I personally believe that school purchased iPads should be in students hands, not in my hand. That being said, I have purchased my own iPad for the sole purpose of making my life as a teacher easier. Oh, and I read with it too :) . Here are some examples of how the iPad makes my life easier. I'd struggle to teach without it now.
as a document camera: I put the iPad up on a retort stand (science equipment) while plugged into projector. I open up Explain Everything and can take a picture of paper, lab demos, student work and annotate it and save. Sometimes, if I just need to show something, I simply use the camera app.
to create student portfolios. I use Evernote and have a folder for each student. We can put pictures, tutorials, notes, etc. into student folders.
for descriptive feedback (video). Again, in Explain Everything I take a picture of a students writing and then I record my voice explaining to a student what I liked, their next steps while I am annotating their work.
create video tutorials to post in our online classroom. I take skills we do in class and make video tutorials using Explain Everything and post them on our online classroom.
for descriptive feedback (audio). In evernote I simple record an audio file of their feedback instead of writing it. It is then available in their folder.
for descriptive feedback in D2L. D2L has an app called Assignment Grader. I can take a PDF file that students submit and annotate it. I can also post audio files as feedback.
to document activities in class (video, audio, etc.)
to download videos and share with class using projector (so my computer isn't tied up)
Sample Uses of iPads as a Teaching Device
I personally believe that school purchased iPads should be in students hands, not in my hand. That being said, I have purchased my own iPad for the sole purpose of making my life as a teacher easier. Oh, and I read with it too :) . Here are some examples of how the iPad makes my life easier. I'd struggle to teach without it now.