The first time students in second and fourth grade used the iTouches, they started with math applications. Second grade students used Pop Math to work on addition facts. Fourth grade students are learning decimals and used the Freddy Fraction application. Students quickly grasped the handling and use of the iTouches.
My role as a teacher was to act as a guide, helping students change settings so the application was at the right level of difficulty. Math was a great way to begin since most of the applications are intuitive and can be adjusted to the student's skill level.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Almost Synched (iTouch implementation)
Apps:
I spent the past several days selecting and downloading apps for our 20 iTouches. Only three left to sync. Apps include a combination of paid and free. The Volume Voucher Program requires you to enter a code into iTunes for every copy of an app you purchase. Even though I used "copy and paste," it was a time-consuming, tedious task. In general the iTouch screens are organized as follows:
Home Page:
Each iTouch has been assigned a name and number which is engraved on the iTouch and shown on a label on the iTouch case. There are ten male names and ten females; Laverne, Percy, Henry and Romona are a few of my favorite names. There is also a label next to each slot in the cart for easy identification of placement of iTouches when returned. To personalize the iTouches, I found clipart to go with each name, edited the clipart to add the name and number, and then set the picture as the lock screen on each iTouch.
I spent the past several days selecting and downloading apps for our 20 iTouches. Only three left to sync. Apps include a combination of paid and free. The Volume Voucher Program requires you to enter a code into iTunes for every copy of an app you purchase. Even though I used "copy and paste," it was a time-consuming, tedious task. In general the iTouch screens are organized as follows:
Home Page:
- default apps
- ABC phonics
- Drawing Den
- My First Words
- 1 Fish 2 Fish (paid)
- Clifford Be Big with Words (paid)
- Teach Me Kindergarten
- Shape Lite
- Learn Sight Words (paid)
- Word Magic (paid)
- Flash Cards
- Flow Math (paid)
- Multi Genius Lite
- Nine Gaps (paid)
- Number Line
- Pizza Math
- Pop Math (paid)
- Telling Time (paid)
- Flash to Pass Free
- Braineous (paid)
- Coin Math (paid)
- Long Division
- Mad Math Lite
- Equation Creator
- eye Math Subtraction
- Freddy Fraction
- Dragon Dictation
- i Sentence Builder (paid)
- Dictionary
- Free Grammar
- Tree Hut
- Mad Libs
- Primary Grammar Jammer
- SpellStacker
- Storyrobe
- Chicktionary Lite
- Dinosaurs
- Weather Eye
- NASA
- Travel Wisconsin
- Stack the States Lite
- Flower Garden
- BrainPop Video of the Day
- Drawing Den
- MyPaintFree
Each iTouch has been assigned a name and number which is engraved on the iTouch and shown on a label on the iTouch case. There are ten male names and ten females; Laverne, Percy, Henry and Romona are a few of my favorite names. There is also a label next to each slot in the cart for easy identification of placement of iTouches when returned. To personalize the iTouches, I found clipart to go with each name, edited the clipart to add the name and number, and then set the picture as the lock screen on each iTouch.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
iPod Touch
This year I will be piloting the effectiveness of iPod touches at the elementary level and will share the implementation through this blog. Today I unwrapped 20 iPod touches and put them in the Bredford cart for charging. One of our amazing technicians set up an Airliner for wireless access. I'm ready to download apps and get going.
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