18 Study Skills & Visual Thinking

Quizlet and Popplet

Both of these tools will work well in my classroom. I chose to use our amazing words from Pearson for the
Vocabulary words and plan on working with my students to get the rest of ou word added to the list.
Popplet is a great tool for first graders to use in many ways. They can use it to show what they know like the one here on adjectives. We could do all sorts of language arts projects compare and contrast, nouns, and verbs and many more! My students liked using these apps and stayed focused during the activity. Popplet and Quizlet are apps that incorporate the SAMR really well. It gets us away from using paper, pencil and even adds the option to use no words and draw or use photos. For math my students will compare two and three demensional shapes. In social studies they will use photos of themselves yfor a timeline. Modification and redefinition are easy to see with Popplet and that is what I look for.

17 Creative Expression

 INKPAD

OMG was this hard to do! I am not the best at drawing on the ipad or moving objects around. Inkpad will definitely take some practice! There are lots of ways to use this app in the classroom I am just not sure first graders could use it effectively. I think the upper level grades and teachers would find it a great addition to a lesson or project. Students can use it in many ways. Science drawing and labeling the parts of plants, cells, and other items. In social stdies they might create brochures or posters using photos and adding their own editing. I know before I would use it in the classroom I would practice a lot more!

Garage Band
Wow! What an adventure. I didn't think I would ever figure this out well enough to post but I did it! This could be a great tool in the hands of a pro but this rookie had on hard time. I will continue to play with it and get it down to a science maybe by this summer. I do think in the hands of kids and someone who knows how to use it this is a wonderful tool and kids who have an ear for music will love it. Her is the link. I have to warn you I have never been consider much of a singer.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xnb72prx6f2wjya/Old%20McDonald%20Had%20a%20Square%20copy.m4a

16 Content Area Evaluating and Finding Apps

Sentence builder listed as Winner 2010 IEAR language Arts app of the year on APPitic
Place Value MAB 4 + rating in  iTunes store.
Endless Alphabet App Stores Edito's Choice

When it comes to apps I try hard to get them for free. I have installed Apps Gone Free and check it daily for specials. I also get free app offers from Through email from Brad JCISD EdTech Team. At McCulloch I am the go to person for the ipads and ipods. It is my responsibility to purchase apps through the volume purchase program. When I purchase apps for the cart I buy 30 at a time. Most apps are discounted by about half and I can get them for around 14.99 for a cart of 30. Depending on the app some discounts are less. It is very easy to use and gives me my balance so I know how much money is in our account. As a person who uses apps daily I am glad Apple offers this program it has allowed our school to purchase more apps at lower cost.
When teachers come to me asking about apps I can sit down with them and do an evaluation with them and we can check out reviews that other educators or companies like Apple have done. It is a nice tool to use and it makes it easier to see if apps are worth purchasing or not.

Thing 15 Assesment

Socrative

Five Question Quiz Before and After
I should have change my title to 10 more 10 Less but forgot to will go back and do it later. This is a short math quiz. I like that I can do a quick check over to see who knows 10 more 10 less. When I did this with the whole class it was fun to hear their reactions if they saw a wrong answer on the screen! It is nice that they have no idea who gives the wrong answer. I have also used this with my 3rd grade class a couple years ago. Students like the quick feed back.


Test results I only had a couple students do this for me the other day so it only shows the two.

A short true or false. Question was "Is 16 ten less than 25?"
These types of apps are very useful in the classroom and have some advantages to the basic raise your hand and answer the question verbal activity. Students enjoy the interaction and ability to make a mistake without everyone seeing who did it. Kids aren't afraid to make a mistake and I get more participation. Usually when I ask a question I see the same hands go in the air and with Socrative everyone will answer and no one sits back and waits for someone else. Of course there are also drawbacks. You have to be prepared if the app is not working. I have had times where some students get locked up and it doesn't work and there have been times when connection to the Internet has been a problem. So it is important to always have a back up plan in place just in case you have technical difficulties.

InfuseLearning
 
 
 
 
I tried InfuseLearning with 4 students. I like the way it worked more on the iPad because it was easier for my students to draw. My students liked the draw feature the best. It was easier to use the small stylist to draw on the iPad so most of them said the ipad was the best. On the computer you had to use the mouse and that was harder for my first graders. I can see a big advantage in using both Socrative and InfuseLearning in my classroom. It may take time to set up but once you have made your quizzes they are there to use year after year. I like the immediate feedback that students receive. Students see how well they know the material and we can quickly go over and review which areas they don't know. It helps me with the reteaching process. I don't have to sit and grade papers I can look at the screen and quickly know what to do as far as reteaching. Socrative and InfuseLearning are very similar in both features and connection. InfuseLearning offers a draw feature and Socrative doesn't. Both have quick response short answer ability and I like that. My favorite is InfuseLearning. I like that it has the draw feature for my 1st graders. I can say that both would be a great addition to any classroom and a quick assessment tool to use.