Let’s Go on a Hunt!
When I taught first grade we used to go on a hunt around the school for things that we were studying. For example, if our focus in math was right angles, we would grab our clipboards, papers and...
View ArticleApp-tober 2: Getting the Most out of BrainPOP on Touches
Since we only have 35 minutes at this week’s App-tober session, this post will serve as preview, notes and reference for what will be demonstrated. A while ago, I wrote a post about BrainPOP and then...
View ArticleApp-tober 3: The Power of Built-in Cameras
We may never buy a “regular” camera again. Come to this week’s App-tober session to find out why! For a preview, please read a previous iPod Touch post about its built-in camera. After the session:...
View ArticleApp-tober #5: iMovie App Example Project
To finish off my App-tober posts, here is a sample of an iMovie app project. In Grade 5, students are being asked to write sentences using key vocabulary words from their reading. Every other week, the...
View ArticleAnother iMovie App Example Project
Twenty-three movies that demonstrate how to solve fraction problems were developed by fourth grade students recently. Please click here to learn more about this project as well as view the finished...
View ArticleLip Dub Experience in Grade 4
At the beginning of the school year, a teacher expressed to me that she had heard a very inspirational song and would love to have her class do something with it. Maybe, it could be used in a slideshow...
View ArticleHoarders: iPad Edition
Hi, my name is Lisa, and I’m an app hoarder. Everyday, I watch my PLN Twitter stream and subscribe to app review blogs all in hopes of snagging a FREE app. I download, download, download. All with good...
View ArticleConcrete Poetry and so much more
A few weeks back an app went FREE and caught my eye: Path on – Swipe to Type. Immediately, I saw a good elementary school use: concrete poetry. And the app’s so easy… Snap a picture. Draw some lines....
View ArticleTeacher Tuesdays Coming to the Apple Store
At the New England Apple Tech Update it was shared that Apple Stores would begin offering Teacher Tuesdays. What does that mean? Free Professional Development! I contacted the Apple Store at the...
View ArticleEveryone Can Create
If you are using iPads, you must check out Apple’s Everyone Can Create series. Five, free guide books were released this month: I attended a session by Apple and did some of the step by step “lessons”...
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