MAY+2013

Pam Drake reported from her course which was looking at the use of ipads in her area one day for ipads. Present: Riv, Ppe, Mls, Gdd, Drk, Drw, Fng, Cwt, Kmp, Mcg, Gdb, Hbs, Ntl, Hos Day 1 ipads in Special education and second day ipads in education

Reminder 2 apps tried by the next meeting 30th May Using a platform to place the ipad on and then use the camera to project on the screen. These have been designed by Daniel and will be sold by his father
 * Daniel Mills**

"At home I wish" Some points from the PD
 * Pam Drake**
 * Recent uptaker of ipads but went to the course. Created a book from scratch. Alternative to Powerpoint
 * Visual story created form an app called 'Book Creator' recommended at the course. These books can be created in class
 * Course was put on by Spectronics - a company that has always been innovative in their use of technology and have embraced ipads and the workshops that they offer.
 * Elise has put up some of the handouts that were given at the PD on to the **www.devices4learning.wikispaces.com**
 * **and www.spectronics.co.nz**
 * Need to be aware of the **settings** in our ipad eg Turn on parts of the ipad through ipad configurator (for class use)
 * need to teach students about responsible use of ipads
 * Tricks eg with keyboard click on the letter and it reveals Will give out some tricks
 * Discussion about what makes a good app. Rubric from Kathy Schrock which provides criteria for assessing a good app
 * Handout from first day has links from Spectronics site
 * **Tootastic** has puppets talking to each other so conversations can be constructed
 * Finding apps for your own area can be searched for through a good search on Google or on app store.
 * Spectronics has recommended apps for many in Pam's area
 * eg **Qrafter Pro** - Reader and Creator eg Homework sheet with a code
 * eg **String** online images are printed and scanned which turns them into 3D images
 * Specific apps will be tailor-made for individual students and placed on to the ipads and tailor-made for them eg phonic support and enhancement. Not taking
 * **Notability** can enable synced note taking
 * **Explain everything** is like Google
 * SAMR was used extensively to signale
 * Workflow sequence using Safari and then moving to another app.
 * Did this mean students had to all have an ipad. How can one use one ipad in a class? Or six ipads?
 * This is an important question!