Besides teaching full-time in the classroom, I teach piano on the side. However, I have not performed for a long time. I had the opportunity to do so for a former co-worker’s retirement ceremony last weekend. I invited a good friend, who happened to be a former student of my colleague (from third grade, so…
Month: May 2012
iPads can be used anywhere!
It’s report card time for me, and probably for you too. I’m super busy crunching marks for 350 students. Needless to say, not much time to write full blog posts and app reviews. So here’s a couple of photos showing how versatile an iPad can be in the process of marking: This is me inputting…
App #7: Numbers
Note: I have written a second post on using Microsoft Excel templates with Numbers. How Numbers for iPad can save you time and make life easier during report card time! Numbers (itunes link) spreadsheet app directly from Apple, is a worthy Microsoft Excel-like competitor for the iPad. It is a powerful tool for teachers who own…
Teaching Piano with iPad
I teach piano on the side in the evenings. I am beginning to use the iPad to teach, instead of the traditional paper that we all grew up using. It’s true that the notes are quite small, but is it ever convenient! I can scan my music into .pdf format and once again use Goodreader…
App #6: Camera
Back to the basics: the Camera app Have an iPad 2, iPhone, or iPod touch? Take advantage of the dual cameras that come with the device. Some of you might even own the new iPad, which boasts the much improved camera much like that of the iPhone 4S. Simply having a camera on these devices…
iPad as an interactive whiteboard: Quick games of Hangman & Pictionary for the students
With a few minutes to spare in class today, I decided to whip out the Evernote Skitch app again (free!) My students love playing Hangman, and it reinforces letter learning, and sentence processing. Since I teach the same grade back to back for three different classes, I decided to make a couple of quick sentences…
Another quick use of Dropbox
I must share this tip with you if you’re a Dropbox user. A parent came to see me after school today. She wanted me to pass along her a copy of her son’s script for his presentation later this month. Since we were in my office, I started looking for the word document on my…
iPad: Creation versus Consumption
What type of iPad user are you? Do you mostly use your iPad for consumption purposes or creation ones? I would argue that the vast majority of the public will fall into the consumption category. There is no doubt that the iPad is an amazing consumption device. With apps such as YouTube, iBooks, Safari,…
App #5: Goodreader for iPad, part 1
Goodreader for iPad This app can become your best teaching tool! Where should I start with this incredible app? I would say that this is my most frequently used app while teaching with the iPad. I do not really use this for mirrored projection for the students to see, but more for when I need…
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