Ipads+-+Kindergarten+-+St.+Pat's

= How do we know we have been successful? =

=** 1. Imovie video **= = 2. __#|Students__ have acquired new technology skills that they had not had previously - please see the 21st century list below. =


 * //__ Digital-Age Literacy __//**
 * Basic technological literacies
 * Being able to manipulate technology through story and games. Easy for them to learn how to use a touch screen
 * Learning from each other – how to use the equipment
 * Visual and __#|information__ literacies – games and storybooks and fine motor skills
 * Multicultural literacy – ESL learning the vocabulary


 * //__ Inventive Thinking __//**
 * Adaptability/managing complexity – leveling of language arts and mathematics games as well as higher level thinking games (I have a large __#|number__ of students who are ESL many of the games encourage students to use the vocabulary, for example positional words)
 * Self-direction -
 * Curiosity, creativity, and risk-taking – Ipad lends itself to this type of inquiry, sharing and helping each other
 * Higher-order thinking and sound reasoning – explaining to pairs how to play the game


 * //__ Effective Communication __//**
 * Teaming, collaboration, and interpersonal skills – Our classroom is organized so that 2 students interact on one ipad and it needs to be between them, they are required to take turns and use their voice to communicate
 * Personal, social, and civic responsibility – Established guidelines and routines for the use of ipads. There are structures in place to ensure effective social responsibility in the sharing of the ipad. Students are aware of the personal responsibility of the ipad.
 * Interactive communication -

= 3. Students have learned about digital citizenship =
 * //__ High Productivity & Quality, State-of-the-Art Results __//**
 * Effective use of real-world tools
 * The ability to create relevant, high-quality products – Story building, __#|fine motor skills__, toontastic – students create their own cartoons. Introduced to creating a product.
 * Digital __#|access__
 * Digital literacy
 * Digital etiquette
 * Digital rights and responsibilities

= 4. How has our teaching changed? What practices will you continue? = The ipad has become a daily literacy center for students. Literacy skills have been enhanced through the use of the ipad and smartboard integration. We are using the ipads with students with special need – autism. We are using it to develop fine motor skills, we have used a wrist band to encourage proper arm position and stylus pencil to develop pencil grip. We have incorporated suggestions from OT to enhance skills of those students with fine motor delays. Language arts and math literacy I will continue to use educational apps to enrich student learning and engagement. Develop ESL vocabulary through visual and auditory activities

Centres approach – Assessment practices have changed. Being less reliant on a product and more on the discussion around learning.
 * // Amazing tool with student with special needs. This tool assists them with their learning and communication. The thing I like the best is that this tool does not set a special needs student apart from his peers. All students can use this tool. //**
 * // Provide options for self-regulation – facilitates personal coping skills and strategies - The ipad assists students to achieve IPP goals. For example, one of my students has ADHD/Autism and had difficulty staying on an academic task for 2 – 4 minutes but now with the use of an ipad he is able to attend to various learning outcomes to up to 40 minutes. //**
 * // Provide options for self-regulation – facilitates personal coping skills and strategies. The ipad assists students in ability to communicate with their peers and build their communication conversational skills. For example, verbalizing "my turn, your turn" //**

Stepping stone in Kindergarten to introducing 21st century skills and learning and manipulating technology (scaffolding those skills )

Problem solving apps become more important because the kids learn to fail, take risk, try new strategies and think in a different way.

The ipad provides a collection of visuals for teaching that are at your fingertips.

= 5. What are some best practices? =
 * 1) Language communication
 * 2) Literacy and Math centers
 * 3) Used for the individual needs of gifted, mild-moderate, special program unit funding, ESL and mainstream children
 * 4) Smartboard integration allows for whole class interaction with a book or game – more than individualized or small group interaction with ipad
 * 5) Promotes understanding across languages
 * 6) Offer ways of customizing the display of information
 * 7) Offer alternatives for auditory information
 * 8) Offers alternatives for visual information
 * 9) Clarify vocabulary and symbols
 * 10) Activate or supply background knowledge
 * 11) Provides options for expression and communication – multiple media for communication
 * 12) Expands the students’ knowledge of the world
 * 13) Guides appropriate goal-setting
 * 14) Support planning and strategy development
 * 15) Monitor and capture progress – formative and summative assessment – capturing student learning through pictures and video
 * 16) Provide options for self-regulation – facilitates personal coping skills and strategies
 * 17) Motivator to regulate socially appropriate behaviour
 * 18) Student choice and voice

= 6. How has student achievement improved because of the use of the equipment? =

It has increased their academic learning, fine motor skills, communication. The ipad is a great tool to motivate students to learn. It is another tool to enhance the development of their skills. There is diversity of apps to tap into many areas to increase students skills. This is a multi-functional device (ie Math app game – multi-leveled from number recognition to number operations, higher level skills, fine motor incorporated in one app) to develop skills and that is not readily available in other tools. A tool that can be used for any academic level performance(gifted to special needs).

= 7. Listing what I have learned and what were some of the challenges = = What I have learned = = Challenges =
 * Students as peer teachers – beneficial for different student abilities to interact with one another. The ipad is the equalizer.
 * Tool with a variety of skills – enhance student skills at any level
 * Learned how to use the ipad as individual and small groups
 * Learned how to use the ipad with the SMARTboard
 * Free apps or lite apps don’t let students proceed to the highest level.
 * Bought apps allow for students to record their individual performance which would be beneficial for student achievement.
 * Finding appropriate apps and filtering through apps is time consuming because you want quality apps for the students
 * Trying to find free apps that do the same thing as the bought apps
 * Confidentially because the ipads are shared with other students and with the division.
 * Time to play with the apps and know how to play them

= 8. What was your personal growth as a learner? = I am better at using an ipad, apple products, and problem solving. I am able to use the mechanics of the ipad and I am still learning. I would like to learn to more about how to assess and record using the ipad to share with parents.

= 9. What are some tips for next time users? = = = = 10. 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) =
 * List of notable apps for primary or elementary – division folder - Grade level and subject areas
 * More than 1 ipad in each room
 * Find time to explore
 * Headphones or adapters for more than one listener would be beneficial to accompany
 * imovie – 3D presentation, St. Patrick’s staff, Pre-K and K presentations

= 11. Sample lessons - share 2 lessons that you taught using the equipment (short form – objective of the lesson, brief description of the activity, how did you assess it, and reflection on how the students responded) =

Mercer Mayer – I was so mad interactive book – ipad then projected onto the SMARTboard Large group activity Read the story together and have students through prompts and questioning the above outcomes. Student interaction with the SMARTboard and ipad Student participation Observations of above student outcomes – formative assessment High motivator and engaging activity – low teachable moment
 * Grade: K **
 * Subject area: Integrated Language Arts and Mathematics **
 * Outcomes: Students will… **
 * listen
 * count orally
 * read basic sight words
 * tracking the text - text is highlighted as they read the story
 * identify initial sounds
 * identify tricky words
 * interactive story – identify letters, sounds and words
 * number comparisons
 * recognize the variety of fonts
 * looking for details
 * story sequence
 * cause and effect
 * story setting
 * predict
 * sentence patterns repetition
 * Lesson Activities: **
 * Lesson Activities: **
 * Student Assessment: **

= 12. Websites, tools, or apps that you used with your students =
 * Spelling Magic,
 * Reading Magic – different parts to the apps
 * Sentence Magic
 * Number Magic
 * Math bug
 * Connectdots – letters and numbers
 * I learn with the seasons
 * Talking Tom or Pierre
 * Super Duper fun decks
 * Story books Monster at the end of this book,
 * Oceanhouse Media Story books - Dr. Seuss, Mercer Mayer, Bernstein bears, five little monkeys
 * Spelling Magic – 1, 2,3
 * ABC Magic
 * Glow art
 * ABC print
 * Number print
 * Big numbers
 * Art of glow
 * Glow coloring
 * Whiteboard – has a save feature

= 13. Other unexpected findings from your project =
 * Apps that have multi-purpose
 * Apps that target your curriculum goals
 * Verbal communication – peer teaching that naturally occurs - observational moment

= 14. Final thoughts about your project. = It has been a huge learning curve for me personally and enriching my teaching.

= 15. Would you recommend to use this equipment? = Definitely!!!