Grades+PK-3

=Grades PK-3=


 * Ideas to share: quizlet; sock puppets; baseballs; smart exchange**
 * Topics to be discuss: ipads; How do I get started?**
 * Questions I have for the group: Best practice**


 * Smartboards**: TV, projector, internet connected all in one. Different text and ink available, able to cut and paste pictures form web site. The gallery has pictures and interactive tools. Split pages makes note taking and examples possible. Everyday math curriculum is linked to the smartboard so pull up any material the students have a hard copy of. Games for fact practice are accessible through the smartboard.


 * Tennis balls and baseballs** work as a pen to write on the smartboard. Ball is cleaner and eliminates double contact with the board. The toolbar can be moved to the bottom. You can hide what the smartboard says and projects by turning off the screen. You can also use the "screen" drop down on the smartboard.


 * Quizlet**: Not all kids like flashcards. Go to quizlet.com - create a username with an email address. You can make flashcards- create a title and subject. You can publish for everyone on quizlet or just you. Caution- quizlet can be accessible to students if they have their own username and password. Type in term and definition- more can be added. Click "create set." You can add pictures to the index cards- and there is the option to learn or test - also you can play games. Creates multiple choice and matching questions as well. Scatter is a game you can play. It shuffles index cards and you drag the index card to the definition. After you make a correct match the card disappears. Space race is another game where you type in the correct definition under the picture as it scrolls past the screen. The challenge is to write the definition before it passes through. Audio is now accessible - also accessible through the smartboard (limited audio of letters and numbers). You can print out the flashcards- prints next to definition so when you cut them out you can fold it back or glue it back to back. You can search through quizlet to find flashcards someone else has made. If you save under a group - others you choose can get into what you save. More than one person can log on at the same time. "Test" option is for the benefit of the student- can not get scores.


 * Sock puppets:** Ipad application (free). You can produce a skit- pick characters and backgrounds for the play. There are prop options to include in the background to animate. You can move and alter the size of the puppets. Touch the character and record what you want that character to say. You can connect ipad to smartboard to project.

Roby the robot is similar: The kids can type in what they want him to say to connect written words with oral language.


 * sMART exchange:** Accessible on the internet. Choose topic, subject, and grade. Can preview at home since you don't have a smartboard at home. Search "folk tales and fables" for 3rd grade. Once you get to school you can download it to your computer and save.

State of the Week - 3rd grade assignment that has been transformed from posters to keynote or powerpoint presentations.

Ipad apps are great for tutoring. Word building, rhyming, fact practice, number sequencing, remembering patterns or numbers in order. Difficult to include everyone with smartboard and ipad. Children are not as skilled - takes time.

Static guard will remove permanent marker from anything!

Other schools experience with technology: A few computer in each room and a small lab. Takes a long time for the kids to log on. Internet access is limited for the children.

Passwords and usernames can be stored in a word document and kids can copy paste instead of trying to type in name and password or websites.

Teacher websites help parents know due dates and important information (housekeeping or classroom documents). You can store links on website so kids can click on it instead of endless searching.

Nettrekker and Atomic learning: Atomic learning has tutorials about software programs like brainpop. Nettrekker searches just educational websites - search engine like google. You can save your searches and the students can only visit those sites. Nettrekker - famous person search for biographies. Teachers rate these sites so the search is reliable. (Paid subscription).

World book and brainpop are great websites.


 * Addendum:**
 * If anyone missed an idea that was presented in Molly's presentation about China and Technology, most of what she spoke about is on her school website, which is:** []