iPad Summit San Diego 2015

NOTE: This workshops offered twice. Beth and Greg will run a second session on Wednesday 9:30: http://sched.co/25aL 
Back by popular demand and offered twice during the conference, Beth and Greg will be challenging you to get hands-on with App Smashing. Bring your iPad loaded with your favorite multimedia apps such as Explain Everything, Book Creator, or iMovie and come test your app smashing mettle. We will have a series of challenges to allow you to experience and gain guidance in a fast-paced, hands-on laboratory environment.


“AppSmashing”



Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the conference:

Adobe Voice (free)

iMovie (4.99 or free with newer iPads)

Explain Everything (2.99)

Hyperlapse (free)

Book Creator (4.99 or Free Version - limited to 1 book)

ThingLink (free)

Google Drive (free)

Skitch (free)

Paper53 (free)

Canva (free)


 

In this session, I will show you how I went from not knowing any coding language to publishing my first app in the App store in just one month. I did not know ANY Objective C code at all - not one line. There is web-based software that allowed me to develop and publish an app first and then use Xcode to debug the app to learn how to code. That open source software provided me with the lines of code that I could use, modify and improve as needed. Anyone can learn to code - let me show you how can learn/teach coding using a web browser and Xcode 6!

Plus a special One More Thing segment... learn to code in Swift in your math classes using an iPad.



“Teach Coding by Developing the App First!”

Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the conference:

If you have access to a Mac, please bring it with the Xcode  (Free)  mac app on it.

For iPad:

Paper by 53

Notability ($4.99) or Penultimate (Free) for app sketches.


 

I will be sharing eight specific apps with the audience that can be used with students through the lens of a Writer’s Workshop - where students are given opportunities to choose their topics and tools. Keeping this in mind, The Common Core State Standards outline two key anchor standards that target writing and technology. My purpose is to give exposure to different apps and show ways I have used them in a variety of grade level classrooms.



Don't Miss Your "App"Ortunity to Write in the 21st Century!

Please download the following Free apps prior to arriving at the conference.

Popplet (Lite)

Skitch

ABC Mouse

Red Stamp

Educreations

Lifecards

Book Creator

Croak It

Kahoots 

If you are a 1:1 iPad teacher looking for fun new ways to use creative apps we have the session for you. In this workshop session we’ll play with some great apps that you may have overlooked, and learn together how to app-smash to unleash your student’s creativity. No matter what grade or subject you teach you will find something new that you can take back to the classroom with you next week. Bring your iPad and a list of your favorite apps for this hands on learning experience.

This session will also show you how to master the workflow on an iPad, something that can be one of the most challenging aspects of using iPads in the classroom. I’ll show you how with Skaffl you can not just have students turn in their great work for assessment, but keep them organized and learning from what they have created.

Augmented Reality has captured the imagination of innovative educators worldwide. But with such an engaging mode of technology, how do we harness the persuasive power of Augmented Reality to enhance learning and fully engage students in the process of learning? Participants in this session will create an effective Augmented Reality experience by linking a self created personalised tutorial created in Explain Everything with the Augmented Reality App Aurasma. The data collected from a formal study at Matthew Flinders College in Australia in 2013 will be analysed in order for participants to gain a better understanding of effective use of Augmented Reality.



“Augmented Reality: Engaged in Technology or Learning?”

Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the conference:

Aurasma  Free

Explain Everything  $2.99 

Everyday, my third grade students and I worked together to build a respectful community. Please join me for a hands-on tutorial on how to use blogs to further develop social emotional learning in your classroom.



"Blogging & Social Emotional Learning"

Please download these Free apps prior to attending the conference:
KidBlog

Google Slides

Google Docs  

Please create a google account if you don’t already have one


 

This Innovation Lab is a hands-on, deep dive into the connections between a problem solving framework, the mathematical practice standards, and support for students’ mathematical conversations. We will be using the CueThink platform for this purpose, an iPad application developed to foster digital creativity and deep learning.
In this session, participants become active peer-to-peer problem solvers, and experience how an end-to-end platform enhances student engagement and mathematical thinking. They will work through Polya’s four phases of problem solving and use annotation tools to provide intelligent feedback to peer’s math solutions. Our approach resembles Bansho, an instructional strategy that captures the development of students’ individual and collective thinking. We hope to have local students to facilitate this process.
Examples of student generated “thinklets” will be shared, framed as opportunities for professional learning directed at teaching strategies for 21st century skills such as formative assessment, communication, collaboration and critical thinking.

Leaving the lab, participants will retain access to their CueThink accounts, thinklets, and content that can serve as as exemplars of metacognitive problem solving to bring back to their classrooms. After the conference, CueThink will host #makemathsocial twitter chats to continue the conversations and encourage more teachers in the community to share best practices on problem solving.
CueThink has been designed to improve students' math problem-solving skills. At the heart of the platform are ""thinklets"" - video vignettes of solution strategies created by students with the help of scaffolds and rubrics. As learners develop systematic problem-solving skills, they are also able to share and learn from peers ""just like me"" while building a rich portfolio of strategies. CueThink leverages what students already know and do well – social media, content publishing, and gaming - and brings those experiences to the math classrooms, thereby deepening student engagement and learning.


“#makemathsocial. Unleash Peer-to-Peer Math Learning and Capture Student Thinking”


Please download CueThink before arriving at the iPad Summit. 

Have you ever wanted to write your own book? Have you ever wanted to curate your own resources for students in your class? In this hands on session we'll introduce you to iBooks Author - a free and powerful creation tool that allows you to create beautiful, engaging and multi-touch iBooks. We'll show you how to use the widgets within iBooks and how to import a variety of other tools that will bring your content to life. We’ll also take a look at how you can use third party widgets to integrate interactive content redefining a students user experience with a book. From choosing a template, creating chapters/sections to creating interactive graphics we’ll get you on your way to becoming an author.



"All Aboard: Become an Author with iBooks Author"

Please download the following prior to attending the conference.

IBooks Author (free)

IBooks (free)

Keynote (optional) 

If we teach differently to kids who think differently, they can change the world. Programming courses too often involve textbook exercises, robotics, rockets, or race cars. But computer science isn’t just for CS majors. Programming involves patient problem-solving, creativity, design, and collaboration, areas in which many kids, particularly girls, have typically excelled. Experience an innovative new approach to teaching programming using cutting-programming tools to explore art, games, puzzles, and stories.


"Coding by Design"

Please download these apps prior to attending the conference.
AppGyver Scanner (free)   If you have an iPhone,  you may want to download it on that, too.

Scratch Jr. (free)   


 

Get your students creating dynamic multimedia projects with iPads! In this session, we will use several creation apps and explore how they can be app-smashed to increase student creativity and address Common Core State Standards.

The session will begin with an overview of Tellagami, Green Screen, and iMovie and how the three can be used in concert to create dynamic video projects. Examples will be shown, and participants will share ways in which students could use these three apps together in the classroom in order to address Common Core standards.

There will be a brief demonstration of each app and how to create in one app, save to the camera roll, and use the creation in the other apps. Participants will then have the opportunity to practice creating an original project using Tellagami, Green Screen, iMovie and other creation apps in this session. Depending on the audience, other apps such as Skitch, Explain Everything/Educreations, and Keynote may also be introduced as apps that can be used to create multimedia projects.

Last, participants will have the opportunity to share their creations with others and to debrief on the experience. We will create a collaborative document with potential possibilities of using these apps with students.



“Come On, Get Appy! App Smash Using Video Creation Apps to Meet Common Core Standards”



Please download these apps prior to attending the conference.

Explain Everything Or Educreations

Tellagami

Adobe Voice

Stop Motion Studio

Green Screen by Do Ink (optional)

ChatterPix Kids

iMovie

Flipagram

Animoto

Shadow Puppet EDU

Back by popular demand and offered twice during the conference, Beth and Greg will be challenging you to get hands-on with App Smashing. Bring your iPad loaded with your favorite multimedia apps such as Explain Everything, Book Creator, or iMovie and come test your app smashing mettle. We will have a series of challenges to allow you to experience and gain guidance in a fast-paced, hands-on laboratory environment.


“AppSmashing”



Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the conference:

Adobe Voice (free)

iMovie (4.99 or free with newer iPads)

Explain Everything (2.99)

Hyperlapse (free)

Book Creator (4.99 or Free Version - limited to 1 book)

ThingLink (free)

Google Drive (free)

Skitch (free)

Paper53 (free)

Canva (free)


 

In this presentation, I will walk participants through coding activities and iPad apps that I used when launching coding and computational thinking in my first grade class. The session will have many student examples followed by participants exploring each activity and app. I will present but my students via video recordings of student work samples and reflections will guide the session. 


Kids Can Code: Launching Coding and Computational Thinking in an Early Childhood Classroom

Please download the follow apps prior to attending the conference.

All are Free:

Kodable  

Light Bot Jr

Scratch Jr.

Daisy the Dino

Blockly for Dot and Dash Robots 

Across the country, teachers are looking for ideas on how to integrate technology into their classrooms while simultaneously adapting curriculum to meet Common Core Standards. Designed for K-5 teachers, this workshop will introduce which apps can directly correlate to ELA CCSS in Reading, Writing and Speaking/Listening. We will even show authentic, real-world projects and bring along student-created samples from our school site!

The first goal of our session will be exposing attendees to several free and paid apps such as Educreations, Nearpod, Skitch, Pages, Trading Card, and Sonic Pics. Although we will be focused on ELA, elementary students can utilize these apps in order to demonstrate their knowledge of Common Core Standards in all subject areas.

Second, we will focus on how app-stacking (utilizing multiple apps) can create dynamic, authentic projects to be used for summative and/or formative assessments as well as projects and collaborative work.

The session will conclude with hands-on use! Participants will be given time to explore apps and app-stack as much as they can in one task!



App-Smash Your Way to CCSS!



Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the conference.

Required:

Nearpod  Free



Highly Suggested:

Pic collage

Skitch

Doodle buddy

Popplet

Inspiration

Pages

Keynote

Trading Cards

Sonic Pics

Explain Everything

Book Creator

 

Wouldn’t it be amazing to see elementary and middle school students unleash their innate creativity by building extraordinary technology projects?
The focus of this session is to introduce participants to a number of innovative ways in which iPads and MacBooks can be used in conjunction with one another in a classroom to build high quality, student-made iBooks that will dramatically increase the student learning experience.
In this presentation, participants will learn how to use iPads and MacBooks with elementary and middle school audiences in ways that enable students to illustrate their higher order thinking in multifaceted ways. Specifically, the presenter will provide a brief overview of iBooks Author, Apple’s free eBook authoring application as well as illustrate how to use iBooks Author to create a final product that comes in the form of an iBook enriched with text, pictures, review questions, and personal videos and narrations. Additionally, the presenter will demonstrate how teachers and students can use App Smashing with the Tellagami, iMovie, and VideoMix iPad apps to create videos that they will embed in the iBook. Moreover, the presenter will show how teachers and students can use GarageBand and Keynote in conjunction with each other to create a short introductory video that will further enrich their iBook and give it a professional look. Finally, the presenter will show how to use Sketch Up, a 3D application, to create 3-dimensional interactive objects, and how to import these objects into the iBook using the appropriate widget.
The activities shared in this dynamic event are aligned to several Technology, Language Arts, and Math Common Core Standards across grade levels. Participants are encouraged to bring an iPad 2 or higher and a MacBook.



“Students as Producers & Creators: How to Use App Smashing on the iPad to Create an iBook”

Both devices will be used by the instructor. You may choose to bring one or both.

Please load the following on your MacBook prior to arrival at the conference:

Keynote  Free

GarageBand  $4.99

iBooks Author  Free

SketchUp  Free for educators

Please load the following on your iPad prior to arrival at the conference:

iMovie  Free

Tellagami  Free

Animoto   Free

Haiku Deck  Free

Movenote


 

Are you ready to experience a hands-on session to see how to use iPads in your biology classroom? Join me to not only talk about strategies that work, but actually experience activities from a student’s point of view. My goal is to help you learn how to navigate between using iPad as a tool for consumption and as a tool for creation in your science classroom. Featured content topics will be “hAPPy Friday” challenges, cellular biology, genetics, forensic science, anatomy/physiology, dissection, and more. Whether you have a 1:1 program, shared carts, or class sets of iPads, my presentation applies to you. This is a great session for anyone - from those starting out with iPads to those who have experience and are looking for more ideas!


“iPads, Projects and Apps, OH MY! Integrating iPads into Your Science Classroom”

Please download the following apps prior to attending the iPad Summit:

Explain Everything  $2.99

iMovie (4.99 or free with newer iPads)

Google Drive

ThingLink   Free

Book Creator  Free

Tellagami  Free

 

Each of our students have a voice. For some students in class, it is easy to talk up and share their strong opinions. For others, this feels impossible. Learn how Book Creator and iMovie can give ALL students a voice. A loud, clear, beautiful voice! Both of these apps can be used solo and with new features in Book Creator, app smashing into iMovie is now a breeze! We will explore each app, see student samples and reflect on how we can use them in our classes.


Unleash Student Creativity and Learning!

Please download the following apps prior to arriving at the confernce:

Book Creator    $4.99

iMovie  Free on newer devices 

Gather expertise and confidence to support students as they create original stop-motion animations with an intuitive iPad app called myCreate. See examples of student work, learn how to use the app, and make your own animation related to the curriculum that you teach. This iPad app is the perfect tool to engage students in hands-on, imaginative, and creative learning so that they can demonstrate their understanding of academic content in every subject area. Students use materials, such as legos, playdough, and pipe cleaners, to share their story. They then use the built-in camera to capture a series of photos of their artwork and add narration. Please download the free version of myCreate prior to this workshop.You will leave this session ready and excited to lead this type of project in your own classroom!


iCreate Animations with the iPad
Please download the following app prior to arrival at the conference:

myCreate  (Free until 2/13)