iPad+Lesson+Ideas

Below find lesson ideas developed by Hillbrook Teachers.toc

**Lesson 1:** Introduction of China

 * Author(s):** Mei Chen
 * Subject :** 5th Mandarin Chinese
 * Goal :** to gain the basic awareness of the target language country to raise their interest in learning the target language and culture
 * Materials (include App):** Google Map, Geo photo, Google earth, online research
 * Class Description:** use the Google docs presentation to create a power point. Teacher gives the instruction for the requirements of each slide on the first slide and each student contributes one slide based on their interest, it could be intruding a city, Chinese food, cultural characteristic, etc.

**Lesson 2: School Tour...in Chinese**
Scenario: There is a new student shadowing at your school. You are very kind to introduce yourself to him/her and introduce your friends and teachers to him/ her as well. The new student feels so welcomed and warmth because of your kindness.( Don't forget that you are in the target language country. So, pay attention to the cultural awareness)
 * Author(s) :** Mei Chen
 * Subject :** Mandarin Chinese
 * Goal:** Students are able to
 * Materials (include App):** Google docs, camera, dictionary, iMovie
 * Class Description:** create a video clip

**Lesson 3:** Filmaking Elective 7th/8th Grade

 * Author(s) :** Ken Hay and Greg Stamos
 * Subject :** Filmmaking
 * Goal :** Creating new 7th/8th grade Elective
 * Materials (include App):** iMACS, Adobe Final Cut
 * Class Description:** Students will write, shoot, edit and compile video to create a film of undetermined length. Students will shoot all video with their iPADS, possibly using multiple cameras (iPADS), then download to iMACS to edit and create film.

**Lesson 4:** Instruments of the Symphony
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instruments-360/id382206675?mt=8
 * Author(s) :** Elisabeth Crabtree
 * Subject :** Music - 4th grade
 * Goal :** Introduce 4th graders to the instruments of the symphony orchestra, and do some basic ear-training.
 * Materials (include App):** ipad, "Instruments 360" app (free), Music Instrument Bingo (Cheryl Lavender)
 * Class Description:** Plug iPad into the projector, and show students the instruments in the app and play the various sounds. Students then play the bingo game trying to locate each instrument by its sound and picture.

**Lesson 5**: Classical Music Composers and Compositions
http://www.theiphoneappreview.com/2009/12/classical-music-iphone-app/
 * Author(s) :** Elisabeth Crabtree
 * Subject :** Music - 5th grade
 * Goal :** Developing #|ear training and listening skills, and introducing the students to influential classical composers and major artistic composition.
 * Materials (include App):** iPads, "Classical Music" app by ADS Software Group, Inc. ($1.99).
 * Class Description:** Students are assigned a composer to listen to in pairs. They will have 5-10 minutes to listen to the first portion of every composition by their composer which is on the app. Then they will have 5 minutes to reflect together and come up with a description for the type of music they have heard using musical terminology (dynamics, tempo, articulation, form, instrumentation, style, era, etc.). At the end of the reflection time we will take the aural listening quiz together as a class and see if the students are able to recognize the composer they listened to based upon their reflection, written notes, and listening skills.

**Lesson 6:** Yellow Submarine Composition
Students may use Garageband to multitrack their compositions, or they use voice recorder to record their final product. Then they play their composition recordings for the class as a new soundtrack while projecting that scene from the film.
 * Author(s) :** Elisabeth Crabtree
 * Subject :**Music - 6th grade
 * Goal :** Students will compose short pieces inspired by the Beatles' film "The Yellow Submarine"
 * Materials (include App):** ipads, "Garageband" app. or "Voice Recorder" app
 * Class Description:** Students spend 2 classes developing their compositions, creating a soundtrack for one of the following scenes in the movie:
 * Sea of Time
 * Sea of Science
 * Sea of Nothing
 * Sea of Green
 * Sea of Monsters
 * Sea of Holes

**Lesson 7**: Intro to Guitar Tab Music
http://onthepathapp.com/
 * Author(s) :** Elisabeth Crabtree
 * Subject :** Music - Beginning guitar elective
 * Goal :** Introduce 7-8th grade students to resources for online guitar tablature and guitar instructional tutorials
 * Materials (include App):** iPads, guitars, headphones, apps: "On the Music Path" (free), and "Guitar Tab Toolkit" ($4.99)
 * Class Description:** Students view one guitar tutorial of their choice from the free app "On the Music Path." Afterwards, students use the "Guitar Tab Toolkit" app to begin learning tabs for a song of their choice. They may choose a song which is already installed on the app, or they may download tabs of their choice from sites such as tabscout.com or other tablature sites. Students practice independently with headphones as they familiarize themselves with the app.

**Lesson 8**: Notating a Recorder Composition
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scorio-music-notator/id417227998?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/music-drawing/id356727799?mt=8
 * Author(s) :** Elisabeth Crabtree
 * Subject :** Music - 5th grade
 * Goal :** Students will compose short compositions and notate it on their ipads using notation software
 * Materials (include App):** iPad, "Scorio" music notator app (free), or "Music drawing" app ($2.99)
 * Class Description:** Students create short compositions using the rhythm of the poem "Peas Porridge Hot," and a few notes which they are able to play on the recorder (B, A, G, E, and D). After composing their melodies they transfer the melodies and rhythms into the apps for performance and printing. Students share and perform their compositions from the notation they created.

** Lesson 9 ** : Storymat Sequencing Center
** Author(s): ** Sara Lee ** Subject : ** 2nd Grade Language Arts ** Goal : ** Students will sequence a story using illustrations from an introduced story book. ** Materials (include App): ** Storymat for students, Photobucket for teacher to crop illustrations. iPad to take photos of illustrations. Also, we will need copyright permission from the book publisher (quite simple for popular books).

** Class Description: ** This will be a differentiated center that integrates writing, audio and drawing capabilities from the application Storymat. Students will choose from 3-10 illustrations to sequence a pre-read story. Each illustration chosen will represent a single page. Each page will include a combination of audio, photos and typed sentences.

** Lesson 10 **: Storymat Field Trip Adventure
**Author(s)** : Sara Lee **Subject** : Field Trip Story Book **Goal** : Students will choose photos from our local community field trip to include in a field trip montage that includes business/service places visited and both written and audio tracks that give details including facts such as: goods, services, wants, needs, relative importance in a community (definition of community: a place where people work, play and have fun) **Materials (include App**): Storymat, photos taken from our iPad, Photobucket for cropping **Class Descriptio**n: This will be a whole class project. Each student will choose a Los Gatos business to study. Each student will create a Storymat page that includes audio, photos and typed sentences about their chosen business.

**Lesson 11**: Interpretation of quotes from Confucius
From our studies of ancient China and looking at Confucianism, students will read and interpret Confucius quotes and develop a modern-day interpretation of what the quote means by creating a brief animation video. The minimal requirement was 25-30 frames or slides, and the student needs to have the quote appear at the end of the animation. Students will have a list of Confucius quotes to choose from as well as discuss in small groups ways that each quote is interpreted. For presentations, students can show each animation on the SmartBoard and also see how there are multiple interpretations of the same quote.
 * Author(s) :** Christina Pak
 * Subject :** 7th grade history (Ancient Civilizations)
 * Goal :** An understanding of Confucianism, it's values, as well as developing modern-day connections and interpretations of an ancient philosophy.
 * Materials (include App):** Animation HD app, a list of Confucius quotes (available as a pdf within their readers on the iPad) viewed through Noterize, Evernote, or DropBox)
 * Class Description:**

**Lesson 12**: Geographic Significance and its Impact upon Civilizations

 * Author(s) :** Christina Pak
 * Subject :**7th grade history (Ancient Civilizations)
 * Goal :** Looking at modern geographic regions and its ancient and current influence and develop a student's writing with detailed support and picture.
 * Materials (include App):** GeoPhoto app, Pages app, or Keynote app, SmartBoard or projector
 * Class Description:** Using GeoPhoto, students are asked to find Mesopotamia. Pointing out that it does not exist today, students will look at what modern-day countries exist in the regions where Mesopotamia existed (Saudi Arabia & Iran). From GeoPhoto, students are asked to pick one photo that depicts a geographic feature that existed during the ancient Mesopotamian civilization and assisted to make it a successful civilization. The students are to write a persuasive paragraph in Pages or Keynote and post the picture with it. The page will be shared in class as students assist with editing each other's paragraphs and provide input on ways to support the topic sentence.

**Lesson 13**: Declaration of Independence at Hillbrook

 * Author(s) :** Christina Pak
 * Subject :** 8th grade U.S. history
 * Goal :** Have students look at the preamble of the Declaration of Independence and how it exists in various forms or interpretations on the school campus.
 * Materials (include App):** iMovie app**,** Declaration app
 * Class Description:** In looking at preamble of the Declaration of Independence and using the same words, students are challenged to go around campus and make brief clips, commercial, or a movie reflecting the preamble and how it is existent today on the Hillbrook campus.

**Lesson 14**: Using iPad as a Teacher Planbook

 * Author(s) :** Anika Deas; Kate Cook; Lara Blom
 * Subject :** Homeroom
 * Goal :** To replace paper teacher plan book with iPad
 * Materials (include App):** planbook.com
 * Class Description:** Teachers can input class information into planbook.com. This planner can be customized to use a 6-day A-F schedule. Planner can be accessed on iPad or any computer and can also be printed as a pdf.

**Lesson 15****: Independent Reading Practice**

 * Author(s) :** Ann King
 * Subject :** Reading
 * Goal :** Practice Oral Reading for Fluency
 * Materials (include App):** Just the iPad!
 * Class Description:** Students will select a "reading" card from the option pile. Options include "read the story while lying down", "read the story while standing on one foot", "read the story in a whisper", etc. New option will be "read the story while recording yourself on video with the iPad", then hopefully they can email it to the teacher, or put it together in a year long video portfolio so at year end they can see the progress that they have made.

**Lesson 16**: Trick Word Practice
Class Description: Teacher or aid will determine which trick word each child needs to work on. List can be personalized within the app. Student will work on his or her list of 3 new words and 7 old words at each lesson.
 * Author(s) :** Ann King/Jenna
 * Subject :** Reading
 * Goal :** Fluent reading of targeted sight/trick words
 * Materials (include App):** Little Speller App by Grasshopper (free!), Foundation trick words for each grade level.

**Lesson 17****:** Faces iMake

 * Author(s) :** Susie Heeter
 * Subject :** Lower School Art
 * Goal :** Encourages children to solve problems creatively and see things from a different perspective.
 * Materials (include App):** Faces iMake App, iPads, fruit, veggies & other everyday objects.
 * Class Description:** Teacher will demonstrate how to make faces using a variety of objects. Children will then have the opportunity to make their own faces with the materials. Teacher will photograph each creation using the screen print function on the iPad.