Middle+School+Pilot

Middle School Pilot
toc Apps on the middle school iPads (as of 2/3/14) See also Apps page. Book creator Destiny Quest Dropbox Duolingo Edmodo Evernote Explain Everything Garageband Google Drive iBooks iMovie iPhoto Keynote Kindle Learning Ally Myhomework student planner Nearpod Notability Numbers Overdrive Pages Paper53 Sketchbook Express Subtext Tellagami Thinking Blocks Ratios

T21 training for middle school teachers throughout the school year.

Training for middle school pilot teachers August 28 and 29, 2013 [|Scoop It] - to sign up for iPad ideas.

Middle school iPad training 8/27/2013
Scan - to read a QR code Not covered - but if you want to make your own QR codes: [|Dropbox] - a place to store files and also share folders [|Pages] [|Keynote] [|Numbers] (not covered in training)
 * [|Kathy Schrock's QR code page]
 * [|QR code generator website]
 * [|Twelve Ideas for QR Codes in the Classroom]
 * [|QR's in Physical Science]
 * [|Ten Ways to Use QRs in History Class]
 * [|QRs Using Voice]
 * [|Creating QR codes for a URL(web page) - Tiny cc]
 * [|How to Make a QR Code - NYTimes.com]
 * Signup for an account (save info in Notes!)
 * [|learn how to use DropBox] - need to have a login
 * free 2 GB of storage
 * free 1 GB for everyone you invite
 * [|Pages - Getting Started]
 * Creating and Managing Documents
 * Using Text and Media
 * Adding Tables, Charts, Shapes
 * [|Keynote - Getting Started]
 * Keynote Remote for the iPhone if you need to have a remote to advance slides
 * [|Numbers - Getting Started]

iMovie - [|tutorial] (in YouTube) iMovie Suggestions:
 * start with facts and pictures
 * example: find 5 things in history on the day (not the year) you were born
 * to teach it: have a student put it on the classroom display (e.g. Apple TV)
 * suggest that students always work in pairs
 * Go to marquee and tap on ? to see what is what on the screen
 * Go to "More Help" - how to create a project and how to create a trailer (which takes longer)
 * Use 12 seconds of a song or less to make it legal
 * take movie clips outside of iMove where you can edit and check sound
 * save pictures to camera roll to bring into iMove
 * [[file:Sample lesson plan iMovie.pages]] (open in Pages)

Garage Band

iPhoto

Apple [|Apple Education Resources Page] [|iTunes U resources]

Google Drive [|Using Google drive on an iPad] [|Sharing items from Google Drive]
 * 30 GB of space
 * can create files on Google Drive

Good to know:
 * 4 finger swipe
 * double-click home button and 4 finger swipe to the right and adjust the brightness of the iPad to minimize battery drain
 * in settings, under Brightness & Wallpaper students can select a picture from their camera roll for their background

MacBook Pro tutorials
[|MacBook Pro Learn how to use it]

2-day Summer Training - Trained Teachers