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>From: Margo Burns <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:28:09 -0400
>Subject: Re: #9501.1iPad Use in Language Centers
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>CC: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
I love my iPad, but one frustration I have in the classroom is the limited ability
of most current apps to display video via the VGA adapter. I finally found a web
browser app that will show the screen through the VGA adapter: Expedition. I would
like to see more apps, and an option to display the entire screen.
I use the app RowMote Pro in class because I pair it with the computer that is
connected to the data projector, and can then use the iPad as a wireless multitouch
pad and keyboard that can be passed to students to control the computer from where
they are, or so that I can control it from wherever I am in the room, letting
me demonstrate things to the whole class as a "guide on the side" instead of as
a "sage on the stage".
As for any kind of portables replacing the lab, that is unlikely to happen here,
because of how we use our lab. We have DiLL on iMacs in a separate room where
our teachers do it old-school: bring their classes down the hall to the lab. Because
I am in the room and manage the traffic (sometimes we have as many as 4 classes
use the space during a single class block, some doubling up, some coming for only
a part of the block) and am constantly keeping everything updated and working
properly, the faculty know they can do what they need to without losing valuable
class time. Even our Classicists have students recording! Most of the oral work
is done live, with the teacher asking questions and turning on the student recorders
all at once to capture their responses, or setting up the students in pairs and
recording the conversations. It's a very efficient, dependable and successful
system we've worked out, and I can't see it working with portable devices. We
tried having students use things like Audacity on individual computers, but found
that a system that gives class management tools and gets student work quickly
and systematically available via the web to teachers after the exercise or test
is optimal. I don't know that until our wireless network has faster speeds and
capacity, that we could really do all this synchronous audio work.
I would like to find a really good vocab flashcard app with audio for the iPad.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Margo
Sent from Margo's iPad :D
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