Lessons+after+the+first+nine+weeks

As we near the end of the first nine weeks, I decided to write down a few of the issues I have faced and the solutions I have come up with...


 * Make sure you have Appsfire, Appshopper and AppAdvice apps. These will tell you when apps have gone free or are at a reduced price. I have a crazy amount of great apps that I got for free by constantly checking these apps.
 * My original plan was to have the kids send me their work through Evernote and I would grade it and send it back. I have realized that it is much easier to grade their work on their iPad and then have them send it to Evernote and put it in their "Graded Work" notebook.
 * All math is done on paper, however, they access the assignment from my website. Once I have graded it, they snap a picture of it and load it to their "Graded Work" notebook on Evernote. This way all of their work is in one location for easy access.
 * Download other browsers like Photon, Rover, iSwifter, etc. These browsers will be able to open SOME websites that are flash based. Our Cobb County online science text book is flash and therefore will not work on Safari, but does work when you use Rover. Again, it does not work for all flash content, but it's nice to be able to access or science text on the iPad.
 * Capture Note is a great app for keeping everything organized. They have binders for each subject and notebooks set up within the binders. This is where all of there work goes whether it is graded or not. They take all of their notes here as well.
 * As with any technology, sometimes there are hiccups. I have one student whose Capture Note keeps closing down. I need to delete the app and reload it, but I need to make sure I will be able to get all of his info back. In the meantime, I have him using Notability. It is easy to transfer Notability notebooks into Capture Note.
 * We still can't set up email on the iPads from school, so all work is transferred through Evernote.
 * Graphic Organizers work great on Capture Note. They can type several different boxes right on top of a PDF.
 * Dropbox and a scanner app are a must for the teacher. I will open my doc scan app and take a picture of an assignment I want them to do. I can add pages and make it one file. It turns it into a PDF, then you can send it directly to your Dropbox. I then go to my website on my computer and can add an assignment to my website instantly. The kids were in awe of how quickly I can get a document onto my website for them to do.