2. Hands-on Experience Using Written Output Tools February 25, 2016 (3:30-4:30 (MST))
Welcome
Housekeeping
The writing process – tools to use?
iPad Setting – Keyboard and Accessibility
Intro to Notes and Docs for iPad (Creating)
Saving/Sharing (Evaluating) Writing
Wrap-up

3. Housekeeping On-line presentation trouble shooting
Use the connect room features
Watch then play….
-overview with slides (I do)
-one more time (we do)
-try it (you do)
I am going to walk you through a few steps and let you catch up to me - hoping to stay a few clicks ahead

4. SD8 Hands-on Experience Using Written Output Tools
Session 1 – Introduction and Planning using a Chrome environment
Session 2 – Creating/Evaluating - iPad word processing apps
Session 3 – Developing/creating on a PC using MSWord and Google Docs
Session 4 – Chrome extensions
Plan
Develop
Create
Evaluate

5. Supporting Writing Planning the writing Developing the writing
Writing Challenges
Techniques to support
Planning the writing
Getting ideas
Developing the writing
Organizing ideas
Building on ideas
Creating the writing
Creating text
Communicating
Evaluating the writing
Editing
Proofreading

6. Using the iPad to support writing…
Checking/Changing Keyboard settings
Checking/Changing Accessibility features
Using various different Apps to support
Creation of writing
Evaluation of writing

7. Changing Keyboard settings….
How to change/activate Keyboard settings
Prediction
Spelling
Dictation (speech to text)
Auto-correction
Auto-capitalization

8. Keyboard Controls
Settings -> General -> Keyboard

9. Tell me what to do…

10. Accessibility Features….
How to change/activate Accessibility features
Speak selection
Speak Screen
Voices
Rate of speech
Speak Auto-text

11. Keyboard Controls Settings -> General -> Accessibility
-> Speech

12. Tell me what to do…

13. Creating/Evaluating with iPad Apps
Notes
Google Drive/Docs

14. Fippa
FIPPA = Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act of BC -frames the conditions under which a ‘Public Body” can collect, use and discloses personal information
Why now?
“Increasing use of social media and cloud computing involves potential sharing of personally identifiable information; as stewards of our public education system, we are responsible to know the opportunities and limitations of use, and for ensuring informed consent from parents/guardians and students, where applicable.
FIPPA impacts our responsibility to safeguard personally identifiable information for students and employees.
Social media application and cloud computing are OKAY, providing these safeguards are in place.”
Tamara Malloff (retrieved from

15. iApp features vary…. Basic overview of functions/features Define word
Stylus use
Fonts options
Formatting options
Adding media
Sharing and collaboration

16. Notes

17. Docs

18. Saving/Sharing options:
Airdrop
to the teacher
Google Docs - autosave
Dropbox
Showbie

19. Activity (I demo then you try)
Word processing apps offer the following:
Define word/Speak words
Stylus use (notes only)
Fonts options
Formatting options
Adding media
Save/share
Sharing and collaboration

20. What about the Scenario?
Middle School Classroom
-typical range of students including:
5 ELL students
1 low incidence student (struggles to collaborate with others, to organize thinking, to get started – loves science fiction).
4 students that need support with executive functions such as time management, organization and planning.
2 very bright students who are easily bored.
Environment has:
7 functioning PC laptops with Chrome
School iPad Cart of 15 is available to be booked for projects
District is conscious of FIPPA and is in the process of moving from awareness to compliance

21. Wrap-Up Review what we learned Keyboard settings
Accessibility features
Tools for creating and evaluating
Homework
Set the accessibility features and keyboard settings
Use one of the tools to do some writing with students
Next week -bring a PC with MSWord and Chrome installed
-be ready to use your Google account
I am going to walk you through a few steps and let you catch up to me - hoping to stay a few clicks ahead