iPad, mePad, wePadJamie Stoeckly, Grade 4 Teacher

Laura Veglahn, Grade 4 and 5 Reading SpecialistSparta Area School District

jstoeckly@spartan.orglveglahn@spartan.org

Our goal for today Share about our experiences with iPads for 1:1, small group, and large group

settings

Inspire you to download some apps

Encourage you to maximize learning when an iPad is at your disposal

Soak up bandwidth

Provide ideas for practical uses you can use tomorrow

Reading with iPads is…

At our disposal:

30 1:1 iPads25 Title 1 Reading iPads5 Small Group Single Classroom iPads2 MacBooks2 Bentford Syncing CartsWi-FiEager Students, Supportive Parents, and Accommodating Administration

Timeline for Implementation Spring 2011- Graciously accept opportunity to implement iPads in our classrooms

Summer 2011- Attend iPad workshop, play with iPads, evaluate apps, dream about how we can use them with students

August 2011- Set up cart, register iPads, meet with parents at open house

September 2011- distribute iPads to 1:1 students, generate liability policy for 1:1 students, train students and model appropriate use

October 2011- meet with parents, sign agreement, 1:1 students take them home

November-present- continue to change in response to our learners’ needs, continue to meet with district iPad User Group, plan for next year

5th Grader, Alex

“iPads help me get closer to technology.”

Comprehension APPS

L-A-Z Reader

Minimod Reading for Inferences

Minimod Reading for Details

Minimod Basic Cloze Practice

Comprehension APPS

BASIC CLOZE (MINIMOD)

Comprehension APPS

INFERENCES (MINIMOD)

Comprehension APPS

VOCABULARY (MINIMOD)

Comprehension APPS

DETAILS (MINIMOD)

Comprehension APPS

L-A-Z READERS

5th Grader, Brennon

“iPads display the writing in colorful ways; therefore, letting me see it better.”

WORD GAMES Words With Friends

Word Bingo

Word Solitaire HD

iAlphabet

Chicktionary

Mad Libs

Mini Word

Word Bird

WORD GAMES

4th Grader, Katelyn

“Kids my age should use iPads along with reading because they can have fun, but

still be learning at the same time.”

Reading Meets Writing iDiary

Notability (notetaking)

iBrainstorm (prewriting, sequencing)

Idea Sketch (organizing, prewriting, sequencing)

iDiary

Notability

5th Grader, Sean

“I enjoy using iPads in Reading because I personally can never get my hands on this technology at home. iPads also make me

want to come to small group faster.”

Figurative Language and Vocabulary Building

•Animal Similes•Idiom in Use•RhymeFree

4th Grader, Nate

“I enjoy using iPads in Reading because it makes learning fun and we are still

working while using them.”

Building Fluency

Fluency App

Building Fluency

iTalk

5th Grader, Wyatt

“I have made videos for vocabulary. Another thing that it is easy for me to

search information connected to what we are reading.”

Building Background Knowledge iMovie

eClicker

BrainPop

iBooks

News Sources (CNN, Pulse, Discovery News)

Google Earth

Podcasts (iTunes U)

5th Grader, Alexis

“Kids pay closer attention with the iPads rather than with paper.”

Apps We Would Not Teach Without iMovie

Notability

Dropbox

eClicker

BrainPop

iBooks

Green Bay Packers

eClicker

Dropbox

iMovie