There are also many IPAD apps for teachers such as Confer, Fountas & Pinnell have their prompting cards in app form and also- I have seen- but not put together a "digital Penseive"....
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Pamela Soderquist <[email protected]>wrote: > Our school district is offering technology grants this year and my first > grade team has decided to apply. After watching one of our 2nd grade > teachers embrace technology, doing an action research project on improving > student engagement, we became inspired. She also uses iPads to have > students record their math proofs and explain science concepts. So we > thought, wouldn't it be great to use iPads in reading. We could have > students read ebooks in Daily 5. We could have them record themselves > reading and listen to and critique themselves, teaching them to listen for > mistakes and make it sound like they talk. We could also have them keep > vocabulary dictionaries with definitions, example sentences and pictures. > We're just starting to do research for free and not-so-expensive, but very > effective apps for practicing sounds, spellings, vocab, etc. We also are > looking for ebook resources that are leveled readers to help us select > "good fit" books for independent reading. > > We're looking for studies that have already been conducted on the > effectiveness of using iPads to improve accuracy. Plus additional > resources for apps and ebooks. Other comments and advice are also welcome. > > > Best regards, > Pam Soderquist > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
