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App of the Week: Too Noisy Lite
Get this FREE app from the iTunes store here! This app is perfect for teachers to use when trying to manage volume in a classroom. This app measures the amount of sound going on in a classroom and...
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Recording Our Digital History
For this assignment, I decided to capture an event that goes on every summer in my home town of Salina, KS. I think it’s neat to be able to share something unique that has always been a part of my...
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Reflection #13: ExitTicket
After learning how to use ExitTicket, I think it would be extremely valuable in a classroom if the school provided all students with an electronic device. I love that it tracks each student...
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App Smashing: Figurative Language
For my app smash, I used three different apps to create a sample student presentation on figurative language. The first app I used is Cloudart, which can be purchased on the iTunes store for $0.99...
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App of the Week: Strength in Numbers
This app can be purchased for $1.99 in the iTunes store here. (I was able to get it for free by watching Apps Gone Free.) This app allows for players of all ages to solve simple math facts in a race...
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Reflection #14: Upside Down Education, “It’s a Struggle”
In this blog post, the author discusses the concept of struggle in education. She had a student’s parents complain because their child was struggling in her class. This brought the author to talk...
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FINAL: My Semester Favorites
As we round out the semester, I feel like we’ve explored so many fun and useful apps for the classroom. In an elementary classroom, a variety of the things we have learned in this class would work...
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FINAL: My Wow Moment This Semester
Before this semester started, I thought that technology would really only work well in a secondary setting. However, after taking Educational Technology, I now think it would work beautifully in an...
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App of The Week: Little Writer
Download this FREE iTunes app here. Little Writer – The Tracing App for Kids is a fun app created to help kids learn how to write letters of the alphabet and single digit numbers, as well as learn to...
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Reflection #15: Teacher Tom, “Smear, Wad, and Crumple”
In this blog post, Teacher Tom tells a story of the art his preschoolers created. He tells readers that the older his students are, the less they seem to need him, “as it should be.” He tells...
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