App-tober KickOff
This post is a springboard for our first App-tober Session: Apps are being created by what seems like the second. This can be a very overwhelming arena. Teachers are asking themselves: What are the...
View ArticleApp-tober #4: Where to Look for Advice
Tomorrow, I am going to attend a webinar sponsored by BrainPOP: The App-solute Best Advice with Mike Amante Overwhelmed by lists describing “the best” educational apps for iOS? Need advice and guidance...
View ArticleTellagami – Share a Short Story, Fact or PSA
Tellagami came across my radar again last week. And the timing was right. I had a few minutes to download the app on our iPod Touches and within a minute I had created an avatar that appeared to be...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship: Shouldn’t It Begin in Preschool?
I subscribe to a parenting website and receive weekly email alerts about developmental milestones and topics relevant to my child’s age. Recently, I read a post: Your 3 3/4-year-old: Computer Ready?...
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 ArticleSAMR Model
Are you using technology or integrating technology? There is a difference. The SAMR Model is a good way to think about the answer to this question. I don’t want to pass judgement on practices as each...
View ArticleShow (and Tell) What You Know Apps
These are the 3 apps on our iPad Minis that I wanted to highlight at the 10/8/13 faculty meeting: Pic Collage - Biography Example Pic Play Post – Simple Machine Example ScreenChomp – Math – Estimation...
View ArticleSocrative – A Student Response System
At the Boston iPad Summit, one of the apps that I kept hearing about was Socrative, a student response system. While I (now) am subscribing to the philosophy of investing in a few great, universal apps...
View ArticleDigital Learning PD – Meeting Teachers’& Students’ Needs
Today at Abbot, we had the opportunity to address specific student learning objectives in three 90 minute sessions. And it wasn’t even a District PD Day! Instead substitute teachers were hired to come...
View ArticleAnother Tool to Share Research (with a Global View)
Research is complete. Now what? How can students share their new found knowledge? There are many possibilities… Write a report (with Google Docs). Make a presentation (with Google Slides). Create a...
View ArticleApp Recommendations for Mobile Devices
One of the most common questions that I am asked is what apps do I recommend. Of course, this question is not so simple to answer. I like lots of different apps…but all for different reasons… In order...
View ArticleA Learning Station – Is That What Awesome Looks Like?
EdTechTeacher has another great free resource that I came across… an eBook entitled “What Does Awesome Look Like?” This book focuses on iPad activities in the classroom. Therefore, for those who are...
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Here’s the Spark You May Have Been Looking For!
A month ago, I watched a great SimpleK12 video, “Creation Tools for Web Browsers: Projects for Students on Chromebooks” presented by Monica Burns. One of the tools mentioned was Adobe Spark. At the...
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Students as Creators – Collages of Learning & Discovery
Last week, I ran a hands-on workshop for K-2 teachers in my school district. I do not work directly with these teachers, but I did my best to give them ideas of how to think about how students could be...
View ArticleReflection on Managing a Station or Center
I have been assisting in a grade 3 classroom every Friday for the past month. My job: train students how to go through the steps of an iPad math creation station. The goals: 1) the current math student...
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Hour of Code Event
On December 7, each grade level of our school spent an hour coding. Why did we take time out of our jam packed curriculum to gather in the cafeteria and go through tutorials? Because we can’t have our...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 Reflection
I am taking an educational technology course as a part of my CAGS program. An assignment that I had to complete was a reflection on some Web 2.0 tools. I thought I would share my thoughts here. As...
View ArticlePrivacy – How Do My Favorite Apps Hold Up?
I will begin with a disclaimer. I took a year off from this blog. I changed my position and school, and finished a CAGS program over the course of this time. Honestly, the blog felt like too much. I...
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