Every single mini-lesson that I took to become Apple Teacher certified seemed like it could be very useful in my future classroom. Knowing the general layout of the IPad is very helpful and ensures that I can help my students naviagate the device if they come across issues working it. Pages would be very helpful in giving students an excellent platform to create a poster or anything else that needs unique shapes in the design. My other favorite feature is the interactive books feature. I think it would be great to have students create their own stories through this or even change up the way they do a presentation. Keynote is a great app that students can created research based presentations on. There are a lot of helpful features in Keynote that do not appear in PowerPoint. If I am having students create a presentation this will give them a lot of freedom to create unique, interesting presentations. Numbers is an app that I had no idea could be so useful. The obvious use of it would be to create charts and spreadsheets. I think the app would be very easy for students to figure out and create their own charts in math classes. In the app there is a feature that can calculate different numbers based on the charts or spreadsheets made and I think this could be a create tool for students to check if their calculations are correct in math. I really enjoyed learning more about iMovie. I have used it very briefly and I always had a lot of fun with it. If students are making a video about a topic or acting out a skit they could use the app to edit the video just how they like it. GarageBand could be a good tool when making soundscapes for a history class. Soundscapes are pieces of sound composed from clips or instruments that are meant to be paired with an image or topic that helps the student feel as if they are in the photo or time period. The ISTE standard that feels most relevant to the apps would be the Creative Communicator standard. All of these apps promote creativity and they could accomplish many creative goals and projects using them.
