Apple TV In The Classroom – The New Smart Board
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! An iPad and Apple TV can combine to provide an advantageous alternative to more expensive, traditional interactive white boards. The post Apple TV In The...
View ArticleEducational Technology With iPad 2, Dropbox, Math TIPS4RM & More
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Educational Technology Workshop slides which focus on using iPad in a paperless math classroom setting, Dropbox, math TIPS4RM program, Apple TV for iPad...
View ArticleOAME 2012 Conference – May 10-12 – Kingston, Ontario
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! The Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) annual conference for 2012 is being hosted in Kingston, Ontario by QSLMA, the Quinte-St. Lawrence...
View ArticleSearching for the Perfect Fine Tip iPad Stylus Pen
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Kosella Aponyo Click & Spigen Kuel H10 iPad Stylus Pens In a previous post, I discussed my findings regarding iPad stylus pens and their quality. In my...
View ArticleOAME Tap Into Teen Minds Educational Technology Presentation
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Download the OAME 2012 Presentation Slides Here Here’s a taste of what we’ll cover: Paperless TIPS4RM Model – Digital Handout Based Learning neu.Annotate+...
View ArticleExplain Everything iPad Video App – Create Classroom Videos
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! While at the OAME 2012 Annual Conference, I took some time to hang out with Alex Shum and Michael Ruscitti who presented a tutorial for the iPad app,...
View ArticleUse Apple TV to Mirror iPad in the Classroom | Digital Bansho
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! My Teacher Learning and Leadership (TLLP) project was underway near the beginning of this school year and here we are approaching the last month of it...
View ArticleKhan Academy and Technology Cannot Replace Teachers
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Technology Is Only Effective When Paired With Solid Instructional Practice This past weekend, I participated in the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program...
View ArticleDeciding Which iPad to Buy for Education
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Best iPad for 1-to-1 and 1-to-Many Classrooms Your school has just received additional funding to purchase technology for the following school year and...
View ArticleHow to Use Public Google Spreadsheets for Assessment
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Public Google Sheets Keep Teachers, Students and Parents Informed The offerings from Google Docs seem to be pretty basic; word processor, spreadsheets, and...
View ArticleiPad 2s, Bretford Sync Cart, & MacBook have arrived!
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! About a week ago, our Apple order finally arrived! Back in June, the original goal was to have all equipment delivered before the end of August in order...
View ArticleSetting up the devices for the first time…
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! One item I was unaware of before the iPad shipment came in was how the setup process would work using the Bretford Power Sync Cart. Although you should...
View ArticleGoogle Docs & iPad 2 … What a beautiful combo!
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Just last night, I was on the blog, Teaching Like It’s 2999 and I came across a great post about using Google Docs for assessment. By creating form on...
View ArticleGuest WiFi Network Causing Issues…
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! After spending hours of my own time over the past two weeks since receiving my Bretford Power Sync cart and 30 iPad 2’s, I was starting to get frustrated...
View ArticlePDF-Notes 2.0.0 for iPad: The Best Annotation App… Or is it?
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Now that my WiFi issues have been solved using a secure SSID with a password permanently stored in all iPads from our class set, it was on to experimenting...
View ArticleWiFi Password Stored, But For How Long?
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! After the mishap today with a crashing PDF-Notes 2.0.0 app on all 30 iPads, I immediately thought that I should do some app maintenance over the next few...
View ArticleiPhone Configuration Utility to the Rescue!
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! In my last post, I discussed how the iPads are now on the secured school WiFi network with the SSID & password saved in each device allowing us to skip...
View ArticleiPad PDF Annotation Apps; Do You Get What You Pay For?
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! As I start to get my 1:1 iPad classroom running smoothly, I have only installed and tested apps which are free in the App Store. Since there are...
View ArticlePaperless iPad Math Classroom with Dropbox
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! My Paperless iPad Math Classroom transition was easy since implementing Dropbox as our cloud-based storage tool. Dropbox Folder Sharing is Quick &...
View ArticleMy iPad 2 Deployment Strategy
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! It has been about four weeks since receiving my class set of iPad 2 devices & Bretford Power Sync cart and I still feel like I am in the midst of...
View ArticleThe Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform By RUPERT MURDOCH
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Check out this great article by Rupert Murdoch on Technology in Education… Click on the screenshot below to link to his article: The post The Steve Jobs...
View ArticleSplashtop 2 Remote Desktop iOS/Android App – IWB Killer?
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Access Your Desktop/Laptop Remotely With Apple iPad or Android Tablets! For the past 5 years, I have been a daily user of a SMART Board in my classroom for...
View ArticleWriting on iPad 2 – Before You Pick Your Stylus, Do Your Homework!
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! In order to implement a paperless classroom, my goal was to have students complete handouts in PDF form through an App such as Neu.Annotate (see my post...
View ArticleGoogle Docs – Collect Real-Time Student Data
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! In a previous post, Google Docs & iPad 2 … What a beautiful combo, we discussed how to use Google Docs to easily create multiple choice assessments....
View ArticleUsing Your iPad As a Document Camera Replacement
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Recently, I was delivering a lesson for my grade 9 applied students involving Calculator Based Rangers (CBR) and I was worried how I could show the...
View ArticleMust I Sync iPads With Mac or Will a PC Work?
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Tap Into Teen Minds Apple iPad Deployment This past summer, I spent hours researching to find a tablet that could offer the same experience (or better)...
View ArticleGoogle Docs Forms, iPad Replace SMART Response and Classroom Clickers
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Classroom/Audience Response Systems Replaced By Google Docs Forms and iPad As many already know, students in my math classes use a class set of iPads on a...
View ArticleTablets Will Transform the Classroom – Educational Technology
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION]. Apple released the original iPad to consumers in April 2010, sparking the tablet computer frenzy that we...
View ArticleiPads in classroom provide 20 percent jump in math scores
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Read the full article here: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57363113-243/ipads-in-classroom-provide-20-percent-jump-in-math-scores-study-says/ Will...
View ArticleApple Brings Textbooks to iPad With iBooks, iBooks Author apps
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Click here to read the full article:...
View ArticleApple iPad Student Tutorial: Dropbox & neu.Annotate+
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! With the start of the second semester tomorrow, I have put together a series of slides which give students new to the iPad some instructions on how to get...
View ArticleHow to Share a Dropbox Folder in an iPad Classroom
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Learn how to create a Dropbox account, share a Dropbox folder, and learn why you want to use Dropbox as your cloud computing solution in an iPad classroom....
View ArticleHow to Setup iPad – The iPad Classroom Deployment Guide
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Tecumseh Vista Academy Extends Math iPad Project with 20 New iPad Minis It has been approximately 18 months since our first set of 30 Apple iPads were...
View ArticleThe Land of Venn Makes True Gamification a Reality
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Most educational games explicitly teach material in a game-like environment. Then there is The Land of Venn: a true game with math hidden throughout. The...
View ArticleThe Land of Venn iPad Math App Review
Another post from Tap Into Teen Minds. Enjoy! Save a rock-guitar playing Elegast by protecting the magic juice from funny little monsters while learning primary geometric properties without knowing it!...
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