February+Journal

= = Kids Book Report

Kids Book Report is an app that allows students to type a book report that they can print and send by email.



Click on the Goosebumps pdf file to see a student example

=Poetry Magnets = Students worked in groups of 3 to build a poem on Poetry Magnets. They drag single words from the bottom of the screen to create a poem. You can also create your own words. The first time I had the students use this, I didn't give them a limit to words they could create and I realized right away that was a mistake. They were showing me their finished poems and they had actually typed whole sentences instead of using the word lists from the apps. So I had them start again, with a limit of 5 created words on their own. I was very impressed with their poems. We saved the poems to the photo gallery and then the students were able to put a copy into their writing blog.





=Doodle Buddy and Show Me =

In Math we are learning about multiplication, division, fact families and arrays. Using Doodle Buddies, students created an array with the stampers. They save the picture to the photo gallery. Then using Show Me, recorded a lesson about their array and fact family.



Doodle Buddy student example of an array



Student Show Me examples

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===To find a missing factor, students used doodle buddy and the pegboard background to create a rectangle. They copied their shape into Show Me and demonstrated how to find the missing factor. === media type="custom" key="13046330"

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= = = =iMovie (week 2) = 

====Week 2 of iMovie and after many takes, we have ourselves a newscast. The kids had a fun time with all the takes we had to make! We laughed and laughed! We used an iPad with a teleprompter app and as you can see from the video, we need to work on positioning the iPad better so we actually have eye contact with the camera. I used only 4 reporters this week and I think I had them write and report too much. I typed all the reports myself on the teleprompter which took a lot of time. Next week I am going to use 6 reporters and shorter news stories for each. I am going to have them to sit at a desk next week to report and maybe have the teleprompter right in front of them on the desk. So stay tuned for week 3! ====

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=iMovie (week 3) =

==Week 3 had the news reporters holding the iPad with the teleprompter app right in front of them. That way they could pause and restart the teleprompter if needed. I had the students type on the teleprompter this week too and they did just fine! They can change the speed of the teleprompter to their liking and have different background colors. The favorite color so far is a green background with yellow typing (Go Packers!). The reports were shorter and I used the SmartBoard notebook to bring up pictures and examples in the background. A student actually managed this part from my computer as I recorded on iMovie. I really like iMovie as I can stop in between news reporters and save that portion. Then I can start with the next reporter and do the same thing. If we need to switch the background on the SmartBoard to a web site, I can pause and wait for that to come up as well. Next week I will be working on getting the sound better by using an iPad microphone. I may even have the students record next week as I want them to be able to do this all independently!== media type="youtube" key="vh4glpEyBz8" height="315" width="560"

My Measurement and Dimensions == This app is a free app that worked great for perimeter and area. Students took a picture of an object in the room, measured the sides of the object with their ruler, and then entered the measurements on the iPad. We do need to work on adding labels such as inches or centimeters, however! ==







To extend the lesson, students could use Educreations or Show Me to share their perimeter findings with the rest of the class.
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= iMovie (week 4) = This week the students took over the background on the Smart Board notebook. They did a such a great job and it freed me up to edit the students' news reports and answer questions. Now next week they will be able to teach others to use the Smart Board notebook. I used a microphone, the one that is on the Apple ear buds (you can actually see them in some of the video) and the volume is a lot better. Our technology coordinator is going to get me an extension for the microphone so hopefully next week I don't have to be so close to the students to pick up sound. This affects the lighting and at times the video is dark. I am also chopping off heads, so being able to back up will be beneficial. I will probably have a student next week try the recording. Most of the students today choose to work in partners and I really liked how they worked so well cooperatively, writing the report and typing it on the iPad teleprompter.

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=Bill Atkinson PhotoCard =

This is a great app for making postcards to send via email to someone. I had the students pick a place they would like to visit someday. They then researched the area. Using this app, the students wrote a postcard to someone as if they were really in that place. We were working on word choice so the students used many describing words to explain what they were doing in their location. We were also able to put these into their blogs. I will be having them use this app again to recommend a book to someone.





=Scribble Press =



We are following the Decorah, Iowa Bald Eagles. Using Scribble Press and working in groups, students are creating a journal on the Bald Eagles. Students take screen shoots on the iPad of live shots from the eagle website ([|Decorah Bald Eagles]). Then using the photo app that is on the iPad, the students crop the photo and put it into pages on Scribble Press. They are describing the nest, the weather, the area where the nest is located, what the eagles are doing, the food that is brought into the nest, and many other details. We are anxiously awaiting the first egg being laid. These are examples of the first page of the journal. As you can see, students can write directly on the page, highlighting what they would like to show you.



Students are also researching Bald Eagles and using the Notes app on the iPad to write facts about the eagles. We will be using another app to organize our ideas once we are done researching.



Tools for Students



Tools for students is a graphic organizer app. Some of the graphic organizers are main idea/detail, problem/solution, story mapping, compare/contrast, word meanings, timeline, and summarizing. One way I used this app was in Social Studies before we started a unit on Agriculture. I assigned a vocabulary word from the textbook to a group of students. They used the word meaning graphic organizer for their word. Following are some examples of that. Then when we read from the textbook and we came upon each group's vocabulary word, the group could tell us all about their word.



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