I Education Apps Reviewhttp://www.iear.org

Jeremy BrueckCo-Director, Akron Ready Steps – University of Akron

@brueckj23 http://brueckei.org/

iDevices are nothing more than paperweights with apps if they

are implemented without a strong instructional rationale.

Who said?

- Jeremy Brueck

Who said?

iDevices are nothing more than paperweights with apps if they

are implemented without a strong instructional rationale.

We want some “iPod Touch” devices!

Does anyone have a “study” that we can refer to on the effectiveness of “educational” apps in the app store?

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Canby School District

http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipod-touch-in-canby-school-district.html

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Canby School District

http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipod-touch-in-canby-school-district.html

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Have we learned anything from the IEAR community?

We can controlcontent in many apps.

Math Board

Kelly Dumont gives it an A

http://www.iear.org/iear/2010/9/4/mathboard.html

http://twitter.com/kdumont

http://www.apptivities.org/

The iDevices are notjust for consumption.

Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLP4nbAVA4&feature=player_embedded

Music

http://kevinhoneycutt.org

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http://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/home

Apple Distinguished Educators (l to r) Cindy Huson, Karen Bosch, Sherri Clemens, Jerome Burg, Jim Harmon, Paul Devoto

iDough

Why can’t you “program”with these devices?

Robo Logic 2 HD

Not True Programming but Logic is involved!

Sam and LouieTwo 7th Grade Students

2008

http://www.iear.org/iear/2009/6/29/two-7th-grade-student-app-developers-show-48-and-interview-7.html

http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-elliot-cathie.html

The Math Master

http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-elliot-cathie.html

February 12, 2011

There is a lot of possibility to combining these devices.

Camera A/B

Camera for iPad

http://piratalondon.com/boatrace/

These devices can be controlled effectively.

These devices can access the “Cloud”.

Office² HD

…today we demonstrated new mobile editing capabilities for Google Docs on the Android platform and the iPad. In the next few weeks, co-workers around the world will soon be able to co-edit files simultaneously from an even wider array of devices.

- Girouard

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/09/google-docs-editing-coming-ipad/

... Printing ...

Is HP Saving the Day?

“Air Print” Coming Soon?

End of 2010 is the Rumor!

Projecting the device ...

... The Library of Congress Says You Can Jailbreak Your Smartphone ...

http://www.iplawalert.com/2010/08/articles/copyright/library-of-congress-says-you-can-jailbreak-your-smartphone/

... Apple doesn’t ...

http://www.iplawalert.com/2010/08/articles/copyright/library-of-congress-says-you-can-jailbreak-your-smartphone/

These devices are getting easier to manage.

Contributed by Patrick Ledesma: http://edtechbytes.com

1 Computer = 1 Account = No Limit

5 Computers can share 1 Account

School’s Original Understanding

1 Computer = 1 Account = No Limit

5 Computers can share 1 Account

School’s Original Understanding

Can you find the “Hole” in this

solution?

http://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/store

With EdApp Certified educational apps, any teacher running the LanSchool Lite console (free to K-20 educational organizations) can perform the following features:• Discover and monitor student devices• View the current EdApp and last visited URL• Monitor student progress through an app or see a final score• See student’s requests for help• Monitor battery status of the deviceWith the paid version of LanSchool v7.4, teachers can perform the following additional features:• Assess student understanding with a built in classroom response system• Send students messages

1. Setup:  http://learninginhand.com/blog/classroom-ipod-touches-ipads-dos-and-donts.html

2. Issues to think about:  http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipad-iphone-ipod-touch-issues-for-schools.html

• Volume Purchase Program:  http://learninginhand.com/blog/app-store-volume-purchase-program-explained.html

Tony Vincent

How can I find the best educational apps when there are so many to choose from?

http://learninginhand.com/

App Advice

Do teachers need traditional laptops or computers or can we

provide them with iPads?

Let’s do some App Reviews!