iPad Training
iPads in Education
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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 8/4/2012 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 7/31/2012 12:01 AM
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**Participants should bring an iPod Touch / iPad and a laptop with iTunes software installed. Having an iTunes account would be helpful.**
Description:
The iTouch & iPad are changing the way teachers and students access the web, share media, and learn on the go. These versatile learning and teaching tools can become a calculator, a drawing pad, an interactive map or a multi-language dictionary, all with a swipe of a finger. With access to thousands of apps for content areas, networking and collaboration, and creating, your students will be learning 21st century skills in an engaging format.
This course will start with an overview of the NETS Standards, 21st century skills, and mobile learning in the classroom. The rest of the course will cover: the basics of the iTouch/iPad, the iTunes software and store, how to find the best educational apps available, explore uses for the classroom, how to create and add content to the iTouch/iPad, and how to use the iTouch/iPad as an assessment tool. Hands-on opportunities to explore new apps and create content for the device will be plentiful during the course.
In this course you will:
• Learn the basic functions of the iTouch/iPad.
• Discuss management of devices and purchasing of applications (apps) from iTunes Store.
• Explore and use various educational applications (apps) for the iTouch/iPad.
• Develop strategies to search and evaluate effectiveness of educational applications (apps).
• Create digital content to be placed on device.
• Explore applications (apps) that can be used to evaluate instruction.
• Actively participate in all class discussions.
Refreshments and lunch are provided by CESA 5 for all program attendees.