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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 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. Top Apps. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Top Apps and Beyond

Top Apps and Beyond

Kristi WattersKindergarten Teacher

Center Grove Elementary SchoolGreenwood, Indiana

iPads in a Primary Classroom

Martha AndersenKindergarten Teacher

Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolGreenwood, Indiana

Page 2: Top Apps and Beyond

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. Don’t forget there are more ways to

use the iPad besides just apps

Page 7: Top Apps and Beyond

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.

Page 8: Top Apps and Beyond

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,

Page 10: Top Apps and Beyond

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 don’t always get the extra features.

Page 11: Top Apps and Beyond

QR Code Activity Make sure you have a scanner such as

Best Barcode Scanner or I-nigma on student iPads

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.

Students bring up the scanner on their iPads to scan the code. It will automatically take the student to the website you have entered.