As teachers, it can be difficult to adapt to using technology in the classroom. With resources from BT and Apple, you’ll have all the training and support you need to feel confident using tech to enhance your lessons. Gain the inspiration you need to inspire your pupils and improve teaching and learning with one of our training offerings, delivered by a BT Apple Expert or an Apple Professional Learning Specialist.
Everyone Can Create
Apple designed the Everyone Can Create programme to help inject creativity to learning practices in more meaningful ways. It includes a collection of free project guides that introduce students to skills they can use to express themselves freely through a creative suite of video, drawing, music and photography on iPad. Through our network of Apple Professional Learning Specialists, BT can help you get up to speed with using the Everyone Can Create resources alongisde the curriculum.
Video is becoming the norm in children's lives, so why not incorporate it into the curriculum? Using iPad cameras, Clips and iMovie, students can act out their first movie scene, film it, add effects, music and more. They can learn about camera angles, lighting and other techniques whilst creating documentaries and short films.
Drawing
Drawing encourages students to look at things more closely. Examining detail helps learners consider how things work and are built. Drawing lets students express themselves in ways they may not be able to with words, freeing their imagination and mind. Students can practice handwriting, shading, shapes, portraits and more with Apple pencil and drawing on iPad.
Music
Music can be an escape for some pupils. Building a song or melody isn't easy, that's why with iPad you can build blocks of verses, chorus and bridges from songs you already know. Using apps like GarageBand, students will learn how to build beats, arrange tracks and record their own vocals. Students can layer a soundtrack onto a short film they've just made or produce their own pop songs. Whatever they do, you'll be impressed.
Photography
Using the camera and photos app, pupils can explore beyond their usual reach with projects on nature, weather and more. They can experiment with light and shadow, explore composition and learn various photography techniques to capture scenes, portraits and collages. So why not send your class to the school field to see what they can find?
The Everyone Can Code curriculum can help teach coding to students of all ages and abilities, equipping them with the skills they need to succeed. Teacher guides provide a step-by-step course in teaching code, from introducing the basics on iPad up to building apps on Mac. If you think you'd benefit from a coding Discovery Session with one of BT's Education Apple Specialists, this can be arranged. Just get in touch.
With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student's iPad at the same time, or launch a different app for each group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus on teaching, so students can focus on learning. You can lock students’ screens, mute all iPads and guide students to the right page or document from the front of the class. Create personalised groups depending on the level they’re working at and tailor each lesson's task to each group’s ability. AirDrop files to your screens so the whole class can see and provide peer to peer feedback. Anything is possible when using Classroom in the classroom.
Apple Schoolwork
Schoolwork is an iPad app created to help teachers both save time and maximise each student’s potential. With Schoolwork, it’s easy to share class materials, collaborate, get students involved in a specific app and view their individual progress. We know that the best way for students to learn is to do. Schoolwork makes this easy. You can easily distribute work and collate feedback, as well as work in real time with students and organise homework. As a teacher, you can keep track of each individual student’s progress and tailor your assignments and homework to suit their needs. Use Handouts in Schoolwork to send web links, PDFs, documents and photos. You can use Handouts for communicating announcements or newsletters which pupils can see throughout their day on their iPad.
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We've partnered with Apple Professional Learning Specialist, Dave Kirtlan to create 6 short 'how to' videos. They'll help you quickly get up-to-speed with the in-built apps on iPad and Mac. Take a look at our short videos and find out how easy it is to use iMovie, Keynote, Swift Playgrounds and more…
BT's team of Apple Education Specialists provide 1 to 1 training and support. They also run discovery sessions, designed to help you shape your thinking around any specific topics. If you’d like to know about coding for early years or making movies in KS2 for example, we can provide 2-hour sessions after school. They're designed to give you more skills to help you deliver the curriculum using technology.
BT has a dedicated team of education specialists. We're here to support you with all aspects of your school, college or university's technology strategy across network, devices and apps. Just tell us how we can help and we'll have one of our education specialists call you back with free, no obligation advice.
