Category: iPads

These posts concern iPads.

More With Forms, Sheets, & Add-ons…

I’ve had my mind on Forms a lot lately. Assisted a teacher with setting up Parent/Teacher conferences using Forms, Choice Eliminator add-on, and confirmation emails using formMule add-on. Then I joined an 8th Grade Team meeting. Prior to the agenda…

The Power of the PLN

I believe I was in a Twitter chat a couple of months ago where we discussed the use of iPads and apps in education.  Of course the conversation headed towards app smashing; the workflow of merging different apps to use…

Biz World Commerical

Third graders are engaging, at the end of the school year, in an entrepreneur group project called Biz World. They form ‘companies’; select jobs like CEO or VP of Marketing; produce a product; pitch to investors; apply for loans; advertise; and much more. In addition to participating as a Venture Capitalist or Loan Manager, I was also ‘hired’ as Commercial Producer. I worked with students on concepts of product placement, slogans, ‘celebrity’ endorsements, etc. Once students are finished editing their productions, I hope to be able to add some of them on here. Below is the commercial I directed, did voice-over work & produced to play during the school’s morning news show a couple of times prior to the third graders’ sale.

Being Inspired

– Backstory – I recently read a post by Erin Flanagan where she offered a variety of strategies on how to utilize your iPad images.  I was inspired to beg, borrow, steal, tweak, etc.  After reaching out on Twitter and asking if…

Take a Road Trip using a Green Screen

After some students completed a Social Studies unit on the Northeast Region of the United States, the classroom teacher and I wanted them to pick five locations to “visit”.  Using a few apps: Comic Life, Green Screen, LayerPic HD, and…

100th Day of School

About a week ago we, celebrated the 100th day of school. On the 101st day I ran into a third grade colleague who described a surprise he did for his students. He had head shots of his students for their…

#ettiPad eBook Contributions

Earlier this past month, I saw a tweet asking for contributions from teachers using iPads. So I thought I would try submitting a couple ideas. I have never contributed to an eBook before, but I would definitely do it again.…

Catching Up on Past Friday Apps

I’ve been a little lax in my posting. Here are two Free Friday Apps that I missed posting on the blog. Friday, December 5th Last year, I shared with my teachers a Free Friday Apps, Math Duel($2.99), an app that…