The iPads Are Coming! Workshop

The QR Code to the right will bring you to this page. Scan it to access all of the resources.
  1. As you enter, please take a quick survey.
  2. If you are finished with the survey, find a colleague that needs help getting a QR code scanning app on their iPad. I like the good old standard "Scan". Click the link to go to the App Store.
  3. Lets use the Survey Results to have a conversation and set some goals.
The Survey was created in Mentimeter. Here is a video tutorial on how to make a Mentimeter poll.

Just A Few Basics 

  1. Any Flipped Instruction questions?
  2. Adding Keyboard Shortcuts (Click Settings...General...Keyboard...Shortcuts...Tap the plus sign...type in the phrase and shortcut...Save)
  3. Using Air Server to show (mirror it to your SMART Board (It will not be interactive on your SMART Board.)
  4. iPad Questions...

Keynote Instruction

  1. Keynote app overview
  2. Keynote tools instruction
  3. Open a PowerPoint or Notebook file in Keynote
  4. Sharing Keynote documents
Keynote Help Documentation from Apple
  1. We are going to watch the Common Sense Media Video, Introduction to the SAMR Model.
  2. Click the image to the right to see it full size.
  3. Go to Socrative to take a quiz. The room number is 742293.

Socrative: Something You Can Do....Tomorrow!

  1. We just took the quiz
  2. Create an account and create a quiz.
Here is a link to the Socrative Help Center where you can find all the instructions you need for creating, delivering and managing quizzes.
Already know Socrative? You can either use the time to create a quiz or join a colleague and learn how to use Space Race. Here are print directions from Socrative for the Space Race feature.

eBackpack Overview

  1. eBackpack as cloud storage
  2. eBackpack to disseminate resources (See iBooks below)
  3. eBackpack as an assignment "workflow" solution

Here is a link to the eBackpack iPad Teacher Guide.
Here is a link to the eBackpack Video Tutorials (Make sure you click on iOS to get the correct videos.)

iBooks

iBooks is the app that you can use to read books on your iPad. While you can use iBooks to read pdf documents, the real power comes when you read ePubs.
  1. Download the iPad User Guide For iOS 8.3.
  2. Learn the Notes tools (Highlights and notes)
  3. Explore the Speak, Define, Search, Share tools.
The iBooks help documentation can be found on page 290 of the iPad User Guide you downloaded in step 1.

iMovie Instruction

  1. Open this storyboard in eBackpack and use the tools to plan a narrative about how you think ipads will be used in your classroom next year.
  2. Take and download pictures that will go along with your narrative.
  3. Create an iMovie Trailer using the storyboard and your pictures.
iMovie Help Documentation from Apple

Pages Instruction

  1. Pages App Overview
  2. Setup to use iCloud
  3. Login to iCloud from a computer to access documents
  4. Share documents
  5. Pages Help Documentation from Apple