Tool 10: Exploring Mobile Tech & Apps

This tool hits close to home since our students really loved using the iTouchs this year. They loved i wash my dog and cat apps. I thought Toddler Counting Lite, Alphabet Tracing, Glow Coloring, and Read Me Stories would be fun to try out this year. I especially liked the latter one and thought the titles "What Will the Weather Be Today? and How Shall I Get To School Today? will get some great reviews from our PK students. Students love bright colors and animation and when they find an app that is fun they naturally share with their friends and me. They want to show others how it works and get excited when they are successful at making puzzles, writing letters, numbers and words, matching numbers, counting, problem-solving, singing, playing songs, and so much more. Why use them in the classroom? They work! There is an app out there for every kind of student in the classroom. Some love puzzles and other matching type apps, others prefer to listen to music or listen to stories or songs or view previous dramatizations of stories, lessons, presentations, and events. Whatever their likings are, oral language development is at the core of their learning.