Parents and Students
of Ms. Compton's 4th grade class....
Tophat
Tophat is an app that will be used in class to answer questions about the information we will be learning in class each day. The app will already be downloaded on each student's classroom iPad, but they will each need their own account which I be helping them set up on their own sometime this week. This app will give me feedback according to what each student answers for each question, so I will be able to determine if a student is not grasping the concepts being taught.
Skype
As I mentioned above, this year we will be using Skype in order to connect with another 4th grade classroom in India. This will give the students an interactive and fun way to learn about other cultures instead of just reading about them in a textbook. The students will also be assigned one of the students in India to write to as a pen pal. We will have a classroom account that we will be using to for the project, but the students may also use Skype to talk to their pen pal individually if they would like by getting an individual account on their iPads.
ScreenChomp
ScreenChomp is an app that I will be using to post videos and tutorials about some of the more difficult topics we will be learning about in class. This will be especially helpful in math and science as I can post problems and work them out in detail so that the students can watch the process as many times as they need to. I will be referring them to these videos in order to help them with their homework. I also encourage parents to watch them so that they will also be able to help their students with the material being taught.
Contact Information
Email: mrs.compton@someelementaryschool.com
Website: mrs.comptons4thgrade.com
Phone: 777-883-8888