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iPADS (for teachers)
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Getting started
Create an Apple ID without a Credit Card
Hays CISD Wireless information for iPad
Our email server is : email.hayscisd.net
Request approval to purchase an app using campus/department funds
Use this link to submit a request to purchase an app for your teacher iPad: Request link
"Must-have Apps"
Notetaking and productivity: Evernote
Voice Recordings: QuickVoice, Audioboom
Screencasting or Whiteboards: Educreations, Explain Everything
Online meetings or classrooms: iTunesU, Google Classroom, Edmodo, Twitter
A tool to save and read PDFs: iBooks, Adobe Reader
Camera app with annotation features: Stage
Paperless or Less-paper classroom tools: Google Classroom, Dropbox, Google Drive
Did you know...
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Apple's iWork Apps are FREE for devices purchased after 9/1/13 - including iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and iPhoto
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There are multiple apps that allow you and your students to CREATE presentations such as the iWork apps above, Haiku Deck, 30 Hands, Slide Pocket, and Our Story for iPad
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You can use Guided Access to keep younger kids on task.
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The latest models of iDevices allow you to wirelessly "Air Drop" links, photos, videos, and more.
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Air Play tools allow you to project images from your devices wirelessly to a projector.
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Polling apps like Socrative, Kahoot, and Plickers allow you to use an iDevice as a "clicker".
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There are large collections of Educational apps on the iTunes Store, and websites such as TCEA, Graphite by Common Sense Media, and EdTechTeacher that have evaluated many of them for you already.
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Your iPad can read aloud text if you turn the Spech Selection feature on in Settings>Accessibility.
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There are often SALES on apps. Follow @freeappalert or download Apps Gone Free for alerts.
Click here for a great idea for center organization!
Click here for an example of iPad Task Cards for centers.
Click here for apps I love for PK-5th Literacy Centers!
App Collections
PD Resources