Effectively Using iPads to Transform Your Classroom
(Grades K-12) / Flex Course
PDI Course Number: 81T02 / UCSD Course Number: EDUC41517
Course Description
Do you love your iPad and are looking for innovative ways to use it in your classroom? This online course for teachers helps educators learn how to successfully use iPads in the K-12 classroom. Teachers are taught the importance of using the iPad to reach educational objectives and teach real-world technology skills to students. A plethora of apps are introduced that align with curriculum standards. The apps outlined in the course can be used to teach English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, and the arts. Teachers will also learn how to access and use Google apps on the iPad. Teachers will be introduced to apps that can be used for communication, collaboration, and social networking. Additionally, teachers learn about apps that can be used as classroom tools for instruction and assessment, as well as those that can serve as platforms for the creation of multimedia components and projects. Finally, teachers will discover a multitude of additional uses for the iPad, such as creating presentations (both for students and by students), creating their own podcast, and developing screencasts for classroom instruction. By the end of this continuing education course, teachers will have plenty of ideas, as well as the confidence, to integrate iPads into the classroom. This online professional development course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units/5 quarter units (50 hours of training) from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. For detailed information on receiving university credit for your PDI professional development course, visit our credit page.
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"I really enjoyed learning the many different ways iPads can be integrated into the classroom. What I found most useful were the apps for each subject as well as general learning apps and grading apps." - Jennifer Patton
This course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units or 5 quarter units of graduate-level credit from UCSD.
You have up to one year from the date you are enrolled to complete a flex course.
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TOPICAL OUTLINE
UCSD Course Number: EDUC41517
Unit One
- History of Apple and the iPad
- The Intersection of Education and the iPad
- Getting to Know the iPad
- Assignment #1: Write an autobiography
- Test #1
Unit Two
- Using Apps for Digital Reading
- Using Apps for Digital Writing
- Using Apps for Researching
- Assignment #2: Article reflection
- Test #2
Unit Three
- Using Apps for Mathematics
- Using Apps for Science
- Using Apps for Social Studies
- Assignment #3: Share your expertise
- Test #3
Unit Four
- Learning Tools for Health and the Art
- Google Apps
- Communication, Collaboration, and Social Networking
- Integrating Video, Digital Art, and Animation
- Test #4
Unit Five
- iPad Presentations
- Utilizing and Creating Podcasts
- Delivering Instruction through Screencasts
- Test #5
Unit Six
- The iPad as an Assessment Tool
- Top Apps for Learning
- iPad Resources
- Assignment #4: Create a Buncee presentation with your iPad
- Assignment #5: Course Reflection
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