Mindy Witt J.E. Moss Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten

Spring 2012

iPad

History

• Talk began in 1983.

• iPhone came out and they put iPad on the backburner.

• iPad1 was introduced Jan 27, 2012 by Apple CEO, Steve Jobs

• iPad 1 (April 3, 2010)

• iPad 2 (March 2011)

• iPad 3 (March 2012)

History

Newton’s Message Pad-1993

iPhone-2007

iPad-2010

Important Features

• An iPad tablet inspires creativity and hands-on learning with features you won’t find in any other educational tool.

• Applications from the App store allows student to engage in interactive content in interactive ways, find information instantly, access an entire library wherever they go on a device that students really want to use.

• It is used as a portable platform that can be used to play games, surf the internet, take pictures and or videos, watch or listen to audio-visuals such as books, utube videos, music, and movies. (www.apple.com)

Teaching Ideas

• E-reader (whole group or small group)

• Watch video clips

• Interactive Lessons

– Apps

• Dora’s Skywriting ABC’s

• ABC Wildlife

• Toddler Flashcards

• Shape O ABC’s

• Count and Catch

Sound Cards

Mandated sound cards from Metro Nashville Public Schools. I use these during my daily early language arts warm-up.

Lesson

Application I used to aid in alphabet retention.

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Application I used to aid in alphabet retention.

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Students raising their hand to come up to the iPad. Notice the girl with the stressed look…..

Lesson

Students had to help the airplane trace the letter while making the letter sound.

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Students had to help the airplane trace the letter while making the letter sound.

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Students had to help the airplane trace the letter while making the letter sound.

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Students had to guess what the mystery object is and then slide the letter acorns into the black acorns to display the mystery picture.

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Students had to guess what the mystery object is and then slide the letter acorns into the black acorns to display the mystery picture.

Resource Websites

• http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/the-apple-tablet-a-complete-history-supposedly/

• http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/

• http://news.cnet.com/2009-1041-6054524.html

• http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/news-brief/illustrated-history-apples-products-and-executives

• http://www.iste.org/connect/iste-connects/blog-detail/11-05-02/Educational_iPad_Apps_for_Preschoolers.aspx