1. They Gave Me An iPad, Now What?
Facing the Fears of Change
and Embracing Authentic, Relevant, Meaningful Apps
in the English Language Arts Classroom and Beyond…
Jennifer Linkous
Spartanburg Writing Project
Summer 2012

2. Instructional Roadblock
As a Literacy Coach, I am often a second set of eyes in classrooms during guided reading and writer’s workshop. While teachers are hard at work with small groups or conferring with individual students, I see the other students in workstations using iPads. Intrigued, and an iPad fanatic, I walk over to find Kindergarteners flying multiplication rocket ships or coloring pictures. Nowhere do I see students working on relevant activities. These wondrous (and expensive) machines are being “wasted.” Teachers are not purposefully neglecting iPads, but these are new tools, and many teachers have never seen or used them themselves.

3. Agenda 21st Century Skills Links to Common Core
Where are we going on this workshop journey?
21st Century Skills
Links to Common Core
What does the research say?
Best apps for teachers… (in my humble opinion)
Best apps for writers
Apps for Blooms!

4. Turn and Talk
What do you think of when you hear “21st Century Skills”?
How do you use 21st Century Skills in your classroom?

5. Academic Achievement for the 21st Century
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Effective Communication
High Productivity

6. Effective Communication High Productivity
Digital Age Literacy
Basic, Scientific, Economic, and Technological Literacies
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity, and Self-Direction
Curiosity, Creativity, and Risk Taking
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration, and Interpersonal Skills
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Interactive Communication
High Productivity
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing for Results
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products

8. Link to Common Core
Students who are college and career ready in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language…
CCSS Page 7

9. CCSS: Speaking & Listening
CCSS Page 22

10. Let’s get hands-on…
With Glogster and an iPad…

11. Genius!
How could you use any or all of these apps in your classroom?

12. Great Internet Sites www.edugloster.com www.pinterest.com
Where to go & what to look for when doing further reading, research, and fun  …
Want to try to get a free iPad too? (2,690 points)

13. Text Resources
Some further reading and research…
Herrington, Anne, Kevin Hodgson, and Charles Moran. Teaching the New Writing. New York: Teachers College Press, Print.
DeVoss, Danielle Nicole, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy Hicks. Because Digital Writing Matters. New York: Josey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, Print.