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Today you will be using the iPad to collect data.
1. Teachers are now required to collect grades and assessments to collect the this data and it can be very time consuming and stressful.There are ways that you can use applications to collect such data with your iPad to make it easy with sleek designs and the ability to take the iPad anywhere!

2. Watch the video on the Apps for data collecting. media type="custom" key="11318722"

3. Review the study Data Collection through the iPad

4. Pick one and reread that Approach:


 * Approach 1**: Google Forms
 * Approach 2**: Numbers
 * Approach 3**: [|ActiveGrade]

5. Use one of the Approaches yourself to collect the data from your classmates about their own classroom 6. Ways To Use The iPad To Help Students Excel At School posted on August 23, 2011 by [|Jeffry Thurana]

We are approaching the era where students don’t have to carry stacks of thick heavy books to school anymore. Everything will be digitized and available at the tip of students’ fingers, inside the [|iPad] (or whatever other tablet can stand alongside the iPad in the future). Not wanting to waste any more time, some schools have already adopted the iPad as their learning tool, while students and educators are slowly figuring out the best way to utilize the iPad for education. Even though everybody has their own preferences of using the iPad in their studies, allow me to share 7 iPad usages to help students excel at school.

Replace Physical Books
This one should be obvious. Other than saving the environment by preserving the trees, there are several advantages to using digital versions of books instead of physical ones. These include being able to put lots of digital books inside your device and taking them everywhere easily, you can quickly search for any information from those books, you can add notes and annotations without damaging the books, and the books will always be in mint condition so you can keep them forever. There are lots of book readers available for iOS. The one I use is Apple’s [|iBooks] as most of my digital books are in PDF and epub format.

A Quick Source Of Reference
Again, there’s lots of iOS apps out there that can help you find definitions, facts, statistics, and other things you want to know. Since you can’t have too much help in this department, you can have as many apps as you want. Here are a few that I use:


 * [|Dictionary.com] ([|iTunes link])
 * [|Wikipedia] ([|iTunes link])
 * [|Qwiki] ([|iTunes link])
 * [|IMDB] ([|iTunes link])

Find & Collect Data & Ideas
Even though finding and collecting data and ideas can be done from any gadget, doing it on an iPad will add a fun factor to the process. My personal favorites are: To save the information, I could quickly email it to myself or send it to [|Instapaper]/[|Read It Later] using the share feature on these apps.
 * [|Safari] for iOS – to browse and find quick information
 * [|Flipboard] ([|iTunes link]), [|Zite] ([|iTunes link]) and [|Pulse] ([|iTunes link]) – to read news and find ideas to write about.

Jot Down Notes
When it comes to taking notes, there are only three names that come to mind: [|Simplenote] ([|iTunes link]), [|PlainText] ([|iTunes link]) and [|Evernote] ([|iTunes link]). Simplenote is perfect for jotting down quick notes while PlainText can accommodate a hierarchy of text files inside folders. But if you love to collect snippets of text and images, use Evernote. All of them are capable of synchronizing your text collection to other devices. Simplenote is using its own server while PlainText is making use of the more established Dropbox environment. As an alternative, Dropbox itself is capable of viewing and editing plain text. If you prefer to literally write down your notes, you should try [|Bamboo Paper] ([|iTunes link]).

Do Actual Study
Since choosing apps that can help you do your studies will obviously heavily depend on the actual subjects you’re taking, it’s a bit difficult to make a specific list for this point. You have to go out and find apps that fit your needs. The choices range from apps that teach letters and numbers, sign language, basic math and advanced algebra, to the ones that help people write and memorize Chinese characters. But for general purposes, you can perhaps try flash cards apps like [|Evernote Peek] ([|iTunes link]).

Manage Classes, Assignments & Social Life
There are so many things happening at school that it’s difficult to get everything under control without the help of a time manager. The first app that I would recommend for this is [|InClass] ([|iTunes link]). This app will help students put all the chaos into a more manageable order. Other alternatives you can use are [|Wunderlist] ([|iTunes link]) and [|Producteev] ([|iTunes link]). Both are free multi-platform to-do list managers that allow you to add and sync tasks using various devices. In the social department, there are an abundance of apps you can use, such as [|Twitter] ([|iTunes link]), [|Yahoo! Messenger] ([|iTunes link]), and [|Skype] ([|iTunes link]). [|Facebook] still hasn’t released its iPad app, but you can use [|MyPad] ([|iTunes link]) and/or Friendly ([|iTunes link]) to access your account.

Have Fun
All work and no play makes you a dull person. Every student needs to take a break and have fun once in a while. You can use your iPad to [|listen to music], [|watch movies], [|play games], or do [|other fun activities]. There are plenty of games for the iPad that can keep you occupied for as long as you want.

7. Pick one of these Apps and download and create a lesson plan with this App. Lesson Plan Template

8.In closing to the end of Day 6, respond by emailing the question through the iPad: Explain how easy it is to use the iPad and collecting data?