iPads in the Classroom

Implementing iPads into the classroom setting

As an instructional coach, I get asked a lot about different types of technology that can be implemented into the classroom.  One of the schools that I am currently working with, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, asked me to put together a list of iPad applications and how to use them in the classroom. Of course, there is so much to share out with the teacher that I decided to put together a Six Part video series that will showcase...

• iPad in a Blended Learning Classroom
• iPads and QR Codes
• Applications to use with creation projects
• Showcasing knowledge through the iPads
• Remembering Applications
• My Favorite Apps

Part 1: Implementing the iPad into the Blended Learning Classroom 

Key Take Aways

• Developing a balance of screen time 
• Allow time for creating, collaborating, communicating, critical thinking, connectedness
• iPads can be used in all four areas of the blended learning classroom 

Key Applications

• Frontrowed
  
• Newsela
• Prodigy
  
• Kahn Academy
  
• LearnZillion
• Peardeck
• NearPod
• Class Hub
• Seesaw

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