Tool #10

1. I attended one of the district itouch trainings because we will be receiving five of them for our classroom in the fall. During this training, we had the chance to play with a lot of the apps and learn how to download them to the device. One of the apps that I came across was called "Oops! I did it again" and it focuses on improving spelling. There will be four different ways to spell a certain word, and you have to decide which one is correct. I thought that this would be a fun way for the kids to work on their spelling and recognizing which one is correct. Another app that I thought would be helpful in the classroom is called "Alphabetically". You have to tap the letters in order as fast as you can. I thought this would be a good tool to practice letter recognition as well as practicing their ABC's at the beginning of the year.

2. I have had the chance to play with the iphone and the itouch. I am always amazed with all of the things that they are capable of. They are so much fun to play with and you could be entertained for hours. Several of my friends have iphones and I love to borrow them so that I can play with all of the apps that they have. I love that you can find an app for just about anything that you can think of!

3. I am very excited about the new technology that I will be receiving in my classroom! The five itouches will be very useful and I know that they kids will love them. I plan to incorporate the itouches as a center for the students to rotate to. I hope to download several of the free educational apps so that the students can have a choice of which ones to use. I plan to use them for my math block so the students can practice number sense, number recognition, and other math concepts.