ICT News
Gayle Pinn, Mulwala PS
Issue 7 8 March 2015
Contributions can include recommendations for apps, webtools, websites, Notebook ideas and tricks, student work samples etc.
Student Self-Reflection and Feedback
SeeSaw
It works with many content creator apps- Shadow Puppet Edu, PicCollage, Storybook Creator, Explain Everything, iMovie, Skitch, and more
The app is free for teachers and students.
The free parent app allows them access to their child's journal for 30 days. Full access is $10
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seesaw-the-learning-journal/id930565184?mt=8
Literacy
Kidblog
Create and manage Kidblog accounts from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Teachers can monitor blog activity and moderate comments and posts. Students can easily upload photos and videos directly from their iOS device - with no embed codes or HTML.
Contributed by Jess Morey
Real Alphabet
Students use the camera on the device to find the letters of the alphabet in the environment.
Contributed by Jess Morey
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/realalphabet/id620607413?mt=8
Comprehension Builder
Full version $9.99
Teaches construction of simple sentences in color-coded parts, with subject, verb, object and preposition components while asking “Wh” questions – (Who? What? Where?) to build comprehension.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comprehension-builder-free/id956818418?mt=8
Comprehension Builder 2
Focuses on understanding “wh” questions with a more complex sentence structure, including past and future tense verbs and prepositional phrases.
Contributed by Carla Fletcher
Instagrok
Maths
Multiplication +
Teachers can set which multiplications appear. Learning is tracked.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/multiplication+/id391041121?mt=8
Contributed by Jess Morey