Bio
Karen is an author and award-winning K-3 STEAM teacher who is transforming education by connecting her students with the world using Twitter, blogs, and video conferencing. She has a hands-on approach to teaching which includes inquiry, project-based, and maker mindset. Her students have choice in how to learn, show, and share their knowledge. Karen is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google for Education Innovator. She recently published Innovate with iPad:Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom with co-author Kristen Wideen.
Description
Theme: Differentiation
Length: 90 Minutes
Target Audience: Elementary Teachers
Title: Innovate with iPad
Required Apps: Popplet (Popplet lite is fine and free), PicCollage (free), Draw and Tell (free, but really only needed for the k-2/3 educator), Explain Everything ($) and Book Creator.
Are you looking to engage and inspire your K-5 students through the use of iPad? Whether you have one iPad or twenty, this workshop is for you. Using her newly released book “Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom” co-authored with Kristen Wideen, Karen Lirenman will provide a complete selection of clearly laid out engaging open-ended lessons to change the way you use iPad in the classroom. By simply downloading a few basic, open-ended creation apps, your students will engage in the learning process and demonstrate their newfound knowledge in the way that works best for them. It's differentiation at its best. Participants need to bring their own iPad and have the following apps preloaded: Pic Collage, Popplet or Popplet lite, Book Creator, Explain Everything and/or Draw and Tell to fully participate in this hands-on workshop. Whether you have one iPad or twenty, this workshop is for you.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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