makes a Good Class?

• Engaged
• Active
• Thoughtful
• Responsive

Tremendous creative tool

• Presentations
• Papers
• Movies
• Books
• Apps, apps, apps, apps, apps

Learn three apps

• Learn them inside out--be comfortable
• Once you get them, move to others
• For me, Notability, Pages, dropbox
• Find ways to use the iPad in one unit
• The more you use it, the easier it gets.

Speedbumps

• Not a glorified powerpoint presentation
• Not just another way to dump info
• Learning curve
• Time intensive in beginning

Positives

• Can revolutionize the way students learn
• Flipped classrooms
• Meaningful student projects
• Authentic, hands-on learning
• Students can participate, not just receive.

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