1. Year 7 and 8 Parent Workshop
Effective Use of iPads for Learning at Home

2. Overview of Workshop Welcome Future of Curriculum in Queensland
Accessing the Parent Portal
Using Reminders and Calendar
Accessing CANVAS
Accessing Textbooks
Organisation in the Digital Device
Managing Content and Games
IXL and Mathematics

3. Queensland Curriculum Changes
Abolition of the OP from Year
New Syllabi for every senior subject from 2018 – more prescriptive, focused units, endorsed assessment.
Early predictions: Three Internal Assessments and One External Assessment –weighting yet to be confirmed.
Combination of electronic and traditional methods.

4. Implications for Students
Anticipated Student Needs:
Improved study and revision skills
Improved time management skills
Improved stress and anxiety management
Test stamina
Test wiseness strategies
Decoding the question strategies
The ability to write well under pressure
Understanding of multi-choice question strategies.
Clear understanding of CCEs and their associated cognitions.
Self-editing strategies
Strategies to draw links between knowledge and unfamiliar content

5. Parent Portal

6. Parent Portal

7. Using the ‘Reminders’ App
To record homework and reminders to bring specific equipment to class

8. Open your ‘Reminders’ App
Open Reminders

10. Create a ‘New’ List

11. Name it Appropriately – Wood Tech etc

12. Add (+) a Reminder

13. Look at the ‘Details’ Tab

14. Set the Reminder details

15. Tap the circle once completed

16. For more information Using Reminders App:
Using Calendar App:
It is important for students to check their everyday and back-up their school work.
- Follow the link for more information

17. Apps commonly used for Homework
Pearson Textbook
Canvas
Pages
PDF Expert

18. Pearson Textbooks

19. Pearson Textbooks
History, Mathematics, Science

20. Canvas Landing Page

21. Opening Documents from Canvas

22. PDF expert

23. Pages

24. Pages

25. Pages

26. Pages

27. Creating a back-up of a Pages document

28. Creating a back-up of a Pages document

29. Creating a back-up of a Pages document

30. Select K Drive -> Save

31. Creating a back-up for the iPad
Setting up iCloud to automatically back-up the iPad
Open the Settings App -> log in using Apple ID and password

32. Home

33. Accessing the internet at home

34. Checking iPad for games and apps
App Store
Purchased menu

35. Keeping Your Child Safe in the Online Jungle
Free ebook available online

36. IXL
IXL is a comprehensive mathematics review site with an unlimited number of practice questions in hundreds of skills
IXL is designed to help your son learn at his own pace
Your son can access it from home, so you have a chance to see their progress
Saves all of your son's results
Please follow these steps:
Obtain your son’s user name and password
Go to
Enter your child's username and password and click Sign in.
Click on the Analytics at the top of the page.

37. IXL - iPads
Go to app and login

38. First screen has all the different exercises

39. Click on a exercise and it generates a question

40. Back at the home screen, click the star tab at the bottom and you can view an overview of your child’s progress

41. CANVAS QUIZZES
A series of homework quizzes have been developed for students to complete through Canvas
Gives students further practice at key numeracy skills, also enables teachers to gather further information on your son’s ability
This quizzes are found on Canvas
Example:

42. Khan Academy
A personalized learning resource for all ages “ Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps.”