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Using devices with juniors
This document provides suggestions for using technology purposefully with junior students. It recommends letting students experiment with technology to develop basic skills like using a keyboard, mouse, and iPad. Teachers should consider how devices like iPads, computers, and interactive whiteboards can be used to support learning in areas like writing, reading, and math. Specific apps and programs are listed that could help teach skills or be used for activities, projects, and publishing student work. The document emphasizes setting directed tasks and using technology to model lessons while allowing students choice in their learning.
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- 1. Using Technology purposely with Juniors You haveiPads, computers and Interactive Whiteboards in your classroom/centre and you have students that know more than you! How can you use this technology purposefully in your classroom? Your students might know more than you! How can you use their knowledge to help inform teaching and learning? © Jacqui Sharp 2013
- 2. 5 year oldsare coming to school with no keyboard or mouse skills… …but they can swipe!
- 3. Keyboarding Year O-1 Thumbs onlyon the space bar Hold the mouse correctly Single click and Double click mouse Keep mouse on mat Click on items Click and drag items Can recognise some letters on Keyboard Can use the 'Magic Line' http://classroommanagementandelearning.wikispaces.com/Keyboarding
- 4. Keyboarding on theiPad 2 hands 3 fingers on each hand
- 5. Beginning of theday activities http://interactiveboardsandelearning.wikispaces.com/Before+School IWB http://juniormanagementandresources.wikispaces.com/home Other resources
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- 9. http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/po werpoint-motivating-writing-tip.html Or use aniPod Touch or iPad to take a photo. Insert into Keynote or Comic Life. Copy the images from Google.
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- 11. Comic Builder Comic Builder: Useany of the lego comic sites to make comic strips http://dcuniversesuperheroes.lego.com/en- us/ComicBuilder/FramePage.aspx http://starwars.lego.com/en- us/ComicBuilder/FramePage.aspx http://city.lego.com/en-us/comic- builder/my-comics/ Kerpoof Kerpoof: make a poster, make a book, make a movie http://kerpoof.com Class Wiki Class wiki: the class or group writing page might have games that support the learning intentions
- 12. Book Creator Pic Collage Book Creator: Publishyour story using photos, movies, your own voice. Pic Collage: Find pictures on the internet or from the photo album. Make a collage of them and then add your published writing. Kidspiration Kidspiration: Publish your writing using the symbols and pictures or draft your writing and then send to Pages for more editing
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- 17. Reading with abuddy Taking turns Listening to ourselves reading Correcting our mistakes Technology available as a choice Sock Puppets Puppet Pals Easi- Speak
- 18. Technology available asa choice Audio book Interactive Books
- 19. ComicLife Comic Life: Createcharacter descriptions, show the different parts of the story Garageband Garageband: Record your voice reading your book on Garageband, then add music for mood, and sounds for effects http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.co.nz/2009/05/reco rding-audiobooks-as-guided-reading.html Class wiki: the class or group reading page might have games or books to read i.e. http://literacyandict.wikispaces.com/Websites+ for+Juniors Class Wiki Paint & Create Paint & Create: create drawings of characters, settings, parts of the story
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- 23. Maths Games http://mathsandelearning.wikispaces.com/Number Maths tumbles IWBLearning Centre Teaching & Learning Sessions
- 25. How to makean ILC http://powerpointcanbegreat.wikispa ces.com/Interactive+Learning+Centre s
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- 27. Screen Chomp Screen Chomp: usethis app as part of your lesson, show how you solved 2 + 3, draw a red Triangle, show me 3 lots of 2 etc Number Rack Number Rack: use this app as part of your lesson, show me 22, 10 takeaway 3 etc Number Pieces Number Pieces: use this app as part of your lesson, show me how you can expand 54 Also available on computer Number Pieces http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-pieces/ Number Rack http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-rack/ GeoBoard http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/geoboard/
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- 30. Writing Toolkit Computer iPad/iPod TouchOther Tools Drafting Publishing
- 31. Writers Toolkit Computer Online iPad/iPodTouch Other Tools Drafting Publishing
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- 35. Points to remember •Get them to show you how • It is ok for kids to experiment • It is ok for you to experiment Let the students use the technology • Make them an option for learning • Set directed tasks • When you are planning, think about if a device could be used Use the devices in tumbles • Use PowerPoint or Word any other application to teach from • Use apps on iPads to teach from • Let students use iPads as a learning tool in group lessons Use the devices in your teaching lessons
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