World Language iPad Exploration

iPads have the potential to be a effective tool for World Languages with all the apps that support audio, video, content, and the integration of all these.  That's why I'm excited to train and explore the use of iPads with our awesome 6-12 World Language staff!



Air Server  
Directions for use:   Text     Video

Story app by Disney

If you are looking for a quick (super quick) way to create a slideshow, I found the Story app by Disney to be the answer.  You add your photos from your camera roll, it automatically creates the layout and adds transitions and music (from Disney movies/collection).  You can customize all this as well or just publish as is! It's a free app which is a plus as well!  One note:  you won't find this app by searching the app store, but if you Google "Story by Disney app on iTunes" you can get it this way!  Try it out!

Here's a sample of a movie I created of my daughter's snowshoeing adventure!

Educator Effectiveness Playlist- PSD

Google Forms are a great tool for creating student or staff surveys for Educator Effectiveness.  Below are a few screencasts to help in creating your own survey:

Creating a survey using Google Forms:

Tools to make analyzing your data in a survey effective:

NTEP- Amazing Tech

Looking forward to talking amazing tech tonight with new teachers and their mentors!


 

Appy Hour: Great iPad Apps for Administrators

Appy Hour!   Best iPad Apps for Administrators

Resources for today's Lunch N Learn:
Backchannel
Pulaski District installed apps K-5
Air Server Directions- mirroring iPad on computer
What's the best app for...



 

Productivity Apps
1.  Groupmaker- Free
Easily create groups for professional development, set timer, and pick a group or person to speak up first!


2.  TED- Free
Access to the plethora of TED videos.  Can bookmark videos to watch later, see suggestions for viewing, and save videos for offline viewing.


3.  Google Drive- Free
A great app for using Google Drive on an iPad.  Can view drive files, create and edit docs and spreadsheets,  and add comments to docs.   A nice bonus to be able to import photos from camera roll to Drive.


4. Hootsuite- Free
A great app for organizing your Twitter account for ease of viewing and posting.  Create streams to see tweets specific to an Tweeter, hashtag, mentions, direct messages etc.  Also, can view, post and comment on Facebook posts with this app.


5.  Hangouts- Free
Initiative a Google Hangout from your iPad.


Creation Apps
6.  iMovie- $4.99
An amazing video creation app- has all an amateur video editor needs- adding video, editing clips, adding transistion, music and text for pizazz!  The best part of the app, in my opinion, are the movie trailers.  Create an engaging video in minutes with the trailers.


7.  Haiku Deck- Free
Looking for a replacement to Slide Rocket?  Don't really like Google Presentations?  Find Prezi too hard to navigate or coneptualize?  Haiku Deck is for you!  A simple, clean presentation creator!


8.  Story by Disney- Free
A simple slideshow creator.   Within minutes, import photos from your camera roll, crop, add music and share!   May not find it when searching the app store.  Google "Story by Disney app store" to get there!


9.  Cycloramic- $1.99
Rotates your phone to take a 360 degree photo.


10.  MadPad- $2.99
A creative app to mix words or sounds!
See this in action in Mr. Pierre's music class


For Fun
11.  Soundhound- Free
Ever hear a song and wonder who sings it, what the name of it is, or what the lyrics are?  Soundhound can help you with all of these!


12.  Aurasma- Free
An amazing virtual reality app that literally bring objects to life!


13.  Home Design- $6.99-9.99
Design a room- layout, furniture, color- and take a 3D virtual tour of the space.