1. 11-88a Tierra Bonita iPad TLC Session III October 31, 2012

2. Agenda: There’s an App Explosion Going On… 12:30 to 1:00 ~ Mistakes and Solutions: Successes: What’s Right at TB What APPs are supporting this success? Next Steps here and around PUSD… 12:30 to 1:00 ~ Mistakes and Solutions: Successes: What’s Right at TB What APPs are supporting this success? Next Steps here and around PUSD… 1:00 to 1:30 ~ How do you Judge an App? 1:00 to 1:30 ~ How do you Judge an App? 1:30 to 2:15 ~ Group Break Outs: Using what we know…time to practice and create 1:30 to 2:15 ~ Group Break Outs: Using what we know…time to practice and create 2:15 to 2:30 ~ Whole Group Share & Reflection 2:15 to 2:30 ~ Whole Group Share & Reflection 12:30 to 1:00 ~ Mistakes and Solutions: Successes: What’s Right at TB What APPs are supporting this success? Next Steps here and around PUSD… 12:30 to 1:00 ~ Mistakes and Solutions: Successes: What’s Right at TB What APPs are supporting this success? Next Steps here and around PUSD… 1:00 to 1:30 ~ How do you Judge an App? 1:00 to 1:30 ~ How do you Judge an App? 1:30 to 2:15 ~ Group Break Outs: Using what we know…time to practice and create 1:30 to 2:15 ~ Group Break Outs: Using what we know…time to practice and create 2:15 to 2:30 ~ Whole Group Share & Reflection 2:15 to 2:30 ~ Whole Group Share & Reflection

3. Becoming the Team that Leads the Way  Scan the QR Code for “5 Critical Mistakes” Read and Highlight the top two ideas you’ve done well and choose 2 you’d like to address or improve. Sharing:  What successes have your had with your implementation process?  What APPs are supporting this success?  What are the "next steps" for using iPads well at Tierra Bonita?

4. How Do You Judge an App?  There are 700,000 apps in the iTunes store today  15 billion have been downloaded: that is more than 2 downloads for every man, woman, and child on the planet!  Over 166,000 claim to be educational

5. What Really Matters?  Defining what makes a good app and why?  Iear.org (I Education Apps Review) by Scott Meech: pros and cons, but no common language or agreement  Tony Vincent: Learning in Hand, developing criteria  Harry Walker: Doctoral Candidate at John Hopkins – testing the criteria

6. What Does Matter?  For each of the following slides, read the quote with a partner and be ready to share your insights:

7. The Criteria: 1.Curriculum Connections Curriculum ConnectionsCurriculum Connections 2.Authenticity Authenticity 3.Feedback Feedback 4.Differentiation Differentiation 5.User Friendliness User FriendlinessUser Friendliness 6.Motivation Motivation

8. Curriculum Connections  “Determine how strongly the app correlates to a targeted skill or concept from the curriculum. In my experience apps that target math concepts and skills are generally easiest to align. Quality apps that target science and social studies are harder to find, but they do exist. The app, Build a Bird, ties directly to a science unit in our school system’s curricula. In this app, students build their own birds, along the way learning about the various adaptations of their bird and how they contribute to its survival in a particular ecosystem.”

9. Authenticity  “The authenticity criterion addresses the quality of the practice experiences provided to the user when using the app. How effectively does the app embed authentic learning experiences? Authenticity is defined as the extent to which students are engaged in genuine learning problems that help them connect new learning to prior knowledge. In Sticker Shop, for example students use combinations of coins to buy stickers they add to their sticker collections. This app provides a “real” shopping experience allowing students to apply their understanding of the values of coins. Many early apps involved only rote practice activities. Fortunately more app developers are beginning to understand the importance of authenticity in learning experiences.”

10. Feedback  “In order to improve one’s performance in any arena, constructive and timely feedback is critical. Assuming some apps will involve application or reinforcement of skills away from the direct supervision of a teacher, the quality of feedback provided to a child can make or break an app’s effectiveness for learning. Effective feedback includes branching based on students’ responses and attending to the partially correct answer, that is feedback that serves to redirect students toward the correct response. A second component of feedback involves the data available to the student and the teacher that summarizes the student’s performance. This can allow students to chart their own progress over time, a powerful motivator for many children.”

11. Differentiation  “The ability to set the level of difficulty or target specific skills for individual children increases the usefulness of the app as an instructional tool. Having control over the settings of the app to individualize instruction increases the likelihood of a students’ success which increases their motivation. For example, a math app that allows the teacher to control the number or complexity of factors or operations students are asked to manipulate in the app increases its application across a larger pool of students. In reading, having the text highlighted and/or read aloud is a helpful feature for struggling readers.”

12. User-Friendliness  “This criterion should be thought of as ease of use. User-friendliness is determined by the level of support needed for a child to be able to use an app effectively. Factors that can contribute to user-friendliness included the option to have content or directions read aloud, color coding, and step by step sequencing in math apps, and student control allowing for the user to customize the level of difficulty of the app.”

13. Motivation  “ A highly rated app is of little value in the absence of students who are motivated to use it. Both mass and distributed practice is needed in order to attain mastery of any concept or skill. Novelty, the level of success a student experiences, and the quality of the interface all contribute to student motivation.” ~ Harry Walker: Principal of Sandy Plains ES in Baltimore County Public Schools and doctoral candidate at John Hopkins University.

14. Group Break Out Sessions:  Moving forward with what you already know

15. Whole Group Sharing and Reflection  Contributing to the PUSD Recommended Apps Database