Augmented Learning App

I investigated both the Flashcard app and the Colar Mix app. Both have the potential to spark student interest in learning. I liked the Flashcard app in particular and have shared and recommended it to the Kindergarten teaches in my building. It could help to enhance learning when it comes to becoming efficient in recognizing letters and sounds. There are other paid apps with Flashcard that would also be helpful in memorizing simple addition facts. One thing that I found to be a glitch with the Flashcard app is that periodically it will not read the camera. When this happens I have to restart my Ipad to get it to work again. I don't know if the glitch is with the app or with my Ipad. One thing I had thought about trying was uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.

QR Codes

In the modern classroom students access apps and different websites for learning purposes. As teachers it is our job to guide them to specific websites that can enhance student learning. One way to access these websites is by directly typing in the url address. This could be cumbersome. Websites and apps can also be bookmarked or placed on the desktops of devices. These desktops and bookmarks become cumbersome as well as they begin to fill up. QR codes can provide a more efficient way to access apps and web sights. QR codes can be printed out for students to use at schools. They can be shared with parents for them as well as their child to access different sites at home through paper print outs or through sharing the QR code electronically. It could also be beneficial for students themselves to create their own QR codes.

Lego Motion Movie

Using The Lego app requires a bit of patience and precision to create a movie with smooth transitions between each slide. Thus could provide a great tool for some students to think outside of the box and create a project to convey a similar message that they might convey through the writing process. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3iJ2tekZ90-OXZBREJ3WnZoSDA

Imovie project

The Imovie app would be more beneficial for high school students but I could see elementary aged students using it to create videos with pictures and music to introduce a history or social studies project or report. Teachers could use it as well to create a video to enhance or introduce a lesson in a variety of subjects. It would be a great way for students to interact with technology to perhaps create a video to go along with a unit of study. I know a teacher who would take his students on a field trip to Makinaw Island each year and gather pictures and make a music slide show of the whole field trip experience. I have created several vidoes from Imovie to highlight seasons for track and cross country teams that I have coached. Here is a link to one of these projects that I uploaded to Itunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSXUilpJpbc

Garage Band Post

I used the Garage Band App to introduce vowels. Garage Band can provide a medium to reach the interests of particular students who might normally be tough to reach. More importantly I could see it being used by students to allow them to become invested in their own learning through the creation of specific projects aligned to specific parts of the curriculum. It would be a great tool for those students who are creative in the area of music. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3iJ2tekZ90-ZjZrekh3UGJtVGs

Talking Face Object

I used YakIt kids for this activity. This was a simple user friendly tool that I could see students using with some support initially and after some practice on their own. I created a short video with a question and a fact about Leap Year. Students could easily use it in this way to present short clips about any topic related to the curriculum adding faces to animate or inanimate photos to present information about the topic at hand. Students could also use it for longer assignments such as research papers, creating several slides to go with their final product. It could also be a great way for students to present arguments to go along with a persuasive paper. https://drive.google.com/a/apps.harpercreek.net/file/d/0B3iJ2tekZ90-VmpSbE9vZE83Zms/view?usp=sharing

Gami

This tool is still similar to some of the stor making apps that I used earlier in the course in the way that it could be used with to support my teaching. It could easily be used as a different mode to teach or reinforce specific lessons. This could also be a great tool for students to use in creating and sharing their own writing. It could also support a readers theatre approach giving students a chance to read published text. The paid version would need to be purchased to allow more time for each project. https://tellagami.com/gami/3DHEKG/