This document discusses how apps and technology are changing elementary education. It notes that young children are growing up in a digital world with unprecedented access to information and new forms of literacy. Apps and mobile technologies are increasingly being used in elementary classrooms to support learning in areas like literacy, through interactive ebooks, storytelling apps, and digital manipulatives that provide feedback. When implemented effectively alongside other learning methods, technology can promote engagement, collaboration, and new forms of visual and tactile learning for students.

1. Appsolutely
Changing
Elementary
Educa6on
Jeremy
S.
Brueck

3. technology

6. literacy

7. tradi6onal
literacies

8. new
literacies

9. young
children

10. analog

11. digital

12. the
cloud

14. informa6on

15. quick
stats
(2011)
• 1
trillion
YouTube
video
playbacks
• 100
billion
images
on
Facebook
• 5.9
billion
mobile
subscrip6ons
worldwide
• 3.2
billion
email
accounts
worldwide
• 2.1
billion
Internet
users
worldwide
• 555
million
websites
• 250
million
tweets
per
day
Stats
as
of
January
17,
2012
via
Royal
Pingdom,
hFp://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-­‐2011-­‐in-­‐numbers/
Remixed
with
permission
from
Dr.
Alec
Couros,
University
of
Regina,
hFp://educa6onaltechnology.ca/couros/

16. hFp://blog.jess3.com/2011/05/the-­‐geosocial-­‐universe-­‐2-­‐0.html

17. hFp://osxdaily.com/2011/05/24/ios-­‐app-­‐store-­‐now-­‐has-­‐500000-­‐apps-­‐infographic/
(May
2011)

18. “…
prolifera6on
of
informa6on
on
the
web
is
not
a
problem,
but
an
opportunity…”
Remixed
with
permission
from
ScoF
Leslie,
“Open
Educator
as
DJ”

19. “…[we’re
at
the]
edge
of
a
sea
of
change
in
how
we
interact
with
informa6on,
knowledge
and
learning…”
Remixed
with
permission
from
ScoF
Leslie,
“Open
Educator
as
DJ”

20. technology,
literacy,
and
children

21. Source:
hFp://www.netc.org/earlyconnec6ons/byrequest.html
If
properly
used,
technology
can
serve
as
a
catalyst
for
social
interac6on
&
rich
conversa6ons
related
to
children's
work.

22. Source:
hFp://www.netc.org/earlyconnec6ons/byrequest.html
Technology
is
an
effec6ve
method
of
promo6ng
visual
and
tac6le
learning.

23. Source:
hFp://www.netc.org/earlyconnec6ons/byrequest.html
Technology
creates
opportuni6es
for
engagement
&
collabora6on
between
children.

24. technology
in
the
elementary
classroom

25. As
with
any
learning
tool,
technology
should
be
used
alongside
a
variety
of
hFp://flic.kr/p/qJCrZ
learning
experiences.

26. Adults
should
consistently
model
the
use
of
technology
in
everyday
life
for
children.

27. Interac6ve
educa6onal
games
can
provide
immediate
feedback
and
encouragement
to
children.

28. Apps
can
provide
nonlinguis6c
representa6on
for
learning
using
a
combina6on
of
audio,
video
and
interac6vity.

29. Technology
• Computers
• Digital
Cameras
• iPads
&
iPods
Books
Manipula0ves
• Curricular
tools
• Other
wriFen
&
objects
that
informa6on
further
explain
a
about
concepts
concept
Learning
is
a
layered
process

30. apps

31. web
apps

32. mobile
apps

33. eBooks

34. @brueckj23
e-­‐Book
Spectrum
Digital
Audio
Video
Interac6ve
Storybook
Storybook
Storybook
Storybook
eReaders
Web
Apps
Mobile
Apps
(PDF)
(Flash/Java)
(iPad/Android)

35. Free/$
eReaders

36. $5.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tumblebookstogo-­‐munsch-­‐6-­‐pack/id342957356?mt=8
Tumblebooks

37. hFp://bkflix.grolier.com/
Book
Flix

38. $0.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-­‐liFle-­‐red-­‐hen-­‐kidztory/id302885317?mt=8
The
LiFle
Red
Hen

39. $1.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/liFle-­‐blue-­‐penguin/id356202211?mt=8
Mobistories

40. $1.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-­‐strange-­‐wonderful-­‐world/id404605416?mt=8
The
Strange
&
Wonderful
World
of
Ants

41. FREE
(un6l
Vol.
2)
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bartlebys-­‐book-­‐buFons-­‐vol./id384841276?mt=8
Bartleby’s
Book
of
BuFons
Vol.
1

42. $0.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-­‐spy-­‐spooky-­‐mansion/id329059967?mt=8
I
Spy
Spooky
Mansion

43. $1.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snow-­‐white-­‐3d-­‐pop-­‐up-­‐book/id433844728?mt=8
Snow
White
3-­‐D
Pop-­‐up
Book

44. $4.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-­‐fantas6c-­‐flying-­‐books/id438052647?mt=8
The
Fantas6c
Flying
Books
of
Mr.
Morris
Lessmore

45. storytelling

46. FREE
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-­‐puppets/id394504903?mt=8
Sock
Puppets

47. $14.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pictello/id397858008?mt=8
Pictello

48. $1.99
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontas6c/id404693282?mt=8
Toontas6c

49. FREE
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cartoona6c/id420905479?mt=8
Cartoona6c

50. hFp://boo.fm/b399270
FREE
hFp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audioboo/id305204540?mt=8
AudioBoo

51. Coming
Soon
FREE
hFp://voicethread.com/share/4622/
Voicethread

52. ques6ons

53. thank
you