iPads in the Primary

Classroom: Strategies & Apps to

Support Instruction
Presented by Janice Weesner
for the Moscow School District
October 2014
Digital Natives vs. Digital
Immigrants
I am a digital
native.
We are digital
immigrants.
T-PACK
Common Core Technology
Standards

With the adoption of the
Idaho Common Core Standards
the teaching of & with technology
is no longer optional...but it is supported.

Doceo Center ELA Tech Standards


It's not about technology...it's about
what you do with it.
The SAMR Model-
(Dr. Ruben Puentedura)
provides a lense with
which we can view any
technology.



S-Substitution
A-Augmentation
M-Modification
R-Redefinition

Where do apps fit?
It depends..
Notability
Before You Start Collecting Apps.
Be thoughtful about your
organization of apps.
Use folders
Use homescreen

Reading: e-books
Storia iBooks
This app is a great
resource for picture &
chapter books that you
can add to your digital
collection
This is just one of the
many apps available
from Collins Big Cat
series. Includes read
to myself, read to me,
AND story creator
options.
Collins Big
Cat
Great app to download and read
and listen to books. iBooks
includes access to iBooks Store,
where you can download books. I
love that iBooks also opens
content published in the ePub and
PDF formats


Subtext
Syncs with Renaissance
Learning, ePubs or PDFs.
Subtext supports teachers in
their Common Core
instruction and encourages
students to analyze what they
read, articulate what they
think, and make connections
between texts and the outside
world.


Reading: Fluency
K12 Timed Reading Practice

Student Fluency Practice Example


Practice fluency with
short passages for K-4
with this app

Students video record
themselves reading
and then play back to
evaluate themselves
iPad Video
Notability is a place to create,
share, and manage your notes.
It combines handwriting, typing,
audio recordings, and photos
so you can create notes that fit
your needs.
Notability
Reading: Word Work
Fry Words Bluster
includes all 1,000 Fry
words in groups of 10,
customizable, add new
cards or lists
students can
practice spelling
through games,
custom lists can be
created if you
register
Bitsboard
match rhyming words, prefixes and
suffixes, synonyms, homophones,
and adjectives, over 800 vocabulary
words, team mode to work with a
partner, versus mode to play against
a classmate



Study almost anything with
20 mini-games. Easily
create your own study sets
or download sets from a
catalog. Ideal for mastering
vocabulary, learning to
read, spelling, etc.
Vocabulary
Spelling City
Writing/Speaking/Listening
Alphabet Board
Storybuddy 2

Write, record, and share
multiple stories with this
powerful app. You can also
send your stories to iBooks.
A fun way to learn to practice
writing letters. Using tried and
true methods, Alphabet Board is
an interactive way to learn to
write.

ABC Animal Phonics Writing Lite

Learn ABC recognition, letter
sounds, writing, and listening
skills with animals.

Popplet
This is a productivity app that
also works as a mind mapping
tool. Use the app to begin
structuring the writing process.
The app can also be used to
create graphic organizers
Writing & GAFE
Kidblog Google Docs
Create and manage Kidblog
accounts from your iPad, iPhone,
or iPod Touch. Teachers can
monitor blog activity and moderate
comments and posts. Students
can easily upload photos and
videos directly from their iOS
device
Google Drive



Google Drive is a free way
to keep your files backed up
and easy to reach from any
phone, tablet, or computer.
Blogger
cloud-based app that
allows for typing,
commenting and
collaboration
Google Blogger can be used
to create, and update, a class
blog. Very easy to create a
closed, private and easily
updated blog
Digital Sandbox #1
Lets Explore!
We are going to take 30 minutes for
hands-on exploration of language art
apps.
Math
Match 10
An individual, partner, or
small group activity to
practice addition facts to 10.
Number Bonds

An individual, partner, or small
group activity to practice
addition and subtraction facts
to 99 using fact families.
($1.99)
Math Duel

Math Duel is a split screen
mathematics game that pits two
players against each other on
the same device! Change
settings for each player to level
the playing field. New single
player mode is great for fun
math practice!
Quick Images
The mathematical skill of
subitizing is "instantly seeing
how many." The tasks in this
app are designed to develop
this skill by flashing a graphic
of objects on screen for a
limited amount of time
before vanishing.
Science
Notability
link to student science
notebook
Mibio
Mibio helps you capture and
share beautiful stories while
keeping your media organized
and backed up. Capture
photos, videos, audio, notes,
location, weather and more to
tell your story. Everything in a
story becomes a tile that you
can drag and drop, edit or
delete $0.99.
General Apps for K-2
Remind Class Dojo
Remind is a free, safe
communication tool for
teachers and parents-
available for PC and IOS
You set the noise
level and the graphic
changes when
students get too
loud, pro version
sounds an alarm for
$2.99
CamScanner
ClassDojo helps teachers improve
behavior in their classrooms quickly
and easily. It captures and generates
data on behavior that teachers can
share with parents and
administrators.



CamScanner helps you
scan, digitize, store, sync
and collaborate on various
contents across
smartphones, iPads, tablets
and computers.


Too Noisy
Lite
General Apps for K-2
FaceTalker Skitch





Explain
Everything
make photos talk, use to
have students tell stories,
create presentations, etc.
Lets you mark-up, highlight,
annotate and share photos,
PDFs and diagrams
Explain Everything is an easy-to-
use design, screencasting, and
interactive whiteboard tool that lets
you annotate, animate, narrate,
import, and export almost anything
to and from almost anywhere.
Wonderopolois
Wonderopolis offers
multidisciplinary daily content
through a Wonder of the Day,
containing a curious question,
written text, vocabulary words,
graphic images and video to fuel
learning, and inspire curiosity and
exploration in and out of the
classroom
GAFE
Google Apps
for Education
The One iPad Classroom
Possible iPad Configurations
1. Whole Class - Teacher uses the iPad to display content on a projector for the whole class.
2. Stations - Attach a task to complete at a station that incorporates the use of the iPad.
3. Small Groups - Working in 2s, 3s, or 4s on some kind of collaborative group work.
Management Ideas
In elementary classrooms, use timers to help facilitate turn taking.
Work in pairs or small groups taking turns at "pressing the buttons" (or whatever else is required
in the app)
Headphones make the iPad a good deal less distracting for those that don't have it, and more
involving for those that do have it! Headphone splitters mean more than one student can listen at
once.
When working in small groups - assign roles to the group members (time keeper, iPad user,
photographer, voice recorder, etc) and rotate these roles so everyone gets a turn.
One strike youre out.

Digital Sandbox #2
Lets Explore! We are going to take 30
minutes for hands-on exploration of
math, science & general apps