Top Apps and Beyond Kristi Watters Kindergarten Teacher Center
Grove Elementary School Greenwood, Indiana iPads in a Primary
Classroom Martha Andersen Kindergarten Teacher Pleasant Grove
Elementary School Greenwood, Indiana
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Top Apps There are a lot of apps out there! The problem is
finding the best and what meets the needs of your students. Apps
reinforce skills previously taught Apps offer differentiation for
students at all levels Students are engaged and excited to practice
skills using their iPads. Dont forget there are more ways to use
the iPad besides just apps
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Language apps Little Sky Writers Letter of the Day Sound
Sorting iWrite Words Phototouch Sight Words Learning A Z Smarty
Pants School ABC Magic series Rocket Speller Montessori Crosswords
Word Ball Letter Detective Sentence Magic Read on Sight Howie
Finding Vowel
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Math apps Tally Tots Montessori Numbers Phototouch Concepts
Kids Numbers and Math Butterfly Math Math Bingo Games A Racing Game
for Kids Addition and Subtraction for Kids Kindergarten Math
Drills
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General Ed apps Teach Me Kindergarten Teach Me First Grade
Story Wheel Writing Pad Scribble Press Kindergarten 21 in 1 Pack
Little Solver Preschool Logic Corkulous
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Just for Fun apps Doodle Buddy Doodle Buddy more than just fun!
Toontastic Pocket Zoo Dr. Seuss Band Lorax Lego Kid Blocks PBS Kids
Google Earth
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And Beyond Shape Hunt use camera to take photos of shapes in
the environment Noun/verb Hunt same as above. Students followed a
checklist and performed the verbs while recording as video Tree
Journal documented the changes in a tree throughout the year with
photos Animal Research QR codes/webcams Zoo Book used Pocket Zoo to
research an animal and used Doodle Buddy to draw a picture of the
animal. Teacher assembled the drawings into a class book.
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And Beyond Alphabet Video Where Do We Live? Google Earth Video
Recording (student reading) Gingerbread Hunt Skype Email Apple TV
QR Codes Create web link shortcuts Brainpop, Big Universe,
Tips and Tricks Specify rules from the beginning Students and
parents must sign contract Make iPads easily accessible this is a
gradual process Scavenger Hunt for learning the basic use of the
iPad Recharge weekly Installation of apps Share your apps with
parents Update apps every 2 weeks Search under App store to see
what has been purchased Deleting apps Beware of the free (lite)
versions. You dont always get the extra features.
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QR Code Activity Make sure you have a scanner such as Best
Barcode Scanner or I-nigma on student iPadsBest Barcode Scanner
I-nigma Find a website you wish your students to link to or paste a
photo of an app. Create the scanner code using www.qrcodekaywa.com
and print this out. You will copy and paste a web address into the
code maker. www.qrcodekaywa.com Students bring up the scanner on
their iPads to scan the code. It will automatically take the
student to the website you have entered.