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APPLE and the STEM Teaching with iPad Qiang Dotzel University of Missouri – St. Louis

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APPLE and the STEM. Teaching with iPad. Qiang Dotzel University of Missouri – St. Louis. Why use iPad ?. E nhance teaching Stimulate interest of learning. Why use iPad ?. Find an answer to students questions, such as: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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APPLE and the STEM

Teaching with iPad

Qiang DotzelUniversity of Missouri – St. Louis

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Why use iPad?

• Enhance teaching • Stimulate interest of learning

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Why use iPad?Find an answer to students questions, such as:

“Mrs. Dotzel, when I am in the classroom, everything you say makes sense. But when I get home, everything is gone.”

The solution to that is …

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Why use iPad? (cont.)

“DON’T GO HOME!”

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Why use iPad? (cont.)

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Primary App: Educreations

• Free App• Recordable whiteboard that captures voice and handwriting• Unlimited storage• Maximum recording: 30 minutes• Recommended time: 5 minutes• Multiple pages/slides• Upload images from Camera/Photo Library/Dropbox/Web• Text feature• View video lessons from computer or tablets• Simple animation

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• Teach in classroom•Correspond to students’ questions•Assess understanding

What I do with Educreations

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• Come to class very prepared • Record one example• Upload right after class• May record/upload more later on

Teaching in Classroom:

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Sometimes, I also make a video explanation and put a link in some document for the audio/visual learners.

Instruction Outside Classroom

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(From student’s e-mail, save image of the problem or make a copy of the image of their problem from homework website and upload to Educreations to explain. Email students.)

Correspondence to Students’ Questions:

• Helpful to online students• Helpful to some on campus students as well

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Very hard to do, but worth doing!

Knowledge Assessment :

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Understanding 21st Century Learners:

• Tech savvy on social networking and Words with Friends, aka, games

• Afraid of learning Productivity tools• Don’t want to learn if it’s irrelevant to

their life at the moment• Complain complexity when it is relevant

to life

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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Don’t like this kind of question

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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Don’t like this kind of question

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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Don’t like this kind of question

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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Don’t like this kind of question

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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What will happen to some students if they don’t like certain topic?

• Avoid it• Procrastinate • Miss it• Fail it on the tests

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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How I assess: • Offer extra credit opportunities on tough

concepts through video assignment

Student 1Student 2 My respondStudent 3Student 4

• Offer to make up homework points by submitting video explanations

Assess Knowledge (cont.)

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• Fun: Simple animation

• Improvements on the way

Fun and Improvement

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Some features are being worked on:o Eraser toolo Edit recordingso Folderso Save lesson in-progresso Lesson templateso Import document (PDF, PPT, DOC and etc.)o Video exporting

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• Algeburst (Lite)

• Algeboats (Lite)

Apps with Great Potential:

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All apps are how we see to fit in our teaching. Some apps are used to stimulate interests, like some statistical apps. Other apps can be utility apps, like some traffic app, which can be used to determine whether a student’s excuse is valid to justify a makeup exam.

Conclusion