Ipads+-+OLR+-+October+2011


 * ==== Adaptability/managing complexity: students were able to work independently after the first session. When faced with difficulties, they used their problem solving skills before asking for help. We found that some students who may have difficulties in other areas of learning, were very adept at using the apps. ====
 * ==== Self-direction: students were given a list of apps to work on in each session, they worked at their own pace, and after achieving mastery of the app they often challenged themselves(ie. trying harder math questions). It was interesting to see which apps students chose after having completed the apps prescribed. ====
 * ==== Curiosity, creativity, and risk-taking: Each student had his/her own set of headphones. This gave them the safe learning environment in which to feel more comfortable to take risks. An autistic student from Kindergarten used an iPad often. ====
 * ==== Higher-order thinking and sound reasoning: Many of the apps required students to think through a series of steps. The iPads provided more modalities for various learning styles (ie. audio, visual, tactile). We were able to see many of our students use higher-order thinking and reasoning when manipulating the applications. ====


 * ==== Teaming, collaboration, and interpersonal skills: Students were very collaborative and proactive in using the iPads. They were very helpful to one another and asked each other for help. Many students became very confident with the IPad and were able to become leaders; demonstrating an app to another or helping with "trouble-shooting" and manipulating the app.====

==== a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology: Students have a better understanding of internet safety. Teacher's use the website brainpopjr.com to show videos and complete activities on internet safety. ====

==== b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity: The students displayed very positive attitudes towards the iPads. As mentioned before, they were very collaborative, especially in problem solving situations. They were extremely productive, very engaged, at all times. ====

4. How has our teaching changed? What practices will you continue?
==== We have been given more insight into their learning styles and interests. We will use this knowledge in our future teaching and activities. We would LOVE to have a set of 2-4/classroom in order to continue using some of these apps and integrate into learning centres. It encouraged us to try to integrate more technology in our plans. ====

5. What are some best practices?
==== a) We have created a SmartBoard notebook that clearly outlines procedures and expectations. Each lesson, the apps to be used would be listed with pictures of the the app. This helped students work independently at their own pace. ====

7. Personal growth as a learner on an online collaborative environment.
==== Tamalyn: It amplified the need for specific, detailed, sequential instructions. I was floored with their abilities. I have higher expectations for our time in the computer room. I will try to challenge them more. ====

Cynthia: It produced many technology leaders in my classroom. Many became "experts" on how to use the IPad and were willing to share their knowledge with their peers.
==== Angie: I was able to learn more about Mac technology, downloading and syncing IPads. I also learned how to troubleshoot when certain things went wrong with the IPad. I learned more about connecting them to the internet and working in the settings. ====

-Deleting Apps

 * ====Select Apps====
 * ====Select app to delete====
 * ====Press delete button on Keypad====
 * ====Select more to Trash====

-To Synch Individually

 * ====Click on IPAD #====
 * ====Hit Summary====

-To Sync All

 * ====Connect all pads====
 * ====Switch power off====
 * ====Unplug USB from Mac Book====
 * ====Ensure no programs are running====
 * ====Re-connect USB====
 * ====Turn power on====
 * ====Launch ITunes====

==== 9. What is your legacy piece? How have you left a digital footprint to let other know about your important work with kids? (Video, digital storytelling, celebrations with parents, inviting senior administration, manual, collaborative place for yourself and your students) ====

Objective: The students will be able to predict and describe changes in colour which result from the mixing of primary colours; and from mixing a primary color with white or black.
====Activity: After the students have experimented with mixing primary colours (using paint, jello, and food colouring) allow them to use the ap “Color Mixa”. The ap will allow them to mix primary colors to make secondary colors. The ap also allows them to mix white or black to a color to create a different shade.====

After the students have used the ap ask them:
====“What happened when you mixed primary colors together?” Did it “match” what we have already learned that red + blue=purple, red + yellow = orange and blue + yellow = green? Did you find out anything new about mixing colors? What happened when you mixed white or black to a color? “====

Evaluation: At the end of the unit teacher “interviewed” each child to ask them how to make certain secondary colors and shades.
====Students Response: The students were very excited to make pastels and darker shades of color as well as secondary colors. It was a great way to move into the next part of the unit adding white and black to a color. They were very engaged in the activity.====

Objective: The students will be able to manipulate "magnetic" alphabet letters to create word families.
====Activity: Gather students to carpet. Distribute IPads. Ask the students to open up //Magnetic Letter// application. Ask students to manipulate the letters to spell the (for example) the -ug family. Prompt students to create a word by changing the beginning sound. For a challenge ask the students to add ending to the family to create a new word.====

As Recommended by Diane Nunziato Tolley, SLP REACH

 * **APP NAME** ||  **DESCRIPTION**  ||
 * ====101 Science==== || ====From the book “101 Things Everyone Should Know About Science”. For ages 8 – 12.==== ||
 * ====123 Counting==== || ====Counts as you match the numbers to the pictures.==== ||
 * ====ABC Lite Pocket Phonics==== || ====Looks at letter sounds and cursive writing, NOT printing. It has a good game where they ask for the sound and you have to find it, but again in writing.==== ||
 * ====Alphabet==== || ====Has pictures for letters of the alphabet. Names the pictures as you scroll through and touch.==== ||
 * ====Alphabet Tracing==== || ====Shows a picture and the proper way to make a letter. The student can trace the letter.==== ||
 * ====Animatch==== || ====Memory matching.==== ||
 * ====Arithfit==== || ====Game similar to tetris adding numbers to 10.==== ||
 * ====Audio Note==== || ====Voice recording Function. Synchronizes notes and audio functions.==== ||
 * ====Autism Express==== || ====Audio paired with an emotional face.==== ||
 * ====Balloonimals==== || ====Cause and effect game where you press multiple times to make an animal balloon and then pop it.==== ||
 * ====Bus==== || ====An interactive book.==== ||
 * ====Cat in the Hat==== || ====An interactive book.==== ||
 * ====Circuits==== || ====About electricity.==== ||
 * ====Colour Play Lite==== || ====Select a colour, touch it, and select play button.==== ||
 * ====Connect Dots==== || ====Connect dots by numbers. Hard drawings and lots of numbers to connect.==== ||
 * ====Cookie Doodle==== || ====Make virtual cookies. The eggs crack and you need to stir and shake the salt in, roll out the dough, decorate.==== ||
 * ====Cyberbullying==== || ====Garfield comic about cyberbullying.==== ||
 * ====Depict==== || ====Requires internet. An online multiplayer game.==== ||
 * ====Doodle Buddy==== || ====Drawing==== ||
 * ====Draw 4 Free==== || ====Draw and colour pictures.==== ||
 * ====Dreams==== || ====Interactive book.==== ||
 * ====Dropbox==== || ====A way of syncing and sharing your files online and across computers.==== ||
 * ====Duck Duck Moose==== || ====Interactive storybook but doesn’t read the book. You poke or slide things to see what happens.==== ||
 * ====Expressionist==== || ====Communication app with feelings, questions, requests, actions, health, senses, and common phrases categories.==== ||
 * ====Faces I Make==== || ====Makes faces with toys and food for eyes, nose and mouth, but no real body parts. All lessons require internet.==== ||
 * ====Finger Piano==== || ====Piano Keyboard.==== ||
 * ====First Then==== || ====Can use to create a schedule. They have stock images you can use.==== ||
 * ====Fit It!==== || ====This is a puzzle game where the students have to fit the pieces into larger shapes. It starts at an easy level of dragging one piece across.==== ||
 * ====Flashcards==== || ====Requires Internet.==== ||
 * ====Frac Factory==== || ====Game for fractions. Place fractions in their correct position on a number line.==== ||
 * ====Freddy Fraction==== || ====Game using fractions, decimals, and percentages.==== ||
 * ====Free Map==== || ====Maps of the world.==== ||
 * ====Frog Dissection==== || ====Dissect a frog.==== ||
 * ====Glow Colouring==== || ====No pictures. Just draw and colour in and make glow.==== ||
 * ====Glow Doodle==== || ====Like Drawing Doodle. Can draw and then make their pictures glow.==== ||
 * ====Good Reader==== || ====File manager.==== ||
 * ====Google==== || ====Mobile app that requires Internet. Same as desktop version.==== ||
 * ====Google Earth==== || ====Same as desktop version. Requires Internet==== ||
 * ====Graphbook==== || ====Move and rotate and zoom and change colours of items.==== ||
 * ====Groove Maker==== || ====Song mixing app.==== ||
 * ====G Whiz MLA==== || ====Need to register online to write stories.==== ||
 * ====IBird==== || ====Shows pictures of birds, gives you the bird’s song and info on it.==== ||
 * ====IBraille==== || ====Do English to Braille or Braille to English==== ||
 * ====IBooks==== || ====Download free books. One book that I recommend to download for free is the IPad User Guide.==== ||
 * ====ICanada==== || ====All purpose Canadian reference to travel, government, history, and news. Requires Internet==== ||
 * ====IComm==== || ====Picture and voice communication aid for children. Can add your own photos.==== ||
 * ====ICommunicate==== || ====Has a variety of pictures and you can make story boards and it will say what it is. Need a microphone for custom audio.==== ||
 * ====IConverse==== || ====Has some simple pictures but can edit and add buttons.==== ||
 * ====Ideas Boards==== || ====Select type of board to draw on….whiteboard, chalkboard, etc. and make shapes, write, etc.==== ||
 * ====IFish Pond==== || ====Fishing game with nice graphics.==== ||
 * ====IMindMap==== || ====Graphic organizer.==== ||
 * ====Inkling==== || ====Need to make a profile to log on. Book reader.==== ||
 * ====In A World Comedy==== || ====Can make your own movie trailers.==== ||
 * ====In A World Drama==== || ====Can make your own movie trailers.==== ||
 * ====IRespond Pro==== || ====Can distribute tests to devices connected to a class session via Wi-Fi.==== ||
 * ====IReward==== || ====A reward program that provides a picture of the reward and from one to twenty stars that have to be filled in to get the reward.==== ||
 * ====IReward Chart Lite==== || ====Charts to show rewards for different activities. Can have different students and collects data.==== ||
 * ====ISeismo==== || ====Responds to movement like a seismograph.==== ||
 * ====ISign Lite==== || ====Signing app.==== ||
 * ====I Speech==== || ====Great app for ideas for articulation==== ||
 * ====I Talk==== || ====Voice recorder.==== ||
 * ====Itsy Bitsy Spider HD==== || ====Interactive game.==== ||
 * ====IWrite Words Lite==== || ====Favourite printing program. Allows student to trace upper and lower case letters.==== ||
 * ====Jam HD==== || ====Difficult traffic game.==== ||
 * ====Jibbigo==== || ====Personal interpreter for different languages.==== ||
 * ====Journey==== || ====Book from the “Guardians of Ga’Hoole”. Audio book with no visuals.==== ||
 * ====Just Fractions==== || ====Give you fraction problems to solve with step by step solutions.==== ||
 * ====Juxtaposer==== || ====Lets you combine multiple pictures into fun photos.==== ||
 * ====Kidcalc Free==== || ====Kid’s calculator==== ||
 * ====Key Note==== || ====Creates slide show presentations.==== ||
 * ====Learn Time Lite==== || ====Allows the student to move the hands of the clock.==== ||
 * ====Learn to Talk Sampler==== || ====Audio flashcards.==== ||
 * ====Long Division==== || ====Used to teach and study long division method.==== ||
 * ====Lunchbox==== || ====Monkey with a preschool lunch box. A counting game that counts it for you as you touch the items. Colour word to match to items. Good for following directions.==== ||
 * ====Magic Piano==== || ====Piano keyboard.==== ||
 * ====Make Change==== || ====Making change with American money.==== ||
 * ====Matching Deluxe==== || ====Memory game.==== ||
 * ====Match Magic==== || ====Student gets to match pictures. You can do shapes, numbers, and counting.==== ||
 * ====Math Board Addition==== || ====Adding numbers.==== ||
 * ====Math Magic==== || ====Adding, subtracting, and multiplying using games.==== ||
 * ====Mini Piano==== || ====Piano keyboard.==== ||
 * ====Mobile Mouse==== || ====Turns the IPad into a wireless remote and trackpad for your computer.==== ||
 * ====Mobile Studio==== || ====File manager.==== ||
 * ====Moon Globe==== || ====Virtual globe of the moon.==== ||
 * ====My Guitar==== || ====Learn to play the guitar with only 4 chords.==== ||
 * ====My Homework==== || ====Allows you to keep track of homework, classes, projects, and tests.==== ||
 * ====My Talk Mobile==== || ====Can choose pictures or create your own to touch and use for expressive language.==== ||
 * ====NASA==== || ====Images from NASA.==== ||
 * ====Notes and More==== || ====A note taking system with folders.==== ||
 * ====NRM Communications==== || ====Connects to radio stations.==== ||
 * ====Online Safety==== || ====Garfield comic book about online safety==== ||
 * ====Oregon Trail==== || ====Online game.==== ||
 * ====Pages==== || ====Word processor for Mac.==== ||
 * ====Patchwork Notes==== || ====Note taking and organizing==== ||
 * ====Photopad==== || ====Puts photos into albums and edits photos.==== ||
 * ====Photospeak==== || ====Takes still photos and transforms then into an animated 3D version and repeats back what you say.==== ||
 * ====Piggy HD Math==== || ====Count by 1s and 2s, number position, connect words and numerals, add and subtract.==== ||
 * ====Pixter==== || ====App for playing with photos.==== ||
 * ====Planets==== || ====Shows you the constellations, planets, and moons.==== ||
 * ====ProLoQuo2Go==== || ====Communication app.==== ||
 * ====PS Express==== || ====This allows you to edit, import photos and organize them.==== ||
 * ====Random Haiku==== || ====A haiku generator.==== ||
 * ====Science VL==== || ====Dictionary and lesson provided on website.==== ||
 * ====SciFI Stories Lite==== || ====SciFi stories in text only.==== ||
 * ====Scripts Pro==== || ====Write your own scripts.==== ||
 * ====Scrabble==== || ====Game==== ||
 * ====Shakespeare==== || ====All his books for reading.==== ||
 * ====Shapebuilder Lite==== || ====For ages 21/2 to 6. Put shapes together in a puzzle.==== ||
 * ====Showcase==== || ====Mobile journalism.==== ||
 * ====Simple Mind X==== || ====Graphic organizer.==== ||
 * ====Sign 4 Me==== || ====Signing avatar – 3D signing.==== ||
 * ====Simon Says==== || ====Memory game with colours and notes.==== ||
 * ====Sketch Nation==== || ====Helps you create your own online games.==== ||
 * ====SkyORB 3D==== || ====Star map, 3D planetarium, etc.==== ||
 * ====Speak It==== || ====Text to speech software.==== ||
 * ====SplitScreen==== || ====Lets you do two things at once.==== ||
 * ====Stanza==== || ====Read books on your device.==== ||
 * ====Stars==== || ====Displays constelaltions.==== ||
 * ====Story Kit==== || ====Create an electronic storybook.==== ||
 * ====Stories 2 Learn==== || ====Create personalized stories using photos, text, and audio.==== ||
 * ====Strip Designer==== || ====Create personal comic books.==== ||
 * ====Talk 2 Me==== || ====Social networking.==== ||
 * ====Talking Tom==== || ====Repeats back what you say in a funny voice.==== ||
 * ====Tap to Talk==== || ====Provides some photos but requires a subscription to customize and expand.==== ||
 * ====Tell Tale Heart==== || ====Book==== ||
 * ====Time Timer==== || ====Visual timer==== ||
 * ====Tonepad==== || ====Easy, soothing music by tapping fingers on the screen.==== ||
 * ====TypeDrawing==== || ====Use to create typography art and unique watermarks.==== ||
 * ====Video Science==== || ====Science class experiments.==== ||
 * ====Virtual Villagers==== || ====Book==== ||
 * ====Vocaballistic==== || ====High level dictionary for learning words.==== ||
 * ====Whiteboard==== || ====Free drawing space.==== ||
 * ====Wide Noise==== || ====Tells you the decibel level in the classroom.==== ||
 * ====Wikipanion==== || ====Access to Wikipedia.==== ||
 * ====Words==== || ====Helps you create scrabble words.==== ||
 * ====Zentap==== || ====Helps you write easier and faster on the phone or pad.==== ||
 * ====Zentap==== || ====Helps you write easier and faster on the phone or pad.==== ||

Top Five Apps as Recommended by Grade One English

 * ====__Ap Name__==== || ====__Description__==== ||
 * ====Teach Me First Grade==== || ====A fun way to learn first grade subjects: addition, subtraction, sight words, spelling. You can customize your player by adding your picture and name. There is a progress tracking page to view what level each student has completed.==== ||
 * ====Magnetic ABCs==== || ====Allows students to drag “magnetic” letters to create words.==== ||
 * ====Math Party==== || ====Students put numbers in order from least to greatest.==== ||
 * ====Seasons==== || ====Available in English, Spanish and French. Covers the concepts of weather conditions, appropriate clothing to wear and seasonal activities.==== ||
 * ====Color Mixa==== || ====Students mix primary colors and black and white to create secondary colors and different shades.==== ||

Top SIX Apps as Recommended by Grade One French

 * ====Flash to Pass==== || ====Timed math facts. Students must complete the whole set. Can choose from four operations and difficulty level. Will not give another question until correct answer is given.==== ||
 * ====eFlash French Cards==== || ====Multiple sets of French flash cards, by category. The word is said, the students were expected to repeat it.==== ||
 * ====Number Math==== || ====Before, after, ordering, greater, & least.==== ||
 * ====Number Fun==== || ====Ordering numbers, patterning, challenges.==== ||
 * ====Color Mixa==== || ====Students mix primary colors and black and white to create secondary colors and different shades.==== ||
 * AB Math || Bubbles Game: Ordering numbers ||

12. Other unexpected findings from your project
==== Gr. 1 French: Math concepts: addition and subtraction, #before, after, between, and ordering numbers. Students quickly grasped this concept as opposed to previous years where students had a very difficult time with these concepts. ==== ==== Science concept: Using the colour app, students were able to mix primary colours, but went even further on making various colour mixtures including hues. They felt ownership in their creations and were excited to share their experiments with their peers. ==== ====Gr. 1 English: We agree with the findings of the French Immersion teachers. The students would try new concepts with no anxiety or frustation. We found that it greatly improved their understanding (from previous years) such as adding, subtraction, ordering numbers, etc. We found the students were very motivated by being able to check their progress or earning rewards on certain apps. For example, Teach me Grade One, Rocket Math and Smiley Sight Words====