Tool 10

1. Discuss some of the free educational apps you reviewed.

I checked out "ABC Phonics Animals Free Lite -Talking & Spelling Alphabet Flashcards." It's an interactive way of using flashcards and pictures to help children learn spelling, letters and sounds.

I also looked at "ABA Flash Cards - Alphabet By Kindergarten.com."

2. Discuss ways your students could use the iTouch or iPad and appropriate apps in your class.
These tools can be used for great resources in the classroom. They can be used in small and whole group, in literacy and math stations, and even for research projects.

Tool 9

Discuss how the screencast could help your students and how you might have students use Jing.
Jing is a good tool for young learners because it allows you to add visuals.


2. Discuss how you might use Skype with your students and share across the district, the state, the nation, or the world!
I would like to use it to get in touch with another Kinder class and maybe we could be "Skype Penpals." I would think Skype could be used for parent conferences, tutoring, professional development, presentations, research projects, and so much more!

Tool #7

Creating this video was very time consuming, confusing and frustrated me. I don't even know if it will play, because it has to be an mp4 file, and I have had difficulty trying to do that. I cannot spend any more time on this and have to move on.

Tool 8: Parts Of A Plant We Can Eat

tool 6

Wikis will be useful in coordinating events with team or school. I suppose we could use them to share ideas or make lists with other classrooms.

Tool 5

I investigated a couple of sites for classroom ideas and for gardening.
Social bookmarking will be useful for me to use as a teacher so that I can interact and share ideas.

http://www.diigo.com word work for classroom
http://delicious.com for gardening

Tool 4

I created a graphing activity to go along with a math lesson for my students and on google reader I explored pages.