Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning

Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom by Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen

In “Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom” primary teachers Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen 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. In addition, throughout the book Karen and Kristen provide beginner and advanced lessons and quick tips and practical suggestions to make the integration of iPad go as seamlessly as possible.

This beautifully laid out book also features downloadable task cards, student generated examples and extension ideas to use with your students.

Whether you have access to one iPad for your entire class or one for each student, these lessons will help you transform learning in your classroom.

"This book is a must-read for anyone working with grade K-3 students (or their teachers) and iPads! Presenting more than sixty formative and summative assessments, using a well-chosen, small toolbox of creation apps, the authors target the higher-order thinking skills in each lesson. They provide pedagogically-sound tech projects for students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts in math, ELA, science, and social studies." -Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist, kathyschrock.net

 "In this thoughtful book, Kristin and Karen, two masterful educators, provide practical and approachable ideas for using open-ended tools to help students demonstrate understanding and reveal their learning processes. This is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching students in early elementary school with any kind of technology access. The ideas shared in this book unlock the power of technology to transfer agency to learners, meet them where they are, and lead them where they need to be." -Dr. Reshan Richards, co-Author, Blending Leadership, Department of Math, Science & Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University, Chief Learning Officer and co-Founder, Explain Everything

"All teachers with iPads should read this book. Your students will thank you for it!" -Dan Amos, developer of Book Creator for iPad

"In Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom, Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen have designed a comprehensive selection of clearly laid out numeracy, literacy, science, and social studies lessons. They include step-by-step instructions on how to use open-ended creative apps across these subjects in innovative ways to get students to show and express their thinking. This would be a perfect book for a teacher starting to use iPads in K-3 classrooms, and for those who want new ideas of how to use technology in creative ways to stretch students' learning." -Caroline Hu Flexer, co-Founder and CEO, Duck Duck Moose

"Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen have created a tremendous resource for teachers who want to use iPads in meaningful ways in their classrooms. K-3 teachers will find a plethora of ideas, examples and step by step instructions based on specific curricular outcomes in mathematics, language arts and beyond. This book will be a valuable and practical part of any primary teacher's professional library." -Kathy Cassidy, Grade One Teacher and Author of Connected From the Start

"This book is a terrific collection of iPad activities for the primary grades teacher! Kristen and Karen have curated a list of applications and tasks that all classrooms can use to support student thinking with the iPad. This resource will provide new ideas for differentiating instruction and offering students choice across the curriculum." -Kristin Ziemke, Author of Amplify, Teacher and Learning Innovation Specialist, Big Shoulders Fund