Creating iBooks with iBooks Author

Access to resources for creating iBooks with iBooks Author.

Download the PDF version via this link: http://goo.gl/sTMqX
or
Download the digital iBook version by clicking on the image below:

Navigation and Accessibility on the iPad step by step

Resource slides (pdf) for the iPad - Navigation and Accessibility workshop.

Learning with iPads for Secondary

Resource for the Learning with iPads for Secondary workshop

See also our App list for Secondary in the App toolkit section of our blog.

Using iPads in Visual Arts

The iPad is an ideal tool for the visual arts students to create, draw, experiment with techniques and learn about art.

Using iPads in Visual Arts iBook
To get started with ideas for utilising the iPad in your visual arts classroom I have put together an iBook that you can freely download from the iBook store.
Click on the image below to be taken to the iBook link.

iPad Art Room
When I was putting this iBook together I was fortunate to be given some App lists and ideas from Cathy Hunt - Teacher (Arts KLA) from Trinity Lutheran College in Queensland.  Cathy had inspired me at a presentation on using the iPad in Art in 2012.  Her recent successful selection as an Apple Distinguished Educator recognises her innovative and inspiring work in integrating technology in learning.
Cathy has a fantastic website resource 'iPad Art Room' that I would recommend to all educators, not just specialist Art teachers.  Explore the iPad Art Room for some inspiration for your next iPad lesson.  Follow Cathy on twitter via @art_cathyhunt.

Another useful resource about using iPads in the art classroom is a YouTube video by Kylie Windhorst ' iPads in the Art room'.  A useful starting video to any workshop or meeting to think about the integration of mobile technology in the arts and all classrooms.

Special needs students learning with the iPad

Resources to support the Special Needs Students: Learning with the iPad workshop.
Click the image below to download the keynote slides as a PDF.

Click the image below to download the brochure handout.

Supporting literacy with iPads in Primary

Resources to support the Support Literacy with iPads in Primary workshop

Click the image below to download the slides as a PDF or view the slide.

Share, interact and assess with NearPod

NearPod is a free App where teachers can deliver a lesson to the class direct to their iPads and interact with them in a synchronized way.

Teachers login to their account via the Nearpod App and select their lesson presentation.  Students access the presentation via a unique pin number generated from the teachers presentation.

The features of NearPod:

• Access to an already established library of lessons from educators across the world
• Ability to create your own lesson to upload to NearPod
• Ability to include polls, questions for students to answer
• Teachers direct the presentation screens that the students see
• Students can feedback their understanding of the lesson via the App
• Teachers can obtain a report of the student answers, feedback or interaction.

At the moment creation of lessons need to be done via the NearPod website.  With the free subscription teachers can upload maximum of 10 presentations and share with 30 students.
Teachers can easily use their existing powerpoints or keynotes to create their NearPod lesson.  They can insert polls and questions. 
A really great feature is the 'Draw it' option, where students can draw on a shared slide to visually explain a concept to their teacher.

Billie Rengo from Grantsburg Elementary School has put together a very useful step by step PDF of how to create your NearPod presentations from an existing Powerpoint or Keynote Presentation:  Creating a NearPod presentation from her post 'Take your Presentations to the next level with NearPod'.

Brian Miller from Pine Crest School discusses at Edudemic how NearPod is being utilized in their school :  How the NearPod App changed an entire school.

Teacher Matt Britland talks about how he uses NearPod in his classroom.  NearPod for iPad: revolutionise presentations and AFL in the classroom.