iPad

=iPad Class =

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Assignment 1

Assignment 2

** Educational Apps **

[] This is a “Simon Says” game that uses musical instruments as its focus. I have this game on my iPad and have used it as a center with a small group of kids. They have to listen to the pattern and then repeat it back to the game. As you win more and more patterns they get harder and more challenging. This game is great for working on listening skills, working together as well as patterning and as a bonus the students get the opportunity to hear a variety of different musical instruments. This is a free app. [] I would use this app in my classroom at the beginning of the school year. This app works on fine motor skills as well as beginning concept such as top, bottom, big, small, before and after. This is a free app. [] I would use this app in my classroom to help teach story telling. I could create a scene and tell my students a story or have them tell me the story. It would be very helpful at the beginning of the year to help reinforce language skills and imagination. This is a free app. [] This app would be great for the beginning of the school year when we are talking about environmental print as well as other things we see and hear around our town and school. Another unit this would be great for is the 5 senses. This will also be handy to have when you have a few extra minuets how wonderful that it gives a real life sound and a picture to go along with it. This is a free app. [] What a great way to learn and reinforce word families! This game gives a picture with an ending and choices of letters or pair of letters to create the correct work. I would use this in my classroom as a center with a small group of kids or as an individual center. This is a free app. [] This is an app that plays relaxing ocean music. It has a built in timer so you are able to set how long you would like the music to play. I use this in my classroom as a timer while my students are working to help them keep their volume down. I tell that that as long as the music is playing they need to be working and that they need to be able to hear the music, if they can’t hear it they are being too loud. I use this in my classroom several times a day, it has gotten to the point where my students as to have the ocean while they are working! This is a free app. [] This is a great app for helping kids writing and fine motor skills. I would defiantly suggest suing a stylist with this app, although you can use your finger. I have used this in my classroom with a few of my students who need the audio clue when they have incorrectly formed the letter. This app coasts $1.99 however there is a free lite version of this app. [] I would use this app in my classroom for students that need to calm down and relax. This app is has relaxing music that plays as you move your finger over the screen that is water in a pond; Your finger makes that water move. This is a free app with a full version available. [] These are flashcards by kindergarten.com (is what I searched) There are several different collections of cards from letters and ABC’s to vehicles. I have used these in my classroom as writing prompts for my students. I have also given my iPad to a small group of students in the writing center and they can write sentences using the flashcards. There are some collections of flashcards that are free; there are also some that can be purchased for $.99. [] This is a great app to help students with beginning reading skills. I would use this in my classroom as a center. Within the app there is several different skills that are worked on letter identification, letter sounds, first words and sight words are just a few. Currently this app is priced at $2.99.
 * Kids Simons Says – Musical Instruments **
 * Build- it- up **
 * My Scene **
 * What’s that sound? **
 * Make a word – Free **
 * Relax Ocean Waves – 2 **
 * ABC Tracer **
 * Fluid **
 * Kindergarten.com Flash Cards **
 * Smarty Pants School **

** Personal Apps **

[] A fun mindless game that I love to play! Your job is to build a hamburger with the correct number of each topping that falls from the sky. To build the burgers you move your iPad back and forth trying to catch what is falling. This is a game that any age can play. It is a free app. [] This is one of my favorite apps! It is a collection of relaxing music, you chose your type of music thunderstorms, ocean waves, snowy day, there are a total of 9 to chose from; then you set the timer and let it go! Another feature I like of this app is that the music will play if the timer is set even if you are not in the app. This app is currently $.99. [] I use this app daily as my alarm clock. There are many other features of this app, however I primarily use the alarm clock. You can set your background as well as you wake up sound. This application is also available in a paid version. [] This is one of several tap puzzles. There is a variety of pictures and difficulty levels. This is great for riding in the car or snuggling on the couch! This is a free app. [] I am not a great speller and I use this app all the time! It is a great way to always have a dictionary at your finger tips. It is a free app.
 * Sky Burger **
 * Relax Collection Pro **
 * Nightstand Central for iPad **
 * Fish Tap Puzzle **
 * Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus **

Assignment 3

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 * Smarty Pants School **

Assignment 4 The Napping House [] The Napping House, Audrey Wood, Audible.com [] The book that I chose was The Napping House by Audrey Wood. This is one of my favorite stories to share with my students. We read the book and then I shared the audio book on my iPad, they enjoyed listening to the story. I also down loaded several Eric Carle books that I plan on using in the coming weeks when we do our unit on Eric Carle and the Very Hungry Caterpillar. A Dog’s Tale [] A Dog’s Tale, Mark Twain, Audible.com [] I have always wanted to read this book! Now, rather than taking the time to sit down and read it… someone can read it to me as I am driving!

Assignment 5 Google Tools [] This is a collection of podcasts and vidcasts explaining how to use many of the different tools and accessories Google has to offer. I chose to learn more about Google earth. In my classroom we have been watching two eagle nests, one in Iowa and one in Virginia. My kindergartners are wanted to know “where” the eagles are. I used a traditional flat map of the United States to show them. I then pulled it up on my iPad using Google earth and added place markers on the map; this is what I learned from watching my podcast! We put a pin at the eagle nest in Iowa, on the nest in Virginia and one at our school. They had a blast moving it around and seeing how far away the nests were from our school. What a fantastic way for my kids to learn about maps, geography, eagles and so much more! I will defiantly be using Google earth in my classroom again. I am not sure who had more fun with this activity my student or myself! I wish I would have had access to iTunes U when I was in college. While I was looking for this assignment I found myself getting side tracked and wondering to other podcasts. How fantastic that students as well as anyone else has all of this “good stuff” right at their fingertips. If you have a question, find the answer! If you have a problem, find the answer!

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Assignment 7