Creating Content With Your Tablet

Transform students from content consumers to content creators! This comprehensive guide gets to the heart of effective mobile technology use in today’s classroom. Internationally recognized education expert Susan Brooks-Young provides manageable, research-based strategies to help teachers and administrators: Confidently plan and manage mobile technology activities across grade levels Explore new uses and applications for multiple devices Use rubrics and checklists to evaluate appropriate, cross-platform educational apps Manage content-specific tablet use in learning centers or small groups Tap student ingenuity and improve critical thinking skills Time-saving tips cover a wide range of apps to help busy teachers easily incorporate tablets into daily classroom use. Includes step-by-step instructions across content areas for digital photography, video, ePublishing, QR codes and more. Transform students from content consumers to content creators with this must-have resource!  "Creating Content With Your Tablet provides educators with simple, easy steps to implement tablet technology with the Common Core Standards. I am encouraged to try the apps in this book. It makes the connection between modern technology and what teachers are already doing in the classroom seem seamless." —Michelle Strom, Language Arts Teacher Fort Riley Middle School, KS "Very practical. The discussion questions at the end of each chapter are excellent for a book study or district that is moving towards tablet implementation." —David Fife, Vice Principal Tweedsmuir Public School, London, Ontario, Canada

Table of Contents:
About the Author Publisher′s Acknowledgments Introduction 1. There′s an App for That! Apps - An Overview How Will Apps Be Used? Finding the Right App App and File Management Discussion Points Additional Resources 2. Photography and Tablets Visual Literacy Camera Basics Camera Apps Strategies for Classroom Use Activity Suggestions Discussion Points Additional Resources 3. Video and Tablets Consuming and Creating Video Video Basics Video Apps Strategies for Classroom Use Activity Suggestions Discussion Points Additional Resources 4. Using Tablets to Enhance Speaking and Listening Listening and Speaking - Skills for Life Audio Recording Basics Apps for Recording Audio Strategies for Classroom Use Activity Suggestions Discussion Points Additional Resources 5. Student Authors - Compose and Publish The Case for Student Writing ePublishing - An Overview Tools and Apps for Writing and Publishing Tools and Apps for Publishing eBooks Apps for Reading eBooks Strategies for Classroom Use Activity Suggestions Discussion Points Additional Resources 6. QR Codes in the Classroom QR Codes Defined Generating QR Codes Scanning QR Codes Strategies for Classroom Use Activity Suggestions Discussion Points Additional Resources 7. More Ideas for Creating Content Drawing Screencasting Animating Discussion Points Additional Resources 8. Incorporating Tablets Into Instruction What′s an Apptivity? Apptivity Planning In Summary Discussion Points Additional Resources

About the Author :
Susan Brooks-Young has been involved in the field of instructional technology since 1979. She was one of the original technology users in the district where she taught and has continued to explore ways in which technology can be used to facilitate student learning. She has worked as computer mentor, technology trainer, and technology curriculum specialist.  Prior to establishing her own consulting firm, Susan was a teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist in a county office of education in a career that spanned more than 23 years. Since 1986, she has published articles and software reviews in a variety of education journals. She is also author of a number of books which focus on effective use of technology in schools. Susan works with educators internationally, focusing on practical technology-based strategies for personal productivity and effective technology implementation in classrooms. Two current areas of particular interest for Susan are mobile technology and BYOT programs.

Review :
  "Very practical for a classroom teacher. The discussion questions at the end of each chapter are excellent for a book study or district that is moving towards tablet implementation." "The planning guide in Chapter 8 was especially helpful. It will provide a scaffold for teachers to help them plan lessons while at the same time reminding them of quality lesson design principles." "Creating Content With Your Tablet provides educators with simple, easy steps to implement tablet technology with the Common Core Standards. I am encouraged to try the apps in this book.  It makes the connection between modern technology and what teachers are already doing in the classroom seem seamless. " "Susan is a master teacher whom I’ve personally watched as she guided experienced and inexperienced teachers and helped them learn how to incorporate tablet technology very effectively into a preschool environment. Creating Content With Your Tablet is just one more top-notch example of Susan’s skill as a teacher who provides clear, precise, targeted instruction with living examples for those who are trying to implement a new teaching tool. The Common Core State Standards for Literacy place a strong emphasis on content creation on the part of students. Teachers, with the help of authors like Susan Brooks-Young, will be empowered when they read her book to lead students to the level of content creation."