Signora Hoerle’s students have been creating some great productions using the iPad in her Italian classes. Her projects and assessments have students creating and demonstrating their understanding of the Italian language by creating vignettes that tell a story, reflect on a theme or share a poem. Below are a few of her student projects that incorporate the iPad and several apps.
Calculus teacher Brighid Boyle recently asked me if there was a way to superimpose graph paper over an image on an iPad so students could measure objects that they captured with the camera. After some research I came up with a solution thanks to this blogpost by Mr. Reisler. He suggests using the superimpose app ($0.99) to take an image… Read more →
The social reading application, Subtext, recently added new features to its iOS application. Subtext allows teachers and students to read books on the app as well as upload ePub (and PDF files coming soon). Teachers and students can also pull articles from any website on the web and save them to subtext. This feature only brings in the text and… Read more →
As part of the Google drive suite of applications, Google Forms got a major update today in both features and aesthetics . One of the first things users will notice is the new design. The design is much cleaner and looks as if it was pasted on a Google doc. All of the previous features have carried over, however; there… Read more →
I stumbled upon this simple, yet useful website, Convertwebpage.com, that allows users to convert any webpage to a downloadable PDF. When users arrive at the website, users are met by a simple, clean page. Once users find the website they want to convert, simply copy and paste the website URL (address) into the box, select PDF or Image and hit the… Read more →
There is a free app now available in the Apple Newsstand called Paragraph. Paragraph is a free magazine app that will download to the newsstand and also boasts a free subscription. Each issue contains seven pieces of short fiction brought into the magazine from such publications as The New Yorker, Paris Review, and Zoetrope. Paragraph’s short pieces create a more… Read more →
I have come to a recent conclusion: I really like running Google applications on my iOS devices. Roughly a year ago, this sentiment was not something I could even conceive saying. However, since September of this year Google has kicked their iOS app development into overdrive and created some really nice applications for Apple users. This trend is a good… Read more →
There is a great resource offered by the Library of Congress that allows anyone – no account or fee required – to access primary sources scanned by the Library. What’s great about these resources is that they are available on the web in PDF formats. Students navigate to the website, find the source they want, and on an iPad, can… Read more →
In the past two paperless posts I covered applications that can help educators begin the paperless process. Note, I apologize for the overuse of alliteration in that preceding sentence. Once you have mastered Google Drive and Genius Scan, you can now begin the process of sharing content with your students. Google Drive gives us a cloud option for storing and… Read more →
For many of us, we find ourselves in a transitional point in education. At Burlington, this transition has happened abruptly with the integration of the iPad. With in the matter of a year, we have gone from sparsely using technology in our classrooms, to having it with us and our students daily. While there is no denying that the classroom… Read more →
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