This document discusses the experiences of two teachers, Jamie Stoeckly and Laura Veglahn, in implementing iPads in their 4th and 5th grade classrooms. They have 30 iPads for individual student use, 25 for small reading groups, and other devices. They describe the timeline of the iPad rollout starting in 2011 and share positive feedback from students on how iPads have enhanced their learning. The rest of the document recommends various reading, writing, vocabulary and fluency apps that teachers can use on iPads to engage students and maximize learning.

1. iPad, mePad, wePad
Jamie Stoeckly, Grade 4 Teacher
Laura Veglahn, Grade 4 and 5 Reading Specialist
Sparta Area School District
jstoeckly@spartan.org
lveglahn@spartan.org

2. Our goal for today
 Share about our experiences with iPads for 1:1, small group, and large group
settings
 Inspire you to download some apps
 Encourage you to maximize learning when an iPad is at your disposal
 Soak up bandwidth
 Provide ideas for practical uses you can use tomorrow

3. Reading with iPads is…

4. At our disposal:
30 1:1 iPads
25 Title 1 Reading iPads
5 Small Group Single Classroom iPads
2 MacBooks
2 Bentford Syncing Carts
Wi-Fi
Eager Students, Supportive Parents, and
Accommodating Administration

5. Timeline for Implementation
 Spring 2011- Graciously accept opportunity to implement iPads in our classrooms
 Summer 2011- Attend iPad workshop, play with iPads, evaluate apps, dream about how
we can use them with students
 August 2011- Set up cart, register iPads, meet with parents at open house
 September 2011- distribute iPads to 1:1 students, generate liability policy for 1:1
students, train students and model appropriate use
 October 2011- meet with parents, sign agreement, 1:1 students take them home
 November-present- continue to change in response to our learners’ needs, continue to
meet with district iPad User Group, plan for next year

6. 5th Grader, Alex
“iPads help me get closer to
technology.”

7. Comprehension APPS
 L-A-Z Reader
 Minimod Reading for Inferences
 Minimod Reading for Details
 Minimod Basic Cloze Practice

8. Comprehension APPS
BASIC CLOZE (MINIMOD)

9. Comprehension APPS
INFERENCES (MINIMOD)

10. Comprehension APPS
VOCABULARY (MINIMOD)

11. Comprehension APPS
DETAILS (MINIMOD)

12. Comprehension APPS
L-A-Z READERS

13. 5th Grader, Brennon
“iPads display the writing in colorful ways;
therefore, letting me see it better.”

14. WORD GAMES
 Words With Friends  Mini Word
 Word Bingo  Word Bird
 Word Solitaire HD
 iAlphabet
 Chicktionary
 Mad Libs

15. WORD GAMES

16. 4th Grader, Katelyn
“Kids my age should use iPads along with
reading because they can have fun, but
still be learning at the same time.”

17. Reading Meets Writing
 iDiary
 Notability (notetaking)
 iBrainstorm (prewriting, sequencing)
 Idea Sketch (organizing, prewriting,
sequencing)

18. iDiary

19. Notability

20. 5th Grader, Sean
“I enjoy using iPads in Reading because I
personally can never get my hands on this
technology at home. iPads also make me
want to come to small group faster.”

21. Figurative Language and
Vocabulary Building
•Animal Similes
•Idiom in Use
•RhymeFree

22. 4th Grader, Nate
“I enjoy using iPads in Reading because it
makes learning fun and we are still
working while using them.”

23. Building Fluency
Fluency App

24. Building Fluency
iTalk

25. 5th Grader, Wyatt
“I have made videos for vocabulary.
Another thing that it is easy for me to
search information connected to what we
are reading.”

26. Building Background Knowledge
 iMovie  Google Earth
 eClicker  Podcasts (iTunes U)
 BrainPop
 iBooks
 News Sources (CNN, Pulse, Discovery News)

27. 5th Grader, Alexis
“Kids pay closer attention with the iPads
rather than with paper.”

28. Apps We Would Not Teach Without
 iMovie
 Notability
 Dropbox
 eClicker
 BrainPop
 iBooks
 Green Bay Packers

29. eClicker

30. Dropbox

31. iMovie