iPad Literature Circles
  • Why ?
  • How?
  • eBook Whisperer
  • Literature Circles
    • Reader Response Logs
    • Roles >
      • Discussion Director
      • Passage Master
      • Artful Artist
      • Travel Tracer
      • Summarizer
      • Vocabulary Enricher
      • Investigator
      • Connector
      • Discussion Groups
    • Presentation
    • Using the Cloud
  • Resources & Management

Travel Tracer

    This role requires students review a section of their reading and trace the series of scenes and events. Students indicate to their peers were the story action begins, what the key events are and where events end. They are also responsible for describing the location of the setting. Students can choose to describe geographical details mentioned in the book with words, maps, or diagrams. The goal is to provide fellow students with the necessary background information to better understand story events and visualize text.
    The integration of the Internet within most e-readers provides a unique opportunity to conduct seamless background checks. The dictionary function within many e-book libraries includes an option select text and then quickly links the reader to sights through Safari, Google, or Wikipedia. There are also many reference apps available that can also assist with research. This newfound convenience does require that students develop the ability to think critically about the content they find online, and know how to test the reliability of a site. Reading on the iPad provides students with endless ways to create dynamic presentations during group discussion. Students can choose whether to annotate a map, create a diagram, animation, screencast, or even a quick movie. The world is literally at their fingertip!




Google Earth

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Google Earth FREE
Travel to the location of events and view the world from the character's perspective.
  • Locate important sites
  • View geological land forms
  • Pull up background information about towns and sites
  • Take screen shots of locations for use in projects

Popplet

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Popplet $4.99
Draw or insert maps of story event location
  • Import from camera roll
  • Take a photo from within the app
  • Draw
  • Insert Text
  • Sequence events, create diagrams, and charts

ShowMe

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ShowMe interactive whiteboard FREE
Insert maps and then create narrations of the character's journey or historic events
  • Record Voice
  • Import images from photo
  • Draw
  • Upload movies to ShowMe.com and then share URL
  • Embed movies

Explain Everything

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Explain Everything $2.99
Insert maps and then create a screencast narration.
  • Import images from photo roll, camera, DropBox, and Evernote
  • Export movies to photo roll, Youtube, email, DropBox, Evernote
  • Export image to photo roll, email, Dropbox, and Evernote as movie file
  • Type, draw and create shapes
  • Use Laser pointer while speakin