Tutorial6_App+ideas

=Tutorial 6 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)**// ||
 * //**Name of App**// || //**Description of what app does**// || //**Ideas for integrating app into a lesson.**//
 * ====**Story Maker free**==== || ==== It allows the students to create stories using pictures, text, drawing tools. It checks and evaluates spelling and gives the students opportunities to create stories using multiple tools. ==== || ====Stage 1-2. Helps students create stories or picture book through varying tools and pictures. Teachers need to establish rules early as its easy to become distracted by pictures and colours. Good to establish as a L3 activity.==== || ====The book can be printed, saved onto iPad for evaluation/collection.==== ||
 * **Prezi**

GABANDA || It allows students to create and present ideas, brainstorming, pictures, videos and resources. A combination of sources can be used in each prezi depending on the requirements set by the teacher. || Stage 2 - 3. Provides a platform for students to create and present content in an engaging and fun manner. For example Prezi could be used as the publishing application at the end of a research unit, whereby students could bring together text, pictures, videos and any other resources and present them in a highly engaging manner. The teacher would need to have an understanding of how to use Prezi which can be developed through watching Prezi creation videos, or featured presentations for cool ideas. Teacher could model these directions or show Prezi videos to students. || Student presentations can be saved in a class folder or sent to the teacher for assessment. || - Procedures - Animation - Story telling - Comics || Projects can be saved and printed from the iPad. ||
 * Puppet Pals - Sarah and Michelle || Animated storytelling with puppets. Students choose their characters and backdrops and then they move characters and narrate with recording option. They can give their story a title and save it to the ipad. || Stage 1 – use it to build students understanding of narratives and storytelling through spoken language. Good tool to use for beginning writers, where they don’t have to worry about writing their ideas down, but still develop the skills and concepts of narrative writing. || Video can be saved for teacher to assess; language of narrative writing, dialogue and speaking skills. Students could also present their story to the class. ||
 * Drawing box free || App allows students to draw, paint and record the process of their drawing digitally. || This app could be used for all stages, students can use the app to explain how to draw something or even show the process of a procedure through drawings.- Life cycles
 * Drawing box free || App allows students to draw, paint and record the process of their drawing digitally. || This app could be used for all stages, students can use the app to explain how to draw something or even show the process of a procedure through drawings.- Life cycles
 * Drawing box free || App allows students to draw, paint and record the process of their drawing digitally. || This app could be used for all stages, students can use the app to explain how to draw something or even show the process of a procedure through drawings.- Life cycles
 * Toontastic || Allows students to create an animated story with options to create and narrate an original storyline, add characters and create their own backgrounds using drawing tools. It also explicitly supports narrative structure with clear guide. || Stage 2 Students create their own animated stories using the various tools. Students can record their own narration of the story to accompany their animations. Teachers need to establish rules regarding app usage such as no violent story lines, silly drawings etc. || Students can upload their stories to a filesharing app such as dropbox and teacher can access and watch the students’ stories to assess their knowledge. ||
 * Reading Eggs 100 HD Free || Reading eggs is an app that helps studentsrecognise and learn sight words. The app consists of 100 words. || App is appropriate for Early Stage One/Year one, particularly those students participating in reading recovery.Could be utilised for reinforcement for individuals. Could be a part of a rotating literacy block. || The app allows you to have access to the students results, whereby this can be printed. ||
 * Reading Eggs 100 HD Free || Reading eggs is an app that helps studentsrecognise and learn sight words. The app consists of 100 words. || App is appropriate for Early Stage One/Year one, particularly those students participating in reading recovery.Could be utilised for reinforcement for individuals. Could be a part of a rotating literacy block. || The app allows you to have access to the students results, whereby this can be printed. ||

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**// ||