Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Top 35 Must-Have Educational iPhone and iPad Apps Used by Real Teachers in the Classroom - iPhone app article - Shara Karasic | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory


For the 2012-2013 school year, teachers with access to mobile technology are teaching kids with these great education apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Educators use apps to let their students do everything from practicing their math equations, to determining a leaf’s parent tree, to joining Paul Revere on his ride. Lots of educators (including Apple Distinguished Educators) on Appolicious share their lists of the best education apps for elementary, middle school, junior high, and high school. (See picks for 2011/2012.)

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Top 35 Must-Have Educational iPhone and iPad Apps Used by Real Teachers in the Classroom - iPhone app article - Shara Karasic | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory


Monday, December 10, 2012

Smart Games toys

Smart Games Loving these toys
Check out Day and Night, Trucky3, Smart Car and Castle Logic
All address visual, spatial, color and shape matching skills. Whether your child needs to copy the answer from the guide provided or solve it on her own, much can be learned.



Be on the look out here for a followup post regarding Trucky3 as I am creating low tech visuals for this activity (to pre-teach parts) and a communication board to assist with the language while playing.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

iCreate: Creating Custom Digital Content for your iPad

iCreate: Creating Custom Digital Content for your iPad

Friday December 7, 2012
9:00 AM until 2:00 PM


In this hands-on workshop, Sue Drouin M.S., CCC-SLP will help participants create and edit images, make collages, create written materials, annotate readings, record and edit audio and video, create screen-casts, digital stories, content specific flashcards, and vocabulary games. In addition they will also learn how to use iPad as a digital notebook, a study tool and organizational device. This workshop will be taught using mostly free apps. Participants will be emailed a list of free apps to download prior to the workshop. Resources for BYOC (Build Your Own Content) apps, lists of Paid apps and teaching with your iPad will be provided. If you are interested in taking your iPad to the next level, this is the workshop for you! There will be a light breakfast and lunch served. The cost for this workshop is $100 and checks or POs should be made payable to ERCSD-SPDC.
Location: 30 Linden Street, Exeter, NH
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