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= **How to Utilize a One iPad Classroom...** =

How to Buy Apps
The first thing one needs to understand is the district or school policy on how to purchase apps. This can be a cumbersome process with many hoops to jump through (submitting apps, awaiting approval, receiving codes, downloading the apps) to the very simple ( an iTunes gift card). If the process is cumbersome, you may want to keep an iTunes gift card handy in case you have an app "emergency". You will find all the app you need through iTunes. This is a great place to start looking. Furthermore, you will notice an "App Store" icon on the iPad - your direct link to everything you need.

How to decide on Apps
It’s easy to get app happy. Purchasing every app you come across that looks fun and exciting, can be easily forgotten when you get into every day life. Carefully choose your apps and think about how they can be used in the classroom. Read reviews! This is a great way to find out how useful the app is and if it has any bugs that still need to be worked out. Don't be afraid to ask your colleagues what apps they are using in their own classroom. You could even share a Google doc spreadsheet to share apps that you love.

How to Organize Apps
As you purchase apps, you will notice how quickly your iPad will become disorganized. Your iPad needs to stay organized just like folders in a file cabinet or files on your computer. It is very simple to make folders. Watch this video to help: media type="youtube" key="wdMCGQ7G0_k" height="315" width="560" align="center"

If you have a lot of different subject area apps, make folders for each subject. This will help you quickly find what you need throughout the day. If you can't find an app, you can always search. Simply swipe on the screen from left to right. When the search box appears, type in the app you are looking for. And Viola! Your app appears. Most importantly, take the time to use and learn the apps for yourself. This will guarantee success in the classroom!

How to Use the Ipad
One iPad can serve two purposes by appealing to both the teacher and students. First, it will be your right-hand man and your teacher's pet. The iPad is an aid for you, the teacher. Second, it enhances all academic areas for students. Take a moment to browse the following list. Most apps can be used for individual, small group and whole group instruction.

Teacher's Pet
The iPad can quickly become the teacher's pet. It simply can make the day-to-day activities of school easier. Take a look at some apps that can really save time and stress inside the classroom:

**AppSh ** **opper ** First and foremost, **AppSh ** **opper **is one handy little app. AppShopper allows you to quickly find an app for the subject matter you are looking for without the hassle of navigating iTunes. You can make an app wishlist. And when you are ready to buy, it will direct you right on over to iTunes. Need 60 seconds for math basic facts tests? Need one for Silent Reading? **Timer+ ** allows you to create, name and save multiple different kinds of times. You can even pick the sound - including an elephant. **Brainpop** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">** Brainpop **, the teacher’s online quick movie companion, is on the iPad. There is a Movie of the Day feature that does not require a login. After you login, all of your favorite Brainpop movies are at your fingertips. Simply hook the iPad up to your projector and plug in some computer speakers. You will be good to go! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> So, you’ve taken your field trip photos on the iPad. Now what? Email one-by-one from your camera roll? No, don’t do it! Download ** Dropbox ** on your computer and your iPad. Quickly upload your photos and have them at your disposal from anywhere. It is easy to share your photos with parents too !
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 * Dropbox **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Weather Channel **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Is it too cold for outdoor recess? We will be able to observe the moon tonight? Quickly look up the current temp and conditions by opening up **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Weather Channel ** app! This app also give students practice at reporting the weather. Easy to use and understand, students can look up the weather forecast and share with the class during your morning meeting.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Experiment with the benefits of classical music without fussing with CDs. Just tap on **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Pandora ** and create a Mozart station.

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skype/FaceTime **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Whether your pen pals are across town or across the country, **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skype ** or **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">FaceTime ** will allow your students to meet their pen pal - and you don’t even need a field trip permission slip.

**Groovy** **G****rader** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The slide grading calculator your 5th grader teacher used gets an upgrade with ** Groovy Grader ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Just plug in the number of questions and you're on your way!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">** TeachersPick ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Do you have a cup of Popsicle sticks with names on it? Is it always on the other side of the room when you need it? Worry no longer, there's an app for that. It's called **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TeachersPick **.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**TeacherPal** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Not a big fan of making seating charts? Input pictures into **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TeacherPal ** and easily arrange a seating chart. The pictures make it easier to remember who shouldn't be sitting near each other! Once you have it made, project the image onto the board. Then, let the students put together the new seating chart. = = =**Academics**= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The iPad can engage students in ways we never dreamed. The iPad has apps for all subject areas. It can be used to help individual students struggling on a letter or challenge higher learning students. Textbooks are static, but your iPad can make science come to life. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> media type="youtube" key="ltEAEUapAa8" height="187" width="252" align="right"

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Are y <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">our students working on writing letters and words? **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">iWriteWords ** is an incredible app that teaches children correct letter formation and helps them to learn how to associate letters to words too.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">iWriteWords **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ABC Cursive
Project ** ABC Cursive ** through your projector and allow students to observe your proper formation without getting in the way. Students can also practice individually on the iPad.

**Spelling**
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**Spelling Cat** ** Spelling Cat ** is one cool cat. Use a pre-loaded list or enter your own. Then, allow students to practice their spelling with three fun games- Speak Easy, Scramble or Missing Letter. Get the word right and hear the cat purr. Get it wrong and hear an angry cat!

**Working With Words**
**Boggle** The **Boggle** game you remember playing is on the iPad. Only now there won't be any fighting over someone who peeked or if a it's a real word.

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**Chicktionary**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This clever little game, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**Chicktionary**, is more than just a catchy tune. Students (and adults) can easily get hooked on finding words inside of words. And the greatest challenge? Figuring out what word all of the eggs make!

media type="youtube" key="k8B0v3QZ2_g" height="219" width="294" Similar to Boggle, **WordPopper** has you pop letter bubbles to make words.
 * WordPopper **

**Writing**
**Dragon Dictation** Do you have a student that can do the work, but hates the writing? ** Dragon Diction ** can help students get their words onto "paper" without the ongoing battle of writing. Simply read what you want to write into the iPad. Dragon Diction will do the typing and you can email yourself a copy. It's best to speak clearly in a quiet environment. Have the student include punctuation for best results.

**The Dictionary App**

**The Dictionary App** is a dictionary and thesaurus in one fantastic app! It includes audio so you can hear a word that you don't know how to pronounce. You can also subscribe to the Word of the Day. It's a great way for students AND teachers to expand their vocabulary.

**A+ Writing Prompts** **A+ Writing** **Prompts** is a great way to get kids writing! It is JAM PACKED with unique adventures. With a simple shake A+ Writing offers a place, character, object and time/date. The possibilities are endless. A great way to get stuck writer off to a good start.

English/Language Arts
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**Grammar Jammers** Pearson Education has developed an app with tunes that will have you humming all day long. But **Grammar Jammers** is more than just catchy tunes. The songs and animations can assist in the proper use of grammar and mechanics. Don't forget to take the quiz at the end!

Math
<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">media type="youtube" key="aP6d6JDvZ_I" height="251" width="336" align="right" **Symmetry Shuffle** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Understanding the geometry concepts of //flip, slide,// and //turn// come to life with the help of ** Symmetry Shuffle **. Students can SEE how a shape can move without the static drawings of a textbook. The shapes do it right before their eyes. Students understand the concept buy make shapes flip, slide or turn to match the picture.

**PopMath**

media type="youtube" key="5bLAddB5Bdc" height="315" width="420" Practice your basic facts with **PopMath**. Match the answer and problem!

**SumsStackers**

Combining addition, problem solving strategies and number sense **SumsStackers** sharpens your skills! It has several modes allowing a challenging game for young children using dice and adults using coins, Roman numerals or the words in Spanish!

**Mathster** media type="youtube" key="a-I8jAcRV-o" height="315" width="420"** Mathster ** is a great game to play individually or as a group. It is great for basic facts practice providing students with the opportunity to understand how multiple equations can equal the same number. For large group play, have students sit in a circle and take turns tapping in the equations - like a hot potato! Show them how it's done, then have them try to beat your score!

**Stack the States** media type="youtube" key="UhBJHcJ7sW0" height="283" width="378" align="right" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**Stack the States** teaches students state facts and geography. It does it all with a catchy little ploy- stack the states as high as you can! You can earn states that allows you to play different games. But be careful how you stack! They might come tumbling down! **Map Projector with Google Maps** ** Map Projector with Google Maps ** allows you to save a map while your are writing lesson plans and project it during your lesson. You can save landmarks to coincide with the lesson. View live satellite imagery or a screenshot taken on your iPad. **This Day in History** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Give your students an interesting History fact every day with Worldbook's** This Day in History ** app!

**Science**
**Star Walk**



Teaching students about the constellations can be very difficult when school is taught during daylight hours! Fortunately, ** Star Walk ** uses augmented reality with the camera on the iPad 2 to create the sky in real time and inside the classroom. It brings the constellations to your students. It also provides helpful information like the phase of the moon, sunrise, sunset and other planets visible in the nighttime sky.

**Crazy Machines**

** Crazy Machines ** has students interacting with the aspects of simple machines. They will use pulleys and levers to solve problems and create a machine. A fun way to gets students understanding the mechanics of simple machines!

media type="youtube" key="8c1E217crlo" height="315" width="420" align="right" **Living Earth**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Wanna hear that collective “WOW! Whoa!” across the room? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Living Earth** will bring it. It’s an interactive picture of our world in real time. It really brings the big picture to students. Look at real time weather around the world. Students can also understand sunrise and sunset in REAL TIME. Or pretend you are astronauts and simply take in the view from above.

**Creativity**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">There are many apps out there made for creativity! Here are a few ranging from the FREE to a few bucks. Have fun. And don't forget to download DropBox so you can access your creativity!



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