Water Pollution and Conservation PSA

After learning about the Water Cycle, students in my class talked about the environmental impact of water usage and pollution. Students researched causes and effects of water pollution and brainstormed ways to prevent water pollution and better conserve water. After researching the topic, students used the iPads to create concept maps in Popplet Lite. After brainstorming their projects, students downloaded images from the internet, took their own photographs using Photo Booth, and drew images using Drawing Pad. These images were then uploaded to iMovie on the iPad. Students created Public Service Announcements about this topic. They wrote scripts, created voiceovers, and selected music and sound effects to go with their movies. When completed, some videos will air on the school's closed circuit news show.

The apps workflow:

Ancient Civilization e-Books

3rd grade students in Ms. Manchester's class have been working on iPads and creating eBooks using Book Writer. During each lesson, as students learn more about architecture, art, geography, entertainment, and government in Ancient Greece, they add more information to their books. Students use Photo Booth to take digital photographs of images for each section. They also use Drawing Pad to create their own graphics for the books.

Creating and Publishing eBooks on the iPad

Creating interactive, multimedia eBooks on the iPad is easy and fun.  The creation of these books supports the writing and publishing process and can be done right in the classroom using a set of iPad apps for the workflow.

writing workflow (created in Inspiration Maps for iPad)

 Example from Ms. Blake's 2nd Grade Class:

The publishing flow and the apps that support the publishing process:

• Brainstorm you idea with Popple or Inspiration Maps for the iPad
• Create your illustrations with DrawingPad and save to the Photo Album for use in the book
• Create your book in Book Creator  for iPad or Book Writer for iPad, adding text fields, illustrations and movies
• Share your story to the iBooks on your iPad to be read like a book
• Share to Dropbox to share with the larger community and parents
• Create a QR code to share your online books