Session+2+-+January+12,+2011

Session 2 - January 12, 2011 - District Garden Lab

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Complete the self start items listed here:
 * 1) Log onto a computer or use a browser on your iPad to access the ischool wiki: http://ischoolinfo.wikispaces.com/SLCSD.
 * 2) Please have a curriculum-based app to share with your department (See "Speed Apping" below: If you don't already have one, you can browse the "School Applications" off to the left)!
 * 3) Download the following apps: [|Google Mobile], [|Dragon Search], [|Dragon Dictation]
 * 4) These are all voice compatible apps - Explore!
 * 5) Discuss/share applications.

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 * //Chubby Bunny Challenge!//**
 * //How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth & still get accurate voice recognition from the Google Mobile App?//**

Practice
//Using the "capture" feature of the iPod Touch, you'll send me an e-mail.//
 * 1) Capture an image by pushing both the home button & power button, at the same time.
 * 2) Open the "Photos" app, locate the image you captured.
 * 3) E-mail the image to me: john.kelly@slcschools.org
 * 4) Demonstrate how to add a website as a quick link/app.

The goal of the Speed “App”ing activity is to become familiar with many teacher tool apps in a short amount of time.
 * Speed "App"ing**
 * 1) Pick an app you've downloaded and used.
 * 2) Spend 5-10 minutes prepping to share.
 * 3) When participants are ready to present, the groups line up their chairs to face each other. Participants sit facing each other - like apps sit across from like apps to start, and spend 5 minutes sharing what they learned about their common app and they decide what is important to share. Participants plan a 2.5-minute presentation of their assigned app.
 * 4) One row will be assigned to move while the other stays stationary. For the first “date” one row of teachers shifts one person to the right. Each pair demos their app, 2.5 minutes each for a total of 5 minutes and then the moving row shifts to the right. This continues until each participant has seen each app demonstrated. Notes can be taken using your iPod/iPad or just download the app via the App Store.
 * 5) We'll add the List of Apps included in Speed Dating:


 * Math Apps**
 * [|Quick Graph] - Free
 * [|Free Graphing Calculator] - Free
 * [|Walltimes] (iPad) - Free
 * [|Diceshaker] - Free
 * [|Hot Potato Algebra]- Free
 * [|Flash To Pass]- Free
 * [|TanZen Lite] - Free
 * [|Mathemagics Lite]- Free
 * [|Rocket Math]- Free
 * [|Math Tutor Lite]- Free
 * [|Lemonade Tycoon]- Free
 * [|Freddy Fraction]- Free


 * Science Apps**
 * [|NASA] - Free
 * [|3-D Cell Simulation and Stain]- Free
 * [|3-D Brain] - Free
 * [|Genetics & Birth Defects]- Free
 * [|Common Rocks Reference]- Free
 * [|Molecules] - Free
 * [|The Elementals]- Free
 * [|Planets] - Free
 * [|iFelt That Earthquake]- $.99
 * [|Atlas of Anatomy]- $.99
 * [|Rock Hound]-$.1.99


 * Cross-Curriculum Apps**
 * [|Walltimes] (iPad) - Free
 * [|Cramberry] - Free

**Curriculum App Exploration Time**

 * 1) Print the core for your subject area. [|http://www.uen.org]. Circle the key concepts in your core curriculum. The circled words will help you to refine your search within iTunes.
 * 2) Spend 30 minutes searching for curriculum applications to help your teach your core curriculum. Starting application suggestions are to the left in the navigation bar under the "School Application" heading.
 * 3) As you find applications, download them to your iTouch and explore its capabilities. Create a list of the applications you find in the Notes App on your iPod Touch. You will choose the top 5 apps you would like on the cart of iPod Touch's available for checkout. You will take a picture of your notes page and email it to John, john.kelly@slcschools.org. This list will help to prioritize what can be purchased. Start thinking about how these apps can be used in your classroom, as the next STEM class will focus on integrating the iPods with your instruction.

Other references:
 * 100 Intro Open Classes on Everything You've Ever Wanted to Learn
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Discussion - "What are your 'Must Have' apps?"

 * 1) ====﻿Explain mass purchasing.====
 * 2) Finalize apps to go on student iPods.

**Closing**

 * Let me know if there are more apps you'd like to add to the student iPods!
 * Next month we'll be demonstrating "How to ePub"!
 * Demo Slam