There are an amazing number of Third Party apps that provide engaging and relevant teaching support for classroom lessons. This session opens the door to a selection of engaging tools and encourages teachers to search and purchase specific apps for use with their classes. We will be covering a wide range of learning areas and unique tools.
Swift Playgrounds on macOS and iPadOS is a great starting point to learn to code. In this session you will learn how to incorporate Swift Playgrounds into your lessons - it is an incredibly powerful programmable computer! See how to use Swift to model simple problems. Become aware of the role of Numbers alongside Swift Playgrounds to enhance student understanding.
If you’ve ever wondered how you can create effective and relevant animations that help explain curriculum concepts, this is the session for you. Using the life cycle of a water bottle as part of the Science curriculum as a basis, participants will learn how to create visually impressive animations in Keynote with audio narration and text to enhance classroom activities.
Increase oral language and fluency in your classroom using the features of the Camera app and a third party app called Explain Everything. Learn about the features of Explain Everything that allow our learners to access the curriculum.
In this session you will learn how drawing can be a valuable teaching and learning tool in many curriculum areas. You will learn how drawing can be scaffolded for all learners, drawing over photos as a guide. You will learn how to use layers and animations to bring drawing to life for storytelling or to show knowledge and understating of concepts.
Encouraging and allowing creativity as part of a presentation tool can be an essential part of the teaching and learning process. In this session we will have a look at how to use common apps in a variety of ways to showcase student learning.
During this session we will explore how our students can use Pages to celebrate their writing by creating stunning, interactive books that can be easily shared with others. We will explore different approaches to illustrating their work, and adding audio to make their stories accessible to all learners. Along the way we will discover how Pages can be used to support our young writers - particularly the reluctant!
Designing your own app is simpler than you might think. Let your students become design thinkers and problem solvers as they learn to become creators of digital technologies, not just consumers. App prototyping is a key part of the app creation process and can be a creative project idea for any subject area.
There are an amazing number of Third Party apps that provide engaging and relevant teaching support for classroom lessons. This session opens the door to a selection of engaging tools and encourages teachers to search and purchase specific apps for use with their classes. We will be covering a wide range of learning areas and unique tools.
Create a learning landscape using Numbers. Yes that's right, a spreadsheet that will guide learners on a journey. Learn how to incorporate video, audio, images to build an engaging learning experience for students. We will explore a variety of ways of entering data and learn a couple of neat tricks as well.
Come along to this session and learn how to utilise the functionality of Pages to build a scaffold that will capture the creative expression of what your students know, understand and can do. We will explore features that support teachers to intentionally design opportunities within a digital portfolio to make thinking visible in powerful ways that support differentiated instruction.
This session is aimed at educators who are curriculum leaders in their school. We explore key elements of leadership and learning, to leverage the technology in learning and teaching and consider strategies that drive and shape innovation in your school.
