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

• Bio
• Blog
• On Twitter
• TechEdge on Pinterest
• TechEdge on YouTube: iPads in the Classroom

Life in the classroom before the iPad

iPad integration in a higher ed classroom

• Padlet
• Exit Ticket
• Socrative

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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