Rocket Math

6th grade 5 de Mayo Field Trip

What Would We Do Without You Mrs. Christie

abcya.com Learning activities and games for K to 5th

Look at the link for your grade... and have fun with your students!

http://www.abcya.com/

Another free application for iPads! iBrainstorm

iBrainstorm is a free application for iPad and iPhone. It is an app that allows you to record brainstorming sessions using a combination of free hand drawings and sticky notes. You can share and collaborate with other users of iBrainstorm.
Whatch the video below to see this app in action:

A Kidergarten Teacher in a Public School in Georgia

Great ideas and activities for Kidergarten teachers
Enjoy
http://www.thekinderpolkadotpatch.com/

I did it!

Kindergarten Spring Party

Show Me - Create and Share Lessons on an iPad

This short article is worth to read! ShowMe is still in its primary stages, but as the author sais, it is very promising.
Enjoy,

Show Me - Create and Share Lessons on an iPad

This is a video I made in less than 2 minutes!

Super fun video you or/and your students can make in a few minutes. A creative way to learn and have fun at the same time. Tu create your own search-on video go to http://youtube.com/searchon

Check this out if you are a 1st or 2nd grade teacher!

http://avivadunsiger.blogspot.com/

Primarywall.com - Share notes with your students

Share web based sticky notes with your students! Does not require registration or email address.

Ideas for Classroom Use 

How many facts can you find out about a topic? 

How many ways to calculate a number can you find? 

How many words can you make from a selection of letters? 

If you want to make your own go to http://primarywall.com Try it here:

iPad: App Starter Kit

I am head over heels for this new device! The iPad is obviously an amazing tool, but the endless possibilities can be a bit overwhelming at first. I read somewhere that if you plan to download and try at least 10 new apps a day - just for iPad, it would take you around 18 years to get through every app, assuming no new apps are every created during that time.

Luckily there is another way to browse apps. There are plenty of guides to help you narrow in on the apps that best fit your needs, my favorite is #1 on the list below, along with the official apple guide (link below). Before getting into the educational apps, I would highly suggest downloading a few "starter" apps, just to get an idea of what this groundbreaking technology is really capable of doing.

Here are my suggestions for the basic free apps to download first, along with a few fun and notable apps that any iPad owner should know about (if you are viewing this from your iPad, just click the link to download the app):

1. AppStart for iPad - an app to guide you through the apps. Also comes with a handy iPad 101 lesson.

2. Dropbox - 16G may seem like a lot, but once you load apps, and start actually using this device, you'll want to move your bigger files to a home computer.

3. Google Earth - this app is even more amazing on the iPad!

4. Any of the news apps are a must - NY Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, WSJ, Bloomberg, etc. ABC News is definitely worth looking at just because of the interface. The news is displayed on an interactive globe, and you can play any video story by clicking on the globe.

5. Pandora - the perfect radio. Tanya and I use this all of the time to play music for the kids, its easy to use, and with iPad the commercials are very sparse.

6. Amazon/Kindle Bookstore - iBooks (which comes on your iPad) is wonderfully interactive, but Amazon is way cheaper on some books, and has a much wider selection right now. Both are free.

7. Wunderlist - Free planner app.

8. Evernote - interactive notebad, record audio while typing, add pics/video to notes, sync with any type of computer.

9. Adobe Ideas or Procreate - create digital art, paint/draw/sketch on blank canvas, or on a photo. Procreate is amazing on iPad! And it is only free for a limited time, definitely worth it.

10. Epi - Epicurious interactive cookbook, endless recipes, beautiful photos.

11. Virtuoso - an iPad "piano" with options for sustain, true velocity, touch glow, and even key labels for practicing music. Newer version has ads at the top, old version has no adds but less features.

12. Fotopedia - explore a foreign place via this beautiful photo encyclopedia, you can even bookmark places and "plan a trip." Fotopedia Paris is lovely.

13. Find my iPhone - locates your iPad if lost/stolen. You can also clear all data remotely with this app, and make your iPad/iPhone beep loudly when reported lost/stolen.

14. PS Express - photoshop for iPad. Really neat tool for editing photos.

15. TED - if you haven't downloaded this already, go now!

16. iMovie - $4.99 to edit your videos, and make movies.

All of the apps I've listed are currently FREE (with the exception of iMovie) so dive in! Don't be afraid to download too many apps, you can always delete later. FYI: touch any icon and hold your finger down for two seconds to move/delete/re-arrange apps.

iPad User Guide Here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ipad-user-guide-for-ios-4-3/id423853345?mt=11&v0=CDM-US-DM-P0009217-160176&cp=em-P0009300-160599&sr=em

Post on educational apps coming soon! Get a head start by going here: http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/education.html

Oregon Trail Game & Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?

http://oregontrail.com/hmh/site/oregontrail/home

The other day, Jill reminded me of what a fun game Oregon Trail was for learning about the California Gold Rush. Click on the link to visit the official Oregon Trail website by The Learning Company. There is a brief history, and an arcade with Oregon Trail games.

http://carmensandiego.com/hmh/site/carmen/home/links <----- Another fun game by The Learning Company. There is the basic geography-based Carmen San Diego, and several other variations for math, science, etc.