iPods and iPads in the Classroom

What if your students actually looked forward to learning?

What if your students willingly completed their classwork and homework?

The iPod Touch or iPad might just be the tool you are looking for!

EXPLORE

TIME!!

Let's Try

Some Creating

Finish

Save your picture to "Photo Album"

2nd step

Open

DoodleBuddy

Last steps

Check

weather

1st step

Take a Screen

Shot

Start

* Pull your picture into Doodle Buddy

*Make yourself wearing the appropriate clothing for the weather.

*Add a speech bubble

http://www.v3im.com/2011/04/want-apps-4-great-iphone-app-discovery-services/#axzz1nW0NjtwC

Teacher Apps

Creation Apps!

So many apps...

so little time!

Uses:

• Show knowledge of a concept
• create/explain math word problems
• demonstrate the life cycle of a butterfly
• Draw T-S connections
• Draw visual representations of vocabulary words
• Map out a game plan

Educreations

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?mt=8

• Teacher Assistant Pro
• Evernote/SimpleNote
• Common Core
• Splashtop

• Dexteria
• LetterReflux

• Educreations (iPad)
• Screen Chomp (iPad)
• Prezi (iPad)
• Doodle Buddy
• Pic Collage
• Reel Director
• Songify

Uses:

• Practice letter writing
• Stamp words that start with a certain letter
• Create a pattern
• App to app creation

Daily 5/

Word Work

The uses are endless... what else can you think of?

Great for:

Resources:

* Words Their Way

beginning sound sorts

* Building phonemic awareness

* Sound discrimination

• Magnetic ABC
• Ransom Letters
• Word Bingo
• Kid Words
• Sound Sorting

• Chicktionary
• Textropolis
• Fishtropolis
• Word Surge

How do I find apps for my class?

Similar to

Making Words

apps

blogs

word of mouth

websites

Literacy

Writing &

Digital Storytelling

lite vs paid

Genius

Word Surge

4 players/device

Can add add'l

4/device with

in app purchase

Tools4Students

Primary:

• Teach Me 1st Grade
• Reading Monster Town
• Reading Raven
• Read On Sight

** Grasshopper Apps**

** Duck Duck Moose **

Late Elementary:

• Tools 4 Students
• MiniMod Rdg for Inferences
• Fluency Level 2
• MadLibs

• 25 graphic organizers
• cause/effect
• beg/middle/end
• making predictions
• KWL
• can email when filled out

• iDiary (iPad only)
• ScribblePress (iPad only)
• Toontastic (iPad only)
• Puppet Pals
• Story Maker
• StoryKit
• Bill Atkinson's Photocard
• Sparklefish (like Madlibs)
• email

eBooks

galore!!

Websites

Tumblebooks

OceanHouse Media

Grasshopper Apps

Reading A-Z

StoryChimes

On device:

App-solutely

Amazing

http://teacherswithapps.com/

http://appitic.com/

Ideas:

http://a4cwsn.com/

http://www.funeducationalapps.com/

AppAdvice

iTunes

AppShopper

• Review science concepts
• Write a script using your vocabulary words
• Create a story arc to illustrate a historical event
• Publish a story
• Illustrate idioms
• Create video word problems
• Storytelling (even the youngest learners)

generic

searches

Genius

Math apps

• Math Bingo
• Math Ninja
• Math Evolve
• Rocket Math
• Monkey Rows (patterns)
• Cash Cow (money)
• Free Fall Time
• Motion Math Zoom
• Fractions
• Lattice Grid

Motion Math Zoom

Positive, engaging

learning environment

wiggling

apps

Math apps

for K-1

Success for

ALL learners!

http://www.symbaloo.com/?quickstart=1

?s

Engaged Learners!

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity

Hampton, VA

Google

Earth

comparing

iEnsemble!

analyzing

app to app

creation

2 years ago:

• SMARTboard in room
• First iTouch

A little background about me:

• 15 years teaching experience
• 1st and 2nd grades (currently 1st)
• Inclusion classroom
• Currently 1 of 5 model technology classrooms

Currently:

5 years ago:

• 15 iPod Touches- 1:1 ratio
• 4 iPad 2s
• SMARTboard
• Digital cameras
• 7 netbooks
• 1 doc camera

SMARTboard?

What's that?

21st century learning skills and technology are embedded throughout the day

using a variety of devices.

Ponder this:

Follow our journey

into 21st century learning!

What if you had a tool in your

classroom that could motivate

and engage all your students and increase their learning?

smalchow

Reading

• vocabulary Prezis
• sight word practice
• comprehension strategies
• fluency practice

Writing

• letter/ postcard writing
• journaling
• blogging

Ignacio Estrado

http://malchows-dog-blog.blogspot.com/

Daily 5

• Listen to Reading
• Word Work
• Work on Writing

Math

• SMARTboard math lessons
• calendar
• weather
• Xtramath.org

iPods and iPads

in the

Classroom

Our goals for the day

http://malchowsreflections.blogspot.com/

* Individualized modifications in all areas for all learners

Sara Malchow

1st grade teacher, Pulaski School District

* Explore and discuss a variety of

core subject iPod and iPad apps

* Discuss classroom applications for

devices and apps in the classroom

* Find available resources for finding apps

What is your

experience with iPods/iPads?