1. iCan Use iPads in Class iDevice Resources for Learning & Teaching
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2. QR Codes – Saving Time
QR Codes allow students to access websites quickly. They are great for long sites because you don’t have to type anything (and risk typing in the wrong site).
Your devices do need a free QR scanning app. It utilizes the device’s camera to scan the code and takes you directly to the site. You can search for QR in the app store.
More uses: codes-in-the-classroom.html

3. Google Forms – Data
Google Forms are a great way to gather quick data about your students: to understand their interests, formatively assess content, gauge metacognition, and survey their thoughts on how the class is going.
Please fill in this Google Form about your tech needs, challenges, and opportunities. I will try to tailor the presentation to meet your needs: R4J_MWCTTSEnRcmuevu25neeGNLWE/viewform

4. Today’s Meet – Discussions
Today’s Meet is a great way to connect with your students and have an online discussion in real time. Try it here:
You can use it in class during a video or debate. It’s great for students who may be shy. I’ve also used it outside of class to discuss a major televised event with students, like a presidential debate or the State of the Union Address.

5. Socrative – Formative Assessment
Socrative is a great web-based (or app) tool to use for assessment. You can create multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. You can also import quizzes or create exit tickets.
You can choose to randomize the answer choices (to discourage cheating), provide immediate right/wrong feedback, and or generate a report of the data.
Try it now: go to
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6. Go Soapbox – Multi Use
Multi-use site where you can interact in a variety of ways with your students. Options:
Confusion barometer
Quiz (multiple choice or short answer), Poll, Discussion
Social Q&A: students submit, reply, vote for questions that they want to be addressed
Interaction is anonymous among students, but you see the names. You can delete inappropriate questions or comments (& it has a profanity filter). You can export all data.
They have an app and are web-based. Students join by typing in an access code: Our access code:

7. Draw.io – Brainstorming
This online brainstorming tool helps students create flow charts, mind maps, graphic organizers, story boards, etc.
It connects to Google Drive, but you can also save it separately.
I like to use it for students to plan out essays also.
Try it:
It is harder to use on iPods or iPhones (or other Smart phones), but works great on tablets.

8. Bubbl.us – Brainstorming
This tool has features that are similar to Draw.io, but it is a bit more simple. It can be used more easily on smart phones. It works best for mind mapping or creating a graphic organizer. You can color code the bubbles to represent different features.
I like to use it for vocabulary review to get students to break their words into different categories.
You can export the finished product as a jpeg.
Try it:

9. Padlet – Journaling http://padlet.com/wall/dbe7jgftxl
Padlet (formerly Wall Wisher) is an online space you can use to let your students create anything they want. They could create a space for journaling, collaborating with other students, brainstorming, etc.
Create a Padlet and have students answer a warm up, exit ticket, or reflection question. Students can comment on each other's thoughts, which creates dialogue and community. 
You can easily add videos or photos. Use it as a scrap book of interesting things your class is doing and share it with your evaluator at the end of the year.

10. Paper Slide Videos
Paper slide videos can be created with any device that has a camera. They are a great way to review information, especially anything that has a specific process (like how a bill becomes a law, the election process, or steps in a civil/criminal case). Instructions: feature=player_embedded
I have students upload their video to our class YouTube channel as a secure, private link.
NCSU’s FIZZ has tips & instructions:

11. Evernote – Teacher Evaluation
Evernote: an online tool for collecting thoughts, photos, websites, anything. You can organize them into notes and notebooks and tag them with keywords so that it is easily searchable. You can scan documents or your handwritten notes (it will still search them).
It syncs across all devices (and there is a web- based login so you can access it anywhere).
Some teachers who have 1 to 1 devices create notebooks for each unit and share them with students with all the materials for the unit to save paper.

12. Evernote – Teacher Evaluation
Teacher use ideas:
Create a notebook for each class and a note for each student. Record qualitative data about the students and how they are doing in class. This gives you much more info for discussing data during parent-teacher conferences or with your evaluator. More info here: rnote-in-the-classroom/
Create a notebook for each standard of the teacher evaluation instrument. Any time something cool is happening in your class, record it, take a picture, scan student work, etc. Tag it with the part of the standard that it matches. Include professional development you’re doing throughout the year. Share the notebooks with your evaluator at the end of the year.

13. Lesson Planning
Spend some time planning how you will use one of these mobile device tools into your classroom.
Take home one idea or one tool that really resonates and you are excited to try in your classroom.

14. Sharing How do you plan to use one (or more) of these tools?
What are some other tech tools or mobile device tools you use that you would like to share with the group?

15. Action is Everything… Take a few minutes to reflect on the lesson.
How will these tools help you meet some of the challenges of learning and teaching?
What are some action steps you will take to incorporate these into your classroom?

16. Final Thoughts…
In the same way that music is not in the piano, learning is not in the device.
Don’t use a tech tool just to use it – be sure that it facilitates learning!

17. Need More PD?
I highly recommend joining these Twitter chats to learn more:
#edtech or #edtechchat – education technology: Mondays from 8-9pm
#1to1techat – teaching with 1 to 1 devices: Wednesdays from 9-10pm
#web20tools – web 2.0 tools: Wednesday from 6-7pm
#sschat – social studies: Mondays from 7-8pm
#NCed – NC educators: Every other Tuesday from 8-9pm
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18. Email me any time: ejolley@wcpss.net
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