An iPod Touch for Every Student
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An iPod Touch for Every Student: Lessons Learned from Elementary Classrooms Devin Vodicka, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Leslie Harden, Principal, Calavera Hills Elementary Kelly Large, 4 th Grade Teacher Sally Estep, 5 th Grade Teacher
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Presented at Lead 3.0 in April 2011. Co-presented by Leslie Harden, Sally Estep, Kally Large.
Transcript of An iPod Touch for Every Student
An iPod Touch for Every Student: Lessons Learned from Elementary Classrooms
Devin Vodicka, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Leslie Harden, Principal, Calavera Hills Elementary
Kelly Large, 4th Grade TeacherSally Estep, 5th Grade Teacher
District Lens
http://horizon.wiki.nmc.org/2011+Short+List
Theory of Change
District Lens
Right School http://ches.schoolloop.com/
Right Outcomehttp://www.nctimes.com/news/local/carlsbad/article_63b4b9e4-03f8-501e-a807-3420219891e4.html
District Lens
A little bit about Calavera Hills Elementary:
SizeSubgroupsAPIAYPhttp://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2
010GrthSchDem.aspx?allcds=37-73551-6120711
Site Principal Lens
What is currently in place:Intervention support- literacy tutors
all grades in math and reading RtICollaborative support model for
SpEdTechnology- SMARTablets
Site Principal Lens
How the conversation began:Bubble for PI Meeting the needs of struggling
learnersConversations around active
learning and student engagementCUE conference iTouch labs
Site Principal Lens
Site Principal LensThe logistics of
the labs: Teacher
selectionFundingManagement of
labTraining- visits
to other districts and schools, Apple staff
Pilot Teacher ProfileInnovative Flexible Problem Solver Willing to seek outside resources for training Well organized Understands and embraces differentiated
instruction Self starter and team player Views technology as a tool to support
instruction
Pilot Teacher Lens
Benefits of iPods to Support Instruction:Student engagement and motivation to practice
skills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDE8hCVFxv
U&feature=emailOpportunities for both remedial and advanced
student-centered learning Allows teachers time to pull small groups while
students are focused on ipod academic practice Encourages student responsibility and allows for
successful, no matter what their current performance level may be
Pilot Teacher Lens
Benefits of iPods to Support Instruction:Curriculum and novels often available on
audio cds or as downloads from iTunes to support struggling to advanced readers who would like to read beyond their current independent level, auido should be paired with the actual text.
Fluency practice: students voice record read alouds, then self-evaluate and rerecord for extra practice
Fluency readings can be sent directly to teacher as a sound file for later review or as a record for fluency improvement over time
Pilot Teacher Lens
Benefits of iPods to Support Instruction:Student blogging used to inspire and
motivate young writers, continue to teaching importance of writing to an audience and following high standards for grammar, spelling and content
Teachers can provide expedient feedback through blogging responses to students' writing
http://ches.schoolloop.com/
Pilot Teacher Lens
Apps (many are free) available to support core content standards
Brain Pop Featured Movie FlasstoPass Free Math Flash
Cards GoDocs for Ipad/iphone Google Earth Ibooks iResponse-Classroom
Responder Lifecards - Postcards Math Bingo Math Play 2 MeeGenius! Children's Book Science Glossary Spell Blocks with SIght
Words Strip Designer TimesTable Lite Amazing Creatures Animoto Videos Are you Smarter than a 5th
Grader Awesome Note Lite (+ Todo) Big Words The Boy Who Cried Wolf Brain Quest Blast Off: Grade
2
Brain Quest Blast Off: Grade 3
Brain Quest Blast Off: Grade 4
Captain Duck by Jez Albourough
Cash Cow Chicktionary Clocks4Kids Comic Touch Comic Touch Lite Dictionary.com Doodle Buddy Edmodo enVisionMath Fariytales - Sleeping Beauty Flash Cards 12x12 FlipShare *Free* Grammar Up GoodReader for Iphone Grammar 1 Grammar Fun Free iAmerica - The Pocket Guide iCard 2010 iChoose iReading - Stories Collection
I iTalk Recorder iTalk Recorder Premium
Keynote Remote Keypoint Kid Apps: 13 in 1 Kids can read - Barney the
Dog The Lion and the Mouse - The Little Red Hen - Kidztory Mad Libs Math Magic 24! Math Races Lite Math Tutor MathPad 4 - Word Problems Monkey Mathy for
iPhone/Ipod Touch Number Line Ocean Animals Guide pocket story - The Boy Giant pocket story - The Smelly
Sprout pocket story - What does
Santa Read Me Stories - Children's
books Sale - Classic Children's
Stories Same Sound Spell Bound ScienceFacts Scramboni Sea Life Videos - Ocean &
Marine
Sentence Builder Shel Silverstien's Animations Shutterfly for iphone Sign Language! SmartJourney Math Grade 3 SonicPics Sproutster StoryBook StoryKit Successfullyl Learning Math TranZen Lite The Three Little Pigs -
Kidztory The Tortoise ANd the Hare -
Kidztory Vocabulary Cartoons Warty the Witch and the
Vanishing Whirly Word (Free) The Wind and the Sun -
Kidztory Write Now Lite wurdle Zentomino Lite 4th - 6th Grade Vocabulary
Pilot Teacher Lens
Apps SuggestionsEscondido Unified School District App Database My 99 Apps 2009-2010Delicious bookmarks of lists of appsat Google ModeratorSortable App List by DisciplineTop 50 Elementary and Secondary AppsApps for Possible Educational UsesLists of iPhone Applications for EducationiPod touch Apps Member SuggestionsEducational Applications
Pilot Teacher Lens
What are the successes?What are some lessons learned?What are critical areas of support
needed?
A Look Back
Devin [email protected]
Leslie Harden [email protected]
Kelly [email protected]
Sally [email protected]
Contact Information
QuestionsCommentsPlay time!
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