Think In is a close reading iPad app specifically designed for elementary students to share their thoughts about any book they are reading or have read. While the premise is simple - students take pictures of the pages and use the included digital sticky notes to mark a page then record their
USING GOODNOTES APP TO REDUCE PAPER
This week I used a workhorse app called GoodNotes which basically allows you to write on any PDF file on your iPad. I say workhorse because with an Apple TV and some type of cloud storage (I used Google Drive but Dropbox would work well too) I can now access and write on any of the documents I have
RETELLING WITH SHADOW PUPPET
We are using the app Shadow Puppet this week to practice retelling stories. The app is free and relatively simple to use. There are two versions of the Shadow Puppet app: we prefer Shadow Puppet Edu because it has student friendly options and images. Retelling with Shadow Puppet: Get
DIGITAL COMICS ON THE IPAD WITH PICCOLLAGE
One of our members of the Facebook community, Tech with Us, posted looking for some app ideas for making digital comics on the iPad. Because our community is seriously awesome, many educators responded with ideas. (Did you know any tech-interested teacher, administrator, educator, and coach
USING QR CODES TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING
I have seen an immediate difference in the quality of the students' reading responses and writing workshop pieces since integrating QR codes into our workshops. QR codes can be used to directly improve writing - both the quality or the piece as well as the quantity that students write. Here
COMPARE & CONTRAST ON THE IPAD WITH DIGITAL VENN DIAGRAMS
Students used the Venn Diagram app to compare and contrast during Reading Workshop. This is a free app (also on the web) by Read Write Think. It works relatively the same as a paper venn diagram but students have many more options to customize their venn diagrams. Since comparing and