April Vanguard PD
Making the Most of the Apple Apps
Vanguard Professional Development VIDEOCONFERENCE
Group B: 2:00-3:00 PM EST
Thursday, Apr 5, 2018, 12:30 PM
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Before the PD, please
- Peruse the SMORE.
- Download the following iBook; https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/short-film-in-clips/id1237314256?mt=11. Read pages 30-33 and be prepared to make connections to our curriculum..
- Post evidence to #Slack for the good of the group.
Toby Grosswald
Email: toby.grosswald@nlcinc.com
Website: https://www.smore.com/rb94q
Location: 1615 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA, United States
Phone: 215-680-0123
Twitter: @tobyteach
Professional Development Goals 2017-18
- To collaborate online and through video with other Vanguards across our network of schools monthly by using the video platform of 'GoToMeeting' and SMORE to support the teachers in your schools with the integration of the iPads and technology
- To continue to coach, support and train Vanguard teacher leaders to turn around and train teachers on the best instructional practices using their iPads in order to produce, reflect and share by showcasing student work and best practices.
- To communicate and collaborate with your instructional team and teachers an understanding of "what good looks like" as we add rigor and move through the SAMR continuum
- To differentiate the information in this SMORE by finding out what works for you and your teachers using Toby and the Education Team as a partner, coach, support, mentor and guide
TODAY'S OBJECTIVES
- To coach and support teachers using Apple Classroom
- Connect SAMR to rigor, high expectations and the evidence posted on #Slack
- To introduce the End of the Year TobyTech Challenge!
APPLE CLASSROOM
A Teacher's Journey of Apple Classroom
“There are 20 students in my classroom, which means there are usually 20 different ideas.”
This year, our teachers started using Classroom, a powerful iPad app that helps teachers manage student devices, share work, and guide students through lessons more efficiently. Now grades 4-8 teachers can easily launch an app, a website, or a book on student devices with a tap, which has dramatically reduced setup time at the beginning of class. And teachers can follow student activity by viewing all student screens at once. The use of Classroom has led to fewer interruptions and more one-on-one-time with students.
During class, teachers are able to divide students into small groups that rotate through a series of stations to focus on different elements of a unit, like reviewing new vocabulary and analyzing readings. But setting up other groups at their stations and managing the logistics of keeping all students on track often interrupted this dedicated station time. That is where Apple Classroom can help.
“I can keep kids on task, I save time, and that makes our whole class run more efficiently.”
Because Classroom has helped streamline class time, teachers are able to add a new layers of depth to the curriculum with group projects. For example, Brittany, one of our 5th grade teachers, describes how each small group creates their own civilization, and after completing each new social studies unit, they demonstrate their knowledge of topics like agriculture and government by applying it to make decisions for their civilizations. What will people in their civilizations eat? What type of government will they have? What laws will be in place? “I’ve attempted projects like this before, but after a couple of days it’s been all over the place. Now, with Classroom, I’m able to troubleshoot on the spot without disrupting the flow of class.”
Now that Brittany and her fellow NLCI teachers are using Classroom, she has more time to create richer lessons that increase student engagement. “I hear students talk about their projects after class and during recess. They come to me with new ideas of topics they want to learn more about so they can make decisions for their civilizations. Engagement is super high.”
Ways to Use Apple Classroom
Student Presentations
- Tap Add action icon to place students in project groups.
- Drag and drop the presentation template to students. Keynote will open on all student devices.
- Tap Screens action icon to view activity.
- When students are ready to present, tap on the photo of the student, then tap AirPlay action icon to initiate AirPlay mirroring.
Taking Quizzes
- Tap Open action icon. Toggle option to lock students in app after opening. Select your quiz app.
- Tap Screens action icon to view student activity.
- Once a student has completed the quiz, tap the student’s photo and then tap Lock action icon.
- When the class is over, tap End Class to view the Class Summary and analyze how many minutes students spent in the quiz app.
Whole Class Reading
- Tap Add action icon to launch students in to iBooks.
- Have students select a book to read.
- On your device, launch the Clock app and set a timer for silent reading time.
- Use AirPlay to mirror your screen.
- Once the class is over, tap End Class to view the Class Summary and review students’ reading time.
Collaboration
- Tap Add action icon to place students in groups.
- Use Document Sharing to send a collaboration template to students.
- While students are working, tap Screens action icon to monitor their activity.
- When students are ready to share their work, tap AirPlay action icon to initiate AirPlay.
- Have students use Document Sharing to return the files to you.
CLIPS
Science
What We Learned
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Art
Math
SAMR
Today at Apple
Please do not update to IOS.11.3 YET! Thank you!
- Your battery is your to control. You can turn off the throttling feature, and/or navigate to Settings > Battery to take a look at your battery's current health. If your iPhone 6 or later does need a battery swap to maintain peak performance without issues, iOS 11.3 should tell you so.
- iOS 11.3 comes with ARKit 1.5, which recognizes vertical surfaces and "irregularly shaped surfaces like circular tables," too, according to Apple. That should let AR developers build a variety of new things, and could potentially improve the accuracy of augmented reality ruler apps as well. The ARKit 1.5 through-the-camera view is now higher resolution and supports your camera's built-in autofocus as well.
- Business Chat will make it easy to have a conversation with a service representative, schedule an appointment or make purchases using Apple Pay in the Messages app. Business Chat doesn't share the user's contact information with businesses and gives users the ability to stop chatting at any time."
- Apple's new Health Records feature hopes to provide something patients (aka humans) have wanted since the advent of the medical record -- a way to easily access all of your medical records, no matter which doctor, clinic or hospital you pick, in one single (and encrypted) place.
- For privacy's sake, the Safari browser won't autofill your passwords unless you tap the password field first.
- Apple Music will soon let users "stream all the music videos they want without being interrupted by ads" and offer music video playlists.
- Apple News will offer an "improved Top Stories" section and a new video section with "the most important videos of the day".
- You'll be able to sort App Store reviews by "Most Helpful," "Most Favorable", "Most Critical" and "Most Recent" now.
- iOS 11.3 will support Advanced Mobile Location to automatically send a user's location to emergency services when they make a 911 (or similar) call.
- Use an iPad as a cash register for your small business? (Or otherwise keep it plugged in all the time?) Apple says iOS 11.3 will manage your battery better from now on.
- If you've had trouble getting audio apps to play in your car, or sync contacts with your car's phone book, iOS 11.3 should fix those too.
APP Spotlight
Showbie
Shobie is an app that allows you to upload any PDF, picture, video, or voice memo and send to all of your students. It is a way to send home homework, notes, help students self-monitor improvement, use for center responses, in guided reading, etc.
Why use it?
It streamlines the work you are giving students, cuts down on issues at the copier, reduces paper waste, and provides for both differentiation and immediate student feedback. The parents also have constant access to student progress and can message you questions, concerns, etc.
TobyTech End of Year iChallenge
Create a 3-minute Tool-tutorial...
Have your students create a teaching video that captures something they learned and can share with others. Examples include;
- one feature learned from one of the Apple Teacher apps and can teach others.
- an App that is useful and show how it is used
You can use CLIPS, iMovie, Camera, etc. See how many TOOL-TUTORIALS you can create and/or gather from your classrooms. Prizes for over 10 cross-curricular submissions school-wide. Please make sure the audience knows the intent of the video.
Trouble uploading? Sign up for free at https://vimeo.com.
Techspectations
- Complete the EOY TobyTech iChallenge.
- A new #channel for the End of Year iChallenge has been created on #Slack. Please join and post your TobyTech iChallenge(s).
- Meet with your instructional team at least once a month at a designated time and place to summarize and share this SMORE and professional development and how you differentiate this information to your teachers. The instructional team consists of you, your Principal, Lead Literacy Teacher, Lead Tech Teacher and Assistant Principal.
- Apple Teacher™ Goal: 100% by May. Data will be collected at the end of this month. Certificates for Apple Teacher Schools (those schools with 100% Apple Teachers) will be distributed.
- Use Toby as your "go to" Education Manager for Technology. . My cell is 215-680-0123 for calls, FaceTime or texts. I am also here to coach and help you plan your professional development sessions along with the EDU Team
- "See" you on our next PD -Thursday May 2, 2018. We will share our Tool-tutorials.