iPads in the Elementary Classroom

Erika Herrera - eherrera@ahisd.netMaria Garcia-Rios - mgarcia@ahisd.net

Ruth Jungman - ruthj@ahisd.net

Alamo Heights ISD

http://tinyurl.com/elemipad

iPad Pilot Project2 classrooms

10 iPads shared on alternate daysTeachers applied to participate

Why do you wish to participate?

Examples of technology integration.

Attend summer professional development.

Assess project / share lessons

Project Study:

3rd grade Spanish immersion3rd grade regular ed

Classroom management

poll4.com

•Charging•Sharing•Synching

Teaching Examples

• Online Sites - IXL Math / ThinkCentral (any site that doesn’t use Flash)

• Research - acquire information from online sources (Nettrekker, World Book Online) - Safari / Notes

Teaching Examples

• Creating math problems- Doodle Buddy, ComicTouch, Keynote, and Popplet apps

• Increase reading fluency using Voice Memos or QuickVoice apps

Fun for the young

Sequencing with FlipIt

Any cycle (e.g., erosion)

Kinder examples: life cycle of butterfly or flower

Postcards with

PhotoCard Lite

Number Walk- Students were asked to create examples of standard and expanded form

Apps: Notes, Pages, DoodleBuddy

For young students - books, phonics and basic math apps

Using Google Apps

• Family History

• Letters to Santa

Recorded slideshows with SonicPics

Collect images onlinewith Camera Connectiondrawn in apps like Draw & DoodleBuddyProScope

Add to storyline and record audio

List of apps we use

Math ScienceSocial

StudiesReading

Writing

FractionsPizza Math

PoppletFind Sums

Find MultiplesFlipItNotes

Voice MemosComic Touch

PlanetsiLearn Solar System Lite

FlipItNotes

WeatherVoice memos

FlipItVoice Memos

SafariStoryKit

This Day in History

Atlas of the World

Voice MemosQuickVoice

FlipItNotesSafari

NotesKeynote

FlipItComic Touch

StoryKit

How-to’s

• Web clippings

• pdf’s into iBooks

• eBooks with http://www.epubbud.com

• folders

See website - http://tinyurl.com/elemipad