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Use Pages and create a document with a video/podcast in it. Then the end user opens the document, sees the instructions or questions, and can complete the project.

All technology misbehavior can be tied to typical misbehavior. It is not a technology problem. It is a behavior problem and consequences should be in place to respond to those misbehaviors.

Engaged students learn better, Students need: real world problems, collaborative learning environment, Creative exchange

Great student created video: [|Empty School] This video shows a student who sees school as an instrument.

Digital Educator Program: There is actually a certification Mentoring and coaching

Texas Computer Education Association: Developing an online community of one to one schools -

Services: If you go to the Services menu in any application you can go to Services Preferences and add services to that application. A great one is Add to iTunes as a spoken trak. Special characters- Go to the bottom of the Edit menu and Special Characters. Find the characters you always use in the Special Characters pallette and create a favorites list. Math teachers will need this.

Spotlight: put in a math problem and it will solve it

Calculator: Basic, Scientific, Programmer under the view menu to choose one, Paper Tape is under the Window menu. There is also a Speech menu and you can have keys entered read aloud or the end result

Grapher: a graphing calculator in the Utilities folder Create the multiple graphs on one sheet and then highlight the equation and pull it to the graph. When you are typing an equation look to the far right and there is an equation editor. You can add color to the graph lines. If you command click on two equations you can find the intersection of those two equations. When you click on a line you see the coordinates in the bottom of the window. You can also go under examples and look at some of the visually interesting 2d and 3D graphs. These can be saved out as videos. Under the Equations menu there is Create Animation Be sure to set different start and end points to get motion.

Use Numbers or any other spreadsheet on the teacher computer connected to a projector to collect class date. Each group can come up and record their information.

Professional Development Tips/Tricks:
Set up a large screen iMac desktop unit to use as a teleprompter

Some great resources:

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Automator Script - Users come up to your computer one at a time and type in their name, home state and other short information. This script also takes a picture of them and then runs your screen saver to show their picture and their information. 

Choose on theme for the day/week Give a "homework assignment" Put the schedule onto an iCal calendar and put in all of the details of the "assignment" into the iCal calendar events. Add notes/instructions about the assignment into the calendar event.

iChat

 * Begin showing them how to initiate and video chat using iChat and Skype. Separate a couple of people off and video chat with them. Work across the chat to discuss opportunities for a chat for classes. Video Chats in iChat can be recorded.
 * Opportunities: Authors, Skype: get a survey of parents at the beginning of the year to see what expert info they could provide: Banker, dentist, etc., grandparents reading to younger children,
 * Designate one computer or one IP number and open it up for iChat and keep that within our tech staff control
 * Can go to + sign at the bottom and share a Keynote or any file that can be QuickLooked.
 * Wimba is another free chat tool online
 * Limit of iChat - four video participants or 10 audio participants
 * The person who initiates the video chat can open GarageBand and click record. They must be on a voice track. Then GarageBand will ask if they want to record the iChat.

File Sharing
If I turn on File Sharing in my System Preferences and turn on File Sharing students can pick up files from my Public Folder. Then if I set up drop boxes inside my Public Folder students can drop assignments into the designated folder. Document turned in will be time stamped. Only three users can connect to your drop box at one time.

iPad Intro - There is an iPad User Guide inside iBooks
Show different ways to hold the iPad and lock the screen, where to plug in headphones, built in microphones Demonstrate Safari: how to zoom into an article on one page, use pinch and open/close, add bookmarks, add a button for a webpage as a button on the homescreen, add bookmark folders, In Mail if you hold it landscape the screen shows the inbox and one message at a time, if you hold it portrait there is an inbox drop down on the top left If you get to the end of a sentence and add two spaces it will automatically add a period. If you need an appostrophe hold on comma and drag up

Caplock: in settings turn this on under Keyboard. To turn it on, double tap on the caps key

If you need a character for another language, like the n with a ~, hold down on n and other choices will come up.

Photos in iPad: Albums managed from iTunes, if you go to Albums or Events pinch and drag outward to see small views of the photos in the album, Events orders photos by date and the date stamp comes from the camera so keep dates set on cameras,

Maps: Go to a location, hold on a street and a pin will drop in. Click on the pin and you will see the actual address. If you click on the little round orange with the man in it and see photos from that locale. This is a GREAT way to collect photos for a project. You can't hold on the photo to save it. You have to hold the power button and push the home to do a screen dump.

iBooks: There is no button to have it read aloud. You have to go to You can hold down on a word and get choices: you can copy, dictionary, bookmark, search You can bookmark places in the book and then they are listed with Table of Contents. You can also add sticky notes that you can title and will be date stamped. You can synch PDFs to the new version of iBook.