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This document discusses strategies for managing student use of iPads in the classroom when some students cannot attend class in person. It describes how two teachers, Lucy and Linda, use the apps Showbie and Skype to allow students to participate in class activities and turn in assignments from home. Lucy posts assignments on Showbie for students to complete when she is absent. Linda has students who are injured or ill Skype into class so they can participate in presentations, group work, and discussions along with their peers in the classroom. The document provides suggestions for setting clear expectations and procedures around appropriate iPad use, such as having students keep screens down when not in use or clearing apps before assessments. It also discusses using a level system to indicate when

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DTL Jan 2016

This document discusses strategies for managing student use of iPads in the classroom when some students cannot attend class in person. It describes how two teachers, Lucy and Linda, use the apps Showbie and Skype to allow students to participate in class activities and turn in assignments from home. Lucy posts assignments on Showbie for students to complete when she is absent. Linda has students who are injured or ill Skype into class so they can participate in presentations, group work, and discussions along with their peers in the classroom. The document provides suggestions for setting clear expectations and procedures around appropriate iPad use, such as having students keep screens down when not in use or clearing apps before assessments. It also discusses using a level system to indicate when

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JANUARY 10, 2016

DT&L Bytes
Digital Teaching & Learning @ Pine Creek High School

Keeping Class on
Track

App Highlight

Using Showbie and Skype to


manage missed class time
It happens to all of us - sometimes we
cant be in class. Maybe were ill, maybe
its our children, maybe were at a
conference or meeting. Lucy Greiman
has figured a way to keep students on track in those
situations. Luci uses Showbie to post assignments when shes gone. With Showbie,
assignments can be uploaded from home and guest teachers need only to ask
students to login and begin. Assignments can include documents, links, and
images. Directions can be in written or oral form (or both). Assignments can be
completed directly in Showbie or uploaded from Google Drive or the camera
(video). There are so many possibilities!
Most of the time, however, its our students that are missing class. Linda Trumbauer
has managed this by having students Skype into class. She had an injured student
Skype in from home to watch presentations and answer follow-up questions - she
didnt miss a beat! She has also has an ill student Skype in during group work.
When the students break out into groups, this student participates via Skype on the
iPad. How awesome is that?!
Who knows? Maybe one day, with the use of practices such as these, we wont have
to worry about snow days and losing instructional minutes.

NEXT COHORT
MEETINGS

NEXT WORKSHOP

NEXT DIGITAL STUDY


HALLS

Thursday, January 21
Friday, January 22

Socrative
Thursday, January 28

Thursday, January 14
Friday, January 15
Friday, January 29

Nearpod

An interactive
presentation and
formative
assessment tool.
Use Nearpod
instead of
PowerPoints or
handouts! Present
information, assess
student
understanding,
gauge their
opinions, and
monitor their
participation. Add
quizzes, polls,
images, videos and
links. Flipping your
class? Assign as
homework. Turn
students into
creators by having
them create their
own Nearpods and
share with the class!

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JANUARY 10, 2016

Managing those iPads


Ideas for your classroom
With the start of a new semester, your students may need appropriate use
procedures for iPads reviewed. While at school, these are a tool for instruc9onal
purposes. Just like any tool, students need to be taught how to use it.
iPad 9ps and helps for the start of the semester:
1. Screens down iPad not being used for the ac9vity at hand? Tell the class
screens down. Students place the device (iPad, tablet, phone, laptop) on
the desk with the screen facing down.
2. Screens up, iPads at on desk Is an iPad an appropriate or acceptable
device for the ac9vity at hand? Have students place the device at on the
desk with the screens facing up. Its easier to monitor student work that way.
3. Swipe to clear Do you need to have a class that needs to be monitored a bit more closely? Is it an assessment
day? You might want to have the students double-click the home buOon and swipe up to clear all apps. AQer
they have cleared all apps, then assign the appropriate app or site to open (if using the Safari, the iBoss lter
tab needs to stay open).
4. Prac9ce procedures It may sound elementary, but prac9cing procedures makes it more natural for you and
your students.
5. When to remove device. If, aQer warning and redirec9on, you feel you need to take the device from the
student, please remember that it may only be removed for your class period and must be returned at the end
of the period. The iPad is the binder, folder, text and learning tool for other classes.
What about when its appropriate for students to use their devices, how do you let them know whats OK? Many
teachers use a level system. Levels are intended to delineate levels of appropriate use. For example:
Level 1 = whole class ac9vity, no iPad use
Level 2 = note-taking app only (Notability, Showbie)
Level 3 = mul9ple apps allowed (Notability, Showbie, Google Drive, Google Docs)
Level 4 = earned subject app 9me (Quizlet, Duolingo, Penul9mate, iMovie, Explain Everything, etc.).
Some teachers have named these levels as stoplight colors (having only 3 levels), as playlists, or something else that
matches the subject maOer and tone of the individual classroom. Appropriate device use takes prac9ce for both
student and teacher. Providing something like levels establishes clear guidelines for students when using devices in
class. What would work for you?

IPAD TIP & TRICK


Spotlight Search
This is a powerful search tool on the device! With 1 finger, swipe downward
from anywhere on the screen. A search box will appear. Type in what youre
looking for and Spotlight will search on the device and in contacts, mail,
calendar as well as providing the option for a web search.
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