Tech Nuggets
April 2014
YouTube and Facebook for USD 495
We also have designated YouTube channels for Tech Integration 495 and the Ft. Larned School District. Both channels have collections of created videos from the technology department as well as other technology tutorial videos we have flagged within YouTube. On the Tech Integration channel, you will find videos related to the Flipped Classroom, Author Interviews, SMART Boards and more. Just browser through the selection of playlists. We will continue to add new videos to our channels, so if you subscribe to these channels you can receive a notification when something new is added. Just log into YouTube and select Manage Subscriptions in the left column. You will see all the channels you have subscribed to and can check the send me updates box for any channel you wish to receive an email notification when new content is added.
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New Mobile Apps for April
A Word's a Bird
A Word’s a Bird, Spring Flies By In Rhymes is a poetry app that enchants children and adults, uniquely fusing hundreds of hand-painted watercolors with digital technology.
Purchased for special needs students.
If you would like to use this app with students, you will need to purchase additional licenses.
iPad2 or newer only
Language Lab - Directing Activities
The focus of Directing Activities is for children who are at the Stage Two level of language development. This exciting app will address language objectives to help early language learners as well as children with expressive language delays who use augmentative and alternative communication methods.
If you would like to use this app with students, you will need to purchase additional licenses.
iPad only
First Phrases HD
First Phrases HD is perfect for the toddler or speech-delayed child who is learning how to put two or three words together or any child who is learning basic English phrases. It provides many opportunities to both hear (receptive), see, and say/record (expressive) 72 different verb + noun combinations, such as: eat the carrot, blow the bubble, ride the bike, throw the ball, sleep on the bed, put away the toys, and more.
Purchased for special needs students.
We only purchased one license. If you would like to use this app with students, you will need to purchase additional licenses.
iPad only
Listen Up Bear
Listen Up Bear is an old story about a bear who travels over the mountain because he is curious about what he will find. In our version, the old bear meets animal friends who join him on his quest. The story is in song and there is a pause just before the bear meets a new animal. Your child can listen to the sound each animal makes, and then choose which animal he hears from four choices. Each time you play, four random animals (out of nine possible animal friends) will join the bear as he walks over the mountain. This app helps your child to develop important language including listening, sequencing, and pre-reading literacy skills.
Purchased for special needs students.
If you would like to use this app with students, you will need to purchase additional licenses.
iPad only
Scholastic Reading Timer
iPod/iPad
Sight Words Ninja
iPod/iPad
To The Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
iPad Only
Mission US: Think Fast! About the Past
iPad Only
Infinity Ring: Revenge of the Redcoats
Revenge of the Redcoats is set in Washington, DC, during the War of 1812. Dak, Sera, and fellow HystorianRiq have to convince Dolley Madison to leave the White House—before the SQ burns it to the ground!
iPod/iPad
Infinity Ring: The King of Diamonds
iPod/iPad
Infinity Ring: The Way of the Warrior
iPod/iPad
Comic Story
iPod/iPad
iEarthquakes
iPod/iPad
Rocket Speller
iPod/iPad
Spelling City
iPod/iPad
Stumpy's Alphabet Dinner
iPod/iPad
Gorilla Band 3D story book
iPod/iPad
Animal Math Games for Kids
iPod/iPad
Phonics Fun: Ending Sounds
iPod/iPad
Phonics Fun: Long and Short Vowel Sounds
iPod/iPad
Knock Knock Numbers
iPod/iPad
Cargo-Bot
iPad Only
Hopscotch
iPad Only
Tynker
iPad only
Kodable
iPad Only
Daisy the Dinosaur
iPad Only
FiLMiC Pro
iPod/iPad
Voice Recorder Pro
iPod/iPad
Kids Count Money USA
iPad Only
ChemCrafter
As your strategy guides you through experiments with water, acids, and salts, you’ll create surprising color changes, encounter fire and smoke, release various gases, and shatter equipment as your achievements earn you an impressive set of trophy-room badges.
iPad Only
AR Liver Viewer
iPad 2 or newer only
Living Lung - Lung Viewer
iPad 2 or newer only
Virtual Heart
Take a visual and educational touchscreen journey through the beating heart, developed in collaboration with XVIVO Scientific Animation. Choose from an external view or three internal views showing the heart's valves, blood flow or electrical system at work inside the beating heart. Controls let you adjust the heart rate anywhere from 30 to 180 beats per minute, or to enable key labels identifying different areas of the heart’s structure. Learn more about the heart and circulatory system with additional information presented on the display.
iPad Only
Bone Box - Skull Viewer
iPad 2 or newer only
Bone Box - Spine Viewer
iPad 2 or newer only
Bone Box - Hand Viewer
iPad 2 or newer only
Brain breaks kids love - GoNoodle
Interesting site offers short "brain breaks" in the form of videos incorporating colorful characters, subject content, and yoga-like elements such as stretching, breathing, mild exercise. Goes along with research into exercise/activity and the brain. Recommended for elementary students.
Nice tool that is like Educreation or ScreenChomp apps but for your computer browser. Good resource for teachers of flipped classrooms! Great way to check for understanding with students.
Close Reading Relief: Re-engage Students with Digital Microstories | MiddleWeb
Great article on using digital microstories to draw students back into literature and teach skills from the standards. The authors address the purpose behind this strategy, links to digital microstories, and ideas for digital presentations from students. They also touch on citation of images.
A site dedicated poetry fun. Learn how to inspire students to write poetry in class. Read and rate poems written by others. Explore various poetry activities that will engage your students.
National Gallery of Aart Kids Art Zone
NGAkids Art Zone interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these activities are suitable for all ages. Simply select a thumbnail image at the left or click one of the colorful banners above to learn more about each program. Great for elementary students.
3M Science of Everyday Life - Discovery Education
Is there chemistry in the kitchen? Is there physics at the park? Videos and interactives will help students discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. There is something for everyone!
Contains diary excerpts, teacher resources and more about Anne Frank.
The story of Anne's life told through photos, audio and video clips. Contains some great historical photos of the time period that could be used in history class or in discussing the Holocaust.
Live video from Bald Eagle Nest - great look of an actual eagle's nest
Live cams of various in their natural habitat. Great for discussing animal habitats with students.
Great presentation created with Haiku Deck on Digital Citizenship for students. There is a transcript you could utilize.
Cool Coding Apps and Websites for Kids
A great list of apps and websites to introduce students of all ages to programming.
Over the course of three years, the international joint research project "1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War" is developing an English-language virtual reference work on the First World War. Planned to be released in October 2014, the online encyclopedia will be the result of an international collaborative project to make available a multi-perspective, public-access knowledge base on the First World War
Look at the impact of the Gettysburg Battle based on the numbers involved. For example, you can see a graph comparing the number of men killed per day between the different wars and this one battle.
Created by Gwen Lehman
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