Tutorial+1_App+ideas


 * Tutorial 1 2014**

Explore 1 app and explain how you would use that app in a lesson

//**Provide Stage/Year, what students would do (learning activities) and what teachers need to know or prepare beforehand**// || //**Assessment ideas (think about how would you collect work samples)**// || Stage one- creating simple sentences/dialogue Stage two- developing fun news programs || use of voice- talking and listening- fluency, comprehension, etc.
 * //**Name of App**// || //**Description of what app does**// || //**Ideas for integrating app into a lesson.**//
 * Sock Puppets || lets you create and share your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice. || Early stage one- listening, positioning, colours?

airplay examples for whole class to watch and review- using marking rubric alongside for formal assessment || This app assists students learning of sound identification. The app could be used to show students specific words that contain a particular sound that students may be focusing on. || Turn off the volume and ask students to identify the sound within the word.
 * ABC Tracing || Allows younger students to practise their handwriting skills by tracing letters of the alphabet (upper and lower case) || Early Stage 1 - handwriting (drill and practise; creating sentences or after mastering letter formation || Obvervation – able to trace letters in correct process. ||
 * Phonics Genius || The app identifies various sounds and the position that these sounds have in words. || Early Stage 1 / Kindergarten

Talk about the position of the sound i.e is it found at the beginning, middle or end of the word? ||
 * Strip Design || Comic Strip making app. Connected to camera, online images, gallery etc. || Students redesign original/classic stories or capture events. Use of different mediums for critically engaging with imaginative, persuasive and informative texts || Assessment of text comprehension, imaginative and creative reflection. Comics can be exported as pdf, directly emailed or printed. ||
 * Reading eggs sight words || Helps kids learn to read through interactive games - positive reinforcement through colourful graphicsand verbals, negative reinforcement through denial of progression in game. || Great for infants level but can be used across Primary grades. Best used in small groups i.e. literacy group settings. Is a great tool for enriching a lesson. i.e. Focusing on initial sight words. Read a book with the class that is rich in site words, have students put one or more into a sentence and think/pair/share or share and some of them are very tricky to spell, so we need to learn what they look like. Break into literacy groups with one group on reading eggs sight words.

- Creative writing in an engaging way. - spelling - composition of words and sentences - word/picture identification (using visual and text correspondence) || This story can be emailed or printed for the teacher to review. ||
 * Students can progress at different rates but still be engaged in the reading eggs sight words program. || log-in to see where each student is up to. Effective as students need to get pack each level before they can progress ||
 * Word Drawer || This app is a sentence builder. It allows students to enter words one at a time, then choose words to put into sentence order. || Spelling rotations, sight words, sentence structure, adjectives, etc || Spelling tests, improvement of sentence structure in composing texts. ||
 * Story Maker || Allows students to create their own story using different icons to create pictures. Once the story has been created, the students can display their story to the class. This can be projected onto the SMART Board or shown on the ipad. || Early stage 1/Stage 1
 * Educreation || Write text or draw and records voice as you go. || Students can explain a concept that they know and present it to the class. Could be used for any stage, would mainly benefit the older years. The teacher needs to know how to use the app so they can explain what they want the students to do. || Maths assessment. Students work out problems to questions and explain what they are doing as they go. Shows teachers if they know the processes and can get the correct answer. ||

**Any apps you think should be installed on our iPads?**
Please list any apps you think are useful but are not currently installed on our School of Education iPads. We will consider installing these at the end of the semester.
 * //**Name of App**// || //**Description of what app does**// ||
 * reflector || Airplays from ipad or device without the use of apple tv. Displays anything from your personal device onto an interactive whiteboard with the same technology. See http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/ for more detail ||
 * skoolbo || Skoolbo – Go Aussie Kids Go is a great new site for primary children to help with reading and maths ||
 * Tools for Students 2 || Templates such as Venn diagrams and tables which students can write into and then print their information off. ||