iPadApps

I can find myself becoming addicted to apps:)! I looked at the Art apps, I especially like the icoloringbook app, it is so fun just to color the many different animals. This app could be used to help illustrate a book or help support a lesson on a particular animal (classification). I also looked at Picasa and Picasa Cascade...I think these apps would be great to put my photographs on to create neat slideshows and interesting photo albums. Picasa and Picasa Cascade could be great tools to document or highlight the special events in your classroom throughout the school year. These apps allow you to upload pictures and as a teacher you could create a album for each child and give it as a gift at Christmas or the end of the school year. Or you could use Picasa Cascade for a slideshow presentation of your class during a class party to highlight all the fun things you did throughout the year (field trips, projects, recess time, read aloud time, parties, etc.) Pictures and videos are great ways to share experiences and events with others. I also looked at LangArts-Eng apps. I looked at the JumboWord Search app. This app could be a Spelling supplement because it helps students become more familiar with words and their spellings. I really liked the Read Me app. This app offers students various books in a series. I think this would be a great app for students who like to read or for those students who may finish their work early and need a "filler" while other students are finishing up the assignment. This app offers reading with great illustrations. This app will allow students to practice reading and comprehension. I also looked at the Mathematics apps. I really like the beat the Computer Multiplication app. This app would be a great practice app for students who need to practice their multiplication facts. I also like the Math Drills Lite app because this app allows you to choose addition, subtraction, multiplication or division drills. It also has a number line displayed for the more visual learner, this added manipulative may prove helpful when practicing the math facts. And lastly, I looked at the Find Sums app and this app uses ten frames to and pictures that represent counters to represent various numbers. I think it is always an added bonus to have a a picture and a word to represent a number. I liked exploring the various apps, I think it is fun and educational:).