tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71647753035437749022024-02-19T00:41:06.537-08:00JerseyITguyTechnology in EducationRory Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044283391201444718noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-84988902795626589252018-01-05T04:21:00.000-08:002018-02-05T04:37:57.675-08:00Why you should care about Net Neutrality? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is Net Neutrality? In short, it is a way of stopping internet service providers from making extra money from you unfairly. Less cynically, the providers of your home internet have to treat all websites fairly. If you are a large multi-million-pound video streaming company like Netflix, your data makes its way to your device in the same way as a small start-up, this is the essence of Net Neutrality and allows most of the world to communicate freely and fairly. <br />
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Recently, the Republican Party in America have voted to repeal Net Neutrality, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been lobbying for this for years, but why? Two major reasons; firstly to access their customers’ private browsing habits. For years while big companies like Google and Facebook have been accruing personal information about you, the ISPs have been banned from doing so. You can simply choose not to use Google or Facebook, whereas in America some areas do not have a choice in their internet provider as we do here. Analysing your browsing habits to better target advertising, and inform companies of your preferences arguably helps companies provide better, more relevant services (and importantly makes them more money) but at what cost? Searching about or even posting on Facebook about a family members Cancer struggle could be used to work out that your family history means you are potentially more likely to be affected and pass this information, for a fee, onto Medical insurance companies to affect your coverage. All a minefield that I’m not going to get into with this article but something society seems to have accepted as part of the ‘free’ internet. We may well regret this acceptance hugely in 20 years. For the context of Net Neutrality, the ISPs are just arguing for a level playing field against the internet giants. <br />
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The effects of the second reason is potentially going to be seen quicker. The guiding principle of the internet since its inception has been the right to communicate freely, protecting free speech. Net Neutrality was born from this ideal and laws across the world (but not everywhere) protect this. Now, it seems likely that once the FCC (Federal Communications Commision) reverses this in America, ISPs will be able to decide if certain services like Netflix have an advantage over another competitor. This could be seen in the form of a faster ‘super highway’ for those companies that are able to pay for it. This could kill off disruptive technologies and the little start-ups with big ideas but small budgets. The ISPs say they will not do this but there will be nothing to stop them in the future once successfully reversed. Even if they don’t make it as obvious as a faster connection for the large companies they may decide that Netflix doesn’t count towards your monthly data usage on your smartphone or home devices. It will not help small businesses despite what Trump professes. <br />
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Watching American politics unfold over the last year has been like watching a bad sitcom, unbelievable at times. So while Net Neutrality is being reversed across the water Europe is still keeping it. While Brexit looms it would be surprising, but not certain, that the UK would adopt to keep the same policy. So why I am concerned? If companies in America are forced by their ISPs to ‘pay to play’, we know for sure this cost will be passed to consumers. It would be inevitable that costs incurred by Netflix would be directly passed on to it's users outside America too. Worryingly if this model is seen to help big businesses make larger profits and potentially perceived to help that countries economy (despite killing innovation), it is possible we could see these principles trickle down to Europe. So while it might not affect us immediately the ripples of change and increased costs will be felt sooner rather than later. <br />
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While I use companies like Netflix to illustrate the changes, it could give larger ISPs in America the ability to filter news and therefore free speech. Small media outlets that represent minorities, whether religious, ethnic or the LGBTQ community could have their fight against discrimination hindered. Again the ISPs say they will not do this but why then have they spent the last decade and large sums getting to this point? I strangely hope the motivation is simply financial rather that political but the two are rarely mutually exclusive. <br />
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In extreme cases around the world, places like China have ‘The Great Firewall’, a means of controlling the information its citizens receive, blocking non-sanctioned news or services. This extreme form of censorship to control a nation is not where I think the reversal of Net Neutrality will take America but more subversively it can legalise the manipulation of what information is prioritised. We have seen how manipulation of ‘news’ via Facebook has influenced the American election and I’m sure Trump has had it explained to him this could fix his ‘Fake News’ situation. Is it too far a stretch to believe the White House could demand the ISPs to restrict news sites like Trumps nemesis the ‘Failing’ New York Times? <br />
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While the first battle of Net Neutrality's reversal has been won the war continues, it will take a while to see if it prevails but the signs are not good. Some European economists are less concerned and believe that if America makes it too hard for new startups, we will see a migration of that talent and entrepreneurialism here. I hope so but the American market is a huge online consumer that no self respecting online service can ignore and Silicon Valley isn’t going anywhere fast.<br />
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I will continue to watch with interest even if it has not sparked European social interest. Now you know your Netflix bill could increase it might make you read on next time you see Net Neutrality pop up on your Facebook feed. Even though the reason Facbook decided it should 'pop up' should concern you much more.Rory Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044283391201444718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-6468175106717255362017-12-05T04:20:00.000-08:002018-02-05T04:37:02.308-08:00Who really needs a University grant?<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;">
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It goes without saying that a University grant will significantly help reduce the increasing financial burden further education places on families, and provide an opportunity that would otherwise simply not exist for many. My own parents never received a grant so I’ve witnessed first hand the sacrifices made to give my sister and I the best possible start in life, but therein lies the real question. Does University give you the same headstart it used to? If it doesn’t, is it worth it and who really needs a University grant?<br />
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It’s well documented that going to University increases your earnings in the long term, but statistics can be misleading, let's look at them with a more cynical eye:<br />
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A difference of £6000, in black and white, no more discussion, University is an advantage. Let’s pause, and have a quick think about that though; what it is that students went to University to do? A good proportion may have completed, in one of their many forms, law, medicine, engineering, architecture, finance and teaching degrees. While the latter may currently be disputing their worth to the world, in financial terms, the majority mentioned have significant salaries attached. So wouldn’t you expect higher than a £6000 difference? <br />
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The counter argument is usually “Junior doctors, lawyers and many others start with low wages and end with significantly higher ones”. I agree, so let's look at the difference in salaries for all ages from the same survey:<br />
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Given that there is a significant skew in the higher end of the graduate salaries I would expect this value to me much greater than £9,500 over time. Furthermore, if you look at this graduate average over the last decade it has barely even moved, only £500 in the last six years. Degrees are not by default, inflation or recession beating, quite the opposite. A reason for this is possibly that there is an increasing number of graduates are working in non-graduate jobs. If this is the case, what was the point in exposing yourself to this much student debt?<br />
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Many students question why the fees are now so high given that many only experience around 8 hours of formal lectures. Many of these lectures across the country are given to large numbers of students in a large lecture theatre via a dry Powerpoint. It leads to the criticism I often hear from industry, “too many graduates don’t have basic presentation, language or interpersonal skills for a business setting”. So what are the alternatives? <br />
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Many students are now taking BTEC courses, A-Level equivalent vocational courses that focus more of practical application than theoretical understanding, and they are on the rise. Last year a quarter of successful university applicants had at least one BTEC qualification. Employers are following in Universities’ acceptance of their value, enjoying the improved soft skills BTEC assessments embrace. Apprenticeships are also increasing, employers are scaling up their apprenticeship programmes, with hiring expected to increase by 59% in 2017 (Association of Graduate Recruiters - 2017). There has been a shift in the practical, over the theoretical, I see it in Jersey. I hear it from local employers. It’s why we have “Skills Jersey”.<br />
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Many students are also seeing the benefit of working their way up from the inside. Accumulating qualifications through work while their friends are at University. I still have friends approaching 40, still working their way through the myriad of financial exams, many young people are coming to the conclusion they might as well get a 3 year headstart on their peers and go straight to work at 18 with no further education debts. One of my recent former students has just gone to London to become a marketing executive, he’s only 21. Living with a good wage, no university debt, gaining a “real world” portfolio when his friends are returning home, many with a significant debt.<br />
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Over the last five years, tuition fees have tripled, and in some cases exceed the £9000 a year mark. The average UK student is graduating with up to £44,000 of debt (with maintenance loans), nearly double that of the 2012 £25,000 figure. Using an online loan repayment calculator (<a href="http://bit.ly/UniRepayment">http://bit.ly/UniRepayment</a>) this could take an outrageous 24 years to pay back. When some arguments for local students to go to University is the “experience”, it’s worth considering you could travel the world during those 3 university years with that £44,000 and probably “experience” a great deal more.<br />
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Full disclosure, I’ve been deliberately pessimistic to make a point. I think University still gives graduates an advantage, it is still required for many professions but it isn’t the instant advantage previously enjoyed. The benefits are being challenged by different pathways, such as BTEC’s and apprenticeships which don’t have anywhere near the same debt attributed to them. A grant that takes away the vast majority of a graduate's debt, gives the degree back its advantage. It is still a very serious considered decision for everyone, especially as us “overseas” students that are charged more in university fees.<br />
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A States grant WILL increase the options for many, opportunity should not be a socio-economic advantage. I see too many “non-academics” become hugely more successful than some “straight A” students. We tell students everyday to push the boundaries, aim high. Greater local talent helps the economy, reduces our need to import skills at a higher cost. If students can prove, through GCSE’s & A-Level/BTEC’s, that they have a chance, then no one should be denied the opportunity to become a lawyer, doctor, architect or dare I say, teacher, in the same breath. <br />
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It may seem to the vast majority of people that this is a straight forward question. Using your phone in school can't be acceptable, or can it? As the policy maker for this subject at my school, the answer has been becoming more complex than ever before. I decided to review my position recently and thought the decision-making process I've gone through might be useful for others. </div>
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There are several studies that indicate banning phones in schools improves results. A study from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics suggests a ban has the same effect as an extra week at school over the year. The studies that support phones in schools are less focused on the management and misuse of the devices but rather the greater access to online resources and creative apps that support learning. Although I did read a study from the Singapore Management University that suggests a ban has a negative cognitive effect due to the anxiety students feel being disconnected from their feeds. I would question the premise that because students are increasingly becoming addicted to their devices, this then becomes a valid reason to allow them. There is plenty of evidence that dopamine and serotonin are released when students hear a phone ring but this is treating the symptom, not the cause. So with the evidence, unsurprisingly, heavily weighted toward banning phone use in schools why am I even considering the question?</div>
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The main reason for my review of this subject is the undeniable truth that smartphones are here to stay. I walk around every part of the world and see adults attached to phones. While this is more prevalent in (I hate the term) Millenials, this is just because they have grown up with the technology. I hear the same criticism of young adults entering the workplace from businesses all the time.<br />
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I see it every day. We currently do now allow phones to be used in school without expressed permission of the teacher, yet they can't help themselves. Wrongly assuming I am blind, they try and use the phone under the table but the unusual silence and extreme concentration while their eyes are down are a dead giveaway! Why can't they focus on my words in the same way? Well, that's another blog.<br />
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My students are not alone though, adults do the same thing. It is not uncommon for me to check my phone after a lesson to 20-40 notifications from my friends WhatsApp group. These are highly paid financial experts in the middle of a working day. To be honest I'd probably be throwing my thoughts into the conversation more regularly if it wasn't for the fact I'm standing in front of 30 students explaining why that would be outrageous and unprofessional. The hypocrisy is not lost on me. When I go into the staff room I notice our own Millennials typing away furiously, catching up with their own feeds before the bell goes and another hour of forced disconnection.<br />
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So if I have to consciously manage my own use what chance does a student have with an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex poorly controlling impulses? From a recent inset session, we were reminded of the physiological process of myelination. This process doesn't finish until mid to late 20's, presenting itself as a reduced ability to apply self-control. If this is the case why don't we just ban phones? We don't because behaviour can be modified, and as teachers, part of the job is enforcing boundaries.<br />
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If we ignore phones with an outright ban we will not treat the cause and continue to treat the symptom. I believe that phones have a place in teaching and learning. The information at children's fingertips via the internet is something we dreamed of in our own school experience. In times past we had to visit the library, hope they had enough books on the desired subject, then spend 30min searching for the material. While students have different issues today, sifting through misinformation, they can find answers to questions immediately. Banning phones will take away answers to questions, stifle curiosity and hinder exploration.<br />
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I know it's a double edged sword allowing phones in schools but there is a duel reason for keeping them there. Allow students to access information instantly and teach them restraint.<br />
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So after careful consideration, I arrived at the same conclusion I did years ago, phones have a place in schools. We will continue to allow students to bring them into school (parents still want to contact young students for safety reasons) but they have to ask a member of staff to use them. Obviously, the use is for school related tasks, and on the whole, students respect that.<br />
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The main issue for staff is the break time use of technology, this is more complex to manage. I would like to allow students to check in to social media, after all, I like to. However, they do tend to take pictures of each other doing silly things and posting them in school uniform, but then my own friends post at work when they shouldn't, not pictures but still wasting time. The answer is education, teach them that they are allowed to check in and post in free time, just don't cross the line. Hopefully this approach will better prepare them for life after school. Maybe then Generation Z won't post at work half as much as Y does now.<br />
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If your school bans phones outright you're kidding yourself they are not using them. 4G, soon 5G, gives students virtually unlimited access to ALL types of content anywhere. I would prefer to keep them on my filtered WiFi, safer surfing for at least the hours they're in school.<br />
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Kids will be kids, rules will be broken so what is an effective consequence? I have found longer term confiscations are the key. Recent phone only apps like WhatsApp have meant that students need the phone to access the messages, they can't simply log on at home like Facebook. No one wants their phone confiscated on a Friday and lose it for the weekend! So obtaining parental consent for this and explaining the message is key. I have not had many parents disagree with the idea and even when they do, explaining the rationale in more detail over the phone usually sways them.<br />
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We also add to the parental agreement that if students use their phones in school we have the right to search them. To check they are not bringing inappropriate material into school. They have the right for me not to check their phone, they simply have to keep it in their bag all day but as soon as we see it we can search it. This may seem like crossing a line of their privacy but it has highlighted students at risk. Multiple times I believe it has prevented issues escalating by nipping them in the bud. If we had banned phones entirely I am convinced we would be seeing more incidents of shared inappropriate images in our school than every school already has to deal with. I am in the process of reminding parents that they should regularly check their children's phones and social media. They are allowed a certain amount of privacy but as soon as they get overly defensive about checking their phones you should be suspicious.<br />
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So in summary, phones have a place in school but a small one, only for research when other devices are not available. Break time is a stickier topic but manageable, it's all about teaching students self-control and responsible behaviour. After all, isn't that the job of parents and schools anyway.<br />
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<br />Rory Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044283391201444718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-41301375547123150132016-10-27T15:00:00.000-07:002017-01-07T09:27:49.614-08:00Exam Technique - An Assumed Skill?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All teachers do exam practice but do they spend long enough on the skill rather than the practice? I see it every year, the queue for the photocopier grows and staff are in earlier to beat the rush. Exam practice happens but I'm not convinced it is something we craft as well as our subject content. We all go through the "common misconceptions" and "highly likely questions" but do we delve deeply enough into "Read The Question"? We write RTQ often enough in the margin, maybe we should spend more time with the basics. I will make a distinction; GCSE exam questions are on the whole much more explicit than A-Level ones. I will focus on A-Level in this post but it is not to say that the lessons learnt will not help GCSE's, in fact I am applying the same techniques right now to my classes to help them reach the A*'s more frequently. While I am not going to address the contentious issue of teaching to the exam, I will simply state it is simply a <span class="s1">necessary</span> evil while exams are the current method of assessment. I am going to walk you through the ideas behind a piece or research I undertook that had a dramatic impact on my results.<br />
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I teach an even spread of girls and boys at A-Level for ICT. The course is split into 4 modules which myself and my colleague split. Each of us experienced the same issue when we started the course, a specific exam module, separately for both of us, had caused us the same issue. The students were under performing on the exam component. We changed the delivery of the content in the first year while attending courses to make sure we were not missing anything and the same the second year. Thankfully the other module for each of us was countering the issue and students were achieving their target grades but we were used to better results previous to this course. We struggled with why the students were finding the questions difficult. We knew our IT content and their previous knowledge was good, not in an arrogant way but because the boys we taught came from our partner school and were having the same issues. The knowledge was there but they were constantly being caught out with questions that deviated in any small way from the past papers they had practiced. I had a thought, I suspected that while they have practiced questions in all their subjects the skill of seeing the implicit hints and clues in A-Level questions was lacking. I needed to spend significant time teaching the skill at the expense of the course content. It was a risk but one I thought work taking.<br />
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To separate the skill from the knowledge I decided to spend a good deal of curriculum time on topics completely unconnected to ICT. An example would be: [blockquote text="That Summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger. We lived in a yellow house on one side of it. White people lived on the other. And Mama said, “Don’t climb over that fence when you play.” She said it wasn’t safe. What can I infer from the text?" text_color="" width="" line_height="undefined" background_color="" border_color="" show_quote_icon="no" quote_icon_color=""] We had a very long discussion about this. At what point in time did we think this occurred? Where in the world is this set? What is going on? Students were enjoying picking apart these questions, after each iteration I started to add a sneaky element of ICT into them until we were fully fledged into past paper questions. Students would revel in their new found ability to pick apart questions. The problem became how to all the ideas into the answer.<br />
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In our first year we added zero value, effectively doing exactly what we were supposed to, get them their predicted grade but we were used to much higher scores at GCSE. When we break down the scores into gender there is no significant difference between them. So with gender bias not a factor as well as school bias being negligible (male students came from a different school) we were in quite a good place for some statistical analysis. Following the experiment we went to 0.5 value added, on average half a grade extra for every student. When you consider that Catholic schools targets are 0.2 we think this has been a great success. Standard AS retakes have become a rarity rather than common place.<br />
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Now the problem of the suspect modules has disappeared we are back to adding significant value, but we still have to spend a great deal of time teaching the skill of implicit questioning at the expense of the course content. You could now argue this is an English exam firstly with an ICT exam bolted on. I teach some real geeks, they know more that your average IT professional but fall at this first hurdle. So are exams the right format to test ICT? I would argue no. Project work that is teacher assessed is the only way but teachers are not trusted with coursework anymore. With Computer Science teachers being rarer than rocking horse.... stuff.... it is difficult to externally moderate. It is also suggested that given a chance schools will manipulate the system to advantage their students and therefore the school (not sure which the pressure is applied to teachers for first). So we have what we have and it is unlikely to change in the immediate future so lets at least arm our students with the right weapons... weapons of exam comprehension.<br />
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Easy Explicit Questions</h3>
So what was the detail? I didn't concern myself with the straight forward explicit questions in exams. Below are some examples:<br />
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<strong>1. GCSE Short Answer</strong><br />
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State the name of the method of sending an email to more than one person at the same time without the original recipient knowing. (1 mark)</blockquote>
As you can see, the question is extremely explicit, it wants a specific answer to the clearly defined question. If you didn't know, the answer is Blind Carbon Copy (BCC). The thing in your email you may never use, under CC (no guesses from what that stands for now!).<br />
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<strong>2. GCSE Long Answer </strong><br />
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A school is putting on a play. Word Processing software is used to create letters that will be sent to parents to inform them of the dates of the production. State five other different types of software and for each software type, describe a different example of how the software could be used in organising the play. (10 marks)</blockquote>
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Even this long answer question is mostly explicit, it is after 5 separate software types with an example. The only 'hidden'/implicit information is the fact it has to be in relation to a play and that 5 software names with 5 examples makes the 10 marks. Not rocket science and well within the scope of most students.<br />
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This question is explicit about the chair but implicitly if you do not mention Health & Safety in some form you will not score. In fact the implicit question is really name what can happen if you don't use a height adjustable chair and why does that fact it adjusts solve this. We are now entering the world of 'hidden' questions. I use the word 'hidden' glibly as questions/problems in the real world are not often explicit and that is the reasoning behind the style of question at A-Level. I agree whole heartily with it but they now make you work harder for the smaller marks.<br />
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'Hidden' Implicit Questions</h3>
At A-Level things escalate. I've always told students that the differential between GCSE and A-Level is the largest they will face. Degrees specialise but I never found them to demand such a mind shift jump as it does between the age of 16-18.<br />
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that escalated quickly - Ron Burgundy</blockquote>
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To be of any use at all a computer has to be able to take input, yet this basic idea can easily escape the modern computer user.<br />
It seems hard to believe that all computer input devices had once to be literally hardwired, for example, a scanner. Today there is a wide range of input devices available. For example, in computer gaming, a character can be controlled directly by the electrical impulses from a player’s brain without the need for wires.<br />
Discuss the above with reference to the range of input devices currently available. Your answer should include examples of where and how input devices can be used appropriately. (20 marks)</blockquote>
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It is this long answer question, worth a staggering 2 grades, where the real impact of implicit questioning can damage a students chances of success if they are not prepared. To tackle this question we need to break down what the examiner is really after, 'luckily' we have clues. The student is supposed to understand the clues first then demonstrate their knowledge. Here the question is hinting at the following:<br />
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<li>"The idea can easily escape the modern computer user"<ul>
<li>Translation - break the answer down into clear processes at the most simplistic level</li>
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<li>"input devices had once to be literally hardwired"<ul>
<li>Translation - give examples of devices that used to have to be wired but are now much more portable.</li>
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<li>"Today there is a wide range of input devices"<ul>
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<li>"can be controlled directly by the electrical impulses from a player's brain"<ul>
<li>Translation - give examples of emerging technologies, like speech to text, live translate...</li>
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<li>Translation - Discuss the different types of wireless communication. Infra Red, Bluetooth and WiFi.</li>
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Teaching students to automatically pick apart a question and guess what the examiner is after is not a small task. I think we assume too much of the students and we ourselves need to be more explicit than implicit in what we want.<br />
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Effective teaching is still a work in progress</h3>
Firstly I have to confess I'm obsessed by technology, some of the research I undertake takes up a significant proportion of my free time but I don’t think you can possibly succeed in technology unless you love it. In fact I'm one of those lucky people who has made their passion their job. When I first started at Beaulieu eight years ago I came from being a simple maths teacher, using technology to enhance my classes in my previous school to overseeing everything that was plugged in to a socket as well as still teaching ICT from Primary to A-Level. Things have changed dramatically and I didn’t even see it coming. I’ll talk less history and more future now.<br />
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Failure</h3>
It is one of the most important parts of my job. People come to me most when things are going wrong, and usually want answers immediately. You would be amazed how many times a computer forgets your password. They wouldn't admit it is usually user error or lack of IT knowledge and we play the game of not highlighting it either. After all, the French dept don’t speak to me in a different language and expect me to keep up, we all have our strengths. It does frustrate me that we allow students to deal with failure less and less, not because we don't want them to fail but because the curriculum is filled with so much content we can’t afford the time, but that’s a topic for another post. When I work with technology I fail just as much as I succeed but I fail because I pushed the boundaries. Schools are a strange place, we have unique problems and no money to solve them but because of this we have to solve problems with MacGuyver like swagger. Sometimes I know the answer to many of my problems but I can't afford to solve them “the easy way”, thinking outside the box is more common than being in it. My office is shared with my Network Manager and for many years we have been both frustrated and exhilarated by the challenges we’ve faced.<br />
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R&D</h3>
Over the years the office has been more research and development than simple network management. We try new technologies to see if they will improve workflow and possibly teachers methodology faster, but more importantly; cheaper. My current fixation is a serverless school, computers using the internet to store all work on only super fast WiFi. The money and pain it would save pushes me on. The first most notable of my out-of-the-box problems was a total lack of projectors in my entire school, to fit it out with current current technology of the day (the dreaded Interactive Whiteboard) was way beyond my budget and the technology was already on the decline. So how do you move forward affordably? The answer the time was iPads not because of their glitzy glam but because of the AirPlay technology that would show the board to the screen without wires cheaply. I use that term loosely but it was far cheaper to give teacher an iPad, projector and Apple TV than fit a Promethean whiteboard. The major issue was that an Apple TV is HDMI, and to this day schools still only have VGA screens and projectors in abundance. But after a couple of weeks searching and testing I managed to find a conversion box for $21 rather than a couple of hundred in the UK. I posted my solution online, and for such a niche topic it has racked up a respectable thirty two thousand hits. I could have waited a year for the HDMI to VGA converters that came out but that would have been a year lost. In teaching that is 50% of a students GCSE course.<br />
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Engagement</h3>
A significant amount of my research is aimed at teaching current curriculum in the most engaging way possible. It is different programming applications apps and websites that allow my students to succeed the most interesting way possible. I was using gameification before it became a word, there is nothing more students like than creating something they can use that's fun.<br />
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Risk</h3>
I dedicate another proportion of my time to new technology, things that might work. I'd say 50% of the things I try end up on the shelf never to be used again but the other 50% really excites the students. I find the ratio of failure acceptable because I see the enjoyment in the lessons when if I hadn't dared to be different we would be stuck in Microsoft Office for three months. Don't get me wrong basic skills are important, the students pick them up much more quickly than people give them credit for. Virtual reality, Makey Makey, LittleBits, Raspberry Pi are devices I've played with when they were in development, so that when they became reality I was able to integrate them into the curriculum immediately, because technology can be fleeting and if you wait until it's established it's often over before it's begun, so wasting time researching products that don’t “make it” is a risk I am willing to take.<br />
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The Hook</h3>
I was once at a conference listening to the creator of QI when he explained it secret and the reason I'm glued to the show. “The Hook” he explained is just a crazy fact that makes you hunger for more information. It Is something that I've taken away with me and guides the majority of my planning, I'm always looking for it to lure the students in. Sometimes that means our research is just pure fun because what’s work without a bit of play.<br />
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Essential</h3>
And while some may look at my “research” as whimsical or indulgent it has seen some emotional an undeniable results. When the iPad first came out and people slated it I saw it for what it was: portable learning. But after playing with it for some time I came to realise something else, it could significantly help students who often struggled in education for many reasons. I often talk to people about the story of Jadine, a student with significant visual impairment who was being held back, not because of lack intelligence or motivation but simply because the tools she used where not fit for purpose. The simple ability to zoom in on PDFs change her world, and by an act of random chance (because I'd left an art app on my iPad) she discovered that she was extremely talented at the discipline. She is now an accomplished artist, writer and coder, a disparate set of talents that would never been realised if people like me didn't play and disguise it as work.<br />
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Summary</h3>
So find that person in your school who’s always got the latest technology and ask them how they would solve your problem, you might find an easier, cheaper and more interesting way of working. First you will have to understand that sometimes failure comes before success and without constant research and development you will keep doing the same old things in the same old way getting the same old results. Rory Steel @JerseyITguy<br />
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Working at home and at school needs to be seamless</h3>
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Are you Speaking my Language?</h3>
The computing curriculum is more than coding but it has been the most controversial topic. With many ICT teachers having never written code the main question raised its head immediately, which one? From my experience this has fallen into two camps Python or JavaScript. Python has the cleaner syntax and being the preferred language of the Raspberry Pi enthusiast it has a solid following. For me however the language of the internet is key. I don’t think there is a right answer to the question anyway, and neither should there be. We need coders of all descriptions and either of these is a good starting point.<br />
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Why Not Python?</h3>
The most important question I asked myself is “How do I enthuse students to want to code?”. For me the answer to that question is instant gratification. Students want to see what they are doing has an immediate impact. Raspberry Pi’s are good for IT clubs but in the classroom they are a nightmare. Schools still use VGA monitors so making sure students have access to 30 keyboards, mice and monitors is crazy. Even if you allow he students to use the computer room kit, unplugging and rearranging cables, you are still in a world of chaos. In fact using any physical device is difficult for beginners to manage effectively en masse. It also requires the right software to be installed, this is not difficult but leads me onto my main point. We want the students to practice outside of the classroom if they are to be anywhere close to proficient. Its all very well to say just go home install this and that on your home machine but installing software for younger students has its difficulties, due to multiple systems to guide them through. “Are you PC or Mac?”, “What version are you on”, “Do you have an admin account”, “what’s the error message” and so on. So if you want to attract the students who are thinking about coding you need to remove as many obstacles that would prevent them starting the journey. Ease of use trumps all.<br />
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Java Script</h3>
The computing curriculum says you should know at least two languages. So for me teaching students HTML, CSS & Javascript is a great combination. Learning the language of the internet strikes a chord with young students and they want to know more. The first HTML lesson when they see Hello World on the internet is a great one. A completely white page with those iconic words in Times Roman still impresses them. Why? Because it’s on the internet, they have taken a flag and claimed a part of the internet for themselves. A Giant leap for studentkind in their eyes.<br />
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Online is Key</h3>
Some may read that and say “they haven’t claimed the internet, they’ve just written in it a browser”. Not at my school, using Google Drive means that you can host your own sites on the internet for free! This blog you are reading is an example of that. Every part written online, published online and edited online. I like to pratice what I preach. Google Apps For Education is wondrous, free unlimited cloud storage but that’s not its real strength. I argue with many people (now increasingly in the minority) about Google Apps For Education (GAFE) or Office 365. In short Office365 is a fantastic productivity tool, it far outstrips Googles Applications but What Google has that Microsoft doesn’t is an App Store. Something they have clearly learn’t from Apples success. Third party applications that work with GAFE or Chrome have grown exponentially. It has allowed our students to log in and work without thinking about it. To login and have everything appear just as it does at school with no installation or effort is the key to its success. No administration + ease of use = enthused students having fun with code.<br />
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Starting Online Coding</h3>
While I start with HTML & CSS these arguably are not “Coding” languages. There are however useful and the gateway to JavaScript coding. GAFE will allow students to use a third party app called Editey, this gives them the ability to create HTML, CSS and JS pages that are live on the internet. Fully functioning sites are up and running in less than 30 minutes. The really exciting part is the fact students can just log in on any device, including the amazing Chromebooks and iPads. This is what keeps the students going back for more. Telling them to code in a text editor in school that just works on their PC and isn’t live on the internet excites no one. Students are not easily fooled and want to make tangible products so they see no value in imitation, neither should they. I want to produce authentic authors.<br />
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Fostering Problem Solving</h3>
There are some limitations, PHP for example is not yet supported in GAFE, this has issues with forms and the like. However with some simple work arounds you can use other third party applications or embed a Google Form, students learn to problem solve and think creatively. After all isn’t that the goal?<br />
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Where Next</h3>
Once they have learnt to make JS games and other skills online on their live websites the question becomes “How do I take this further?”. For me there are two directions, more complexity or more collaboration. I favour the second as in a school gifted students can be partnered with those that need help. Creating a team to make larger sites for Charities or small businesses is my goal. Within the teams managers, coders, creatives will all emerge and find their place. This is how the world works and that’s what we are getting them ready for. Hopefully in the next few years you will hear and see the projects these students will create for the community.<br />
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@JerseyITguyRory Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044283391201444718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-49585034460836127212012-12-24T07:51:00.000-08:002017-01-07T09:30:44.522-08:00RTC Session 4 - SEN and iPads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you for those that attended our Apple Regional Training Centre Event for iPads and SEN<br />
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If you missed it why not register to the website and get automatic updates or just to check when the next session is <a href="http://jerseyrtc.com/">http://JerseyRTC.com</a><br />
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Sometimes it's not always about the Apps, the iPad has some fantastic built in and underrated features. The most important for SEN students are the accessibility features...<br />
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<i>Guided Access</i> - is only available if you have updated to iOS6 (highly recommended anyway). It allows for apps to be locked and disables the home button. VERY USEFUL if you share your iPad with students as it stops them from browsing your personal files. Also great for students who are 'easily distracted' by the temptation of other apps.<br />
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<b>Voice Over</b> - For students that have poor sight Voice Over speaks the options available<br />
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<b>Zoom </b>- This is one of the most useful features used by our students. When switched on you can triple tap with three fingers and choose the zoom level of the screen.<br />
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<b>Inverted Colours</b> - For students who do not like white backgrounds with black text his allows for easier reading.<br />
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<b>Speak Selection</b> - A fantastic tool for students that struggle with reading. You can select a word or page and have the iPad read it back to you at whatever pace you want with whatever dialect you want. This is not restricted to iBooks but works in most apps.<br />
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Don't trust me however, one of our students has made their own website describing the features. As a student that is at the 'coal face' of these issues I think she understands it better than I ever could.<br />
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Camera Magnification - Using the inbuilt camera you can pinch and zoom to see greater detail. Students no longer have to be dragged to the front of every class to see the board. Very liberating for the students involved. Often staff ask for the images to be emailed to them for their own records or for sharing on VLE's, Blogs or Wiki's<br />
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<b>Scan to PDF</b> - Storing key information is not always great in the photo album. You can convert images (including photos of text) into PDF documents that can be saved into collection in iBooks for better organisation.<br />
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<b>Speaking in iBooks </b>- As mentioned above you can select whole sections of text and have the iPad read it back to you. It can also be set to highlight the text as it reads, when you slow the speed down this can be a great reading aid<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I use this to write on PDF documents but it has a zoom feature that allows students to complete worksheets (convert to PDF and email ir leave on VLE) at their own scale </span><br />
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This allows for multiple images to be stiched together producing one higher quality image with greater detail. This can be used for great scenery or more practically in the classroom a board or display<br />
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This is a bit of fun but allows students or teachers to take 360 degree views of special places of interest that students that can not access can view in a fun way<br />
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This allows students to read eBooks with their own choice of text size and I invert the background to black with white text for an easier read<br />
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Wireless Keyboard or Dock - For students that do not like the inbuilt keyboard you can use a wireless keyboard for a greater tactile experience or for faster typing. I like these all in one cases:<br />
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Story telling apps - These can be used instead of essays. Creative writing in the form of video, cartoon or collage can be a great way of allowing students that struggle with reading or writing to get their ideas down in their own way.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">As discussed it can be a great change of pace to start with a video....</span><br />
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When taking recordings microphone placement is key. If you can't get close buy some cheap microphones and extensions to help. Here are some I bought on Amazon (The microphone extension is specific as it needs 4 poles)<br />
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Microphone - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001MNX9WK/ref=wms_ohs_product<br />
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Routines - The iPad is great for keeping students organised and there are various apps to keep you in line<br />
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Timers - Use the inbuilt clocks app to set timers and alarms throughout the day<br />
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Calendars - Used to set your schedule for the week, including homework deadlines. You can set up to two reminders for the in built calendar events. A great way to keep on track. It is also possible to share a calendar with a student so that you can check or add events that have been forgotten.<br />
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In the primary sector Photos, Audio, Video can be great ways to collect evidence<br />
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It would be a shame not to bring the tech into our new super fast wifi at school but if you are sure then:<br />
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Mac Mac Mac.... Either the iMac (Desktop machine) or the more favourable Macbook Pro or Air. Young geeks like to move their devices around so the laptop range is usually a winner. If they want more power (but more weight) then the pro is the option. For me I would say go for the Macbook Air. Easily portable and gorgeous.<br />
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For me I have always had good experiences with Dell and Acer for a cheaper Alternative. I'm not a fan of the Netbooks. A nice idea but not good enough really. Have a look at the range of Dell's http://www.dell.co.uk/ the Inspiron is a tried and tested classic http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15r-5520/fs. If you ring up you can ask for the VAT off rather than trying to claim it back.</div>
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Well this comes down to the big question, to iPad or not to iPad. If you really want a laptop then see the above choices but for me laptops do not hold enough charge and are a pain to carry around. So iPad choices are fairly easy. Go for the maximum storage you can afford, 3G is a luxury and prices start at around £350. At Beaulieu you can do all your homework and submit them using the free apps available. </div>
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I have titled this smaller budget but the iPad mini has really thrown in a big decision. An iPad mini is really a better iPad2. You can do all you need to on an iPad2 and the mini is so small (and cheaper, starting at £240). Again go for the max storage you can afford. The mini fits into a blazer pocket and is amazing. If you can't deal with the smaller size go for the big brother. I would say though, we as adults think the mini is to small but the kids don't.</div>
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I think they offer a great way into subjects and are a good Literacy and Numeracy task rolled into one. I am using them as starter activities for subjects. "Make an infographic on iOS v Android" or "I bet my Twitter account is better than yours..." leave the research to the students and see what happens. You will get great diversity and some great posters for your wall at the beginning of term.<br />
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Learn how I use my DSLR and iPad wirelessly on location to edit and upload photos or video. Leave the laptop at home...<br />
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I was torn in my decision between a Canon 60D and a Nikon D7000 for filming.<br />
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After a great deal of research and a number of Pros and Cons it came down to the last 2, The Canon's 720p 60fps v the Nikon's better low light Video. There are of course many other decisions but these became the deal breakers. As the title suggests I went for the Nikon and am very happy due to an unforeseen benefit....<br />
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The last option has a very useful feature. I have an 'old' Eye-Fi Card and for those of you that don't know this is an SD card with wifi built in. Every time you are near a wifi hotspot it will upload the images to your online account. So why is this useful? Did I not mention that there is an accompanying app.....</div>
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So I set up the card to access my school and home wifi networks (as well as my iPhone Hotspot, more on that later) so that when I get to either destinations the photos on my Wifi Card start to upload automatically (I can add another post for those interested in the Eye-Fi).</div>
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I had to think carefully at this point as I do a lot of filming and didn't want my iPad to fill up in a few days with Film so I set up my Nikon in the following way:</div>
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This meant that all my large files, RAW images and 1080p video was stored on my large SD card and only the jpeg's were on my Eye-Fi card and loaded onto my iPad via Eye-Fi. Allowing for a much higher quality of image beyond the built in one. Adding depth of field and could be used with older iPad 1's as a wireless camera.<br />
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It has taken me a while to gather all my thoughts, ideas and inspirations from the best professional development I have ever been on. Apple is clearly the world leader for a reason and this institute highlighted why. Every detail was considered and every opportunity to develop taken. The worlds best educational innovators in awe at world class presentations from exceptional leaders. A nice fun start was a personalised 'Passport' to get to know all the different people from the global community that attended.<br />
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This was also the most trusting event I've been on and there were a few 'non-disclosure' talks, but needless to say there are some exciting times ahead.<br />
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Fota Island in Cork was to host this event and the venue was inline with the quality of the event. We were given the opportunity to see the beauty of Ireland in what we were told was an unusually long sunny period, coincidence? But seriously I was never happier to work with colleagues long in to the night and early in the morning. </div>
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Maybe it's because I come from a small island but I was also struck with the pace of change, many schools are finding themselves the wrong side of a new digital divide. I saw videos of many schools and districts from around the world who have already fully integrated the technology and are now looking to change the way they deliver courses. The word 'facilitator' rather than teacher was banded around many a time. We are no longer the experts, Google can easily out perform our factual recall but thankfully for all our jobs we are still (for the moment) better at linking, understanding and organising our specialisms, this is what we should be teaching not mindless content. </div>
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We were shown new techniques to employ more creative and engaging content in our books. Abdul from Essa in the UK showed how his teachers use iBooks for their content saving considerable amounts in text books and printing. Open University showed us how linking pages together can produce large panoramic photos that have expectational video hotspot. Also they demonstrated how YouTube can be embedded to reduce file sizes. Now we know webpages can be embedded within the books automated assessment becomes exciting. Previously assessment widgets were kept inside the books and therefore of little use to the progressive teacher. Now with ether FileMaker or GoogleDocs you could embed recordable assessment to servers. Other widgets allowed for live polls and various exciting opportunities. I will investigate these an post the results.</div>
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For me this has the potential to change things in a big way. iTunesU isn't as high quality as iBooks but allows teachers to use existing materials and publish them to the world, this can be done via iTunesU (pending approval) or by direct links. You can link Youtube (or other video), PDF's, Presentations, basically any content. Students can complete their own learning at their own pace with exciting content. Schools that do not allow Youtube and the like are going to face some serious questions in the future. Assessment is still not quite there yet on iTunesU but I would think that is about to change...</div>
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The main projects that I will be completing are both based around iTunesU. Firstly I will be making (with the help of my team, 4E) a starter guide for teachers who want/need to use the iPad. The series will start from extreme beginner to expert (eventually) and will be called 'Stepping Stones'. Teachers will find their natural starting point and can download as many or as little as they need depending on their needs. I will post a demo version as quickly as possible, so download iTunesU App now</div>
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Secondly I will be preparing my own A-Level ICT and Art & Design course for students to use. I have not told them yet but I will be posting some reading material online for them before the start of term as a trial to help students to start courses running and gain teaching/facilitating time. </div>
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With added assessment iTunesU could potentially have the ability to record progress on the iTunes server. With enough quality material and correct assessment online students could access FREE courses that have certain credits associated, build up enough credits and you could gain an Apple Degree! Maybe this would not be recognised by anyone expect Apple but they employ enough people that they could get staff to train themselves for free before applying for jobs! Free access to training for all, that would quickly be a model employed by many large scale companies. We will see....</div>
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There was a lot of love in the room when Bill Rankin, ADE Class of 2009, presented his theories on education. His presentation was the slickest I've ever seen and only used Keynote for an array of special effects that many of us had never seen or thought possible. A few of us collared him afterwards and I will be demonstrating a few of these over the coming months. </div>
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Some of the more crazy runners decided to join a nice little 5k fun run in Carrigtwohill. It's worth mentioning that we ran an extra 3k home after. Can you spot the GoPro trial video?</div>
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The high quality of Film and especially audio was of an exceptional level and I will endevour to emulate the professonal experince I saw when I return. To help you with your own video join your first iTunesU course with this great example on how to produce quality film content:</div>
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After an information packed first session it was time to focus on individual areas of iPad use that benefits teachers and students. This time the topic of assessment.<br />
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Before we got going a few people wanted to talk Apple TV and in particular AirPlay. I only use airplay in classes now but some schools have a problem with their filtering software blocking the ports. While this should be a straight forward port fix some school do not deal with their filtering supplier directly. There are workarounds...<br />
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1. For the more technically capable just get on old wifi router and setup a separate wireless connection. As long as you do not connect this to the schools network or external telephone line you are only creating a wifi hotspot not an internet enabled hotspot so no worries about bypassing filters. Downsides you can not therefore connect to the internet while connected so preload all material.<br />
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Here are amazon links to the devices.<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Unlocked-HUAWEI-Datacard-Koolertron/dp/B004UIVIBS/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1341992203&sr=8-8">A cheaper Alternative</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Link-TL-WR702N-150Mbps-Wireless-Router/dp/B006PYGWG6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341992172&sr=8-2">Even cheaper by not tested.</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3Ikc9L08KUcmSW7X_lGLx3YP3Kyp1tCckjo5m5X2QTmZKoPQsOfZWhyphenhyphenr348ZgGqJLWs5xDVHIxIo0kjlOmAr0UPqfvL1EI72vkGMKwpfaUakz3k9SSxLDE1-Ai3Sg7mFAJ3ebc2yDdc/s1600/pages.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3Ikc9L08KUcmSW7X_lGLx3YP3Kyp1tCckjo5m5X2QTmZKoPQsOfZWhyphenhyphenr348ZgGqJLWs5xDVHIxIo0kjlOmAr0UPqfvL1EI72vkGMKwpfaUakz3k9SSxLDE1-Ai3Sg7mFAJ3ebc2yDdc/s1600/pages.png" /></a>Pages</div>
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£6.99</div>
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Not the cheapest of Word style apps but worth every penny, especially due to the WebDAV integration and iCloud which I will mention later on.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP1H2tfQiCNkyo2sr64n8yqTW-V34ztMkXquhZDKsG_pdtXMBidNKY_YZANsFpsENhyphenhyphenJ9gtQKaOsKef09aJtj5Z5fzDoEurRyZB9ViYVU3-PyijuOImVFq7n6zdGVG3t8q_4-j65c_9w/s1600/iannotate.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP1H2tfQiCNkyo2sr64n8yqTW-V34ztMkXquhZDKsG_pdtXMBidNKY_YZANsFpsENhyphenhyphenJ9gtQKaOsKef09aJtj5Z5fzDoEurRyZB9ViYVU3-PyijuOImVFq7n6zdGVG3t8q_4-j65c_9w/s1600/iannotate.png" /></a>iAnnotate</div>
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£6.99</div>
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Again not the cheapest but packed full of features. Basically this app will allow you to place notes (both types and handwritten) on PDF documents. This allows you to use all those PDFs that come with your course and avoid any printing.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPc6SB5reNoNhpjhqGnxySLdbJuwyLhG3yIFbCTDz40fTMxu8qkA3Ecb8Oew_A3AveI8WRbNrWMIUiw-x-rf6RIVRiFt5imntsTZkk31QsWXotPFNijVk9t-fs6L97AE0VNbKDG_AlEA/s1600/simplemind.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPc6SB5reNoNhpjhqGnxySLdbJuwyLhG3yIFbCTDz40fTMxu8qkA3Ecb8Oew_A3AveI8WRbNrWMIUiw-x-rf6RIVRiFt5imntsTZkk31QsWXotPFNijVk9t-fs6L97AE0VNbKDG_AlEA/s1600/simplemind.png" /></a>Simple Mind</div>
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FREE</div>
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For those that like using mind maps this is a great tool. If you want to share the notes you can either pay for the upgrade or use the iPads screen capture (home button and power at the same time) to add the page to your photo album </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Creative Book Builder</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">£2.49</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Get your students to create their own text books. This has updated LAST NIGHT so I wasn't able to tell you about the sharing and publishing features. Once I have explored this I will write a separate Blog. This is an amazing app. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCyjkT9y8orJDT4IC7SwnmUfmvcMnrdTS_lnzMJppcQyJXgw_ltDDQETRasxtKY80TrgI9dhnJFG6J_ntUnw29FopTF0xC-ObJW3RRt1_yUBFZ0aFWI_f7kU8TsHIjYmzKIvOlmh3aCk/s1600/ToonTastic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCyjkT9y8orJDT4IC7SwnmUfmvcMnrdTS_lnzMJppcQyJXgw_ltDDQETRasxtKY80TrgI9dhnJFG6J_ntUnw29FopTF0xC-ObJW3RRt1_yUBFZ0aFWI_f7kU8TsHIjYmzKIvOlmh3aCk/s1600/ToonTastic.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a></span><span style="background-color: white;">Toontastic</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Free</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">This app allows students to get really creative. Even though is is aimed at younger students (pre loaded with cartoons) you can import pictures and more secondary orientated material. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuhZBDaGIaLtU8fJT_FyEEh_n6xjAjhXGHVX3JGJat0Qy0SsSW4_c-gY19SG1CSQ96HkQQ4TNl_37-LHHnz9JdIk6iBwxXvE5qsS44nLFLHlGn5MOTcJ8RUoGPzcLaWM4fQ95j5ERcU0/s1600/imovie.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuhZBDaGIaLtU8fJT_FyEEh_n6xjAjhXGHVX3JGJat0Qy0SsSW4_c-gY19SG1CSQ96HkQQ4TNl_37-LHHnz9JdIk6iBwxXvE5qsS44nLFLHlGn5MOTcJ8RUoGPzcLaWM4fQ95j5ERcU0/s1600/imovie.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a>iMovie</div>
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£2.99</div>
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For the price this is amazing. If your have an iPhone, iPod Touch or you are working in a pair you can use the extra device to record the audio. Again I am making a YouTube video to show how this is possible and why you should if you could. </div>
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Recording</h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindDUvv9IauC12F7DbjKzq_ca2gmchgc7E3gvkhIbZYnX4Xl7Q_KPSrMf2N1VzWae_pIFefKUXnh9K-K7T0XVdBA57AO77txm9sp7U_E0eztQqt6-LjDYdyccN9eV4SiQu8EG-yNAXGZs/s1600/voiceRecorderHD.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindDUvv9IauC12F7DbjKzq_ca2gmchgc7E3gvkhIbZYnX4Xl7Q_KPSrMf2N1VzWae_pIFefKUXnh9K-K7T0XVdBA57AO77txm9sp7U_E0eztQqt6-LjDYdyccN9eV4SiQu8EG-yNAXGZs/s1600/voiceRecorderHD.png" /></a>Recorder</div>
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£1.49</div>
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I use this to recorder to record voice notes for my students coursework. I start the recording and go to their current work in a shared Dropbox account and as I read the CW I dictate my feedback. It saves my typing time and the students say I give more detailed notes.</div>
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Showme</div>
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Free</div>
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This is primarily used for demoing worked examples but turn it around and make your students show you how they completed the question. Now you can be everywhere at once. </div>
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It also contins lots of online contributions. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlw1rR9IRsPgEEWGbQln4DHmRXdOMgw7XJPgyquqxMN7Pmg98f-4jltjF98uAGcixuOu0hAD8mgERp9c1S4DHjMqXGWwHxoYvvVyAwc2lRuHvyiXiEHDqtHZCWLikCq0w7a0yeduTYHo/s1600/audio.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlw1rR9IRsPgEEWGbQln4DHmRXdOMgw7XJPgyquqxMN7Pmg98f-4jltjF98uAGcixuOu0hAD8mgERp9c1S4DHjMqXGWwHxoYvvVyAwc2lRuHvyiXiEHDqtHZCWLikCq0w7a0yeduTYHo/s1600/audio.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/audionote-notepad-voice-recorder/id369820957?mt=8" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">AudioNote</a></span></div>
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£2.99</div>
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I don't use this a lot but many of my colleagues do. Record the lesson and as you make notes the app time codes them. When you play it back it highlights the notes in real time but more usefully you can click on the notes and it takes you straight to the audio. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjkq9Kpl3J7kMVT9ZnVAwDPGJadZYgvnrwOO11oocmPDJe5QFgbD5-05R098_2ZuNLKMK0COJ8AuC63sJzOAGleoDhedMpkX9vcJHeIeTLh5OVt947URNGPIq24UgiFuc8efGOAGvqhE/s1600/inClass.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjkq9Kpl3J7kMVT9ZnVAwDPGJadZYgvnrwOO11oocmPDJe5QFgbD5-05R098_2ZuNLKMK0COJ8AuC63sJzOAGleoDhedMpkX9vcJHeIeTLh5OVt947URNGPIq24UgiFuc8efGOAGvqhE/s1600/inClass.png" /></a>inClass</div>
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Free</div>
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I wasted a great deal of money looking for a note taking app that incorporated text, images, audio AND VIDEO. Ironically this one was free! A fantastic app for all forms of notes and is able to organise across subjects and topics easily. </div>
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Storage</h3>
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This is a touchy subject. Where is the data held? A key question asked by many an eSafety officer. Rightly so in many instances. Here are my thoughts.....</div>
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<b>If the data is NOT identifiable/sensitive there is no reason your data can't be stored in the Cloud.</b></div>
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So if it's your students CW or homework or your class notes (no names included) then you are fine. Only class notes and student/school information can not be stored out of your country. For this type of data I use DropBox. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4l_r_CFxf94H9W0eC4xORAc98lTjqolKgUbWbt3X-VzRXlZQ0Q1Dq2WqCoLXvpgl4ylE70HZAWORiLkmN9FqvhTKXQIlexABNk8r7ZWmSfnxH3NbgGN9T-mKqxUUnMILCRT2x-mynTms/s1600/drop.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4l_r_CFxf94H9W0eC4xORAc98lTjqolKgUbWbt3X-VzRXlZQ0Q1Dq2WqCoLXvpgl4ylE70HZAWORiLkmN9FqvhTKXQIlexABNk8r7ZWmSfnxH3NbgGN9T-mKqxUUnMILCRT2x-mynTms/s1600/drop.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">DropBox</a></span><br />
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Free</div>
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2GB of free storage but an app that allows for Dropbox integration is a must for me. Many apps might be better but without Dropbox backup or storage I won't touch them. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQNorUXDcIN2NCZAP652GKPaDx5Z4uVCHUZfdF6I8XK72V4tN7K0fZALwTGVIpF8PVS8BDx0HlH7pnlbKIP16O-UlIH34jOYn4k-iq-FL1ftm6kdicnlhCAhsUvCmIKl_mbPJAOMmQAY/s1600/GDrive.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQNorUXDcIN2NCZAP652GKPaDx5Z4uVCHUZfdF6I8XK72V4tN7K0fZALwTGVIpF8PVS8BDx0HlH7pnlbKIP16O-UlIH34jOYn4k-iq-FL1ftm6kdicnlhCAhsUvCmIKl_mbPJAOMmQAY/s1600/GDrive.png" /></a>Google Drive</div>
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Free</div>
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5GB of free storage with a Google Account. Integrated with our Google Apps this is a potentially game changing service but many apps haven't incorporated it yet so until then Dropbox is key for me. </div>
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Sensitive Data</h3>
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So, you've got an iPad and you want to access sensitive data. What are your options? Well for me there is only one, WebDAV. WebDAV isn't an Apple service but is well utilised in Lion Server. If you have a spare MiniMac or Apple computer running Lion you can (with a little help) allow ALL Apple devices to save to an onsite location, and using the app below retrieve the files on any device. So at my school we use DropBox for the students work and WebDav for staff information concerning students. If you share devices then this could be a way of storing the files you create in separate locations. Pages uses WebDav so save work as an alternative (or addition) to iCloud. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9BFhxiWiXB1oZ9pEBj0Ule5MQLpUBAwjOyNDr_czULwuInAQ1Ty3iNq6wShJSKYDOxtcMH8eInMWjFgDhr_SJ1Jg4Y7IRNNfNhqhPSgqii3amJKZCnGU7bbua-y-emOwtLfZhG7qzeU/s1600/WebDAV+Navigator.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9BFhxiWiXB1oZ9pEBj0Ule5MQLpUBAwjOyNDr_czULwuInAQ1Ty3iNq6wShJSKYDOxtcMH8eInMWjFgDhr_SJ1Jg4Y7IRNNfNhqhPSgqii3amJKZCnGU7bbua-y-emOwtLfZhG7qzeU/s1600/WebDAV+Navigator.png" /></a>WebDAV Navigator</div>
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Free</div>
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This allow you to acces the files you save in WebDAV, unlike many apps that only allow you to view the files. </div>
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In Built</div>
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Don't forget about email as a quick way of getting the students work but don't use it as a consistant way of communicating unless you are VERY good at organising your mail. You could create different emails for groups but quickly this workflow becomes messy.</div>
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Markbook</h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLkVFa6Fl3rQYX4HPKVjV-EQ410CCNPJGqsDbG4-CKLZ70bhaYw3SZpcsrza0Ax8p_GPlR1T5vZIrBrWKyUWX3QF92hw8Br018VP0khI7yrVeRMNLZlw8xpZqnc4EVtZR4COneKw3bMQ/s1600/anote.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLkVFa6Fl3rQYX4HPKVjV-EQ410CCNPJGqsDbG4-CKLZ70bhaYw3SZpcsrza0Ax8p_GPlR1T5vZIrBrWKyUWX3QF92hw8Br018VP0khI7yrVeRMNLZlw8xpZqnc4EVtZR4COneKw3bMQ/s1600/anote.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/awesome-note-hd-+to-do-calendar/id406750496?mt=8" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; text-decoration: none;">aNote</a></div>
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£2.49</div>
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There is a free version of this to get you started but I use this to record students progress by taking notes and pictures. This has now become superseeded by inClass </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjkq9Kpl3J7kMVT9ZnVAwDPGJadZYgvnrwOO11oocmPDJe5QFgbD5-05R098_2ZuNLKMK0COJ8AuC63sJzOAGleoDhedMpkX9vcJHeIeTLh5OVt947URNGPIq24UgiFuc8efGOAGvqhE/s1600/inClass.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjkq9Kpl3J7kMVT9ZnVAwDPGJadZYgvnrwOO11oocmPDJe5QFgbD5-05R098_2ZuNLKMK0COJ8AuC63sJzOAGleoDhedMpkX9vcJHeIeTLh5OVt947URNGPIq24UgiFuc8efGOAGvqhE/s1600/inClass.png" /></a>inClass</div>
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Free</div>
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While I mention it above for students you can also use it for recording student work. Take photos, make note and record exemplar material for great parents evenings. Good for art and Primary school evidencing of student progress.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMjy8xfJ1CYBhpKJ0GfbWlvZj0P-FPXQBbCGIvRrKWwiuI7QdP3uu-WbaravoZwvzFlfJUevbegDeOWdEhBr5_Nh_zDZJN2iiYbex1pU3p3j9ad_aaAgWongRmbJEPUEdT8ImhhTzEzY/s1600/teacherpal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMjy8xfJ1CYBhpKJ0GfbWlvZj0P-FPXQBbCGIvRrKWwiuI7QdP3uu-WbaravoZwvzFlfJUevbegDeOWdEhBr5_Nh_zDZJN2iiYbex1pU3p3j9ad_aaAgWongRmbJEPUEdT8ImhhTzEzY/s1600/teacherpal.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/teacherpal/id389584618?mt=8" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">TeacherPal</a></span></div>
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</div>
</div>
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Free<br />
This is a fantastic tool for keeping track of student behaviour, grades, attendance and general information. This is an example of an app that has DropBox support but is probably not appropriate. Backup to iTunes to be safe.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkoglAQtDRmQ7waF7G7RV5Fr57Wcd66JZ_ClNTvYsdvpOYevLF_YSItztJEyK30jg9wCrJGORRrjffElhXFDwmVyxLqp3ly0k19bSS5NPXHcBDDQgNHeSB5_x3VTkG-SXT3uSgfE2VA8/s1600/student.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkoglAQtDRmQ7waF7G7RV5Fr57Wcd66JZ_ClNTvYsdvpOYevLF_YSItztJEyK30jg9wCrJGORRrjffElhXFDwmVyxLqp3ly0k19bSS5NPXHcBDDQgNHeSB5_x3VTkG-SXT3uSgfE2VA8/s1600/student.png" /></a>Teacher<br />
Free<br />
This is an app that goes had in hand with the LanSchool software we have installed at school. It allows me to take polls and set multiple choice tests quickly and easily. The students need the free student software and you need LanSchool on your network.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU24QtaO6Bcb_FxbNuhjLkCKVvEFbSSVfPM3TDZAnkMXKpCxespKeNzSrdToEtRmoNFBAaHqhyue-8tXE3mlozV1bOqbxhtTiai_a1Ku8pkPULS1-Xskf4EI6Ifzk6xjA-MKHo3YWtXuU/s1600/moodle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU24QtaO6Bcb_FxbNuhjLkCKVvEFbSSVfPM3TDZAnkMXKpCxespKeNzSrdToEtRmoNFBAaHqhyue-8tXE3mlozV1bOqbxhtTiai_a1Ku8pkPULS1-Xskf4EI6Ifzk6xjA-MKHo3YWtXuU/s1600/moodle.png" /></a>Moodle<br />
Free<br />
As far as I know this is the only app for a VLE, just so happens it's the VLE we use here. Moodle is free and open source. I would try it out. This allows me to check up on out VLE on the fly. Very useful. </div>
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<h3>
Planning</h3>
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5Grka7mVhBETkTnrg5IoZj9nPz8jt5MISoC1MjKuDYTn0CeRRTA7Vb_BfwlVVvJwFxEMyAasbo-5S1A1R8yvu1qkVeZCCe8FmKUKLc8J8U0Gm3MgEK-PlHpJwJqJmz7Y-RO2cRV2Ur8/s1600/attache.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5Grka7mVhBETkTnrg5IoZj9nPz8jt5MISoC1MjKuDYTn0CeRRTA7Vb_BfwlVVvJwFxEMyAasbo-5S1A1R8yvu1qkVeZCCe8FmKUKLc8J8U0Gm3MgEK-PlHpJwJqJmz7Y-RO2cRV2Ur8/s1600/attache.png" /></a>Teachers Attaché<br />
£2.99<br />
For me I like this planning app because it is not time specific merely a list of my lesson but more importantly linked to my DropBox. This means that I don't need to update the lessons if the resources change, a big time saver.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMX1kqmYQTyTWH8JABDLjyFQSaEOQefePbSesWYkueCO-1nfXHwBhei_ix8iWlpCZNl7fpA6E1AgOq-AfLFXYg0TlQzrzyD5-sB9gewQmy2CQg7EFIK22ZwR3HcXpXO_nq-ywSCjet_8/s1600/planbook.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMX1kqmYQTyTWH8JABDLjyFQSaEOQefePbSesWYkueCO-1nfXHwBhei_ix8iWlpCZNl7fpA6E1AgOq-AfLFXYg0TlQzrzyD5-sB9gewQmy2CQg7EFIK22ZwR3HcXpXO_nq-ywSCjet_8/s1600/planbook.png" /></a>PlanBook</div>
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£6.99<br />
While I don't use this there are many that do. You are either a Teacher's Attache fan or PlanBook. PlanBook is more for people that want weekly planning, so probably better for Primary colleagues, but everyone is different so ask around and make your choice.</div>
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<h3>
Games</h3>
<br />
There are so many games that record scores or only allow you to progress level by level that you can see how they have done by just letting them Plan.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5UqBxtCTF5ZYuJxlDLLRuCnbTHDKzl6B7d8K_yKLHPaqXldpxZO6ILHvHypt5NkSyg0vowooRef2PSRbkJgiIgZ2sj9HPASVudnBIlqh_6-OdDDvXjIB0i_XcKQI7vXzLDtCCq4wtDY/s1600/Beebot.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5UqBxtCTF5ZYuJxlDLLRuCnbTHDKzl6B7d8K_yKLHPaqXldpxZO6ILHvHypt5NkSyg0vowooRef2PSRbkJgiIgZ2sj9HPASVudnBIlqh_6-OdDDvXjIB0i_XcKQI7vXzLDtCCq4wtDY/s1600/Beebot.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bee-bot/id500131639?mt=8" style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 18.18181800842285px; text-decoration: none;">Beebot</a></span><br />
Free<br />
When a class set costs hundreds of pounds then this becomes a very attractive offer. Top Scores are kept and students really want to get to the next level.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v1-wfRCvUkzixeMIE7kf-2Al1-k5htKx_HxFrzqMghoSEdDOda5ljH0MXosaxJZZoolZ9doFZ6FLE8cYcqOGbZ3IkntqYSbiVTY3l-p1rWdV7IACbDcVLyoG9zGmOiY_-K4uO2h90ko/s1600/spelling+free.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v1-wfRCvUkzixeMIE7kf-2Al1-k5htKx_HxFrzqMghoSEdDOda5ljH0MXosaxJZZoolZ9doFZ6FLE8cYcqOGbZ3IkntqYSbiVTY3l-p1rWdV7IACbDcVLyoG9zGmOiY_-K4uO2h90ko/s1600/spelling+free.png" /></a>Spelling Notebook Free<br />
Free<br />
You can type spellings in and the iPad reads out the word and records the correct or incorrect responses.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IbsniSL0DYRoEsSHhpBDf64oykdOl4dGQNLp4951e5Q6fF8KuNdHaZsDMDCbAWGmGwj0FgvDnX86rEuN5mZ3b5CR2St5oxtdhNxX0MKjBqnAlkv_QGNgnUBKOAWXgBdPGRW54RG4mlo/s1600/hairy+letters.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IbsniSL0DYRoEsSHhpBDf64oykdOl4dGQNLp4951e5Q6fF8KuNdHaZsDMDCbAWGmGwj0FgvDnX86rEuN5mZ3b5CR2St5oxtdhNxX0MKjBqnAlkv_QGNgnUBKOAWXgBdPGRW54RG4mlo/s1600/hairy+letters.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a>Hairy Letters<br />
£1.99<br />
This app is great for students learning how to write letters. A rarity for an app that is also contains proper English Phonics, something to check on app before you purchase in the UK.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzos8RSy6uTnvg_qhGlGs2IrGultohPP-hhaDgm65aUZQXcTnoIZLyArUwkscOLYneAZ1A9IdQ5RAgm5LdIC6VvZgnIM-9TH1DwilVEfgjl3kofFld9TBimk_iGJkabiKI9KCojUyysz4/s1600/aceMultiply.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzos8RSy6uTnvg_qhGlGs2IrGultohPP-hhaDgm65aUZQXcTnoIZLyArUwkscOLYneAZ1A9IdQ5RAgm5LdIC6VvZgnIM-9TH1DwilVEfgjl3kofFld9TBimk_iGJkabiKI9KCojUyysz4/s1600/aceMultiply.png" /></a>Ace Multiply</div>
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Free<br />
This is a great maths against time app. My students loved beating my score and then each other. Begging to do multiplication tables didn't happen to me before.<br />
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<h3>
Free Content</h3>
<br />
There is a vast amount of free content for the iPad but iTunes and iBooks are the gold that should be investigated.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbbLB8F9sL8iWUOagYqEfAe7D1qK9SSxL7XSj5AIndDxGCfXb46pe02A4ryprhTn_fq_lrbv1FKf7vEc5u8oz8S7yEJfTTbHDAY0BvTwulRexmojksFbfXgDkM0aDtYTCD70Hr-13pe0/s1600/itunesU.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbbLB8F9sL8iWUOagYqEfAe7D1qK9SSxL7XSj5AIndDxGCfXb46pe02A4ryprhTn_fq_lrbv1FKf7vEc5u8oz8S7yEJfTTbHDAY0BvTwulRexmojksFbfXgDkM0aDtYTCD70Hr-13pe0/s1600/itunesU.png" /></a>iTunesU<br />
Free<br />
This is a must see. Investigate all the content. Complete courses with integrated resources of a very high quality.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UBcxlAJsbDLyLuRALPUkSLhoBhfpA7mgz0W-OZaEJ9kExtsRZUMDe0KszlUXmMqSxMkl652PTyA6-R_IAqN-lDh_AeQXVSDrXVlTp-I9YKJaYLfXg211fh4IziGzUPBrT-JXAkE7HIA/s1600/iBooks.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UBcxlAJsbDLyLuRALPUkSLhoBhfpA7mgz0W-OZaEJ9kExtsRZUMDe0KszlUXmMqSxMkl652PTyA6-R_IAqN-lDh_AeQXVSDrXVlTp-I9YKJaYLfXg211fh4IziGzUPBrT-JXAkE7HIA/s1600/iBooks.png" /></a>iBooks<br />
Free<br />
With the addition of the recent iBooks2 versions eBooks have now hit a new standard. I highly suggest downloading the example iBook2 <a href="http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=1f312b15ddea4a585051f1c99cdc7848&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iphonelife.com%2Fblog%2F5%2Ffirst-look-free-ibooks-2-app-and-free-sample-textbook&v=1&libid=1342017319211&out=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fbook%2Fe.o.-wilsons-life-on-earth%2Fid490270998%3Fmt%3D13&title=A%20first%20look%20at%20the%20free%20iBooks%202%20app%20and%20free%20sample%20textbook%20%7C%20Jim%20Karpen%20%7C%20iPhone%20Life&txt=Life%20on%20Earth&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13420173271181">'Life on Earth'</a> by clicking this link. The quality of integrated video, audio, interactivity, notes and study cards makes this a game changing content provider. The quality of the material is high class. The only downside is the size of the books (1GB+) in many cases. You can also bypass the iTunes store and create your own files but like mine they can take up to 30min to download (connection depending). If you want to know how to create one download my <a href="http://rselearning.com/ibooks/T_IBOOK_2.itmsp/BasicGuild.ibooks">book</a> (100MB about 5min on 2Meg) but be aware it will open Safari and seem to freeze but it is just downloading the large file.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-41866222471044869942012-06-26T13:00:00.002-07:002012-06-26T13:01:42.272-07:00First RTC event at Beaulieu<h3>
iPads in the Classroom</h3>
To everyone that gave up their time today and came to my first RTC session, thank you.<br />
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I am conscious that I talked more than I would usually would in one of these types of session but as an opener I wanted everyone to get a feel of what is possible with the iPad. I will aim to run more specialist sessions with hands on time in later sessions. So thanks again for putting up with me but hope my enthusiasm for the topic can through and you can forgive my indulgence.<br />
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The opening quote is still one that resonates with me...<br />
"If you teach today as we taught yesterday you rob our children of tomorrow"<br />
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While I only spent a small time discussing AirPlay its value in demonstrations an everyday learning is huge. I have come to consider it an integral part of how I deliver content.<br />
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As a recap here is how I us my iPad on a daily basis:<br />
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<div>
Before School<br />
<ul>
<li>Alarm</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<ul>
<li>see a couple of bogs down how to start using Twitter if your new to it.</li>
<li>for me and others I know this is fantastic free CPD </li>
</ul>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Paper (RSS)</li>
<ul>
<li>Personalise your reading experience and the way data finds you</li>
</ul>
<li>Todo email</li>
<li>Calendar email</li>
<li>Dropbox </li>
<li>Playlist/Radio</li>
<li>Emails</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
KS2<br />
<ul>
<li>Stop Motion</li>
<ul>
<li>I search for apps that work on Laptop/iPad/Phone</li>
</ul>
<li>GarageBand </li>
<ul>
<li>What a tool creativity in your hand</li>
</ul>
<li>BeeBot</li>
<ul>
<li>Given that a class set is £300+ this free app is a must </li>
</ul>
<li>Hungry fish</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
KS3/4<br />
<ul>
<li>Dropbox</li>
<li>Keynote</li>
<ul>
<li>Imports PowerPoints so no lost work</li>
</ul>
<li>Pages</li>
<li>Note taking</li>
<li>Tests/feedback</li>
<li>ShowMe</li>
<ul>
<li>Real time explanations free on the internet </li>
</ul>
<li>iBook2 </li>
<li>AirPlay</li>
<li>Interactive tools</li>
<ul>
<li>There are a huge number of apps for ALL subjects and Key Stages</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
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<div>
KS5<br />
<ul>
<li>iMovie</li>
<ul>
<li>Couldn't be easier and some great built i features </li>
</ul>
<li>Twitter </li>
<li>Live editing</li>
<li>Draft editing WebDAV</li>
<li>Audio feedback</li>
<ul>
<li>Read the draft on the iPad and dictate your note then send the email to your students</li>
</ul>
<li>Blogging</li>
<li>Mobile</li>
<li>Prezi</li>
<ul>
<li>A great alternative to powerpoint </li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
After School<br />
<ul>
<li>Nike+</li>
<ul>
<li>Get motivated </li>
</ul>
<li>My Recipes</li>
<li>Interactive book</li>
<ul>
<li>Make personalised books that engage </li>
</ul>
<li>Research</li>
<ul>
<li>Kindle</li>
</ul>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>FB</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<ul>
<li>It is a fantastic resource. Yes there is a sneezing Panda but their are so many tremendous videos that you either couldn't film yourself or don't have the time. </li>
</ul>
<li>Shopping</li>
<ul>
<li>I use eBay to find tech bargains for my room.</li>
</ul>
<li>TV</li>
<ul>
<li>Saves me arguments when the sports on.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
This is only a small snapshot of the 300+ apps I use regularly and the vast majority are free. Even the paid ones are cheap. I would consider my experience typical of how students use their iPads across the globe in everyday life.</div>
<div>
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If we can integrate the way the students use technology in outside of school and bring it into school we will engage them and they will show you creativity that only digital natives would consider.<br />
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If you have any more questions please contact me through Twitter or email. If your questions are more to do with purchase or support please contact Paul or Emily from IQ<br />
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Thanks again for your time.<br />
Rory<br />
@JerseyITGuy<br />
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I have started a new hash tag for Twitter for the RTC sessions so please feel free to use #JerseyRTC<br />
<br />
Rather than duplicate an app list please check out my older posts below for all the apps. Here are ones that I have not mentioned before.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8erwxXckwILOzvA7BGhQz26Qpwf0Frt4yUfwu4773AlhMw8TbIEodrUdKj1wPxusoIMJAniChxfnFZrTKdzTm8SYs-awNkCPzXnspzfbuqR7k1sI3F-10gA-CJlXuN8ugGGbJmyOwZO4/s1600/morfo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8erwxXckwILOzvA7BGhQz26Qpwf0Frt4yUfwu4773AlhMw8TbIEodrUdKj1wPxusoIMJAniChxfnFZrTKdzTm8SYs-awNkCPzXnspzfbuqR7k1sI3F-10gA-CJlXuN8ugGGbJmyOwZO4/s1600/morfo.png" /></a><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/morfo-3d-face-booth/id440560166?mt=8">Morfo booth</a><br />
£0.69 (free version available)<br />
So many ways in which this could be used. Story telling will never be the same.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a busy few weeks and a hard earned 'relaxing' weekend with my Daughter I have had time to reflect on Friday's Event. But before I continue, a big thanks to the Apple team and IQ for all the help and support to make this a successful event. Special mentions to Luke and Paul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There was a large turnout and not a space left in the room. The number of delegates that brough their own iPads was a positive start. After introductions it became clear that there was a clear message, we are not allowing the students to learn in a manner that they are accustomed to at home. Creativity is seemingly being hampered by a fear, however rational and well meaning, that students will access inappropriate material. We must find another way. The message delivered is that we all have the desire to keep students as safe as possible but we need to allow new technology to flourish and re-engage students. These devices are not toys but essential learning devices. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also made the point that it was not about Apple. If Apple let me down and new, better devices hit the market I WILL CHANGE. However the devices, software and support continues to be top of the pile. It is telling that 80% plus are on the most up to date iOS but Android users are awash with different versions of which some OS versions don't support each other. Even Windows own Surface demo froze during the live launch. Consistancy & reliability must be the deciding factor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Politics aside, cost is a very real disabling factor. The model I am suggesting is to let students bring in their own devices. There are ways of managing this (they are being demonstrated all over the world) in an effective and safe way. I ask at every event I speak at how many people already own iOS devices and I regularly see 80-90% of the hands in the room go up. So why are we trying to hit 1:4 ratios that are inefficient and too low and costly, 1:1 has to be the goal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also made the point that, for me, it has to be the same operating system to be most effective. To utilise the apps available sharing can (mostly) only occur if the systems can 'talk' to each other. I also feel that devices HAVE TO BE OWNED. There is no point in having a class set of devices. Firstly the students don't look after them as well and the whole idea is to make a seemless transition from school to home. The devices must be available to the student 24/7. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">SEN was a big part of my presentation and many people commented on the real story I had to offer (for Date Protection reasons I will leave it at that). iOS can not be underestimated in its part in the addressing the learning difficulties experienced by so many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bob Bonney followed my presentation (I was glad to get mine over with and relax). The most powerful part of his presentation was the way in which he has developed his course to emulate the experience of the students online life outside of school. A video featuring one of his students clearly showed how the pupil enjoyed the way in which he was asked to work. For him it was like going on to Facebook and sharing his learning experience with others in a native way. If you didn't follow the power of this engagement Bob's results and Chief Examiners report could not be ignored. Well done Bob. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">VLE's need to be researched by teachers at the cutting edge. So many simply do not contain the features most students would best use, and every school has different needs. A Tweet usually tells you all you need to know in an hour so it seems odd that flaws are not spotted in the research stage. One fit solutions may be cost effective but ultimately waste money if they are not used. The system has to be easy and has to allow studnets to incorporate links to resources they use all the time. Twitter, Youtube and Flicker to name a controversial few. If it is simply a poor duplicate of successful social sites students will not use it. Systems that do not allow students to reach the rest of the world are also flawed. Why would they want to talk in a constricted environment when they can access the globe elseware. We are forcing them into unmonitored envronments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a busy lunch answering questions and getting the feeling the vast majority of the attendees we on the same page we were ready for Neil Emery's live demonstration. I was next door at a Technical session in which it seemed clear that the genius that is Emily from IQ supports most of the schools attending in some way. An interesting thought as the Isle Of Man uses only two technicians for the whole Islands tech support. I think we have significantly more input to keep Jersey's educational machines running. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Everyone in the technical area seemed to have the same problem but that's another story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I managed to see the last part of Neil's app demonstration and when I walked through the door there was an eerie silence as the room was awash with engaged 'students' playing/learning about Devils hole. Creating visual/audio presentations that blew away the traditional ways of teaching the history/geography/ICT/English lesson that was occurring. So special thanks to Neil for showing the audience how utterly enthralling learning can be when delivered in a way that is current, engaging, and most of all fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So hopefully the momnetum will continue, I got a very real sense that some minds had been challenged. The Regional Training Centre starts with its first session on Tuesday (26th June) at Beaulieu with JCG the next week (contact me for more details). Bring your own device starts in September for me. Exciting times ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I will leave you with a list of Apps I talked about during the day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for spending the time to read and please email/tweet this to anyone you like. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">When a class set of Beebots or similar cost £300+ for 4-6 devices why not get a whole class set with lessons pre planned AND made into a game for instant feedback?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">A great game for addition, KS2/3. Don't let your fish die.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I simply don't know how/why this app is free. It is the only note taking app (and I've tried a few!) that incorporates TEXT, AUDIO, PICTURES & VIDEO. Easy to use and has a calendar for homeworks. Great app. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Again, FREE??? This is amazing. Don't set another essay let creativity show you what's in their minds. Groups or individuals. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I use this tool to give feedback to students on essay work as it is quicker to give more thorough notes than typed. The students have said that they like this as it is easier to follow. The students can be emailed directly from the app and listened to on any computer. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Great tool for gathering evidence of students work. I take photos of students work and make notes so that I have evidence of progress without having to take book back in. Also great for when students lose books. </span></span></div>
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More for the seasons presenter but I use GarageBand to add extra sounds and better audio notes to the iMovie presentations. It can be used as a great addition to any subject that uses music. Our A-Level Drama dept says that it has revolutionised the way they teach.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If Art rage captured the creation of the painting in the way Brushes does I would but Brushes. But this feature is so useful to show students how I created an image that I have to have it. Quite expensive compared to Art rage, which I think is better, but until they add the capture feature I have to have this. (You have to view the creation file on a Mac)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is inbuilt to the iPad. You can subscribe to any of our school calendars (including rooms), please email me for the links. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use this to save your PDF documents like schemes of work for easy reference. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iBooks2 is a new way to look at textbooks to make them exciting and improve student engagement. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn how to make one I have created an iBook2 showing you how to make one. Open the link below on your iPad. It is a large file that will take a long time to download. It will seem like the link has frozen but leave the iPad alone for a while and it will open automatically in iBook.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a new way of looking at presentations. You sign up for a teachers account at <a href="http://prezi.com/">http://prezi.com/</a> and create your presentation online. Use the iPad to view the finished presentation. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-31000717094434078622012-04-12T01:04:00.004-07:002012-04-12T02:08:45.781-07:00Is Twitter CPD?<br /><br />I found Twitter relatively late compared to many of my ultra geek friends but it has very quickly become one of the most valuable tools in my arsenal, why?<br /><br />I use Facebook and Twitter in very different ways.<br /><br />Facebook for me is a way to keep in touch with family and friends across the water, and at home. Easy to share photos and thoughts and a great way, to lets face it, satisfy our nosy need to keep in the social loop. But for me it is just for friends, I don't really want the world to know too much about me (I don't post too much detail, I'm not that guy) so I don't friend request or accept people I don't know personally.<br /><br />Twitter is a different beast for me. I have very few 'friends' on twitter but I follow numerous people who's opinions I respect and geeks far geekier than me that show me doors I would either never have opened or even known about. When I look down my Twitter feed I see page after page of useful information and thoughts that provoke interesting discussion. Some of these people have become Twitter friends but neither they nor I really want to know where they are going out tonight, and that's OK as that info is saved for other social networks.<br /><br />I have made many useful contacts for my own subject and it has stimulated discussions between my own forward thinking colleagues on the direction of teaching and reactions to the latest controversial Gove statement. Forums are great but replies to posts can take a while, with Twitter it's usually seconds but sometimes it's whole minutes!<br /><br />Twitter is FREE CPD training for me and the best I've ever had. No traveling, no waiting, no boredom. I get updates to current thinking whenever I want and can discuss subject specific questions with experts for free and at will. The Twitter community, put simply, has reinvigorated me and continues to push my standards.<br /><br />If you're not on it get on it! I will follow you @JerseyITguy<br /><br />#TwitterIsGreatCPDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-78701379050754281702012-01-18T04:16:00.000-08:002012-01-18T04:18:29.610-08:00Teachers with new iPads<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">This is a list of apps I though some teachers with new iPads could use. The total price is under £24 for 35 apps!</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Just click on the link and it will take you to the app in the app store</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Paid apps </div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Keynote</a> £6.99</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Pages</a> £6.99 </div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Numbers</a> £6.99 </div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">iMovie</a> £2.99</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); 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">iBooks</a> PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">DropBox</a> -signup PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Skitch</a> PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/neu.annotate-pdf/id407107609?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">neuAnnotate</a> PDF PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Kindle</a> PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Educreations</a> PRIORITY</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bamboo-paper-notebook/id443131313?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Bamboo Paper</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/awesome-note-hd-lite-to-do/id452193247?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">aNote lite</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/atomic-web-browser-lite/id355513788?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Atomic Web Browser lite</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/simplemind-mind-mapping/id305727658?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">SimpleMind+</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evernote</a> -signup</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fileapp-documents-files-reader/id297804694?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">File App</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/prezi-viewer/id407759942?mt=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Prezi Viewer</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; 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">Demand 5 </a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-64241242518008028952012-01-13T11:02:00.001-08:002012-01-16T04:50:16.138-08:00Apple Leadership Summit 2012The event had its many ups with only a few downs (more the responses from the audience than the speakers). The following is a mixed up evaluation of the ideas that inspired me....<br /><br />The opening speakers started to describe a classroom focused on the pupils way of learning. Imagine a classroom where:<br /><br />Students can write on desks/walls/any surface (obviously wipeable)<br />Students don't have to fear using their smartphones to learn.<br /><b>Students bring in their own up to date tech that costs the school £0</b><br />Students tell you about a new resource they found to help your subject.<br /><br />Imagine a daily equipment list meant:<br />Bring your sports kit<br />Bring a pen<br />Sort your lunch<br />Bring your maths kit<br /><b>Bring a browser !!!!!!!!</b><br /><br />Then a few thoughts:<br />Do Students with technology work longer and harder with no cohertion?<br />Is making students pack up move around and restart learning every 45min, 5/6 times a day, a waste of learning time?<br />Is the future Super Classes, 75 students 3 teachers - 1 Lesson leader, 1 trouble shooter, 1 differentiation assessor. Is this a better teaching model than 1 teacher 25 students?<br /><br />Imagine a super class where students sat at different desk colours, Red, I want to work on my own, Blue I want to work in a group, etc learning spaces for different learning styles.... An idea Bohunt take seriously, they have learning spaces <b>bookable by the students</b> for challenge based learning. This does include a space where all the walls can be written on! The teachers assess the students lesson plan to check the relevant learning is taking place but the<b> students ultimately decide how the topic will be learnt</b>. In science they spend much more time doing than recording. Why spend time doing graphs by hand, do the professionals do that? Don't spend time recording data, use the tech to do that and comment on the live data instead, much more interesting.<br /><br />Some interesting comments from the opening speakers:<br />Stop telling students what to do, start asking......<br />Be brave take chances (teachers)<br /><br />We were then treated to a science experiment involving the iPad. The apps involved were:<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tectonic/id390059473?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRzl1vfP3BOPFuETu7MjFk5_3DDjF_2O5_bd88o4NfZRpLckgZRlV0K4bb7BfW-pHkrhburaBN6c52VAB2L3-AuqOdM5rZ9MPEXxnKijZWYskNJC0MXsS5UKDbPifeMqHvFkQb2Q0WTE/s320/tectonic.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698176113790901042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Tectonic </a>£7.99<div>A great 3D visual of current seismic activity, bit expensive for what it is.<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/seismometer/id288966259?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis96Ps9HA0aHeZzZXSWEkyvgXvN5jx_fJMY1PQCUvchoS_qBZACCWe5uxLVuJbck6EfMdRmGNLzSrJqeneu0IJGfWSwHoOCj9QY_0BPyuQbd444irFarJMhjgmlNgnN_YP1ugs933JOdM/s320/seis.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698176472225272722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Seismometer</a> £0.69 (iPhone app)</div><div>Create your own seismic activity. Really nice practical demo app<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wind-tunnel/id381971296?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnVRtaT8ob_tr_uxoEtpLvijsjl_f8r6uf_Gq3Bw6Zm2NjblxtFGx46HKktIUXy5DY8Q8ixg4zQ4nllWh3BtDyVRQzIz3Cv9-958R6VOTv3b2YIb-bfhtLTg0nffeG2PYwsCsdjvQuaw/s320/wind.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698176926223829410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Wind tunnel</a> £1.49 </div><div>See what affects shapes have on flow. Wind or water with pressure colours. This is nice and there is a lite version to play with first.<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/emerald-observatory-for-ipad/id364904759?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLA8oEWxrYGfh3VwHUBu1KroFGJLca22z6KTBRoozLOOXvtiDbJQG1IKz3BnHAPjB9MQEkolgk1xHc0CHElIEmnNltanySB33p-ATjwOAIZnDEv5clmzrsAliGvg1WldtQBw0Flc60uk/s320/ob.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698177159874799906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Emerald Observatory</a> £0.69,<div>What's happening in the solar system.<br /><div><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sparkvue/id361907181?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGWnSnIy9ao4oC_UX8qe_u0GdqPgRctcXTVt61RNuxrBGz1kFUUD5gj2SU8AsNQKFLiHQJ9uy72jEZIuw4h1R-c4HlJLZ4lIQaZWEAIFeZ7H9OSmU6Yea0NischUw4bj65yt6_wAj9aM/s320/spark.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698204200727195042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> SPARKvue</a> £FREE </div><div>A great tool for practical work but you may need some extra sensors<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spectrogram-hd/id380057554?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGf8DqJWrsRjljkg_QJRkDxSOppp5t_dWRQMPNvsPbe0aaeTkmXlwIVFO_dTQvbOWaeM0ON6JlVjOuIzuhyphenhyphenreL7sDdpfdmVfmasNNgl7Mvo8XB5U664NVyumgF4PK8g33BLNDW37hpz-I/s320/spec.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698177694547111074" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Spectrogram</a> £8.99</div><div>Great visual display of sound, see the Doplar effect. A bit expensive, there are some basic cheaper versions like <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spectrumview/id472662922?mt=8">Spectrum View</a> (FREE).</div><div><br /><br />Some practical uses of the iPad as a multi sensory tool included:<br />Throwing the iPad across the room (in a very good protective case) spin it around in a bag to demonstrate forces. There was a very good wireless microscope that allows everyone with an iPad to see what macro events are going in, it was amazing and I'm buying one ASAP. Also it can be displayed on a projector or wirelessly using an AppleTV.<br /><br />We were also told that apparently teachers do the wrong things really well...<br />We started with the Blackboard<br />We changed everything with the Whiteboard<br />We became futuristic with the Interactive whiteboard<br />But has the teaching/learning changed? Are students still in rows? I hope not.<br /><br />Then a thought provoking question, maybe we should get the "students to do their exams when their ready not by date of manufacture" Abdul Chohan. Maybe Abdul has something, they went form 37% to 67% pass rate in 3 years. He uses AppleTV a great deal, as I do, but with large TVs rather than projectors. Are big screen TVs better value than projectors? Light issues v screen size v bulb life v sound quality. The large TVs looked pretty good from a distance at the summit I must admit and the sound is also an improvement but are they cheap enough? I'm not sure myself so will stick with projectors for the meantime, or at least until the price comes down.<br /><br />Using a projector/TV with AppleTV means you could move away from class sets of textbooks, just fire one copy on the board, via a projector. It will save a great deal of money across the board and save the stress of collecting them in each year!<br /><br />Going further Abdul thinks <b>teachers should create there own textbooks</b>. When did you buy a text book where you agreed with everything in it? Teachers already have a great deal of content in powerpoints, documents, video and audio. Why not copy and paste it all into an ePub and save your department/school a fortune! The students can take a digital copy anywhere and keep it, make notes in it, highlight it, do what they want with it!<br /><br />Essa Academy uses an amazing app for connectivity with students parents and teachers - Avaya, looks amazing. Give teachers a school number, or extension for calls and video conferencing on a mobile device with multiple people. Looks like a professional version of Skype. While the app is free I suspect a paid service but might be worth it.<br /><br />Abdul's case study session was the best for me. I see a lot of parallels in the pedagogy and delivery of what I want to do with learning myself. I hope I can execute it as well. The big part of the presentation was Essa's Wiki server. The Wiki contains ALL the schools scheme of work and content. As it's a wiki so the students can contribute! In Gove's recent statement of wiki planning to 'revolutionise' ICT teaching did he mean the students as well? Probably not. It is a scary though for a teacher to allow students to help make the scheme of work better but why should it be? <b>Surely the students are the best people to know if the teaching has worked or not</b>.<br /><br />There are many reasons why this is a better way of working than the current systems.<br />Department planning:<br />1. Absent students. Students no longer need to ask for missed work as it is already there, accessible at school and a home.<br />2. Wholistic school view. Every department will be able to see every other. You can see possible overlaps and potential cross curricular activities<br />3. Tagging. Similar to the above when you tag content across the departments with generic school wide learning goals like "logical thinking" or<br />"group work" these will automatically inform the other departments what is linked to what they a teaching in other subjects. Again allowing for cross curricular links to be made effortlessly and transparently.<br />4. Differentiation. Tasks can be set for further reading or supplementary work for stronger and weaker students alike. This can be part of the lesson or work left for students to complete in their own time.<br />5. Sharing. Rather than 4-6 teachers doing their own lessons for the same topic Essa sets aside joint planning time, different to departmental meetings. Teachers get together to make one amazing lessons, the best the school can produce.<br />6. Transparency. Parents and line managers can see what is going on.<br /><br />Handing in work:<br />1. Speed. My students currently use a similar system to Essa. Students submit via email or Dropbox. I get the notice immediately and can, time permitting, edit and make comments within 30min and send the work back. Sometimes students can send work back and forth 2-10 times in an evening. I like it because the work is better, quicker. The student likes it because they can work on the assignment when the ideas are fresh and they are motivated. Students don't have to wait a week to get work back.<br />2. Backup. The process in its self creates a backup without the student having to think of it. I have on several occasions had to dig out an old email to save a students coursework. And there is no paper for the teacher to misplace!<br />3. Monitoring. Heads of department can also have access to cloud storage meaning that everyone is kept in the loop.<br /><br />Comments from Essa students:<br />I carry two pairs of earphones "just in case"<br />"if you can't email you can obviously iMessage other students for help"<br />We respect the fact we are allowed to use the tech in school and "respect the tech"<br /><br />A disappointing note at this point was that a number of school decision makers kept asking about filtering, not how this affected the learning! <b>eSafety is getting out of control</b>. I do think that eSafety is important but people drown and we still take water sports trips away. <b>We assess the risk</b>, we weigh it up against the learning potential. Why not with ICT? Will ICT become like school trips and teachers will avoid it through fear of litigation? As a country it would be/is devastating for our progress.<br /><br />I did learn something about iBooks I never knew before. You can highlight text and the iPad with say it for you. Great for early years or students that have English as their second language. I haven't tried other languages, which would be great for MFL. Just go to the accessibility setting and activate speech, simple when you know how.<br /><br />One thing i liked about Abdul's presentation is that he didn't mention Apple for at least 40min at one stage, it's all about how learning is changing not the devices, they are just the tools. It just happens these seem to be the best tools right now.<br /><br />Essa assigns "middle leaders" to monitor the wikis and learning, it does seem best to leave that job to the subject specialists. One controversial guide line is that <b>PowerPoints are to be avoided</b>, as mentioned earlier the content needs to be accessible to the students in a form they can use and personalise so ePubs are making that happen. on the iPad two apps were mentioned to help create ePubs on the iPads, where as before you would have had to use Pages:<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/book-creator-for-ipad/id442378070?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPa_QADxjFk6V6WMC9hyV2kTOt7GsYvj_umXaGo1CynsmW14cAGq-e_hAdVkpqERrLex95ILTRe_Kp2Dy8boLb2OI10p6FdJdwvCy_IPb4RAImxda9TlzXgEj9mwJUm4NGSb6wpLPlTlA/s320/BC.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698174712632655298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Book Creator for iPad</a> £2.49<br /><div><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/creative-book-builder-create/id451041428?mt=8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvS5iWFpm2dcrflSUxIBzn8NKI3SEPXt7cYjezKZfyjwobHXyWxJeY6pyblc_jBCpiwNWI7zOC_ka5z9VsiGKpTFPu2hyoFb_-9tZC8-JHFTV9spc_Da2MeSNMQd7zCUir33I0NKpbxM/s320/CBB.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698175035900610354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /> Creative Book Builder</a> £2.49</div><div>Easily the best for teachers.<br /><br />There was some advice for implementing mobile devices. <b>Parents need to come in and see how the students are suppose to use the devices to learn</b> so that when they a taken home they are, on the whole, used appropriately. Tell parents to gift apps NOT associate credit cards to the machine, or they will pay the financial penalty. He says, and i agree that it is <b>vital that students own the devices to use them best</b>. And of course games are not the devil!<br /><br />Essa has significantly reduced the paper and printing costs (including text books). He mentioned that past papers are now on the devices. Maths and Science took a while to get used to this. So there is an offset to the initial outlay. You just have to plan for it. Departments who now want class sets of text books are told no! They have the ePubs and apps, that's where the cost went, you can't have both.<br /><br />It was also interesting to note that quite a few of presentations talk about didactic teaching being the past and then presenting there topics didactically.<br /><br />The final guest speaker was the producer of QI, my favourite program, and was entitled "The joy of ignorance". We were told to embrace the fact we actually don't know that much In the grand scheme of things. He said start with the fun details of the topic and add the boring basics after. We were told , quite rightly, that as<b> teachers we are often only interested in a couple of subjects but expect the children to be interested in 10 (GCSEs).</b> The point was backed up by asking some subject specific questions to teacher of different subjects. I certainly didn't know the atomic number of Barium! This was followed closely by the best comment of the day,<b> "'A good teacher should learn all the time a bad one teaches the same thing over and over".</b> How many teachers really work hard at keeping up to date with their specialism and striving to push the boundaries? Your degree is put of date what are you doing to rectify that?<br /><br />If you've managed to get this far thanks for reading but the day was so inspiring it warranted the effort.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="blogpress_location">Location:<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=London&z=10">London</a></p></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-67341872685798911052012-01-02T06:16:00.000-08:002012-01-02T13:00:10.086-08:0028 Apps to save you time<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Teacher Admin Apps</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Apps to save you time</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Follow Me on Twitter - JerseyITguy</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Follow Me on YouTube - <a href="http://youtube.com/JerseyITguy">JerseyITguy</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">While this may contain some obvious apps for the seasoned iPad user it will certainly save the new user some cash avoiding the apps I have bought and forgotten about (Come on Apple make a trial app period). And for the seasoned app'er you might see some new ways to use old apps, and even seen one or two new ones.....</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This app list is in no particular order as everyone will find different apps more or less useful. I have tried to bundle apps that work well together. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8">DropBox</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 65px; height: 65px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2WGlX64XAjyZs5MhADRVi4rGpHpVf1FyIqqggwIkwk5LAUPtErnL-30Rd999J1wTisEvRqzKbGL0lF8mRdGibORJaEAGKBBvjnRp_S1_AwjrjFLMVmvEu91ne9f-ArcQqeMIufE9CsQ/s320/dropbox.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693069593231420322" /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Free</p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">If you don't have a dropbox account you are missing out on a fantastic resource and I would sign up now! (<a href="http://db.tt/I6hgPdoJ">please use this link and my account is increased in siz</a>e). You get 2GB of free storage which can be (with referrals) upgraded for free to 10GB! It syncs all your documents on multiple computers (mac & PC) and mobile devices. A MUST</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fileapp-documents-files-reader/id297804694?mt=8">FileApp</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyquYS7f57cGcEz3hsPdJDKBduY7ejzMEvLS_72gJgTnhxibcEBjsELR2GzD8r_ZAnhl5354mT1N6G_OCXALJlXIMhzPmnRrtAY29tSlZDCw9cUnTETj61phXMmL0X46yZ_UDN1y6Gsg/s320/fileaid.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693069908735184098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">free</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">While Dropbox has amazing inbuilt document readers it does lack an OpenOffice reader. This free app teas care of that problem and you will be able to view any shared ODT file.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/documents-to-go-premium-office/id317107309?mt=8">DocsToGo</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUCS3XB96ogO6cehpQpHsayq_2RVh7Glcm0KIBAWHBCxb9flUf0OqaL6W8RzcXMBqGGyb-yfq4Ku9Z_gj46OyT0McTDJZrQazMgGWYU4LYrCFJ2IpDTQ0u8e5DCu7s2SKZiGvDiAjbXA/s1600/documents-to-go%25C2%25AE-with-exchange-attachments-microsoft-word-editing-exchange-attachments-desktop-sync.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUCS3XB96ogO6cehpQpHsayq_2RVh7Glcm0KIBAWHBCxb9flUf0OqaL6W8RzcXMBqGGyb-yfq4Ku9Z_gj46OyT0McTDJZrQazMgGWYU4LYrCFJ2IpDTQ0u8e5DCu7s2SKZiGvDiAjbXA/s320/documents-to-go%25C2%25AE-with-exchange-attachments-microsoft-word-editing-exchange-attachments-desktop-sync.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070069568323154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£11.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">It is an expensive file reading/editing app but you can sync to GoogleDocs which I use a lot. And until Google sorts out some decent app syncing this is a must for me. If you don't use Google docs and have other document editing apps you might want to give this a miss.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8">Evernote</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdj1Q9K5CMU_rBqPR463hsaAs023wXqbsuhb4-Ikx-HmfubhNs8zDz_pV2otOza1jGllblSUyHi1PHrlnqwCVIDTMimC1VJO5EWTu8ZHI1lKWfRcgf5YkpDhGR0ugzTWKjyDBtEhmdKY/s1600/evernote.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdj1Q9K5CMU_rBqPR463hsaAs023wXqbsuhb4-Ikx-HmfubhNs8zDz_pV2otOza1jGllblSUyHi1PHrlnqwCVIDTMimC1VJO5EWTu8ZHI1lKWfRcgf5YkpDhGR0ugzTWKjyDBtEhmdKY/s320/evernote.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070223760452034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Free</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">A lot of Apps backup to Dropbox but some will only use Evernote, so worth signing up for free. Evernote its self is a great app and while I'm a dropbox fan other prefer this. They are both free so use them both!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8">Keynote</a></p></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FlNtY6VxkYy1-HgLbWJSc5MzLnNDnfJsi7WS3eqlAZYK41Q0vsWByz6K3XqVkeILejIbGwXpmUXgJYAjabMHTjehFoBlYf0JD1-5I__ESKjO0OB-zUvMCP5j7c0rmCwdNzFG4G9-dC8/s1600/keynote.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FlNtY6VxkYy1-HgLbWJSc5MzLnNDnfJsi7WS3eqlAZYK41Q0vsWByz6K3XqVkeILejIbGwXpmUXgJYAjabMHTjehFoBlYf0JD1-5I__ESKjO0OB-zUvMCP5j7c0rmCwdNzFG4G9-dC8/s320/keynote.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070335245102498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">£6.99</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I rarely use my iMac or MacBook now (my wife now calls them 'hers') so when I prepare presentation Keynote is a must. Quite expensive as apps go but this has great features and delivers a professional presentation that I can edit on the fly (usually minutes before hand).</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/keynote-remote/id300719251?mt=8">Keynote Remote</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggU_RULkW3Rhb4YWFDSSU0joq5ePIQLiCHcYQKXLJk4UxNHV0_nhsl2Eg3hC8NTDoJKhtLZbG3f7qWIRirXOyTSUM2J-OuDqIsf7ALMOwx-gFbOBHxTuwdL81QIEpSzxtXvnsPQVISAI/s1600/keynote-remote.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggU_RULkW3Rhb4YWFDSSU0joq5ePIQLiCHcYQKXLJk4UxNHV0_nhsl2Eg3hC8NTDoJKhtLZbG3f7qWIRirXOyTSUM2J-OuDqIsf7ALMOwx-gFbOBHxTuwdL81QIEpSzxtXvnsPQVISAI/s320/keynote-remote.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070442880830786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">£0.69</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">If you're not using Appel TV to present and you have an iPhone/iPod Touch then this is a must. Leave your presentation plugged in to a projector and walk around swiping to the next page with notes in your hand. iCloud also means that your work is saved automatically (I do wish it also had the ability to save to dropbox).</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8">Pages</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6dcHNQWPzav3NW21JSy-9nlafkZJrsKAOUB42PZFGyCrCB7RoyaKkImVnuIhJQ2y0hwX5R7jguhYJvbHRWLQp6_w4Pjy7riVncSP2BAXAq6-G4nIrV3zaM7FH1xxFI4IGon2RdLGyEg/s1600/pages.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6dcHNQWPzav3NW21JSy-9nlafkZJrsKAOUB42PZFGyCrCB7RoyaKkImVnuIhJQ2y0hwX5R7jguhYJvbHRWLQp6_w4Pjy7riVncSP2BAXAq6-G4nIrV3zaM7FH1xxFI4IGon2RdLGyEg/s320/pages.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070549687251778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">£6.99</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Another expensive app, but again worth it, another iCloud app and also contains quite professional features.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8">iMovie</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmiK0fSpFTxe6uokZGJTce7El_rzn2KsHWnKVQxY9EqOKYTLRxdOyCPC0MvU9Wow_DLZt-zvhEsBxaPVMp2hzsDraC6b-znorxdbxro0Az-RfHh46jjlDow6y0YqoX0xOY5sAxqfjrfk/s1600/imovie.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmiK0fSpFTxe6uokZGJTce7El_rzn2KsHWnKVQxY9EqOKYTLRxdOyCPC0MvU9Wow_DLZt-zvhEsBxaPVMp2hzsDraC6b-znorxdbxro0Az-RfHh46jjlDow6y0YqoX0xOY5sAxqfjrfk/s320/imovie.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070660988466178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£2.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">'Death by PowerPoint' (or even Keynote) no more! Make videos for class intro, its so easy and contains great effects to make you look like you have spent hours. Easy to set up and a great price. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8">GarageBand</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQBfW2Ed1lf8Gu0wYvqqspNxYitgou2hR2TznSE8gJ50aCsAt1SkVQwwIyhCtQRrTSao82DcKV1n0xGsp4ghVbK8J0IRem1jBf8mw09-Fpxifvc-1bxPncO8LIkgMzBGajxaRgZsIEQ4/s1600/garageband.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQBfW2Ed1lf8Gu0wYvqqspNxYitgou2hR2TznSE8gJ50aCsAt1SkVQwwIyhCtQRrTSao82DcKV1n0xGsp4ghVbK8J0IRem1jBf8mw09-Fpxifvc-1bxPncO8LIkgMzBGajxaRgZsIEQ4/s320/garageband.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070768899469202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£2.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">More for the seasons presenter but I use GarageBand to add extra sounds and better audio notes to the iMovie presentations. It can be used as a great addition to any subject that uses music. Our A-Level Drama dept says that it has revolutionised the way they teach.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/prezi-viewer/id407759942?mt=8">Prezi Viewer</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g4eaiJVtLFMAalzXT_l9BCSFK1369Fnm3pS1Qkg4cLepoy3lpXgVuEPBSX7F_oA38wuv_0q9Da2hndce0FZiD0XdNqKbHMiwhSyHGpl6IKEFXqZg2pun2iJwx72i52qthy9-kbtr9Uw/s1600/prezi.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g4eaiJVtLFMAalzXT_l9BCSFK1369Fnm3pS1Qkg4cLepoy3lpXgVuEPBSX7F_oA38wuv_0q9Da2hndce0FZiD0XdNqKbHMiwhSyHGpl6IKEFXqZg2pun2iJwx72i52qthy9-kbtr9Uw/s320/prezi.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070838745299330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Free (Must have Free Prezi Account)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Prezi is a flash based online product and this allows you to view it on the iPad. It really adds another dimension to presentations, anything to keep their attention.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/touchdraw/id382021233?mt=8">Touch Draw</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHMlvAIGC-jEFFqtYrkYyKe5tv4oZSKjUysbcXzZC0Zymuo0gCY3dCerXlZmiO9vpoRnO4p6rWdc8C5_9uXtZDc0t9aqKTZ6Ih3AsWOYU-GNzuai9U4dz51LOxP_F3O6FPW_NMPS__cg/s1600/touchdraw.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHMlvAIGC-jEFFqtYrkYyKe5tv4oZSKjUysbcXzZC0Zymuo0gCY3dCerXlZmiO9vpoRnO4p6rWdc8C5_9uXtZDc0t9aqKTZ6Ih3AsWOYU-GNzuai9U4dz51LOxP_F3O6FPW_NMPS__cg/s320/touchdraw.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070919480194002" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£5.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Again a relatively expensive app but one that allows vector graphics and better visuals to go into presentations. I use this quite a bit for technical drawings and flow charts. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/photosync-wirelessly-transfers/id415850124?mt=8">PhotoSync</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR7RDjHNf7eLF_BkTi1EUVIjRscqydvhViI_-KCh9X5rq-rKDEP5_i-7CzJ7BkT3AZg_m-R0zuob9EXTK63D3EePGs6rquc5IlHKrctFqwV3-HH6TPvizLbsptTMvr-lcS96hcPQPf7k/s1600/photosync-wirelessly-transfers-your-photos-and-videos.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR7RDjHNf7eLF_BkTi1EUVIjRscqydvhViI_-KCh9X5rq-rKDEP5_i-7CzJ7BkT3AZg_m-R0zuob9EXTK63D3EePGs6rquc5IlHKrctFqwV3-HH6TPvizLbsptTMvr-lcS96hcPQPf7k/s320/photosync-wirelessly-transfers-your-photos-and-videos.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693070982314358034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£1.49</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Unlike the name suggests I don't use this much for Photos. This app allows you to transfer photos, but more importantly, video between iOS and Mac devices. So if you video on your iPhone and want to edit on the iPad or Mac you can transfer without having to plug in. PhotoStream is good for the images but this allows the video to sync. A MUST HAVE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/eye-fi/id306011124?mt=8">Eye-Fi</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_cOZS1WRLc2R8aFJBqqqsbRTN0mLtNpKnq93fWnAUkrC0b4okz1WCDxh0dYydcYNc21UWz5NSBWRWlkepnj7eLZbt0DGmwYzzgmHpXIAwJrF7QijjE_3RCsJ5b7VQqk1s63-GUVLfSM/s1600/eye-fi.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_cOZS1WRLc2R8aFJBqqqsbRTN0mLtNpKnq93fWnAUkrC0b4okz1WCDxh0dYydcYNc21UWz5NSBWRWlkepnj7eLZbt0DGmwYzzgmHpXIAwJrF7QijjE_3RCsJ5b7VQqk1s63-GUVLfSM/s320/eye-fi.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071058605290290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Free (Must have Eye-fi card)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">If the new 8MP camera isn't enough for you, you can buy an Eye-Fi SD Card that allows wireless syncing between you DSLR or SD card using device directly to your iPad. This allows for editing on the fly. An indulgent app</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8">SnapSeed</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidM2WQPg99CS4h8SJ4GwKL_FXP3iiWU9lytfzUwWab2E5JeNOJbAwVMQA_pYY9s6-D94yUlUtVGccGa5fdzowNtkn4w24qZHfyPlsUjPSAdMjof-_ASZ-2uL3l_zhHUn2Vsb7-Sgs_z5s/s1600/snapseed-for-ipad.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidM2WQPg99CS4h8SJ4GwKL_FXP3iiWU9lytfzUwWab2E5JeNOJbAwVMQA_pYY9s6-D94yUlUtVGccGa5fdzowNtkn4w24qZHfyPlsUjPSAdMjof-_ASZ-2uL3l_zhHUn2Vsb7-Sgs_z5s/s320/snapseed-for-ipad.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071119796617042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£2.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">This is the photo editing tool I use the most, it is easy to use and well priced. For those that had the 12 days of Xmas App I hope you got it for free this year.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/artrage/id391432693?mt=8">ArtRage</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxqhkc-5Bg406yxBIskLkEDHJnJ9xfREWEXPFPi_h5FWac_Yvs2IZF2afIBCl7p9gpMkFtN8jk77McTPpYdL1EK8Zh9sD3sY-BYeYygxAoP-Qv2Dhisp0iK5Qed14keXbPtHY-Q1-aAI/s1600/artrage.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxqhkc-5Bg406yxBIskLkEDHJnJ9xfREWEXPFPi_h5FWac_Yvs2IZF2afIBCl7p9gpMkFtN8jk77McTPpYdL1EK8Zh9sD3sY-BYeYygxAoP-Qv2Dhisp0iK5Qed14keXbPtHY-Q1-aAI/s320/artrage.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071194228029522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£2.99</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">This is amazing. I teach a little art every now and again an I use this to do large demos. The ways the paint behaves is unbelievable. A fantastic price for a powerful tool. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app//id363590649?mt=8">Brushes</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VR05lxaS7dq9zfQb6dDFYPeNtvN9jh9fJdP14AEZcf_YTMjaYSWpzRNeJrdYaK8tuUKg1a-IRrMSgjc8-akBOPNujJNpcymtX6xD-B4yZ7N11cgfLfFOk0SzYZL5eXb0fSEWafuqf1s/s1600/brushes-%25E2%2580%2593-ipad-edition.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VR05lxaS7dq9zfQb6dDFYPeNtvN9jh9fJdP14AEZcf_YTMjaYSWpzRNeJrdYaK8tuUKg1a-IRrMSgjc8-akBOPNujJNpcymtX6xD-B4yZ7N11cgfLfFOk0SzYZL5eXb0fSEWafuqf1s/s320/brushes-%25E2%2580%2593-ipad-edition.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071255749238354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">£5.49</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">If Art rage captured the creation of the painting in the way Brushes does I would but Brushes. But this feature is so useful to show students how I created an image that I have to have it. Quite expensive compared to Art rage, which I think is better, but until they add the capture feature I have to have this. (You have to view the creation file on a Mac)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/audionote-notepad-voice-recorder/id369820957?mt=8">Audio Note</a></p></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6mXMcXE3b59tgCfsxQBhWzEdC4vdSLFe6g6l0PrT2bVFMhfQiqbd4wSBpbve1H7ENxaIvMJTpWOYBgR9L-uV3DnMi2ts7NZLFF1izRxzjRnOzTx-emHVhIAs_ruW4FgmTmoLAlmAbOQ/s1600/audionote-notepad-and-voice-recorder.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6mXMcXE3b59tgCfsxQBhWzEdC4vdSLFe6g6l0PrT2bVFMhfQiqbd4wSBpbve1H7ENxaIvMJTpWOYBgR9L-uV3DnMi2ts7NZLFF1izRxzjRnOzTx-emHVhIAs_ruW4FgmTmoLAlmAbOQ/s320/audionote-notepad-and-voice-recorder.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071320447855330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">£2.99</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This is a must for meetings. Let the microphone record the meeting (it pick up voices at a distance very well) and add you r notes every now and again. When you listen to the notes back the written text highlights when the voice reraches the point the note was made. Does lack cloud syncing but you can email the notes.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8">Dragon Dictation</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHIYNxsgPpQOkmc5iIyqC3h2D8nYqJpP1hRG1BCeAiV_4XFoFaWbInXpDE_sTR39Rf-loE-nS2Kf8aJ5Hy4sKG9HqERk8DugdsjzpYsqBnjPLdBg9YQiPa_FSwl7ahPERHT3L9IvqUH8/s1600/dragon-dictation.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHIYNxsgPpQOkmc5iIyqC3h2D8nYqJpP1hRG1BCeAiV_4XFoFaWbInXpDE_sTR39Rf-loE-nS2Kf8aJ5Hy4sKG9HqERk8DugdsjzpYsqBnjPLdBg9YQiPa_FSwl7ahPERHT3L9IvqUH8/s320/dragon-dictation.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071384871872850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Before Siri I used to use this. If you have large amounts of written work to mark I read it on my iPad and speak the notes into Dragon. I then email the notes directly to my students. It doesn't get it right 100% of the time but the students know this and when I asked them they said they would rather have the larger notes (made on Dragon) with mistakes that the smaller but 100% correct written notes. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/teacherpal/id389584618?mt=8">TeacherPal</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-csnBgTuN-hjVnigLPB3Wd2qXLlFPPXziqCdBKYsUI4k1S_3NyR2g36zB4sM-WumZXVa1uAtN43x8gS_yp0RZel5roijKhPWKxqSO_J-pxHy-jcAmAt1XcSXAwljkButBGaJFmZgLRw/s1600/teacherpal.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-csnBgTuN-hjVnigLPB3Wd2qXLlFPPXziqCdBKYsUI4k1S_3NyR2g36zB4sM-WumZXVa1uAtN43x8gS_yp0RZel5roijKhPWKxqSO_J-pxHy-jcAmAt1XcSXAwljkButBGaJFmZgLRw/s320/teacherpal.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071440992330610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I lovely app for people like me who take time to get the faces and the names right. It tracks performance and allows custom notes, like any special needs requirements or general notes.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/awesome-note-hd-lite-to-do/id452193247?mt=8">aNote Lite</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGfryVH-z_F8fGci7SkKImBuY7nV1zPZ96YA8Rscteayvsi4nP2q59BBwFJ3epW306__lRxaC5lWZkM4uYXmkhYYV0PhUVNzx-xNP8UmYS459NNn9MO6gIt_ofw-BD9_KXeB0z00E23o/s1600/awesome-note-lite-todo.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGfryVH-z_F8fGci7SkKImBuY7nV1zPZ96YA8Rscteayvsi4nP2q59BBwFJ3epW306__lRxaC5lWZkM4uYXmkhYYV0PhUVNzx-xNP8UmYS459NNn9MO6gIt_ofw-BD9_KXeB0z00E23o/s320/awesome-note-lite-todo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071508114370530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">If you tracy students more closely that just marks this app allows you to created groups to make notes on individuals (allows text and photo notes). Really helps for parent nights and you can email students progress updates.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/lanschool-teachers-assistant/id376316935?mt=8">LanSchool Teachers Assistant</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFH-4MK57vpxE0ehnGVvvgK8Zumk5_9QW_XN4t3KNIm4Ph3yKCbp40sx2t-j6ois6Ncjte07u6HaUdVR7Gi16R6BvpPrf5oyEg8gNDh8qIESulcICPlXKp-edF2_oNLY8rGt6uaIpQWXg/s1600/lanschool-teachers-assistant-for-ipad.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFH-4MK57vpxE0ehnGVvvgK8Zumk5_9QW_XN4t3KNIm4Ph3yKCbp40sx2t-j6ois6Ncjte07u6HaUdVR7Gi16R6BvpPrf5oyEg8gNDh8qIESulcICPlXKp-edF2_oNLY8rGt6uaIpQWXg/s320/lanschool-teachers-assistant-for-ipad.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071577414107922" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free (Must have LanSchool)</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">YOU MUST HAVE LANSCHOOL INSTALLED. We track the computer monitors in our school using LanSchool, this app allows me to walk around the classroom and still be able to see individual screens at will. I wist they could make an iPad tracker!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/camscanner-pro/id395904807?mt=8">CanScanner Pro</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m42MsP8UTNAFublzTzoHnF7Hy8RRBD9TM0nOVjKS7y4rPHA2K7G8Duo-_EWClVkWIAYIEmM5AEvsdvs4xfXIhYfjovfltZQWvX0tZkWpN3JnZa2hZYZs-aQbUIOfbko4ayyl-qbFBDY/s1600/camscanner-lite.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m42MsP8UTNAFublzTzoHnF7Hy8RRBD9TM0nOVjKS7y4rPHA2K7G8Duo-_EWClVkWIAYIEmM5AEvsdvs4xfXIhYfjovfltZQWvX0tZkWpN3JnZa2hZYZs-aQbUIOfbko4ayyl-qbFBDY/s320/camscanner-lite.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071721378098402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">£2.99</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This is an iPhone app but the iPad Rivals have yet to impress, you can also get the free version if you don't mind a watermark. Take photos of documents or images and you can collate them into a PDF for emails. Good for meetings and recording student work without the paper trail. I like this version because it allows for batch updates of a number of images to PDF</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8">Kindle</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy5YEWko3fC9lpEm16LOVGAPcu7Zw72qR9VjEVQcBEosmmRrf2DPEPu26ebsaf383ynCnZV-A0qpGjwboZCZ51plk3Q9UmwZEr8J1i828u7FN0Eycum47xZN5IcImmQ6QSHK7rzN9Ajo/s1600/kindle.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy5YEWko3fC9lpEm16LOVGAPcu7Zw72qR9VjEVQcBEosmmRrf2DPEPu26ebsaf383ynCnZV-A0qpGjwboZCZ51plk3Q9UmwZEr8J1i828u7FN0Eycum47xZN5IcImmQ6QSHK7rzN9Ajo/s320/kindle.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071801109761746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">If you read professional books for CPD this is great as some books come pre highlighted, allowing you to skim read that others have already found useful. Fantastic time saver. Remember to make your own highlights to add to the community. I also copy and paste my highlights to colleges to help them see my thoughts and visions. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8">iBooks</a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeUuXlTJ9EdLKTo4xd1nprNQe9izZDQOKbIBl5ugkE4KO3yF9MI0wzTNXyn4LbMDk6fVNKYOfp_u3sUlgRg06hIYNnXJNV2YwLjtKEL2mzutaM1FuCV_1z31HiJBu0Aq_xAzIxLkW5Ms/s1600/ibooks.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeUuXlTJ9EdLKTo4xd1nprNQe9izZDQOKbIBl5ugkE4KO3yF9MI0wzTNXyn4LbMDk6fVNKYOfp_u3sUlgRg06hIYNnXJNV2YwLjtKEL2mzutaM1FuCV_1z31HiJBu0Aq_xAzIxLkW5Ms/s320/ibooks.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693071890687131426" style="cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 65px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Free</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">A must for collating PDF files form the internet. 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It is a magazine picture of the 'modern school' with large open areas, double teaching rooms, beautiful architecture and of course a ridicules amount of the top tech. When you pay 26m for a brand spanking new academy you certainly impress. Although I'm not sure if the other schools in the county will see the spending of that cash in the same way. Anyway....</div><br /><div>The notes from the course are linked <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/929495/iLongfield.pdf">here</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">(7.3MB)</span></div><br /><div>The opening used some videos found on youtube (already introducing 'controversial' social networking, like it) found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngL6wI5cCvA">here</a> & <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re5HPKV9cHM&feature=related">here</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">(they did excuse the copyright in the second video)</span>. It was explained that it was a whole school donations scheme so everyone in the school had an iPad and after 3 months, so far so good. </div><br /><div>They did trial different products before and students were almost angry if they didn't receive the iPad, some laptops were never claimed in the trial. only 1 in 60 students in the trial didn't have the internet at home.</div><br /><div>A very useful document was referenced form Australia which all the Twitterers and naughty children at the back looked up straight away and realised it was more a Bible for 1-2-1 setup. So obviously here is the link, <a href="http://asp-uk.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=639/684/1625&lng=en">directLink</a>, <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/929495/iPads-for-Learning---21-Steps-to-1-to-1-Success%20%281%29.pdf">PDF</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">4.2MB</span></div><br /><div>There were several slides about the ethos and decision making ideas for the arrival at the iPad but I won't bore you with those.</div><br /><div>Then the technical presentation, the one I'd been waiting for....</div><br /><div>....."this presentation won't be too technical" Oh, right, there were some practical pointers about making a Genius Bar for the students and weekly Apps magazine for staff with the cutting edge reminder that an iPad isn't a Laptop, thanks. My disappointment from the lack of technical requirements was displaced for a while as there were some useful tips/hints towards having to change the eSafety Policy in school to make these work. This is something I have been pushing in my LEA for some time. It is impossible to stop children accessing inappropriate material! Even if your school network is the most secure 90+% of students have the internet on their phones now, they will just access it there, was the likeminded opinion at Longfield. Is it better we catch them trying on a managed network or they do it unrestricted on 3G? I'm not saying open the internet totally unfiltered but just not to go to the nth degree to stop 1 child theoretically doing something they shouldn't. They do anyway, that's the nature of children. How are we going to stop then writing swear words on paper, I know stop giving them a pen and paper, sorted! (Rant over)</div><br /><div>The technical challenges faced were surprising, the distribution of apps was the hardest. Unlike the US that has a 50% off bulk buying process, we do not and each app had to be manually gifted to all 1000 iPads! Oh.</div><br /><div>Unsurprisingly broadband usage is maxed out on their 100MB dedicated line. Oh dear I have 6MB! Must upgrade (Jersey must do better)</div><br /><div>Throughout the presentations it was mentioned that Staff, SMT and Parents must be consulted early doors and buy in, otherwise you are doomed to failure. For staff particularly the ongoing CPD must be regular. </div><br /><div>The donation model was interesting, Longfield assumed 80% total purchase 20% no purchase to wards the cost of the iPad. The actual model was:</div><br /><div>Full One Off<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>2%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>Deficit £0</div><div>Full Payment £16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>54%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>Deficit £0</div><div>Donated £8-15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>20%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>Deficit £28800</div><div>Donated £1-7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>23%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>Deficit £99360</div><div>No Donation<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>1%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </span>Deficit £5760</div><br /><div>Total Cost £576000 (based on £16 x 36 months) - Deficit £133920 (23%)</div><div></div><br /><div>While my figures are based on various assumptions 23% sounds high. If you factor in the fact that paper/printing costs (including maintenance) will significantly reduce and that you will not need to invest as much into computer replacements that cost my not be too astronomically high. I have not even mentioned the cost against the inferred benefit to teaching and learning which would of course be 'priceless', but in reality, doable.</div><br /><div>A useful fact is that the 1% who though it was a rubbish idea still wanted the iPad! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">*Disclaimer - I added the crude deficit mathematics and made some assumptions about the spread of contribution and calculations are based on 1000 iPads.</span></div><br /><div>It was then mentioned to keep a good relationship with the Press as Longfield had some very negative early press, with just lies printed (see linked notes PDF). So get in early with them and build that relationship. Remind them its not just the initial price they should look at (although a good headline) they need to be aware of the longterm cost savings on IT replacement and printing.</div><br /><div>There were a good list of questions you should expect to get from parents (check the initial PDF link) and a time frame of all the parents assemblies they did and the transparent online reporting of the process, publicly available.</div><br /><div>It was made clear that there was a risk of allowing the students/parents to own the devices, what happens if they leave the school, new intakes & parents defaulting on payments. All valid but the scheme is simply not viable if the school is expected to buy them all and replace each year & be responsible for the insurance.</div><br /><div>They did show a video which I can't find on Youtube demonstrating a staff meeting were some people were on iPads making notes/doing other work. Ideas were being shared and while it looked a little chaotic it was probably the most productive meeting they have had. Does everyone, Staff & Students, need to always be silent watching the front or can the way we teach evolve and become much more group oriented? Other ideas or changes in teaching used Twitter (Students can follow staff but not vice versa) and recording teachers demos and intros (a very scary though for some). The iPad stopped being important and the type of learning became the focus. We ban photo camera phones because of sly photos that go on Facebook but actually if we encouraged students to use them wisely, like taking photos of the board for extra notes, wouldn't that be a change? Think about what they are doing, they are so interested in your teaching and your notes that they want to keep them and use them to learn.</div><div><br /></div><div>Twitter particulary creates a whole new dimension to learning, while you present, students are asking virtual questions silently having side conversations (about the topic at hand), debating, arguing...... learning. It looks strange from the outside, not everyone is looking at the teacher, they are all typing away but the engagement is huge. It's exciting!</div><br /><div>Another impressive comment was that Students are now coming to the teachers at Longfield saying "have you seen this app?" and they don't mean games, actual educational apps and tools. Would you see a student saying, "I have this new revision book...." or "look at this great pen". They are simply excited about the tech because that's there 'Push button' generation.</div><br /><div>There was a basic demo of some core Apps that failed to impress so I will add my own top hits soon on this blog. We then had a student/teacher 'speed dating' session (a few teachers laughed at posting 'going speed dating with pupils' and refrained) where we asked may questions that were truthfully answered, particularly by the students. They do find typing long documents hard on the iPad but love visually everything else, especially emailing teachers questions/work instead of having to find them or print off. One student even said, I don't go on my phone as much now. I do wonder if that's because the apps he like are on his iPad but I will choose to trust him, after all that is the only way ICT will develop in this country.</div><br /><div>Extras & Ideas - </div><br /><div>Things to ponder:</div><div>- Lesson audio notes and recording made by students (actually keep them quieter)</div><div>- Video Intros from Staff (Much more appealing with a nice background track)</div><div>- Finish my ePubs for topics</div><div>- Beaulieu YouTube Channel</div><div>- Staff Blogging and Twittering</div><div>- Survey internet at home and honesty on in school phone use</div><div>- eSafety Policy rewritten and risk assessment to write up</div><div>- Only school emails on devices? (Or block personals when in school)</div><div>- Sirius used for WLAN in other schools</div><div>- lesson planner Apps to replace A4 books (lesson plans can then be emailed to HoD)</div><br /><div>I was asked about ePubs so I have linked here an original Pages link and the ePub that can be exported from it:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/929495/ePub-Getting%20Started.epub">ePub</a></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/929495/Template_ePub_CentGoth.pages">Original Pages Document </a></div><br /><div>Overall I came away enthused and excited at the possibilities it could hold for my school. I made some extra Twitter links and have a better model in my head now that I can start to transfer to paper. Thank you Longfield.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-86832254454275363572011-05-26T13:55:00.001-07:002011-05-26T13:55:39.692-07:00Online video editingJayCut, what a good online video editing suite.<br /><br />http://jaycut.com<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164775303543774902.post-36589386897483867952010-11-25T03:33:00.001-08:002011-08-08T04:41:58.110-07:00ComponentTrying to get my new appleTV to output to my projector, then airplay will really take off.
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