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Building Fluency
Agenda
Zite - A customizable magazine for the iPad.
Sending an email without typing via DragonSpeak
CITW Strategies
Adobe Ideas
Draw Free
Idea Sketch, Infinote and Corkulous, (iThoughts)
Keynote
Zite is an app that allows a user tocustomize a magazine based
oncurrent online events.
Add sections based on interest.
Customize your search to createsections personal to you.
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The more times you use Dragon, the moreaccurate voice
recognition becomes.
Download the app and try it out. Send anemail to someone in the
class usingDragon.
Composing Messages
1. Launch the Dragon Dictation application.2. Tap the red
recording button in the middle of the screen to initiate the
voice
recognition process. While the application is recording, speak
your message.3. Tap anywhere on the screen when you finish
speaking.4. You can tap the red recording button again to dictate
additional text.
Correcting Text (More Editing Practice)
1. To edit transcribed text, tap the word you would like to
correct.2. When you touch the word you will see a drop-down list of
alternative
suggestions. To correct a phrase drag your finger to adjacent
words until theentire phrase is highlighted. If you prefer, you can
record a new phrase bypressing the red record icon while the
original phrase is highlighted. The phrasewill be replaced with the
new phrase you speak.
Typing Text
1. In addition to composing messages by voice, Dragon Dictation
provides the
ability for users to either enter new text or edit text they
have dictated by tappingthe keyboard icon.
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CITW Strategies
McRel has identified 9 strategies that have shown to effect
achievement in learning.
Most of us remember seeing the list by effect as seen below.
The problem with this is that many teachers would instantly jump
to recognizingsimilarities and differences because that was the
strategy that showed a largepercentage gain.
The trouble with this is that before students are able to
recognize difference they mustfirst develop understanding in a
classroom environment set up for learning. McRel hassince reordered
these nine strategies and grouped them as follows:
Creating a Classroom Environment
Setting Objectives
Organize your road trip. Know where you are going, the supplies
you need, and basicroutes. Students should be aware of where they
learning will take them.
Providing feedback
Use criterion-referenced feedback and explanations.
Always need to know when we are going to use this
Focus feedback on specific types of knowledge
Give feedback on assessments
Based on feedback, allow revisions.
Engage students in peer feedback.
Ask students to self-assess.
Reinforcing EffortExplicitly teach students about the importance
of effort.Have students keep track of their effort and
achievement.
Developing UnderstandingAdvance OrganizersNote
TakingNon-linguisticHomework and practice
Extend and Apply KnowledgeIdentifying similarities and
differencesGenerating and testing hypothesis
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Adobe Ideas
Learning how to write legibly on an iPad is an
importantskill.
One simple app to practice writing is Adobe Ideas.Download this
free app.
The toolbar on the left allows you to select the color andsize
of your pen.
Create a t-chart comparing writing on the iPad to writingon
paper.
Save your image to your camera roll.
Draw FreeDraw Free may appear a simple drawing app but when you
upload an image as abackground new possibilities are revealed.Take
a screenshot of a graphic organizer or any pdf file.
Tap the background button and selectphoto library.
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Mind Mapping AppsGood for KWL+ Hthe H standing for how we will
learn.
Idea Sketch
Infinote
Corkulous
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Keynote
Easy to use, powerfulpresentation app for the ipad.
Simple incorporation of mediaand easy to create apps makeKeynote
a good choice for theclassroom.
Open keynote.Tap the plus sign to create anew presentation,
choose yourtheme and type in the title.Tap the + sign in the bottom
leftcorner to add additional slides.
Choose your slide.Tap the Image Icon Button andselect
"Table"Choose a table formatEnter in values.
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Word Games by ViI'm at a conference this week with Vi who is a
nut about word games and puzzles.
Most are free and would be great loaded on student iPads. Words
With Friends
Scrabble
Word Warp
Oh, My Word!
WSolitaire
Avalanche
Sodoku Colors
Topple Lite
Trivial Pursuit
Word Sizzler Freddy Fraction
LetsTans
Fraction Factory
Big Brain Quiz
Brain Pop
Sodoku DailyDisclaimer - Vi has more on her iPad than just
games.
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