The iPad has an app that will record videos and upload them to an Internet site that anyone with a profile has access to.  The app is called ShowMe.  The app works similar to the technology used to create the Khan Academy videos and all work is done using the iPad.  I could use this in my classroom in many ways.  One use could be if I know a large portion of students is going to be gone for a day, I could record my lesson and upload it to the website.  This way, students could view the lesson on their own time and would not fall behind from missing the class.  The students would have access to this because the video is saved to an online blog-style profile.  As long as the student has a profile, they would have access to my video.  This would also be helpful to our after-school staff if they do not know how to help the students with their work.  The staff could view the video themselves and then offer one-on-one help once they understand the material.  I could also use this app for problem solving activities.  Dan Meyer’s format of videoing the situations students will be solving for could be applied in my classroom with this app.  I could take my own video of what we are solving for, upload it to the website and be able to show the video from any computer with an internet sight.  I could also use this app as a homework tool as well.  I could create a short lesson video and have the students view the video as their homework assignment.  We could then spend the entire lesson doing guided practice or an activity dealing with the material they viewed.  This would allow more time for the activity or for difficult problems related to the material.

Casey