Re: [MOSAIC] iPad
If you hook your Ipad to a projector it does not mirror the screen like a lap top does. You are very limited as to what you can project. You can't project a standard app. You can only project things purchased through Itunes and the IWork Apps. Therese commonersguidetolife.blogspot.com From: Joyce To: "Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org" Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:10 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] iPad There is an adapter called a dongle you can purchase for about 35 dollars. This allows your iPad to use the projector. However, there is no way to have your smart board become a touch pad like the iPad. I connect my iPad to the projector with the dongle, and pass around the iPad, so each child has a turn touching and using the app, while the others see the results. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
You can download the SplashTop App on the iPad and download the SplashTop software onto your computer, and then you can control the computer (and thus, the SmartBoard) with your iPad. I haven't played much with it, but it works fine, except for a little lag time between what you do on the iPad and what's happening on the SmartBoard. Melissa/VA On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Dluhos Sara (31R024) < sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov> wrote: > I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the > right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an > iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at > work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not > sure how or if this would work. Thanks! > > Mrs. Sara Dluhos > > Barnes IS24 > > > > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." > -Benjamin Franklin > > > From: > mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org[mosaic-bounces+sdluhos= > schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [ > sbal...@nexicom.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts > > Hi > > I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is > third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the > iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format > motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free > app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each > word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool > but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the > student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for > reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo > games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. > > > Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. > > These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that > offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes > reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on > the iPad. > > Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers > > We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files > which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. > > I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. > > There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, > but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with > pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and > change colour (only one colour change though). > > If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip > andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. > > An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools > such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc > and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing > ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it > to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all > to enjoy. > > It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do > separately to go with their picture. > > We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science > and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced > to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and > territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking > the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which > will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of > these places in our nation. > > I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad > to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces > and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child > review. > > Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more > consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called > sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what is and is not a > sentence. > > Even a game of scrabble hooked into the projection screen can be fun. The > children will also ahve out their white boards and markers to be thinking > of different words of different lengths and differing letter cubes. > > Not language related but math bingo that incorporated various levels of > difficulty and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division > done separately or in random questions has been a fun practice. > I'm still pretty n
[MOSAIC] iPad
There is an adapter called a dongle you can purchase for about 35 dollars. This allows your iPad to use the projector. However, there is no way to have your smart board become a touch pad like the iPad. I connect my iPad to the projector with the dongle, and pass around the iPad, so each child has a turn touching and using the app, while the others see the results. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
I heard about an app called Air Sketch which "talks" to the SmartBoard. We have android devices, so it wasn't available for us. I'm not sure if and how it works, but you might check it out. Diana Mt. Vernon, IL On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Dluhos Sara (31R024) < sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov> wrote: > I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the > right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an > iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at > work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not > sure how or if this would work. Thanks! > > Mrs. Sara Dluhos > > Barnes IS24 > > > > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." > -Benjamin Franklin > > > From: > mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org[mosaic-bounces+sdluhos= > schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [ > sbal...@nexicom.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts > > Hi > > I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is > third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the > iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format > motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free > app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each > word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool > but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the > student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for > reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo > games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. > > > Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. > > These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that > offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes > reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on > the iPad. > > Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers > > We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files > which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. > > I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. > > There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, > but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with > pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and > change colour (only one colour change though). > > If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip > andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. > > An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools > such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc > and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing > ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it > to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all > to enjoy. > > It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do > separately to go with their picture. > > We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science > and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced > to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and > territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking > the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which > will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of > these places in our nation. > > I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad > to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces > and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child > review. > > Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more > consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called > sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what is and is not a > sentence. > > Even a game of scrabble hooked into the projection screen can be fun. The > children will also ahve out their white boards and markers to be thinking > of different words of different lengths and differing letter cubes. > > Not language related but math bingo that incorporated various levels of > difficulty and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division > done separately or in random questions has been a fun practice. > I'm still pretty new to figuring it all out but the children figure this > all out really quickly. > > Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of piloting
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
Yes, there are aps that you can download to make your hand-held devices interactive with SMARTboards. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Dluhos Sara (31R024) < sdlu...@schools.nyc.gov> wrote: > I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the > right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an > iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at > work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not > sure how or if this would work. Thanks! > > Mrs. Sara Dluhos > > Barnes IS24 > > > > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." > -Benjamin Franklin > > > From: > mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org[mosaic-bounces+sdluhos= > schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [ > sbal...@nexicom.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts > > Hi > > I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is > third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the > iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format > motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free > app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each > word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool > but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the > student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for > reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo > games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. > > > Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. > > These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that > offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes > reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on > the iPad. > > Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers > > We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files > which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. > > I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. > > There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, > but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with > pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and > change colour (only one colour change though). > > If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip > andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. > > An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools > such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc > and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing > ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it > to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all > to enjoy. > > It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do > separately to go with their picture. > > We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science > and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced > to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and > territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking > the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which > will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of > these places in our nation. > > I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad > to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces > and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child > review. > > Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more > consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called > sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what is and is not a > sentence. > > Even a game of scrabble hooked into the projection screen can be fun. The > children will also ahve out their white boards and markers to be thinking > of different words of different lengths and differing letter cubes. > > Not language related but math bingo that incorporated various levels of > difficulty and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division > done separately or in random questions has been a fun practice. > I'm still pretty new to figuring it all out but the children figure this > all out really quickly. > > Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of piloting and I just have my > personal iPad in the classroom but the possibilities are endless, > especially if you ha
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
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Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
Here's what I found out about ipad and smart boards. I don't have an ipad so I can't try this out. >From : http://www.ehow.com/how_7665243_connect-ipad-smart-board.html Instructions Things You'll Need * LogMeIn *Ignition *iPad application Connect to your wireless Internet service on the iPad. Log on to your computer while the iPad is connecting to the Internet. Click on your LogMeIn app to start it on the iPad. Enter in the necessary credentials when prompted on your iPad to begin. You may need to verify the process on your computer by clicking "OK." Use your iPad to begin to operate the SMART Board software. You're now controlling the SMART Board from your iPad. -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+estein=bcps@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+estein=bcps@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Dluhos Sara (31R024) Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:57 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not sure how or if this would work. Thanks! Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin From: mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [sbal...@nexicom.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts Hi I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on the iPad. Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and change colour (only one colour change though). If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all to enjoy. It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do separately to go with their picture. We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of these places in our nation. I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child review. Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what i
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
Mm sounds like a brilliant plan. I'm going to look into it!!! -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+estein=bcps@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+estein=bcps@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Dluhos Sara (31R024) Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:57 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not sure how or if this would work. Thanks! Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin From: mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [sbal...@nexicom.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts Hi I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on the iPad. Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and change colour (only one colour change though). If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all to enjoy. It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do separately to go with their picture. We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of these places in our nation. I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child review. Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what is and is not a sentence. Even a game of scrabble hooked into the projection screen can be fun. The children will also ahve out their white boards and markers to be thinking of different words of different lengths and differing letter cubes. Not language related but math bingo that incorporated various levels of difficulty and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division done separately or in random questions has been a fun practice. I'm still pretty new to figuring it all out but the children figure this all out really quickly. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of piloting and I just have my personal iPad i
Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts
I have an ipad question too. Does anyone know if it's possible, with the right connections, to set up an ipad to work with a Smart Board? I have an iPad 2 (my own personal one, not a school one) that I would LOVE to use at work (instead of my OLD laptop that the school signed out to me.) I'm not sure how or if this would work. Thanks! Mrs. Sara Dluhos Barnes IS24 "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin From: mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+sdluhos=schools.nyc@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Sharon Ballantyne [sbal...@nexicom.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:46 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ipad apps for language arts Hi I'd be interested in haring more about apps people recommend. my class is third grade. My student who has learning needs at a k-level has found the iPad to be an amazing motivater. Different apps that are a game format motivate him. Apps that provide read-a-long such as from meegenius (free app with some free books) are great because it is a child reader and each word is highlighted. I know flash cards are not a preferred teaching tool but using flash cards plus (free app) we've inputted decks of cards for the student to review. With voice over turned on, the word can be read for reinforcement. The iDevice can just be shook to shuffle the deck. Bingo games can be done with a friend or against the iPad. Kindergartenappa nd grade one app offer lots of review material. These are not for primary instruction but are fun reinformcement that offer visuals and sounds and game format that can be a nice few minutes reward. The student would be reluctant to pick up a book but will do so on the iPad. Little speller is a motivater for some stronger spellers We've been scanning resources in via the photocopier, creating pdf files which we can label right off our photocopier and e-mail tot he iPad. I created a hotmail account for ease of sending pdfs. There is a sort of utility app called good reader I think or good read, but I think it is the prior. It is a grat utility used in conjunction with pdfs we have made because we can change font and students can interact and change colour (only one colour change though). If there is insufficient space to write one simply does a pincer grip andpulls finger and thumb a part to create additional writing space. An app called art set (99 cents) allows children to select different tools such as paint brush, thin tipped marker, thick marker, coloured pencil etc and to work in different forums. This can be great fun to motivate writing ideas. We typically take something someone draws on art set and e-mail it to our class account and then go to our classroom blog and post it for all to enjoy. It can motivate students to put their story right on their blog or do separately to go with their picture. We have found lots of different apps to go along with our math, Science and Social Stuides as well. For example, today the children were introduced to the task of discerning the names of capital cities, provinces and territories in Canada and were trying to figure out what was what. Checking the app store, sure enough there is fa fun app called mapme Canada which will use game format to encourage cchildren to learn to read the names of these places in our nation. I can't recall apps off the top of my head right now and I loaned my iPad to a colleague tonight as her child was learning about capitals, provinces and territories in a different school and she took it home to let her child review. Some of the children have been struggling with the basics of becoming more consistent with putting capitals and correct end punctuation. An app called sentence builder has been a fun app to determine what is and is not a sentence. Even a game of scrabble hooked into the projection screen can be fun. The children will also ahve out their white boards and markers to be thinking of different words of different lengths and differing letter cubes. Not language related but math bingo that incorporated various levels of difficulty and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division done separately or in random questions has been a fun practice. I'm still pretty new to figuring it all out but the children figure this all out really quickly. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of piloting and I just have my personal iPad in the classroom but the possibilities are endless, especially if you have the luxury of several in a classroom. I chose to get the kingston case that is like a book folder style and has a built in blue tooth keyboard that has an easy toggle for blue tooth on and off and an easy power switch. I've also created pdfs of several of the sample questions for our provincial testing for reading, writ
