5. Housekeeping
O Please be sure you submitted your name for a door
prize; drawing will be held at the end of the session
and must be present to win
O If you have any questions during the session, please
visit our back channel on Today’s Meet:
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O This presentation’s website:
https://sites.google.com/a/g.hayscisd.net/hcisd-ppcd/
6. Session’s Objectives
O Provide a descriptive overview of how
technology has been integrated into some
of our PALS/PPCD classrooms.
O Give our session’s attendants some ideas
that they could implement in their
classrooms using a Mimio, Smartboard
and an iPad.
7. Classroom Setting
O Type of Class: Pre-School Program for Children
with Disabilities (PPCD) & Pre-School Academic
Language Social Skills (PALS)
O Two classes: A.M. & P.M. (some campuses offer
inclusion with daycare students)
O Age group: 3 - 5 yr. olds
8. Technology Resources
O A laptop, and two desktop computers: one
for instruction and the other for students to
use during centers (HATCH)
O Data Projector (In-Focus)
O Smartboard
O 2 classroom iPads
O Augmentative Communication Devices
(assigned to specific students)
9. Daily Schedule
Calendar/Morning Activity
• Smartboard
• iPad (Splashtop app)
Centers/Language Development
• iPad
• student computer
Table Activity
• iPad
• communication devices
Motor Movement
• Smartboard
10. Morning Activity
O Calendar activity adapted from a lesson
downloaded from SMART exchange.
O Integrate songs with activity and student
with limited ability is given access to
lesson through the Splashtop app on the
iPad.
11. Learning Centers
O3 to 5 structured learning centers
are introduced and open each day
OAt the beginning of the school year,
centers begin very structured and
assigned; students progress to a
more independent level, where they
make choices and transition
independently.
OStudents select center and indicate
their choice on the Centers board.
12. Table Activities
OActivities are based on thematic units
and are specific to student’s IEP
objectives.
OThe i-pad has motivating activities and
direct teach lessons that can be used
during this time.
OStudents with augmentative
communication devices integrate this
tool while participating in the activities.
14. iPad apps: Splashtop
O Splashtop is a remote desktop app available for
the iPad and iPhone (even Android version)
O The app enables us to utilize the iPad as a
wireless slate with our students.
O It has increased accessibility for students with
limited mobility or who struggle with reaching the
Smartboard.
O Additionally, the app has allowed access to
desktop applications (i.e. Boardmaker) during table
time activities.
15. Things to know about Splashtop
O Price fluctuates throughout the year
(Currently the iPad version is $4.99)
O In order for the app to work, the iPad and
the computer its remoting into must be
connected to the same network.
O The app works best when the computer
it’s remoting into is connected to the
internet through an ethernet cable.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splashtop-
2-remote-desktop/id382509315?mt=8
17. iPad Apps: ABC Activities
O Kids Finger Painting- Learn Your Letters HD
O The ABC Song
O A is for Apple-RobotReader-ABC’s
O ABC’s and Me
O Finger Trace for kids(0.99)
O ABC Magic
O Writing Wizard (4.99)
O Letter Quiz ($1.99)
O Letter School ($2.99)
18. iPad apps: Pre-K Skills Concepts
O Ready for Kindergarten Free
O Sight Words Pre-K Free
O Alphabet ! !
O BT Sightwords Free
O ABC MAGIC 5 Letter Sound Matching
O Abby Sight Words Games & Flash Cards for Reading Success
O Sight Words Flash Cards
O Alpha Tots ($2.99)
19. iPad Apps: Colors & Shapes
O Learn Your Numbers HD
O SpeakColors
O Color Drops-Children's Animated Draw & Paint Game HD!
O A Color Learning Tool Game HD
O Colors and Shapes: learn and play
O Learn Colors with Zootty-Snootty
O Abby –Train- Learning Colors HD Free
20. iPad Apps: Cause & Effect
O Touch Follow FREE
O Tappie Game
O Baby Finger HD
O BeeperBallHD Lite
O Little Toy Box
O Balloon Darts Challenge-Finger Target Practice Game
O Kids Finger Touch
O Egg Heads ($2.99 but there is a lite version)
21. iPad Apps-Spanish/Bilingual
O ReadingSkill-Español
O ABC Mágico
O ABC Mágico 2
O Todas las Letras
O DIME Lite
O My First Book of
Spanish Alphabets
O CI Niños
O SimpleSort ($0.99)
O Leo Spanish Lite
O Learn Spanish for Kids
(Bilingual Child)
22. iPad Apps: Content Creation
O Snowball HD
O Story Creator
O Doodlecast Pro
($4.99)
O ShowMe
O Screen Chomp
O ChoiceBoard-
Creator
O Sock Puppets
O Book Magic
O Bitsboard
O Social Stories
O Tiny Tap
23. iPad Apps to use for Math/ESL
O My Play Home
O Sensory Meter Lite
O A Bee Sees
O Math, age 3-5
O Tally Tots
O Hungry Fish
O Math 3-4
O iTouchiLearn Numbers
O Count and Write ($0.99)
O Magnetic Pages
24. Technology Websites
O http://www.starfall.com
O http://www.readingbear.org
O http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/preschool.
htm
O http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
O http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/preschool_games
.html
O http://www.uen.org/k-
2interactives/?utm_content=bufferfea3f&utm_medium=
social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
O http://www.abcmouse.com
O http://www.pbskids.org
O http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/us.aspx
25. Tech Tips: Mimio Tools
O To activate Mimio
Tools, press the 2nd
button on your Mimio
or open up the Mimio
Notebook software and
select “MimioStudio
Tools” from the Tools
option in the menu.
O The tools offer many
different options for you
but we are focusing on
only these two.
Insert screen clipping
Screen Annotation
26. Tech Tips: Smartboard-
Adding Pages to Gallery
O There is a way to save pages from SMART
Notebook files into your gallery.
O This makes it easier to import frequently used
pages.
O To do this, locate the necessary page on the
page sorter.
O After doing so, right-click on the page and then
scroll down to select “Add Page to Gallery”.
O Circle Maps: Letter Activity
28. Resources
O SMART Exchange website
O Mimio Connect website
O Boardmaker software & Boardmaker Share website
O Interactive Activities; Lakeshore software
O For app suggestions:
- App Shopper
- Mark Coppin mailing list
mark.coppin@annecenter.org
- TCEA on Twitter
