1. iPads and Writing Integrating iPads with Writing in the Classroom

3. WHY use an iPad for Writing? Allows for the 4 C’s! *Creativity *Collaboration *Critical Thinking *Communication

4. Common Core Writing Standards

5. How can we use iPads to make writing more meaningful?

6. Generating an Idea Traditional Methods Composition notebook Spiral notebook iPad Methods Popplet Educreations

7. Developing an Idea Traditional Methods Timeline Talk to partner iPads Methods Dragon Dictation Popplet QR Code

8. Drafting Traditional methods Paper and pencil iPad methods Sling Note Scribble Press

9. Revising Traditional Method Paper and Pencil Writing Journal iPad Method Scribble Press Telligami

10. Editing and Publishing Traditional Method Paper and pencil and crafts iPad Scribble Press Puppet Pals Educreations Telligami Over Lifecards

11. Word Wizard

12. What is Word Wizard? This app allows students to create words and then have the words read back to them. It sounds the words out as the student goes and students can also create sentences.

13. Ways I Use O Making words O Making sentences O Phonics practice

15. Scribble Press

16. What is Scribble Press? Scribble Press is a multimedia creativity platform for creating, sharing and publishing stories.

17. Scribble Press Independent AND Collaborative Excitement (begging actually) Knowledge/Pride Creative and Critical Thinking Communicate (students, parents, teachers) Edit/Revise/Publish/ HAIKU Individual or Group (new) Accounts

19. Share and Email it!

20. Share with EVERYONE!

21. Ways I Use  Center Rotations (Creating books the students are interested in)  Research Reports (Ocean Animals)  Whole Class Books (OCEAN for Open House)  Published pieces for Writer’s Workshop

22. Dragon Dictation and Evernote

23. What is Dragon Dictation and Evernote? Dragon Dictation  Voice recognition  Speak and instantly see your text Evernote  Save your ideas  Take notes  Capture photos  Voice reminders

24. Ways I Use  Use Dragon to record voice and change into text  Save in Evernote  Have separate notebooks in Evernote for each student

25. Educreation

26. What is Educreation? Recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within the app on their iPads.

28. Ways I Use  Assessments (Writing Sight Words, kids record themselves as they write the words)  Flipped Lessons  CGI Math-explain your thinking  Writing ANYTHING and recording student or teacher while writing.

29. Tellagami

30. What is Tellagami? Tellagami is a mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated message called a Gami.

32. Ways I Use  Writing Projects-read or type it into the app and the avatar reads it back.  Read books into the app and it reads it back.  Presenting research, present lessons

33. QR Codes

34. What is a QR Code? QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode) first designed for the automotive industry in Japan. Now you will see them everywhere from a McDonald’s Happy Meal to a box of nails. The barcode is an optically machine-readable label that is attached to an item and it records information related to that item.

35. www.qrstuff.com

36. Ways I Use I had fun with these…  Centers/Rotations  Scavenger Hunt  Research Writing Response  Open House “Welcome” After our class Orange Hot Air Balloon field trip, we did a week of “field trip fun zones”. I put QR codes at rotations and the kids scanned them and then wrote information about hot air balloons, then we shared what we learned. They didn’t want to stop.

37. Hot Air Balloon QR Code Centers

38. Puppet Pals

39. What is Puppet Pals? Puppet Pals is a digital puppet theater complete with a large array of characters and backgrounds. This is another creative app that can be used in your classroom in a variety of ways in all curricular areas.

41. Ways I Use  Creative Writing-I had students write their own fairy/folk tales and then record them.  “Modern” Reader’s Theater  Collaborating on stories together  Present Information

42. Popplet

43. What is Popplet? A popplet is a big pinboard that you can put popples onto. It reminds me of a graphic organizer.

45. Ways I Use  Graphic Organizer  Classify and Categorize  Collaborate on a specific topic  Pre-Writing  Presentation

46. Sling Note

47. What is Sling Note? Sling note allows you to open a web browser and a notepad or a calculator side by side. It’s great for gathering research or compiling notes.

49. Ways I Use  Research  Project Based  Collaborate on a specific topic  Pre-Writing  Note-Taking

50. Over

51. What is Over? Over is a fun app that allows students to write text on top of photos.

53. Ways I Use  Photos and labeling  Create a presentation with historical facts, science facts, etc.

54. Lifecards

55. What is Lifecards? With Lifecards you can use up to four of your own photos to design your own imaginative postcard.

57. Ways I Use  Photos and labeling  Book reports, presentations, organizing thoughts, GATE icons, newsletters to parents.  Create a presentation with historical facts, science facts, etc.

58. iPads and Writing How will you use them in your classroom?

59. TASK Now it’s time to play…..