Last week I attended the “iPad Exploration” mini-conference run by Lutheran Education Queensland. It was chock-full of brilliant ideas, resources, and (of course!) Apps. Here is just *some* of “the good stuff”…
John Burns, Apple Education Development Executive, presented on Day 1 on some absolutely BRILLIANT apps now available. Links below. They’re categorised using the ‘SAMR model’ (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redesign).
SAMR - http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/000025.html
Basically; substitution is where you use the tool to substitute what you would normally do with the ‘old’ tool’; augmentation is where you ‘add’ to the task at hand; ‘modification’ is where the task is partially modified through the use of elements in the tool that allow such modification, and redesign is where the task becomes something not even conceivable before with the old tool.
Apps (Categorised by SAMR model)
Substitution
Pages for iPad on the iTunes App Store
iThoughtsHD (mindmapping) for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Evernote for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store
Graphing Calculator HD for iPad on the iTunes App Store
App Store – Word Wizard – Talking Movable Alphabet with Spell …
7notes HD Premium for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Augmentation
March of the Dinosaurs for iPad on the iTunes App Store
The Elements: A Visual Exploration for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Muscle System Pro II (NOVA Series) – iPad edition for iPad on the …
Our Choice for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation …
Superstash for iPad on the iTunes App Store
When You Grow Up – a you’re-in-the-story book! for iPhone, iPod …
Qwiki for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Google Earth for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store
Virtual History - Roma for iPad on the iTunes App Store
String™ Augmented Reality Showcase for iPhone, iPod touch (4th …
Modification
Dragon Dictation for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes …
Home Design 3D – By LiveCad for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Dragon Search for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store
iMovie for iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi and …
Coaster Physics for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App …
sling Note for iPad on the iTunes App Store
App Cooker – Design, Mockup & Prototype App Interfaces for iPad …
Codify for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Redefinition
Aurasma Lite for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation …
iBooks for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Talking Tom Cat for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App …
Word Lens by [?] – Download Word Lens in the iTunes App Store
And…
VidRhythm by [?] – Download VidRhythm in the iTunes App Store
He also briefly commented on some great work done by schools with iPads:
Redlands College - http://ipad2.redlands.qld.edu.au/
Victorian DET - http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/
Kolbe Catholic College - http://sswiki.kolbe.wa.edu.au/groups/ipadstory/
No longer are we ‘old school’, guys!
Source: tvtropes.org via Johna on Pinterest
So – link away and knock your socks off!
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How has Talking Tom redefined learning? I know what it is, and I have shared it myself, but I don’t have exemplary uses of it for redefining learning. Perhaps I am too critical of redefining as well.
Blogging is redefining when done well because it changes the narrative into a conversation.
Hi smeech, thanks for your comments! I love your point about “blogging being re-defining done well”. Regarding Talking Tom being categorised by @j0hnBurns as a ‘re-defining’, I would say that he is referring to the fact that components of the tool itself allow learning via repetitive interaction with the user’s own voice, maybe? Having met him, I’m sure that he would be more than happy to explain in detail if you tweeted him the question, though!