{"id":519,"date":"2012-03-15T20:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/blog\/?p=519"},"modified":"2012-03-15T20:05:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T20:05:35","slug":"paperless-research-paper-x-ipads-from-greg-kulowiec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/paperless-research-paper-x-ipads-from-greg-kulowiec\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperless Research Paper X iPads – from Greg Kulowiec"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Greg<\/a>For the past several weeks, Greg has been working to set up two iPad carts in his school (we posted iPad Cart & App Selection<\/a> last week). Now that everything is up and running, he has embarked on a completely paperless research process<\/em>\u00a0with colleague @katrinakennett<\/a>\u00a0and her 10th grade English class.\u00a0This will be a three week process, throughout which, Greg is going to blog his observations. Here is the beginning from Greg:<\/p>\n

“Before we start the process, we had a conversation about the goals of this research process and why iPads would be a good fit. \u00a0I think it is critical to have this conversation when not only integrating iPads, but using any type of technology in the classroom. \u00a0The two critical questions we considered were:<\/p>\n

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  1. What are the goals and objectives of the paperless research process?<\/li>\n
  2. How can iPads enhance the process and allow for opportunities that would not be possible without these devices?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Keeping these two questions in mind, we outlined both the goals for the paperless research paper and how the iPads would fit into the process.
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    Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Students will crowd-source their research to a collective research group.<\/li>\n
    2. Students will incorporate varied media types into their research: web based text, traditional text, audio and video.<\/li>\n
    3. Students will work collaboratively with their teacher and classmates on their research and writing process.<\/li>\n
    4. Students will become proficient researching and writing in a digital environment.<\/li>\n
    5. Students will become proficient in an iOS environment.<\/li>\n
    6. Students will incorporate web based content in their final research paper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Why iPads?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Web based research & social bookmarking.<\/li>\n
      2. Access to digital content (text, audio, video)<\/li>\n
      3. PDF Annotation and note taking capability.<\/li>\n
      4. Sharing their research process to create an open research environment between the teacher and student<\/li>\n
      5. Ability to post research content to cloud storage accounts directly from the iPad.<\/li>\n
      6. Ability to publish content online directly from the iPad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Now that the goals and justification are established, it is time to outline and begin the technical setup to make sure the research process can be completed on the iPad.
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        Technical Setup<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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        1. Install the required apps on the iPad.\n