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=Apps: Moving Beyond Drill & Practice - Content Creation on iPods and iPads=

Paula Spring Tousignant & Elizabeth Whaley - Riverside SD 96, Riverside, IL

 Do you use mobile devices in your classroom? In this session, we will explore apps and uses for iPads and iPods that foster student creativity, promote literacy and writing skills, allow students to demonstrate knowledge in a whole new way, and increase communication between students and teachers. We'll look beyond the drill & practice apps that are so prevalent in the classroom, and will highlight low­‐cost and free apps you can use in your K-­8 class to get students excited about learning!

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Basics that make it work:

 * Volume Purchase Program
 * Create an email account to put in your iPods or iPads and add teachers to the Contacts. This will allow students to email finished projects to their teachers.
 * Use the free iPhone Configuration Utility to add email addresses, input wireless network settings, and add some restrictions.
 * Add images from Safari to the photo library by opening the image, touching and holding gently on the image, and touching Save Image when that choice pops up.
 * To capture a screen shot touch the home and power buttons at the same time.
 * Keep iPods and iPads charged. When batteries run down they can loose the date and time. Date and time errors can cause problems.

