Strategies for
Teaching with the
iPad in the
University
Classroom
Lisa Brown Buchanan
Elizabeth O. Crawford
EEMLS Dept.
Today’s Objectives
• To demonstrate sample applications for
use across content areas and methods
courses in the College of Education (and
beyond).
• To practice using these applications in
small groups, determining how they may
be used in specific courses.
TPACK
(Technological Pedagogical
Content Knowledge)
• Content Knowledge: “is knowledge
about the actual subject matter that is
to be learned or taught” (p. 1026).
• Pedagogical Knowledge: “deep
knowledge about the processes and
practices or methods of learning and
learning and how it encompasses,
among other things, overall
educational purposes, values, and
aims” (p. 1026).
• Technology Knowledge: “knowledge
about standard technologies, such as
books, chalk and blackboard, and
more advanced technologies, such as
the Internet and digital video” (p.
1027).
Mishra & Koehler (2006)
Sample iPad Applications
• Edmodo
• MentorMob
• Glogster
• Padlet
• Super Note
• Popplet
Edmodo
• Overview: Free,
multi-use tool
for teaching and
learning in Fb
format.
• Sample
Application:
Create polls and
discussion posts
with threads.
http://www.edmodo.com
MentorMob
• Overview: A
curating tool
that allows one
to create a
Learning
Playlist.
• Sample
Application: Inclass research
http://www.mentormob.com
groups.
What is MentorMob?
Glogster
• Overview:
Digital posterand
presentationmaker.
• Sample
Application:
Drag-and-drop
or original work
products.
http://www.glogster.com
Let’s Practice!
• Open Glogster on
the iPad or
personal computer.
• Log-in using the
username
tryitoutuncw (pw:
Watson1234).
• Create a glog
using text and
images.
Padlet
• Overview: A
virtual, interactive
bulletin board.
• Sample
Application: In lieu
of KWL, to
document student
learning using an
inquiry approach.
http://www.padlet.com
Let’s Practice!
• Go to padlet.com/wall/iusers
• Respond to the prompt on the wall.
Super Note
• Overview: Tool
for recording
and saving
audio files.
• Sample
Application:
Recording
students during
conferencing;
verbal feedback.
Popplet
• Overview: Tool
to visualize
ideas (e.g.,
graphic
organizer).
• Sample
Application:
Concept map
curriculum unit
ideas.
http://www.popplet.com
What is Popplet?
Questions?
Comments?