iPads in the
Classroom: Tips and
Techniques for
Effective
Implementation
While we are waiting to
start our session, please
download and install the
free App “AURASMA” from
your mobile device’s
application store
(Apple and Android)
iPads in the
Classroom: Tips and
Techniques for
Effective
Implementation
Claire Burns, K-5 General Music
Clark Creek Elementary STEM
Academy
Acworth, Ga – Cherokee County
Schools
www.learnmemusic.com
Twitter - @learnmemusic
Managing the Use of
iPads
Whether you have access to 1 iPad, a class
set iPad cart, or you have BLYD, there are
some details to consider:
• Assigning iPads or using them
anonymously?
• Centers, Rotations, Taking Turns?
• Partners or Individually?
• Sound? Speakers or Headphones?
• Storage and charging?
• How to Install Apps and generic vs.
Managing iPads
using Apple
Configurator
Free Mac App for Managing iPads
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• There are great tutorials on how to use the
App on YouTube
• Manage up to 30 devices’ settings, apps,
and preferences at a time!
• All iPads will have the same apps installed
on them
• Settings can be set to restrict and limit the
use of the iPads as much or as little as you
desire
• Can assign devices to specific users or keep
the generic, depending on your usage
Apple Configurator
Prepare the
iPads with
settings and
preferences
Apple Configurator
Then
Supervise
the iPads
and the
apps
installed
AirServer
• Software installed on your computer (Mac or
PC) that allows ANY AirPlay device (iPad,
iPhone, iPod touch) to share screen of the
device to the computer’s display
• If the computer is connected to a projector,
then the iPad screen can be projected to a
larger audience
• Education License for $11.99 for 3
Macs/PCs – never expires
• Bulk License $3.99 for 10+ businesses,
AirServer
Tip: Rename
your computer
in the
Software’s
Preferences
from the
numbers to
your name
and/or
Augmented
Reality Using
Aurasma
Please get one of the handouts and make
sure you have downloaded the free App
on your device and then subscribe to
Clark Creek STEM Academy’s channel.
Let’s try viewing some Auras!!
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Augmented
Reality Using
Aurasma
augmented reality: making something come to
life
aura: the magic thing that pops up when you
hold your device over something
trigger image: the picture you want to make
cooler that is just normal (probably something
from your camera roll or in your photos)
overlay: the thing you will apply on top of the
trigger image (usually a video from your camera
roll)
Aurasma: a free app to allow users to
experience augmented reality
Augmented
Reality Using
Aurasma
HOW YOU CAN USE AURASMA IN EDUCATION:
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Student reviews and/or summaries of books
(living book covers)
Student reports, presentations, and
performances
Supplemental information on flashcards and
word walls
Teacher-read directions for worksheets and
centers
Put Auras in your newsletters that parents can
Augmented
Reality Using
Aurasma
Dropbox
• Put all iPads on the same Dropbox
account
• Use Dropbox to share worksheets,
reading passages, music and even video
files to all iPads
• Organize the Dropbox account with
folders to help students find the files you
want them to find
• Students can submit assignments via
Dropbox as well
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Many apps can connect with Dropbox to
retrieve and submit information
Skitch from Evernote can annotate over
photos
Remind101
• Allows teachers to text and/or email
parents and students reminders for
classes
• Parents and students subscribe for
Remind101 updates by either sending a
text to a special code or emailing a special
email address
• Keeps parents and students phone
numbers private and teachers do not have
to use a personal phone number either
• Teachers can have specific codes for each
class they teach and send reminders and
SmartSeat
• Seating chart, attendance, and random
picker app
• Multiple classes
• Endless classroom arrangements
• Add student pictures
• Export and/or email PDF of seating charts
for subs
• Display first, first and last, or even
nicknames of students
• New! - Assign students to groups
Socrative
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• A student-response system
that works on any webenabled devices (PC, phone,
tablet)
Student Clicker App for student response
Teacher Clicker App for creating,
administering, and grading quizzes
Self-paced, teacher-paced, and even
game-type quizzes for individual and
group assessment
Allows for Multiple Choice, True/False,
and Short Answer response formats
Single-Question or Quiz-Based Activities
Built-In Exit Ticket great for end-of-class
summary
Socrative
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Grades from assessments can
be exported as Excel for analysis
Automatically grades responses
(for right/wrong responses)
• Ideal for BYOD/BYLD situations
• Let’s try it out!
• Download the Student Socrative App
OR
• Direct your browser (mobile or laptop) to
m.socrative.com
• Enter my “room number” – 976291
• Follow the on-screen prompts to take the
sample quiz!
Additional Resources
• Augmented Reality Pinterest Board
www.pinterest.com/learnmemusic/augme
nted-reality/
• iPads Pinterest Board
www.pinterest.com/learnmemusic/ipads/
• My Blog LearnMeMusic
www.learnmemusic.com
• All Handouts, PowerPoints, and
expanded directions for Aurasma are on
the Resources Page for this Session
http://gaetc.schoolwires.net//site/Default.a
spx?PageID=614
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