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The LwICT Leaders Steering Committee has created a resource with helpful lessons and links related to Cyberbulling. The resources and lessons are grade and age range appropriate.

Focus on Cyberbulling_LwICT_Feb11

Please use as needed in your school/classroom to facilitate lessons, discussions and learning regarding Cyberbullying.

The following apps will be on the iPads that will be used for the iPad project.

Draft Apps for iPad Project (PDF)

DiskAid Transfers Files to Apps on iPhone, iPad or iTouch.

Browsing iPhone Apps contents directly from your Mac (OS X) or PC (Windows) and transferring files to and from an iOS device has never been easier with DiskAid. It automatically discovers all Apps and allows to copy files, folders or even complete file trees!

Enjoy fast and dependable file copy to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via USB connection with DiskAid and copy files, data media or folders to your iPhone iPad or iPod touch.

Getting DiskAid free for anyone in WSD1.

To get your free license, go to the following link (Getting DiskAid Free), fill in the form and click Get My Free License. The Winnipeg School Division is registered, so you will receive your Free DiskAid academic license by email (allow up to 1 hour for processing).

Getting Started with Disk Aid…

iPads are a multi-media, multi-use tool that can be used in the classroom to enhance student learning in a variety of ways.

Navigating the world of “Apps” and features can be overwhelming…you might have many questions:

• Is this App age appropriate?
• What makes an App suitable for education?
• What should I look out for when choosing apps?
• How can students use the built-in features to support their learning?

Try to imagine apps on a continuum: Consume – Collaborate – Create. When you are looking at an app, keep the target learning intents in mind, and use your professional judgement. Each app may be in a specific area, or more that one area on the continuum.

To help figure out what will be the most effective way to use the built-in features and apps in the classroom, here are some helpful links to support your students’ learning with iPads.

Criteria for judging if an app is appropriate:

http://kathyschrock.net/pdf/evalipad.pdf

http://learninginhand.com/blog/ways-to-evaluate-educational-apps.html

(Note: The checklist at the bottom of this page suggests that an app for education should be free; many useful apps are free, but there are also paid apps that might be considered if they will support student learning)

http://learninginhand.com/storage/blog/Vincent_App_Checklist.pdf

(Note: Sometimes a free version is a great way to explore an app and determine if an upgrade to a paid or “pro” version would be appropriate!)

Rating apps:     http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html (Sorts apps by Bloom’s Taxonomy)

(Note: there are lots of sites that evaluate apps for education, use your own good judgement on which sites are pedagogically sound, and have best practice in mind.)

Warehouse of links to resources for educational uses of iPads:  

http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html

Current presentation in PDF

The Principles of Learning have been developed in response to feedback from staff requesting that the Winnipeg School Division have a common guide. The principles are not new; they simply reflect expectations that already exist within the Winnipeg School Division.

The Principles of Learning are based on:

• Expectations from Manitoba Education, making implicit expectations more explicit
• Research regarding effective practice in teaching and learning

The Principles of Learning are intended to:

• Clarify expectations for learners
• Provide learners with a common language and framework
• Provide learners with a document upon which a common understanding is built

Download a PDF of the Principles of Learning

Literacy with ICT Continuum

Google’s – YouTube Space Lab

• Students are invited to upload a video to YouTube explaining a science experiment to be done in space – Deadline December 7, 2011.
• YouTube Space Lab

Google SketchUp Pro

• MERLIN has announced that they have negotiated a Province wide license for the educational use of SketchUp Pro. More information will be posted shortly.  If you need immediate assistance contact Kiley Bender at MERLIN.
• SketchUp Pro K-12 Grant
• Comparison of SketchUp and SketchUp Pro
• How to install SketchUp Pro – Network License

Here are some podcasting planners that the SAGE 2011 (Podcasting the GarageBand Way) group worked with; they are all in Word format, so feel free to modify them to suit the needs of your students.  Many of the writing planners that are included in the Language Arts Blackline Masters could be used to assist in podcast planning as well.

Podcast Planner3_EY_LJA           Podcast_Planner_MY-SY_LJA          PodcastPlanner2_MY-SY_LJA

The following are files referred to during SAG 2011.

iMovie’11 Keyboard Shortcuts

These files are from http://www.eworkshop.on.ca in the files related to Media Literacy.

Lesson Plan for Media Literacy Video Production

Video Assignment Sheet

Effective Group Work Checklist

Blank Shot List Form

Types of Shots

Camera Angles

Video Production Example       from   http://edtech.guhsd.net/video/roles.pdf

Insight: Your Guide to Shooting a Great Video  from http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/medias/download/documents/pdf/stop-racism/Video-competition-participation-guide.pdf
Includes: The Top 25 recommended steps for learning about video production

Teacher’s Guide for the Video Competition

Using Beat Markers  and Using the Precision Editor

The files below are the tutorials shared at the K-8 LwICT Leaders sessions for the Manitoba Education LwICT Wiki. Please click on each link to access the tutorial.

Part_1 of the tutorial

Part_2 of the tutorial

Part_3 of the tutorial