Tech PLC #1 Focus: ELAR
October 29, 2014
iPad Discussion - Expectations
What's Going on Around the District - Elementary Examples
ELAR Focus
Kindergarten
Rhyming or Blending
First Grade
Difference in Informational Text & Fiction
Second Grade
Sequencing
Third Grade
Cause and Effect
Fourth Grade
Gather Information from Charts, Diagrams and Graphs
App Discovery
Pros
- Can be edited
- Saves to Camera Roll
- Can change colors and add stickers, borders and text
- Does not allow for Social Sharing - Chatterpix does
*NOTE: Limited to 30 seconds
Lesson Ideas
- Kinder - Picture of an item (ex: ball) and have "it" say all the words that rhyme *****
- 1st - Picture of example of info text or fiction and have "it" explain why it is *****
- 2nd - Picture of item (ex: pizza) and have "it" describe the steps to create it *****
- 3rd - Picture of a story or effect and have "it" tell what caused it
**** - 4th - Picture of a STAAR practice passage and have "it" explain the info
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Pros
- Simple to use
- Saves to Camera Roll
Lesson Ideas
- Kinder - Stop motion video of rhyming words or blends
***** - 1st - Stop motion video of examples of each (informational and fiction)
- 2nd - Stop motion video of the "pieces" lining up in the correct order
***** - 3rd - Stop motion video of a "cause" and its "effects"
***** - 4th - Stop motion video of chart, diagram or graph and what it means
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Pros
- Allows for drawing, adding text, and audio narration
- Allows images and videos from Camera Roll or Camera
- Exports as ePub (iBooks, etc.) PDF (can email) or Video (to Camera Roll)
- Uploads to Edmodo (paid version allows sharing and collaborating)
- Paid version allows unlimited books
Lesson Ideas
- Kinder - A book of rhymes or blends
***** - 1st - A student created informational book or fiction book
***** - 2nd - A book showing a sequence (field trip, make a pizza, etc.)
***** - 3rd - A book showing the cause and effect of an event
***** - 4th - A book of explaining charts, diagrams and/or graphs
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Grant Proposal
I will help write an Express Grant for all Speegleville students and instructional staff to have the paid version of Book Creator. I need a volunteer from each grade level and at least one of the volunteers has to have the grant writing "certificate". Instructional Technologists can not write grants in their own name.