Saturday, May 25, 2013

Apple TV

Last Friday, my interactive projector got another upgrade!  Apple TV was installed and I am in love with it!  I have to post on this because it has become my new favorite tool to use.  It is especially exciting because it is new to my students so I can actually keep their attention during these last few days of the school year.  I can connect my iphone or ipad to my Apple TV and everything is projected onto my whiteboard. 
Needless to say, I have been obsessed with finding useful apps for my ipad.  So far my favorites are a paid app called "TT Uxmal" which is an interactive map of the Mayan city-state of Uxmal.  There are animations, games, 360 panoramic views, now and then photographs, graphics, and information.  My students LOVED the app! The other one I love is "fotopedia Heritage".  I can zoom into places all around the world and find beautiful photographs of the areas geography and culture.  Some other apps I have downloaded are Khan Academy, fotopedia National Parks, Show Me, History Maps, Earth 101, CNN, BrainPop, TED, LOC Virtual Tour, and Google Earth.  I would love to have more suggestions if anyone has any!
I am also excited that our school may buy mobile labs with ipads for next year.  My students can work on projects right at their desks and then project what they have done onto the white board through the Apple TV.   The other thing I can do from my Apple TV is show YouTube clips, download movies through itunes, play Netflix, etc.  If any of you out there have more suggestions please let me know!
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  1. UnknownMay 25, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    Alright, I am curious do you must have Wifi at your school then? I have an Ipad in my classroom but I don't have access to a lot of the apps I want to use because there is no internet connected to it. It makes me frustrated!

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  2. UnknownMay 25, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    Yes we do have Wifi at our school. We just got it at the end of last year but they weren't giving the password out to everyone. One of the students figured it out and now everyone knows it and connects to it. It's kind of funny actually. I have also allowed my students to use their cell phones in my class and many of them connect to the Wifi. I do a lot of quizzes through polleverywhere.com as a warm up. I am surprised there are schools that don't have Wifi yet.

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  3. UnknownMay 27, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    What an awesome addition to your classroom! I have never heard of this, so I'm curious about your "interactive projector," is it a projector or is it like a smartboard? We (teachers) don't have access to WiFi at my school either, only admin does. Now to wish away summer, because we all need/deserve a break, but it knowing you have this fun tool to play with when you return should help ease the pain :)

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