NCompass Live: Wanna get hAPPy? Using the iPad in Schools and Libraries

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iPads, iPods, and tablets are the most popular devices around today. There is a wealth of educational and literary apps available for these devices. Sara Churchill, Library Media Specialist at Blair Community Schools, will focus primarily on apps for the iOS and how they can be used in schools and libraries.

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Wanna get hAPPy?

Sara ChurchillBlair Community Schools

UNO

careproject.wikispaces.com

Why Apps?

Web 3.0

Personal & Mobile, Interactive, Media Rich & Social

People want so much more

Educause - 7 Things You Should Know About

Android vs. iOS

Different Devices

Quantity and Quality of Apps

Tips

Lots of tips for parents

For educators and libraries - look to the web

Check YouTube for previews of apps

Finding Apps

Best Kids Apps - www.bestkidsapps.com

Digital Storytime - www.digital-storytime.com

Moms with Apps - momswithapps.com

People & Twitter

Personal Use

eBook apps - Kindle, Nook, iBooks, etc.

Skype

Netflix

Dropbox

Keynote, Prezi, Google

Library Use

Titlewave

Card Catalogs

Vendor Resources (Gale, Ebsco, etc.)

NYPL

Barcode apps

Educational Use

Interactive Books

Classics: There’s a Monster at the End of this Book, Going to Bed Book, Animalia, Dr. Seuss

New Stories: Bartleby’s Book of Buttons, Treasure Kai and the Lost Gold of Shark Island

Creative Works

PuppetPals

Toontastic

GarageBand

Reading, Math, Science

Super Why!

Licking Letters

McGraw Hill - Squeeze & Bluster

Solar Walk & iLearn Solar System

Games

Solitaire Chess

Rush Hour

Geared & Geared 2

Cut the Rope, Angry Birds

Sticker Sudoku