1. Even Kindergarteners Can Use
Technology To Learn!
Caitlin Meseck, Kindergarten teacher
Laura Fogle, Technology Facilitator
2. Centers that (practically) run themselves
Paperless assessments
Student created products
Teacher tips
3. Why the “littlest learners”
Lots of presentations for older students
“What can I do with kindergarten?”
Build skills one at a time and breakdown
complex tasks
4. Little Steps
Model computer use on whiteboard
◦ Games
Jeopardy
Name the setting
◦ Web sites and programs for centers
Starfall
TumbleBooks
6. Computer Basics
- Mouse and Keyboard
Marty the Mouse
Sticker on left mouse button
Doubleclick – one, two
“typing” homework
Spacebar –
1 between each word
2 at the end of sentences
Backspace
Capital letters
7. Centers that (practically) run themselves
Paperless assessments
Student created products
Teacher tips
8. Computer Center
Scholastic Computer Lab Favorites
Oak Grove’s Kindergarten links
(Jennifer Martin)
Literacy wiki
DestinationSuccess
TumbleBooks
BrainPop Jr.
Kid Pix
9.
10. Listening Center
Students share one CD/tape player with
multiple headphone sets
Each day they complete a different activity
Students manipulate
the equipment
independently
11. Moving Beyond the Basics
Observe other teachers modeling
Start small
Build one step at a time
12. iCenter
• 4 iOS devices (3 iPods,
1iPad)
• Students find app &
complete the activity
• Students track their
progress and manage the
equipment
13. Logistics of iCenter
Visual for students &
teacher
1 carpet square/ iPod Before
Wires bundled together
Cart for storing &
sharing
After
14. Managing Apps
Need a laptop to synchronize
apps, keep all devices the same
Spreadsheet with apps and what they do
Have a card for each app
Log of what students
have done
15. Our Next Step
Recorded center instructions with QR
code for easy playback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWJduI829k&feature=youtube
16. Centers that (practically) run themselves
Paperless assessments
Student created products
Teacher tips
17. Paperless Assessments
Capture work w/ objects
Students responding
to prompts
Video deleted for privacy resasons.
18. Centers that (practically) run themselves
Paperless assessments
Student created products
Teacher tips
19. Student Created Work Products
Muffins with Mom
StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
StoryKit – Dental Health
20. StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
Students use the StoryKit app on iPods to
create their own version of a story.
• Students wrote one page for
the story, drew a picture
• Teacher typed text & took
pictures
• Students read their page and
teacher recorded
http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-bin/view.py?b=o7prr4u4
21.
22. Student Created Work Products
Muffins with Mom
StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
StoryKit – Dental Health
23. StoryKit - Dental Health Stories
1)Learned to take pics on the iTouch
2) Learned about adjectives and teeth!
3) Made bubble map about teeth
4) Wrote a sentence or two
5) Drew picture & typed sentence using
KidPix
6) Learned iTouch's *FREE* app called,
StoryKit.
7) Used StoryKit to take a picture of our
printed work.
8) Recorded our voices reading our
sentences.
24. Centers that (practically) run themselves
Paperless assessments
Student created products
Teacher tips
25. Teacher Tips
- Work Smarter in Your Room
Things you would write on your board over
PowerPoint Lesson tools
26. Morning Routine
1. Go to the Carpet 2. Snack & Lunch Choice 3. Folder
4. Bookbag 5. Sign in 6. Chair
27. Thursday
March 31, 2011
Morning Work
• Unpack
• Sign-in
• Make a Lunch Choice
• $$- Habitat for Humanity
Choice 1 Choice 2
Write about an adventure a
Write about an adventure you penguin would have in
would have in Antarctica. Antarctica.
28. Teacher Tips
- Work Smarter in Your Room
Things you would write on your board over
PowerPoint Lesson tools
30. Create 21 Century Classroom
st
Take students into the world
◦ Students visited London using FaceTime
◦ Student reconnected w/ class while out
◦ Students emailed videos to teacher when she
was out
31. Special Thanks
Little River PTO
Daniel Moore & Jerry Williamson @
Durham Public Schools
Donors Choose
Patrick Tart, Jennifer Anderson & Angela
Sonntag @ Banks Road Elementary
Editor's Notes
HI Welcome! Disclaimer re iOS devices
We are going to talk about - how to get kindergarten (and first grade students) using technology independently - use technology as an assessment tool use technology to create work products - - how to use technology to make your job easier
Last year at NC Ties Caitlin didn’t see or hear much targeted at kindergarten The first year Laura had kindergarten in the computer lab she didn’t know where to start, but it became one of her favorite grade levels.
Get students familiar with the graphic interface – where to click and how to click BEFORE they use the computer center independently
Click on rooster – top left
Working on the skill of spacing words when writing, coming into the computer lab reinforces that skill because they have to stop between words and make a space. Seeing the words run all together on the computer helps them understand the importance of putting spaces in their written work
Now that you have gotten the kindergartners ready, you can open your computer center 3 rd week of school
Another center that runs itself
Most kindergarten classrooms are equipped to do everything we have talked about so far. And many of you may already be doing it. What if you want to do more? Use the same steps you did to teach your students
Started students using personal iPad before school really started. Then added 2 school iPods. Caitlin was handing the iPods out to students. Wasn’t consistent every week. Now every week in two classrooms. Share the ipod cart – roll it down the hall.
Kids scan the QR code to be reminded of center instructions Mention banks road
Capture work w/ objects – students took the pictures (after practicing using ipod as camera) Assessment was during the first 9 weeks - hard to categorize some of the responses, gave a way to capture actual response Referral documentation – sent video of student to physician who was trying to diagnose student
Muffins with mom – scanner, headset, powerpoint, PC Nothing fancy here! StoryKit – second iPod project with
This was the first time that we used StoryKit in the classroom. Laura’s 10 year old daughter piloted it over the summer. Have to click record twice on the ipod, works with only one click on the iPad. Have to do the recording in one take which is challenging. Choral reading was hard to get recorded
Dental Health students did most of the work themselves. Click link to StoryKit before going on to the next slide to see the steps
To learn how to take pictures they took pictures of each other being Statue of Liberty Talk about first 3 before clicking to load 1 st picture Through number 7 before loading the 3 rd picture
This is especially useful at the beginning of the year for the students and the teacher
This is GREAT for sub plans
Click the powerpoint lesson tools link to go to the vocabulary slides
Everyone – uses Google Check for accuracy & appropriateness Give credit if you use or modify