The videos below were created as part of our iPad trial and were used to help support and train members of staff. They are a little old now but they are still relevant.
If you need to offer staff training at your school or ideas how iPads can be used for teaching and learning head over to www.realiselearning.co.uk.
Back in September we began an iPad trial. I have finally written my report.
If you would like me to come into your school to talk about iPads, offer training or give you some advice drop me an email at matt@realiselearning.com or check out the Realise Learning page.
The report includes the following sections:
You can download the whole report from the link below:
You can read more about the trial below:
iPad Trial: Launching to Heads of Departments (Presentation)
iPad Launch to all staff – Inset: How it Worked(Resources Included)
How to Evaluate iPad use in Education
Over the past few months, myself and our Librarian, Helen Cleaves have been working on some augmented reality (AR) displays.
The idea was for students to create a movie trailer for their favourite books. They could use any device they wanted to. Most students used the school iPads and the movie trailer feature on iMovie.
Once the trailers were finished, a poster was made with images of the featured books. Using Aurasma Studio we then created a ‘Aura’ for each book.
Students and teachers can now download the Aurasma App and watch the movie trailer by pointing their smartphone/tablet camera at the book cover.
The AR even works on the actual book covers and not just the ones on the poster.
Our students have loved it. They can now interact with the display which they have found really fun. It also gives them a great idea about what each of the books are about in a engaging and visual way.
We are now working on displays for other departments.
The video is not fantastic, but it will give you an idea of what we have been doing.
iPad
(UPDATE: Read the final report and evaluation)
We are currently running an iPad trial at school and investigating their effectiveness for teaching and learning.
In order to fully understand the impact of these devices it is important to evaluate their use.
I created two evaluations. One for students to fill out once and one for teachers to fill out. These were created in Google Forms and a short cut was added to the iPad to make it easier for students to access.
It was important to me that the evaluations were short to encourage staff and students to fill them out.
Once the evaluation period is over, I will use the evaluations to help formulate a report.
The PDF evaluations are below:
The great thing about Google Forms is that it is free, plus it gives you a great summary of results with a selection of graphs.
I will admit that this is not the most exciting video I have ever posted! However, it does give you an idea how the iTunes U Course Manager works and how easy it is.
It is probably not a good idea to make a video when you need sleep. Oh well…enjoy!
Students watching a video
Today I tried out the NearPod App in a PSHE lesson.
I have pretty excited about this for a while and I have finally got around to testing it in the classroom.
For those who don’t know what NearPod is – check out this link.
So before the lesson I created my PowerPoint, converted it to PDF, uploaded it to NearPod and added the interactive elements (polls, quizzes and video). I had enough iPads for each student in class, which was perfect. However, this morning I was asked if I could have another class in my room with me. I only teach PSHE in half classes, but the added students meant I would have one iPad between two. It turns out, this wasn’t a massive problem, although less than ideal.
Once the students came in, I handed out the iPads and explained what would happen in the lesson. The topic I am working on at the moment is the death penalty. NearPod allows you to send a presentation directly to the students iPads.
NearPod was great and the ability to guide students through the presentation, while walking around the classroom was excellent. Of course the power comes from the interactive elements of the presentation. I was able to ask the students if they agreed with the death penalty by sending a poll to their iPads. The results came to my device and I was able to share the overall results with the students at the push of a button.
We then looked at why people do/don’t agree with the death penalty. Once we had done that and had a clash discussion, I then sent a quiz to their iPads. Again, I could share the overall results with each studemt. However, the students can see their own individual results on their iPads.
The ability to do this is great for AFL. You can also export the results and keep them on record.
Finally, I had embedded a video in the presentation.
I shared the video to their iPads. Every student was able to watch the video, on their iPads, at the same time. Excellent!
Apart from a few issues with WiFi on a couple of the iPads, NearPod worked perfectly. The students were engaged and really enjoyed using it. I can really see how great this is for teaching and learning.
The Biology department plan to use NearPod in lessons after half term. I’m looking forward to seeing how they get on.
I will post a video of a NearPod presentation soon, so those who have not seen it can see it in action.
Jason, a music teacher at my school has started using our iPads in his music lessons.
I popped in to have a look and I have to say it looked excellent. I wish I could have done this when I was at school. The kids really enjoyed it and could really see the value in using iPads in Music lessons.
When I spoke to a couple of students they told me that the iPad helped to develop their understanding of a rhythm.
Jason’s objectives for the lesson were:
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