So, I’ve managed to get my hands on six iPads (1st generation) for my students in a summer school course. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m trying to get my head around how to use the tool to accomplish learning tasks or student skills. I’m trying to think of the device as a “backpack,” and now I’m trying to fill it with things my students will need to in order to read, write, calculate, capture, create, share, and publish without paper. So far, I think I’ve identified some good apps to use:
Reading via iBooks, Google Books, Diigo
Writing via Penultimate, Noteshelf, or Evernote
Draw/create via SketchbookX
Calculate via Graphing Calculator 3D
Share pictures/video via Flickr
Create/publish via WordPress
The course is about tropical ecology of Costa Rica (yes, we are going there too) and runs June 6-17, 2011. You can find our class wiki here. You can find our class bog here. This will be a pilot for a year-long class next school year…stay tuned.
Wow–I’m going to enjoy following your project. Is there any kind of app ya’ll can use for flora ID–maybe do some geotagging?
There are some neat field guides, but only for England and N. America. No one is doing them for the tropics yet-part of the reason may be the vast number of different species. There are 800+ species of birds in Costa Rica alone! I do plan to do something with flickr, and I think we can note locations pics were taken there. Do join us…