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Apps For Teachers: iPad/iPhone Apps AppList. iPrep 4 Kinder: TCEA 2012. iPrep 4 Kinder: TCEA 2012. This was a last minute addition to TCEA 2012′s iPlayground and ran from 4:00-5:00 pm on Monday afternoon.
As a mother of two preschool boys (and with a little help from Yolanda Barker), I knew we wouldn’t have too much of a problem slapping a list of preschool apps together that would support skills such as color and shapes, sight words, hand-writing, letter recognition, time, patterns and sequences, and basic math. The list of 62 apps shared in “iPrep 4 Kinder” at the iPlayground was composed in Evernote and then tweeted and shared with a public URL generated by Evernote. "iPrep 4 Kinder": TCEA 2012 iPlayground Resource The following day I had the pleasure of sitting in on another iPlayground session the following day entitled “iPads for Young Learners” hosted by Ruth Jungman and Carol Fenley of Alamo Heights who took a slightly different app-sharing approach.
"All things Green" created with Doodle Buddy app The ladies also discussed classroom and iPad management techniques. Quick List Of iPad Resources For The Classroom. One question that comes into my inbox or on Twitter a lot lately is one dealing with iPads.
Many schools and classrooms all over are investing in these devices and educators want to know how to use them effectively, apps to consider and more. In keeping with the "My Favorite Resources" theme (last week I listed my favorite resources for talking about Twitter) here are my go-to resources when people ask me about iPads in the Classroom. ISTE iPad In Education Webinar Resources-A while back ISTE ran a great webinar with some fabulous educators on using iPads in the classroom. This site has loads of information, a collection of articles, lists of apps and information on Apple's Volume Purchasing Program. iPads For Education- While this site comes courtesy of the Department Of Education in Victoria Australia, there is lots of information that can cross the Pacific that you can use in your classroom.
Sample Lessons-iPads In Education-5 Quick Lessons using various iPad apps. Early Childhood Education and the iPad. I was fortunate enough last weekend to receive an invitation to the Sydney Catholic Schools Early Years Conference.
I was interested because the conference was centred around creating a clear and coherent vision around Early Years pedagogy. I was also intrigued to see how the iPad fitted in with this vision. One of the sessions I attended was Technology in the Early Years - Apps and iPads by Kate Highfield a Lecturer in Early Childhood from Macquarie University Sydney. Kate was certainly an engaging and passionate speaker but what really impressed participants was a scaffold by which we could evaluate the apps that are used within the confines of our own classrooms. Kate and her research partner Kristy Goodwin have developed this scaffold from their research into educational apps.
Kate suggested that we could plot apps on a educational continuum depending on where the different apps contribute to cognitive development. PuppetPals: FREE Create your own animated stories. Best Of. 50 Must-Have Educational Apps. It’s time for holiday road trips and you know what that means: driving, flying, cranky kids, and… teaching opportunities!
What’s that, you say? Well, there is so much downtime during the holidays where kids and adults spend hours just passing the time… why not try out some new apps on your phone? Many of these apps were found by The Teaching Palette, be sure to check out their fantastic site for more helpful resources! From learning the ABCs to doodling, there’s plenty of terrific apps out there that will pass the time but also educate. If you have other apps you want added to this list, just add them in the comments. *Most of the links below are to the iTunes store which will open another window and/or iTunes. Geek On: Best Apps For Science Fanatics. So school's out for the summer.
What's a science geek to do? Launch bottle rockets outside and check the trajectory? Wait patiently for the next eclipse to study? Or perhaps even catch up on reruns of "The Big Bang Theory? " Actually, we have a better idea. "Popular Science + for iPad" (Bonnier Corporation, $4.99) There's no question that if you have any sort of fascination that revolves around science, you should have a subscription to "Popular Science " magazine. "The Elements: A Visual Exploration" (Element Collection, $13.99) 103 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom-