for this and more ideas for using your iPad effectively to augment, enhance and really redefine learning, check some of these:

Foster a love of invention with Everything Maker App for iPad.
http://www.ipadmonthly.com

Find many more iPad tutorials for teachers and students at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/appsbypa...

Other iPad tutorials worth viewing include:
iBeacons technology in Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04vi...

Using Augmented Reality in Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC1DP...

Using Topia App for creative writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z18gm...

Student using GamePress App to create history digital storytelling project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1WO...

GamePress tutorial for teachers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-y0...

Hopscotch tutorial for teachers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINJ7...

Making a robot using Explain Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XP2...

"Using a tablet to explore STEAM concepts is a natural pairing—as kids drag, draw and create they learn more about technology and the world around them. That’s why we’ve gathered 60 of our favorite apps for teaching STEAM in the classroom, with recommendations for every grade level"  Click here for more

Today, students want to express themselves in a variety of different ways. They want their academic work to be relevant, engaging and fun.

Below is a diverse list adapted from resources found at fortheteachers.org of potential student products or activities learners can use to demonstrate their mastery of lesson content. The list also offers several digital tools for students to consider using in a technology-enriched learning environment.

60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know

1. Audio Recording (try Vocaroo)
2. Acceptance Speech
3. Advertisement
4. Avatar (try Voki)
5. Blog (try Edublogs)
6. Book Jacket
7. Brochure
8. Bulletin Board
9. Cartoon
10. Class Book
11. Collage (digital and non-digital)
12. Comedy
13. Comic Strip (try BitStrip)
14. Commercial
15. Dance
16. Debate
17. Demonstration
18. Discussion (try Voicethread)
19. Diorama
20. Drawing
21. Experiment
22. Flow Chart
23. Games (digital and non-digital)
24. Google Earth Tour
25. Graph
26. Graphic Organizer
27. Infomerical
28. Interview
29. Photo
30. Portfolio (try Evernote)
31. Puppet Show
32. Learning Log
33. Literature Circle
34. Magazine
35. Maps
36. Mind Map (try bubbl.us)
37. Mural
38. Music
39. News Report (try Fodey)
40. Poetry
41. Reenactment
42. Role Play
43. Scavenger Hunt (try QR codes)
44. Scrapbook
45. Sculpture
46. Show & Tell
47. Simulation (digital and non-digital)
48. Slideshow
49. Socratic Discussion
50. Song
51. Story Map
52. Speech
53. Tag Cloud (try Wordle)
54. Theatrical Play
55. Timeline (try Timegrinder)
56. Video
57. Webpage (try Weebly)
58. Word Splash
59. Word Wall
60. Wiki (try Wikispaces)

Excerpt from article by Ryan Schaaf, Notre Dame of Maryland University.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/60-things-students-can-create-to-demonstrate-what-they-know/

Also, check out our ideas at:


http://www.ictatcc.com

• Mobile apps - BYOT
• Web Tools
• Digital storytelling

And make learning fun!

Innovation is a trait that I desperately want to instill in my students, and many teachers I talk to seem to share that goal. In the current climate of high stakes testing, state standards, and prescribed learning outcomes, it can be incredibly difficult to foster an atmosphere of innovation and creativity that inspires students. But rest assured, it is possible.

Read more about how one teacher builds a course around the eight basic principles for the “Innovative Classroom.”  The fundamental ideas could be applied to almost any course at any level.

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Code and programming may not be the most important topics on the planet but it is an area of study that sufferers two major problems. one: an industry with millions of unfilled job positions and two: a world where not enough teachers feel confident to run programming projects. The iPad can offer a solution in these situations.


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Primary Kids on Track to Reaching Target of 10 Million Minutes of Literacy  Development
July 30, 2015 by etsmagazine 

Years 1-5 at Clayfield College have access to the Word Mania Competition by using their regular Literacy Planet log in details. 

LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2015 is a competition and an initiative of LiteracyPlanet, an Australian developed and made online education resource for children 4-15yrs (preK-9+). LiteracyPlanet is a gamified online learning environment to support the comprehensive development of literacy skills. Used in schools and at home: http://www.literacyplanet.com.au

Word Mania is a word building game, so it involves various literacy skills, including using basic language units, spelling, word recognition, vocabulary and word knowledge. Players have to build as many words as they can from 15 letter tiles in 3 minutes.  Read more here 

How To Embed Just About Anything

Summary of article by Jason Teitelman · June 24, 2015

Embedding videos, photos, or other types of content in your blog posts is a relatively simple way to enhance your posts with informative, attention-grabbing content. 

In this round up post, we’ll share posts explaining how to embed just about anything into your blog!

• Use Just A Simple Link
  
• News & Stories
  
• How to use Storify’s Embed button.
  
• Google & Other Files
  
• How to embed a video file from Google Drive into your blog post.
  
• How to embed charts created with Google Spreadsheets and a few tweaks that will ensure your embedded chart looks amazing.
  
• Embedding PDFs that users cannot print, download or share without permission.
  
• How to embed your Audacity files into your blog.
  
• Imgur now provides embed code for their images that includes automatic attribution.
  
• How you can embed a TodaysMeet room in your blog post to host an online discussion.

There is an age old adage that says “two heads are better than one”.  Consider collaboration in recent history:  Watson and Crick or Page and Brin (Founders of Google). But did you know it was a collaborative Computer Club about basic programming at a middle school that brought together two minds that would change the future of computing?

Yes, those two were of course Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the founders of Microsoft.

Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer times than students working individually.  Why is this so?

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