Show notes
Dr. Guy Trainin joins me for episode 22 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to talk about using iPads and tablets in the classroom.
Podcast Notes
Guest
Dr. Guy Trainin
Life in the classroom before the iPad
iPad integration in a higher ed classroom
When the professor has invested, but the institution has not
- Educreations
- Explain Everything
- Touchcast (requires new iPad)
- PollEverywhere
Supporting students with disabilities
- Visual thesaurus
- Visual thesaurus on the iPad
- Dictionary.com iPad app
- Virtual keyboard as a built in feature to support students
- Anne Lamott emphasizes having “shitty first drafts” in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
- Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing, by Peter Elbows
The “haves” and “have nots”
Collaborative learning assignments
- Augmented reality book report covers
- Twitter tutorial – collaborative project with kids (imagine what is then possible with higher ed students)
Recommendations
- Mine craft (Guy)
Minecraft.edu component - Feedly (Bonni)
Closing credits
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