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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

Flip is a safe platform where educators can create a grid for their students to post videos on. Flip is a place where students can verbalize their ideas and thoughts instead of just writing or typing a paper or answer. Students can also watch their classmates' videos on Flip and can reflect on what their classmates are thinking.

As a fifth grade social studies teacher, I could use Flip Grid...
1. As a way for students to share from the perspective of a person in history acting as if they are that specific person
2. In a discussion board format where the student has to create their own post to answer a question, and then make another post to respond to someone else's video

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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Free Formative Assessment Tools for Teachers (edulastic.com)

Edulastic is a formative assessment tool for teachers to use. This tool is linked with Google logins which makes it easy for students to use and easy for the teacher to assign on Google Classroom. Edulastic allows for teachers to create assessments with the question bank provided or if teachers want they can create their own questions. Edulastic gives the teacher instant feedback on student progress, and can also measure progress over time.

As a fifth grade teacher, I could use Edulastic to...
1. As a way for me to check the student's understanding over a chapter reading in Social Studies.
2. As a review assessment to see where my students are at in understanding math concepts before a unit test.

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Experiential learning is learning by doing. It is going and trying things and figuring things out by doing something new.

As a third grade science teacher I could use experiential learning as...

1. On a field trip at the zoo, the student could take notes about what they are seeing. Then, back at the classroom there would be a discussion and an assignment to go with the notes they wrote down. This would allow for the students to be able to chew on the information.

2. Another way to use it as would be as a sort of flipped classroom experience. The students could go and to a museum and watch videos and learn as much as they could about ecosystems and wetlands for example. Then the students could come back and make a diorama to show what they had learned.

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Station rotation: Save time, engage students in any K-12 classroom - Ditch That Textbook

Station rotation is an approach to personalized learning. It is where the students are in groups and go around and do different stations such as technology activities, projects, pencil paper assignments, or lessons from the teacher. Stations are each timed and the students go through the different stations as a support to whatever content they are learning.

I could use station rotation as a fourth grade teacher in math by...
1. I could use station rotation as a scaffolding approach where one station is with me as the teacher. I could help differentiate the amount of help and the assignment that the students do based off of their ability.
2. Station rotation could allow for the chew and review section in ignite, chunk, chew, review pedagogy. One station could have a game on an iPad in which the students can work on the concept that was taught that day. They could also watch a video on the concept taught before they do the game to make sure they are understanding the material.

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Ed Tech

When we think of stations or centers we often think of young children moving around the room to various activities. While stations can, and do, work well in lower elementary classrooms they also have a very important role in upper elementary, middle and high school.

Stations can provide time for practice, preview, review, collaboration, choice work time, and small group or individual teacher time.

What does station rotation look like in the classroom?

The number and type of stations might look different in every classroom but the basic idea usually stays the same. Students are in small groups and rotate around from station to station to complete a series of tasks while the teacher works with groups or individual students. Students may rotate to a teacher station as a group or the teacher may pull small groups or individual students out of the rotation to meet with them as needed.

Station rotation in high school

High school might be the last place you would think of when you picture stations in the classroom but they can provide valuable opportunities to meet with small groups of students. In the video below, How and Why to Integrate Station Rotation into Your Classroom, Catlin Tucker shows us what station rotation looks like in her high school classroom.

Station rotation in middle school

Kristin Daley Conti uses stations in her 7th grade science classroom all the time. She contributed the ideas below to give us an example of what stations might look like in a middle school science classroom. Click on the colored buttons to see the specific task cards for each station.

Station rotation in the elementary classroom

The elementary classroom is a fun and exciting place to bring in stations. You can keep all of the stations planned around one subject or use your station rotation time to incorporate practice in every subject area. Below is an example of what an ELA station rotation might look like in an elementary school classroom. Click on the colored buttons to see the specific task cards for each station.

Getting started with station rotation in your classroom

Effective station rotation doesn't just happen overnight. It does take some planning and teaching of procedures and expectations. Luckily there are lots of resources out there to help you . Here are a few of our favorites.

FREE station rotation task cards!

If you have never done stations before then planning them out might seem like a daunting and time consuming task. But helping you teach better and save time is what EfficienTEACH is all about! That's why we, along with the amazing Ditchbook community, have created these station rotation task cards that you can copy and adapt to your classroom. Just go to "file" then "make a copy" to add it to your Google drive. Or go to "file" then "download " and choose "Microsoft PowerPoint" if you are a Microsoft user.

You can make a copy of these cards anytime and edit them to fit your class. Be sure to check the original file as more cards will be added as other community members share their ideas. Just go to "file" then "make a copy" to add it to your Google drive. Or go to "file" then "download " and choose "Microsoft PowerPoint" if you are a Microsoft user.

Want to contribute a station rotation task card idea? It's easy! Just make a copy of this template and follow the directions on the slide.

10 tips for efficient station rotation in any class

We reached out the the incredible Ditchbook community to share their tips and resources for implementing station rotation in the classroom and we got some fantastic responses! Below you will find 10 tips, including more resources, from other teachers who are using stations in their classroom.

1. Utilize pre-created resources to save time.

I found this instructional strategies playlist very helpful especially to new teachers. When you scroll to page 2, all the strategies are listed under the different topics. When you click on a strategy, for example 'Brainiac' (rehearsal and practice playlist) it takes you to the page where the activity is explained in detail. Some of the activities, like this one, also have links provided on the left side for templates. This resource is like a one-stop-shop.
Source: lead4ward instructional strategies playlists

2. Use Teacherstack.com to set up your groups and rotations.

I wanted to share a few tips I've learned in the past few years of using stations in my seventh grade language arts classes. I use the free website called teacherstack.com. It is a game changer for me. It allows me to create classes and set up rotation series. If I'm using timed rotations, I can project which group everyone is in, what the stations are, and the time remaining in an easy to follow grid.

Teacherstack.com has taken away the problem of kids not remembering which station/task they rotate to. It also allows me to focus on working with my small groups instead of watching the time or starting a timer. There are even choices for transition music you can play in between stations. This helps my students with cleaning up and preparing for the next station in a more orderly and quicker manner. I know not all station rotation models are this structured and time dependent, but for when you want stations to be just that, this website is so helpful! (There are other great features on this site as well.)

3. Have a variety of stations to increase engagement.

Have a variety of centers - some that will be easy for students to manage on their own and some that require more supervision from the teacher.
Music room rotation ideas shared by Amber Houk

Reading Center - Students are listening and reading along with the book "The Jazz Fly" by Matthew Gollub

Instrument Center - Students are using the boomwhacker instruments to figure out the mystery songs.

Listening Center - Students are listening to Celtic music and free drawing if they would like.

Activity Center - Students discover clues about an instrument inside a paper bag. They organize their clues on a worksheet that's inside a dry erase pocket.

Movement Center - Students play two movement games that we've played in class - statue cards and movement word wall.

Music Game Center - Students create music using one of the games on the Chrome Music Lab.

Student rotation ideas shared by Rebecca Crim

A QR code (to a website, video, interactive learning game, etc.)

Manipulatives (board game, flashcards, pictures...really anything they can hold, touch, and move)

With the teacher (it's great to have a moment to check in with the students)

Create something as a group (an ad, a meme, a new invention related to the topic...the ideas are endless)

Create something as an individual (similar to above, only done on their own, usually back in their seats)

Favorite station or center activities shared by Jaime Rowland
Poetry Museum - allow your students to appreciate poetry before you begin to analyze poetry by putting up lots of different poems around your room. Students view the poems like they might view paintings in a museum. You can tie an assignment or just allow them to select a favorite.

Meet the teacher stations (I learned about this on Tik Tok ).

Station 1: Investigate the teacher - students look around the room and make inferences about their findings.
Station 2: Close Read the syllabus
Station 3: Student survey
Station 4: Collaborate with others to develop 5 teacher expectations
Station 5: Email Etiquette - email the teacher
Choice station rotation ideas shared by Stacy Benton
I am a second grade teacher who has tried every way to set up station rotations and centers since I started teaching 11 years ago. I have found a fluid approach most effective and engaging for my students. This approach gives my students choice as to the order in which they want to visit each rotation. It is their responsibility to visit and complete each rotation activity by the end of rotation time on the fourth day. The rotations remain the same each week. I just change the content being addressed. I also differentiate activities for certain students.

We use rotations four days a week for thirty minutes each day. The rotations are:

Vocabulary

Write and Video (using Flipgrid)

Seesaw Scavenger Hunt (using the week's decodable reader to search for a phonics skill)

Teacher Talk (I pull small groups or individual students to conference or practice with me)

Exemplar station rotation idea shared by Jane Schuster
As a science teacher station rotation is easily incorporated into many of our labs. For example, in my anatomy classes if we are doing dissections I will have each group of students locate a different structure and 'pin' it. Then the groups will rotate through to see each example before finding it on their own specimen.

4. Start small and go slow.

Teach the station / center expectations and process with a low/no-stakes task. Once students understand expectations and procedures, then add in content.

Start small--Begin with station/center activities that are short (5 minutes) to teach and reinforce expectations and build from there.

Try a few station / center activities prior to working in a teacher-led station so that students are used to the process.

5. Have some sort of product, outcome or exit ticket for each station.

When doing station rotation activities with older students (middle and high school), it's essential to have a "deliverable" for each station -- something they complete and turn in, or have you check off, before moving to the next station.

Sometimes this might look like:

After reading an article at Station 1, create an Adobe Spark Post (now CC Express) with a PDA about the topic.

After analyzing primary source documents at Station 2, submit a thesis statement that answers the question at the station.

Or, it might mean that they're adding information to a table or chart (hard copy or digital) as they visit each station, in which case I check their work after they're done with each station before they move on, to make sure they have all the info/content/skills they need.

6. Be flexible and add in some fun!

An argument FOR stations ... Planning for stations ... Incorporating fun ...
The reason that more teachers don't use stations is that teachers all feel there is too much curriculum to cover and we know that letting students out of their seats increases transition time. Therefore one might reason less teaching time is available with stations.

That said, I teach grade 9 and 10 science along with grade 11 University level chemistry. I use station labs all the time. Yes, we do lose transition time. BUT working with their friends and allowing students to move at their own pace reignites the joy in learning. So students are more willing to concentrate during longer lessons - so we actually cover more! Ironic, isn't it?

And I am also finding the pandemic has caused a hard reset in student behaviour. Students are grateful for everything again. They say thank you for lessons; they help clean up after labs; they are so happy and grateful for labs. And they are listening better and thinking about little ways to honour their friends. Hey - we're turning back into Canadians again!! As a person who is Canadian first, and any genetic heritage as a strong second, I love this.

Station labs require much more thinking and advanced planning on the teacher's part as well. I have to backmap my planning so that students receive enough formative assessment in the type and quantity of observations to make, the type of vocabulary I need to assess, the type of calculations I need them to understand and work through and a balance of fun reactions (generally involving Bunsen burners or something they can eat 🙂 along with slower reactions that are more like "a dry toast"- necessary but a bit boring because they take longer - like waiting for silver to precipitate.

I also love and use escape rooms, gallery walks, sidewalk chalk outside in warmer weather. Right before a holiday kids are wired, so right before March break we did a tie dye lab as a stations lab that was completely optional. There was no quiz, and nothing to hand in. Some students tie dyed their socks because they forgot to bring anything. Some students had a nap because they had written a Chem test for me, a physics quiz, a French immersion essay and they were 'burnt out. And some students had a math test on the the last day before the break, so they studied. And some meditated or chatted with their friends. It was perfect.

So, really, I guess what I am saying is that a teacher has to start building a positive and trusting relationship with students starting on the very first day of class.

Students have to understand why we need a safety agreement, how to build positive relationships with their peers and the teacher, how to pay it forward for their families. And mental health for students has to be number 1. I have to trust the students; they have to trust me. And if you've got that rapport with your students, there is absolutely no reason that any discipline should not be using station work!

7. Incorporate stations virtually.

I have found that creating Zoom Rooms (named by starting center name) and creating a google sheet with a tab for each "rotation" has been super helpful. This way students can see the task, pertinent links/resources, and outcomes they need for each rotation. If they are staying together as a group, they can "rotate" to the next center by clicking on the next tab (no need to actually change rooms-more efficient!) and I can send an announcement "time to go to next tab" as the next rotation at the designated time interval.

It takes a bit of time to set up, but once they get the hang of it, it is really fun. And (added bonus) you can quickly modify groups by exchanging students in different rooms as you feel is needed. Just remember to allow screen share from multiple participants and you are ready to go! Fun collaborative learning!

8. Use stations for timely feedback

One of my favorite teacher-led stations is feedback on writing. While students are working at the station on a portion of the writing, I meet with students one-on-one about a previously completed part of the task. If they are working on body paragraphs, I will meet with them about their introductions for instance.

9. If you're short on time pass the station

I teach U.S. History. I've found the quickest way to complete stations is to have all materials in a big envelope or folder. I arrange desks in groups and pass the folders from one group to the next. My classes are only 50 minutes, so time moving from one station to another often takes away from work time.

I don't always use this method. Sometimes I still have students travel around the room, but if we have a lot to work through, having them stay in their seats works much better.

10. Don't give up!

Don't give up if it's not perfect the first hundred times you try it. These are kids, not robots. They need training on stations.

Example: Using Padlet to Organize Station Rotations
Contributed by Donna Schies
You may have heard that station rotations are one of the best ways to meet all of your students' learning needs, and as true as that may be, it can be a nightmare to organize.

To streamline this process, I decided to use the EfficienTEACH station rotation task cards. They have a great layout with a consistent format that students can easily understand.

1. Provide task cards to students. I decided to embed these station rotation task cards into a Padlet ( padlet.com) so everything could be easily accessible from one simple link. Padlet allows you to organize resources under specific categories in their shelf format, which is what I used for my station rotations. See the image below.

2. Create a station rotation classroom map. I also used the task cards to create a station rotation classroom map so students would know exactly where they are going when they rotate, and exactly what they are supposed to be doing when they get there. Below is a picture of my classroom station rotation map which I also easily embedded on the Station Rotation Padlet.

3. Quickly student groups. Creating groups that work well together can be a tricky formula for teachers, but I have found a pretty easy way to generate some quick groups by using the toolkit in ClassDojo ( classdojo.com). I prefer groups of 3, because sometimes 4 can be too many. Plus, if you have partner groups, it never fails, someone is always absent. Below is an image of the groups created on ClassDojo. I hid their names, but you get the idea. Student groups were also easily included on the Padlet.

4. Use timers to manage time. I added two YouTube timer video links to my Padlet, one for 20 minutes and the other one for 15. This is mostly because some of my classes need more time to complete their work at each station. The timers that I used were both Among Us themed and my students really enjoyed that, but you could use any type of timer that you like. On the picture below you can see the teacher support that I have embedded in my padlet.

5. Wrap it up with reflection. For reflection and accountability to the station rotation model, I included a Google Form survey on my Padlet that students complete at the end of the period. The survey that I use has reflection sentence stems to make the reflecting process more thoughtful. You can check it out below.

My students LOVED the station rotation activities and the organization of it all was made incredibly easy by using Padlet. Check out the big picture of it all below. I strongly suggest you try it out. It will make your life as a teacher so much easier and the quality and efficiency of your stations will create better learning outcomes for your students.

Here is a picture of my students working on their station rotation activities. They really did a great job collaborating and working together because they knew exactly what to do. After trying my stations this way, I honestly would not want to run stations any other way.

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Virtual Field Trips
ISSLive Tracking - ISSLive Feeds

A virtual field trip is where the student goes on an online exploration over specific content. The virtual trip is made up of images and videos.

As a fifth grade social studies teacher, I could use virtual field trips...
1. As an ignite strategy, I can use the virtual field trip as an introduction to a new unit, such as and looking at the Holocaust Museum before learning about it in class. Students could take notes of the museum and things that stook out to them.
2. As a review strategy I could use the virtual field trip as a review/ interactive experience where the students go on the virtual field trip by themselves and explore. Then, the students could write a paper or do a project about what they noticed and saw.

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ISSLive.com is going through an update! We are proud to return very soon with more streaming content, information and tons of resources for the future in space!

ISSLIVE is a collaborative project by NASA, ESA, and other partners. It offers live video and data streams from the ISS, promoting STEM education and inspiring the next generation of scientists. ISSLIVE also provides researchers with real-time data streams to study microgravity effects and material behavior. The website, isslive.com, is the primary portal to access resources, including a live video feed, current position map, and educational materials. Visitors can browse interactive lesson plans, videos, and live Q&A sessions with astronauts. The project showcases life aboard the ISS, including live exterior and interior video feeds. Overall, ISSLIVE represents a groundbreaking effort to bring the wonders of space exploration to a global audience.

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ISSLive.com is going through an update! We are proud to return very soon with more streaming content, information and tons of resources for the future in space! ISSLIVE is a collaborative project by NASA, ESA, and other partners. It offers live video and data streams from the ISS, promoting STEM education and inspiring the next generation of scientists.

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Websites:
TPACK Explained – TPACK.ORG (matt-koehler.com)

All About TPACK: A Teacher’s Guide to the TPACK Tech Integration Model – EdTech Classroom (edtech-class.com)

The TPACK Framework Explained (With Classroom Examples) | PowerSchool

At the Heart of TPACK: A Pedagogical Model | Resilient Educator

What Is TPACK Theory and How Can It Be Used in the Classroom? | McGraw Hill Canada (mheducation.ca)

Notes:

TPACK stands for technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. TPACK is used by knowing the content, knowing how to engage students effectively, and knowing about technology. This will allow you to use technology in your classroom to produce a deeper understanding and engage the students. TPACK's purpose is that it is the framework that intersects to effectively teach and engage students with technology. TPACK explains how innovative teaching works and the importance of technology, content, and pedagogical knowledge all need to intersect when teaching.

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TPACK is the knowledge teachers use to integrate technology in their teaching. Each of the seven components of the TPACK framework are explained.

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Websites:
SAMR - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything (schrockguide.net)

SAMR Model - Technology Is Learning (google.com)

Teaching Digitally: All About the SAMR Model - The Owl Teacher by Tammy DeShaw

Incorporating Technology Into The Classroom - The SAMR Model (modelteaching.com)

The SAMR Model Explained (With 15 Practical Examples) (3plearning.com)

SAMR: A Powerful Model for Understanding Good Tech Integration | Edutopia

Notes:

Substitution: tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change

Augmentation: tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement

Modification: Tech allows for significant task redesign

Redefinition: Tech allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable

Substitution and Augmentation are used to make things easier and engage the students.

Modification and Redefinition helps students build the skills we want them to have.

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Dr. Puentedura graciously Creative Commons-licenses some of his papers to allow for reproduction on other sites with attribution.

I have taken one of the PDF files and turned it into a slideshow below. I have included links to the original PDF files in case you want to download it from Dr. Puentedura's site.

Bloom's and SAMR:
​My thoughts based on the work of R. Puentedura, A. Churches and L. Nelson

I feel teachers need to both create tasks that target the higher-order cognitive skills (Bloom's) as well as design tasks that have a significant impact on student outcomes (SAMR). A visual to illustrate that follows.

Educators will argue they have seen redefinition tasks that only target the remembering level or have a creative assessment that is only at the augmentation level. Of course that is true, but I believe we should be planning for technology tasks, activities, and assessments that include both the higher levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and the transformation area of the SAMR model.

My vision of how the Bloom's and SAMR models work together and intersect follows below.

Bloom's and TECH: My thoughts

Work by others

Videos by others

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Enter Game PIN - Kahoot!

Kahoot is a fun quiz game that can be used in class for a multitude of different purposes. Using Kahoot will engage your class with interactive lessons, be used to get instant feedback from every student in the class, can be a formative assessment to track learning progress, foster creativity, review content, and allows for students to work together and use teamwork.

In my fourth grade social studies classroom, I could use Kahoot as:
1.  An informal formative assessment to see where the students are in understanding the content
2. A chance for collaborative learning to have the students work together to create a Kahoot from a specific chapter

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Join a game of kahoot here. Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!

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Edpuzzle is a website where you can turn any video into a lesson. Edpuzzle is using visual learning where the students watch a video and answer questions along the way. As a teacher, you take a video and put in questions you want the students to answer along the way. The questions can be multiple choice, true or false, and short answer. Edpuzzle allows for the students to complete the assignment at their own pace, and they can go back and rewatch the video if they missed a piece of information. Edpuzzle is a great way for teachers to check students understanding over a subject.

As a fourth grade science teacher, I could use Edpuzzle...
1. To allow the students to review a subject (ex: ecosystems) before taking a quiz or test
2. As an intro of a lesson for the students to get interested in the subject before I begin teaching

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Dashboard | Padlet
Padlet is a great tool because it allows for students to see each other's posts and can be used for any subject. Padlet is an easy platform for the teacher to see what the students know and where each student is at comparatively.

As a fifth grade teacher I could see myself using this...
1. As an exit ticket for the students to write down one new fact that they learned from science class.
2. As a formative assessment in English where the students could post a short paragraph using five of our vocab words.

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Corresponding Tech Tool: Flip Grid

Flip (flipgrid.com)

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Corresponding Tech Tool:
Virtual Experience- A Plant’s Life | Longwood Gardens
Canva- Templates (canva.com)

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Links to my Socrative room:
Socrative

https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/71535328

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Quiz_3rd Grade Plants and Animals Life Cycle Quiz

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The Benefits of Using Pear Deck in the Classroom • TechNotes Blog (tcea.org)

Within this blog, Jeannie Hipp explains how Pear Deck can be used for students of all ages and how she uses it in her elementary classes. She explains different ways that Pear Deck can be used at the beginning of the lesson (exit tickets), in the middle of the lesson (to keep the students interacted with things such as multiple-choice questions and draggable slides), and at the end of the lesson (formative assessments).

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Mindomo: Digital Brainstorming for Creative Ideas and Innovative Proposals – Learn to change (haaga-helia.fi)

This blog explained the use of the tech tool Mindomo. Mindomo allows for the students to make different types of concept maps. This teacher had the students use Mindomo for social studies when talking about tourism and had the students create a concept map over it. This teacher thought Mindomo was great because within the map the students can add texts, links, audio and pictures. I could definetly see myself using Mindomo when teaching social studies or science in the future.

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7 Must-Have Phonics Apps and Tools - The Tech Edvocate

This blog by Matthew Lynch explains many different tech tools to use when teaching students phonics. Lynch explains each tool specifically and says what grades they could be used for and how. This is a great blog because if I teach first grade, I will be teaching students phonetics and will want to use these tools. I also am thinking about becoming a speech pathologist, so it is nice to have phonic tech tools to know about that I could potentially use.

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Spread the loveLearning letter sounds and how to decode words is one of the first steps to becoming a fluent reader. For young children, from pre-school to 2nd grade, phonics is especially important. To keep kids interested and excited about phonics, use these 7 must-have phonics apps and tools.

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7 Ways to Use Khan Academy - Maneuvering the Middle

This blog by Tyne Brack explains 7 ways of using Khan Academy in the classroom. One use of Khan Academy that I particularly enjoyed was using it for stations during math time in class. Brack would differentiate by assigning students different skills to practice when they were at this math station. I love Khan Academy, and I think using it for math stations in my future classroom would be great.

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Khan Academy is an incredible resource for your classroom! You can see how some tips for starting Khan Academy in your classroom, and I have outlined ways to use Khan Academy for differentiating instruction. If you aren't ready to take the full plunge into the world of Khan, dip your metaphorical toes into the shallow end with these ideas.

NOTE: All Khan Academy content is available for free at www.khanacademy.org

1. MAKE UP WORK

There are times when you cannot find missing work for a student, and running another copy is just not going to happen. In the past I have assigned Khan Academy to students who are missing work. They would complete a skill, I would grade it based on how many they got correct, and I did not have to prepare 15 different assignments for the 9 different students who didn't turn it in. Seriously, game changer.

2. TUTORING

Similarly, I had a student that was really struggling with some foundational skills. I made an arrangement with her mom that she could come to my classroom before school at 6:30 am and work on some of these skills. I did not always have something prepared, and truth be told, there were many mornings I forgot she was coming. No big deal! I assigned her recommendations on Khan, and she got to work. If she was stuck or needed help, I was there to assist, but Khan allowed me to run last minute trips to the office or check in with the other math teacher before the day started.

3. STATIONS

Using Khan Academy as a station is perfect for classrooms that only have access to a handful of computers everyday. Khan Academy also has an app that can be used on a tablet. For students who struggled to stay on the correct website, I use an iPad and the guided access setting to make sure that students do not leave Khan Academy to surf the internet.

4. EXTENSION WORK

If you have the same students who complete work fairly quickly and with quality, Khan is a great resource to keep students working on math (and not distracting their teammates). Though I usually don't like students working ahead of their partners during practice time, independent practice is a time that I have used Khan as extension work.

5. A RESOURCE FOR PARENTS

Many parents ask me how they can help their students at home. I point them to Khan. Every skill is connected to a video, so if students or parents do not know how to complete a homework problem, they can type the topic into Khan Academy and watch a video that teaches the skill. It also helps me answer the question, "can you give my child more practice problems that we can work on at home?" Yes. Khan Academy.

6. WHEN THERE IS A SUB

I give this idea with caution. My school does not allow the use of technology with substitutes, but I think with the right substitute and with very clear expectations, students would benefit from a day of practicing skills in an engaging way. You can also hold students accountable when you come back by using the 'time on task' feature to see how much time your students were actually working.

7. SUMMATIVE TEST REVIEW

Before our end of the year state test, STAAR, Khan is a life-saver for review. Too many students have misconceptions about too many skills. I could never cover all of the different material effectively. One way I differentiate the review is to take a look at my data, and assign recommendations to the students who didn't master the skills the first time around. This way 28 students can be working on 8 different skills, and they can get immediate feedback. This leaves me free to pull a small group or conference with individual students. (The same idea can apply to any test review.)
Sidenote: Khan Academy still requires some prep work before getting started. Students must create an account and you have to give them the code that connects them to you as their coach. While this requires some front loading, it will save you time in the long run. You can find more information on how to set up accounts here.
What ways do you use Khan Academy in your classroom? Before teaching middle school, I taught Algebra II, and I used Khan to teach me concepts all the time. Don't forget that it isn't just for students! I have also had friends use it to study for the GRE.

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Khan Academy is an incredible resource for your classroom! You can see how some tips for starting Khan Academy in your classroom, and I have outlined ways to use Khan Academy for differentiating instruction. If you aren't ready to take the full plunge into the world of Khan, dip your metaphorical toes into the shallow end with these ideas.

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Seesaw in the Classroom | Creativity Element | Make Thinking Visible (hollyclark.org)

In this blog, Holly Clark explained how she used Seesaw in her 8th grade English class. In her class she had her students do blackout poetry on the app and then record themselves talking about the poem when they were done. I think this is a great idea because it allows for the teacher to see the student's thinking behind their poem and for other students to view each other's poems. I am thinking about teaching middle school, so if I do this is definitely something I would want to use Seesaw for. Even if I do not teach middle school, I could see myself using Seesaw for whatever grade I teach.

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Class: English

Creativity Element: Blackout Poetry

Problem: How can I use Seesaw to allow students to create in the English class and make their thinking visible.

Making thinking visible is one of the best ways we can utilize technology in classrooms to meaningfully empower the learning process.

Often people don't know where to begin or how to start doing this so I wanted to share this example from an 8th grade classroom from a school where I have a long term infused classroom partnership. A place where I am honored to be helping staff to make those little tweaks that produce profound outcomes.

Spotlight on an actual example:

In this example, an 8th-grade teacher was doing a poetry unit and we were discussing an upcoming unit we will team-teach together around the poem Invictus. After talking, I thought a good infusion to get her started with using the Seesaw app effectively would be to have the students do Blackout Poetry with their current project.

Side note: Thanks to TheMerrillsEDU for this idea...I have always done blackout poetry but when we were chatting in St Marteen they talked about doing it on Seesaw and then I thought about how easily students could make their thinking visible with this activity -and I knew together we had a winner.

Without hesitation - when I mentioned Blackout Poetry the teacher got it! She went back and got her kids started on this project right away. Kudos to her!

The process went like this:

Students chose a Poem to work with.

They take a picture of that poem in the Seesaw app.

Then they select words that describe the theme or their ideas from that poem or create an entirely new poem from the original one.

They use the markers in the app - to blackout all of the other words so only the ones they have chosen remain.

Then they press the record or microphone key to record their thinking and reasoning behind the creation of the poem.

They turn in using the green check button.

Here are students in an 8th grade English class doing this. Although they have access to iPads this is as easily accomplished on a Chromebook.

It is simply amazing how just the idea of making their thinking visible changes this idea to something much more powerful and profound. Something centered around the student as the learner instead of the teacher as the distributor of information.

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Home - Socrative
Socrative allows for teachers to easily create quizzes for their students to take. Not only are there already a lot of quizzes on the website relating to different subjects, but the teacher can create their own quizzes as well. Socrative also allows for teachers to make exit tickets.

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Free Online Assessment Software & Tools - Mentimeter

Mentimeter is a tech tool that allows for students to join and be a part of the interactive presentation. Mentimeter allows the teacher to add in many different questions and have things such as polls and questions where student answers can pop up on the screen. Mentimenter is a great tool that allows for teachers to easily gauge where the students are at, quiz the students in an easy way, and to evaluate and give feedback on the students' answers.

As a third grade teacher, I could use Mentimeter in English to...
1. Quiz the students understanding of vocabulary words to quickly see which words the majority of students do not understand.
2. Quiz the students over a book that we have just read and be able to see what literary elements in the book the students are confused about.

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Assessments

Quizzes and tests don't need to be scary. With Mentimeter they can be fun, informative, and even entertaining.

Covering every type of assessment

Run formative assessments during lessons and classes with the help of open-ended questions, scales, and more.

Create a fun multiple-choice pop quiz with leaderboards to spark some light-hearted competition.

Get creative with Pin-on Image or Guess the Number to create a unique test for students.

Students retain more

Don't just check if students understand, ask them to explain what they may be struggling with or what they find toughest.

Exams and tests don't need to be stressful for either students or educators. They can be enjoyable.

More than just asking students questions, you now can gather their input so they feel more involved in the learning process.

"I like the way it is easy to use and also the anonymous feature. Students can give evaluations anonymously." Redempter Mutinda, Adjunct Lecturer, Riara University Kenya

"Excellent and engaging way to gather results and see how students feel and perform." Karine Longman, French Teacher, International School of Monaco

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Sero! Concept Mapping-Based Assessments (serolearn.com)

Use Sero as a formative assessment by having the students make concept maps to engage deep, interactive thinking. By having the students create a concept map allows for the teacher to evaluate a student's understanding and how they are using higher level thinking.

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Google Forms: Online Form Creator | Google Workspace

Create your own quiz with Google Forms. If your class uses Google Classroom, using Google Forms as a formative assessment makes it easily accessible to your students. Within Google Forms teachers can make many different types of questions for the formative assessment.

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Easily create and share online forms and surveys, and analyze responses in real-time.

Create an online form as easily as creating a document

Select from multiple question types, drag-and-drop to reorder questions, and customize values as easily as pasting a list.

Send polished surveys and forms

Customize colors, images, and fonts to adjust the look and feel or reflect your organization's branding. And add custom logic that shows questions based on answers, for a more seamless experience.

Analyze responses with automatic summaries

See charts with response data update in real-time. Or open the raw data with Google Sheets for deeper analysis or automation.

Create and respond to surveys from anywhere

Access, create, and edit forms on-the-go, from screens big and small. Others can respond to your survey from wherever they are-from any mobile device, tablet, or computer.

Build forms and analyze results together

Add collaborators-just like with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides-to build questions together in real-time. Then analyze results together without having to share multiple versions of the file.

Work with clean response data

Use built-in intelligence to set response validation rules. For example, ensure that email addresses are properly formatted or that numbers fall within a specified range.

Share forms via email, link, or website

It's easy to share forms with specific people or with a broad audience by embedding forms on your website or sharing the links on social media.

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Templates (canva.com)
A perfect tool allowing for a student to make things such a poster, graphic organizer, presentation, or a mind map. As a teacher this is a great tool for students to use when you assign them a project or homework assignment.

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Browse through our professionally designed selection of free templates and customize a design for any occasion.

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Book Creator - Love Learning - Book Creator app

Book Creator is a wonderful tool for students to use to create something of their own. Not only is it easy to use and offers many templates, but allows for the students to tell their own story in a digital format and share their story with their classmates.

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Book Creator - Love Learning - Book Creator app

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Teachers love it. Students love it. Book Creator is the simplest, most inclusive way to create content in the classroom.

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Spotify for Podcasters
A podcast is a great way for students to express their knowledge and create something of their own to share with others. Not only does making a podcast allow for students to tell their story but teaches them the importance of preparation and practice in order to make a successful podcast.

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Make your podcast the next big thing Powerful tools for beginners, pros, and everyone in between - all for free.

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Ready to start a podcast? Create and host your show here Enjoy unlimited hosting and distribute your podcast everywhere. Take advantage of our all-in-one, free platform with recording, editing, analytics, fan engagement, and monetization tools.

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Start your podcast Everything you need to start a new podcast with confidence.

Grow your podcast Advice on growing your audience, engaging with fans, and more.

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iMovie - Apple
Use iMovie to have the students create a talk show. iMovie allows for you to easily edit recordings and to add in music and sound effects. It is also a platform that makes it easy to upload to Youtube or attach in Google Classroom.

As a sixth grade teacher, I could use iMovie to...
1. Have the students create a talk show where a historical figure is being interviewed. This allows for the students to act professional and to step into the shoes of a historical figure.
2. Have the students create a talk show where they are scientists and made a scientific discovery of something- ex: the water cycle, how volcanoes work, etc.

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Google Slides: Online Slideshow Maker | Google Workspace

Google Slides is a presentation program that allows for a person to create a visual presentation. Google Slides has many different templates to choose from as well as a multitude of transitions that one can use when presenting.

As a third grade teacher I could use Google Slides to...
1. Have my students create a scrapbook as a book report over the book that they read. The students could then each take turns sharing their scrapbooks with the class.
2. Have the student create a scrapbook over a country that they are studying for social studies. This could include everything from cultural, food, landmarks, and more.

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Google Slides: Online Slideshow Maker | Google Workspace

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Use Google Slides to create online slideshows. Make beautiful presentations together with secure sharing in real-time and from any device.

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Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.

Blogger is a free website that allows for you to create a blog. Blogger has a variety of templates to choose from for you to create your perfect blog. Blogger allows for students to have a voice and share it with others. Creating a blog also allows for students to read each other's blog posts and see the thoughts of their peers.

As a third grade teacher I could use Blogger to...
1. Write blog posts as diary entries from a specific historical figure or character of a book.
2. Have the student reflect on the environmental traits of organisms where they live- could be their pets, wildlife, plants, etc.

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Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.

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Publish your passions your way. Whether you'd like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.

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Visual & Video Maker Trusted By 11 Million Users - Piktochart
Have the students create an infographic using this technology tool. Piktochart has an abundance of templates to choose from that will go with many different subjects and spark the interest of students.

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Infographic Maker Trusted By 11 Million Users - Piktochart

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With Piktochart AI, you can create stunning infographics, reports, presentations, and more in seconds. No design experience needed. Start for free.

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Timetoast timeline maker | Timetoast timelines

This tech tool allows for students to create their own timelines. Timetoast allows for pictures, dates, and even short descriptions to be on the timelines.

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Take your narratives to the next level with our engaging, interactive timelines that are as visually stunning as they are informative.

Our easy-to-use platform lets you paint a vivid picture of the past, present, and even the future.

Enjoy the freedom to focus on what matters most, communicate key moments, and offer a full context that allows your audience to completely grasp your story.

Engage with interactivity, animation and beautiful design.

Focus on what is most important and communicate key moments.

Enhance comprehension by providing the context to fully understand the story.

Experience history in a way that connects the dots and puts things in perspective.

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Elevate your projects with our intuitive timeline maker. Craft compelling educational, historical, or project timelines in just a few clicks. Experience ease like never before!

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Oz Phonics Apps - Reading System for iPad

Oz Phonics is an app that can be downloaded on an iPad for beginner readers or ESL students to use. Oz phonics has many different levels on the app that builds students knowledge of long vowel sounds, consonant blends, short sentences, and phonemic awareness and letter sounds. Each level has is designed to target key reading skills so that the student can grow and become a proficient reader. Oz phonics also has games within the app that allow the student to have fun while practicing a skill.

As a speech pathologist I can use this by...
1. Using the app as homework for a student where they have to complete a specific level before I meet with them again.
2. As a form of reward where the student gets to play a game on the app if they behave well during the time I get to work with them.

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Oz Phonics Apps - Reading System for iPad

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iPad Apps and free phonics worksheets. Used by schools worldwide. Key reading skills. Phonemic awareness, letter sounds, blending, sounding out, decoding, consonant blends, diagraphs, CVC, CCVC, CVCC, spelling.

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Word Wizard for Kids School Ed on the App Store (apple.com)

Word Wizard for kids is an app that allows students to experiment with words and phonics. Word Wizard has many different activities that allows for the students to make words and to even has spelling quizzes. One thing that is remarkable about Word Wizard is that it says the words to the students so that they can hear each sound and how the word as a whole is pronounced.

As a speech pathologist, I could use this to...
1. As an activity for a student to use if they struggle with pronouncing certain words and remembering how some words are pronounced.

2. As an activity for a student who is a low reader so that they can practice the phonetic sounds.

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* "Speak 'N Spell for the iPad Generation" - The New York Times *

Word Wizard is an award-winning app used in schools that offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages four to 10.

--Learn to Read by Building Words --

* The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine (the first step in learning to read)
* Any text can be written and spoken
* 2 child voices + 5 adult voices (US, UK & Australian voices)
* Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC or QWERTY keyboard
* Many settings to adapt the activities to the child's needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,...)

-- Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists --

* 3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty
* 200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words)
* Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes!
* Add your own images to illustrate your word lists
* Keep tabs on your children's progress with detailed reports

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* Used in Schools (140K units sold to schools)
* "This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction" - The New York Times
* "This is a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school " - Wired's GeekDad
* Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review
* Winner of a Parents' Choice Award
* More than 290K units sold!
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Talking Movable Alphabet Activity
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* Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence
* Natural Sounding Voice - three American voices, one British voice, and one Australian voice
* Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet
* Alphabetic or QWERTY layout, letters, numbers, consonant digraphs (like "th") and vowels digraphs (like "oo")
* Uppercase or lowercase letters
* Keyboard emulation option
* 4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board)
* Customized word pronunciation, if necessary
* Accessibility: external keyboard support and 4 high contrast modes available
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Fun Spelling Activities
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3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the child's spelling level. You can use the built-in word lists or create your own.

1 - "Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it using the talking movable alphabet
2 - "Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters.
3 - "Spelling Quizzes" is a standard spelling test. The app won't move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling.

* 200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners, Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more
* Create custom Word Lists by entering your own words and sentences
* Import and export Word Lists you've created
* Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word
* Colorful animations are displayed when a word is completed
* Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward

-- Users & Reports --
* Unlimited number of users
* Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user (can be exported in PDF)
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More Accolades
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* The New York Times
"This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction because it leverages the iPad's size, powerful speech synthesis abilities, and touchscreen so that every letter can be a building block of phonetically accurate sound"

* Children's Technology Review
Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - 4.8 stars out of 5 - "Turn your iPad into a talking alphabet/language generator - and the perfect tool for a child just starting to experiment with letters and their sounds"
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Please send any feedback or suggestions to support@lescapadou.com

* Assigning images to words: you can now load more images from Wikimedia Commons
* Accessibility: external keyboard support for special needs kids who can't use the Movable Alphabet

Boring for younger kids

It's a well thought out app but lacks playfulness and whimsy. My toddler (who is beginning to read and write) did two exercises and got bored after the dry "spell this, spell that" commands. Still it seems like a very promising app for older kids.

Word Wizard

This is truly a dream come true app. I teach students from grades 2-7th grades with learning difficulties spelling. This program has helped students learn to spell and boost their confidence and grades. Students use the iPad while wearing earbuds, so I can have a full class working with no with interruptions from others. Students with writing difficulties appreciate working on the iPad in place of trying to print or cursive words that are already difficult to spell let alone write out. So using the iPad allows them to find success. I export the lists from my iPad and import them onto my students iPads. When I ad the spelling lists, I also ad a test. Grades have really gone up after using this app. I think this is my 4th year of using it and Pierre is wonderful to communicate with. He's very helpful.

Thank you!

Words of Gratitude

I am so grateful for this App. I used it for my first son who has Autism . The app was a true confidence builder . The added features for speed , voice tone , colors , drag and pull were helpful collaboratively to engage him . I didn't hesitate to use it for my 2nd son also with Autism . Now 13 and 10 , I still use it opposed to just saying words for them . I use another app that allows me to make our own list of words for spelling test etc however this App will always be held with the highest esteem for phonics and our strong foundation . I refer parents to it all the time .
Best Regards
Keesha , RN

Thanks for your review - do you know that you can also add your own word lists in this app? If you need help, you can contact us at support@lescapadou.com

Information

Compatibility

Requires iOS 11.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Copyright

© L'Escapadou 2011-2019

Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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Math Centers that Deliver — Differentiation Done Right | HappyNumbers.com

Happy Numbers is a tech tool that allows for teachers to assign their students different math activities for the students to practice a certain skill. The activities in Happy Numbers are individually paced and provide step-by-step instruction if a student does not understand the problem. Happy Numbers also provides immediate feedback to the teacher.

As a third grade teacher I could use Happy Number to...
1. Differentiate in the classroom in station rotation by assigning specific activities for students to do who need a challenge or are struggling with a concept.

2. As a form of review before a unit test.

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Math Centers that Deliver - Differentiation Done Right | HappyNumbers.com

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Joy of Reading - learn to read on the App Store (apple.com)

This app is a game that has many different activities to help meet Common Core Standards in reading. Some of the activities consist of letter tracing, letter recognition, rhyming and blending of sounds, spelling, and the differentiation of long and short vowel sounds.

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This game targets the following foundational skills in reading as outlined by the Common Core State Standards for the kindergarten level:
- Phonemic Awareness
- Letter Tracing
- Letter recognition
- Rhyming and blending of sounds
- Differentiation of long and short vowel sounds
- Spelling
- Recognition of compound words
- Recollection of common high-frequency words
- Reading emergent reader texts with fluency

Joy of reading is a proven, comprehensive program consisting of 9 multi-level games for children from 3 years old. Guided by fun characters, children are exposed to systematic and explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics until they become confident readers.

Developed with early reading specialist from McGill University, Dr. Robert Savage, and the English Common Core State Standards in mind, Joy of Reading is a wonderful app for eager young learners.

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Optimizations.

Looks promising!!

It is quite buggy; I can't use my child's name because "it has already been used", the word box is not saying some of the words, and I could not sign in using apple login, but I love Montessori School so I'm sure this app will come along fine once Edoki has time to fix it up! My 3 year old son loved the activities right away and they were easy for him to navigate since it is similar to the other learning app. I love seeing him so happy to learn phonics!

Hello , please contact to support@edokiacademy.com and ask for Valérie.

No full access with Montessori subscription.

App will let my child play for a few minutes then constantly asks for us to pay for a subscription. I have already paid for Montessori and do not intend to pay for second app. Please stop advertising that this is included with Montessori subscription because it is NOT and that is false advertising. Read other reviews. Everyone is complaining about the same issue.

Hello, could you please let us know if you are still stuck or if everything is functioning now? Please contact us on support@edokiacademy.com

Good concept but faulty login

Good concept from Montessori app. However this app doesn't allow me to login with my Montessori subscription. Very frustrating each time my 2.5 year old has to start over! Fix login issues please. Otherwise would give app 4 to 5 stars.

Hello, are you still having difficulties with the app? We can help if you contact us on support@edokiacademy.com.

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iPhone

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Age Rating

4+, Made for Ages 0-5

In-App Purchases

1. 3-month subscription $15.99

2. Monthly subscription $6.99

Family Sharing

Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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‎This game targets the following foundational skills in reading as outlined by the Common Core State Standards for the kindergarten level: - Phonemic Awareness - Letter Tracing - Letter recognition - Rhyming and blending of sounds - Differentiation of long and short vowel sounds - Spelling - Recognit...

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Happy Little Farmer on the App Store (apple.com)

This app teaches students about the life cycle of a plant and how they grow. The students have to take care of the plants on the app by planting, watering, and getting rid of bugs. This app is a perfect opportunity to show young learners how the life cycle of a plant works.

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Welcome to Happy Little Farmer, the first ever app to teach kids how things grow! Rake, dig, trim, water - there are endless things to do on your very own fruit and veggie farm. Quick, chase the bugs away before they eat all the leaves! Feed the hungry blue monster and pick all the veggies before they go bad. Happy Little Farmer includes 15 exciting activities to do around the farm.

- Featured in Apple's "Fun with Food"

- "The perfect app...an adorable romp through a cartoon farm with all of the cute animals and happy tractors and none of the smells or hard work of the true rural life." - Cool Mom Tech

- "Happy Little Farmer teaches the life cycle of a variety of plants in a way that is not only fun, but that kids in this age group will understand." - Best Apps For Kids

- "A number of useful skills are cleverly built into this app...The learn by play factor is high and rather well done." - Smart Apps For Kids

Happy Little Farmer is an educational game that addresses the kiddie question: where do fruits and vegetables come from? Adding a fun and creative edge, these games help children to appreciate and learn about the world of nature.

FEATURES
- Child-friendly interface with no complicated menus
- An original soundtrack comprising of favorite nursery rhymes including: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Five Little Ducks, If You're Happy and You Know It, and Ten in the Bed.
- Beautiful original illustrations with interactive animations
- 15 fun and educational games with more ways to play: tap, pinch, drag, tilt, and more
- Choose from 12 different fruits and vegetables to grow
- Bonus treasure hunt game with heaps of stickers to collect
- NO advertising
- NO in-app purchases

HOW THINGS GROW in a...
- Veggie Patch
What a mess! Put away all the rubbish and rake the soil - now the veggie patch is ready for planting! Which vegetables do you want to grow? Take your pick and plant the seed. Don't forget to water and watch out for the naughty little bugs. Watch with delight as your plants grow day by day. Soon it's time to collect your harvest. Great job!

- Fruit Pot
Grow all kinds of yummy berries. Pour the soil into the pot and put in the sapling. Oh no! The bugs have eaten away the leaves. Time to trim away the bad parts. Snip snip! Whew. You have saved the day!

- Wheatfield
Time to bring out the machines! Drive a tiller to clear out the drink cans and mushrooms. Go on a helicopter ride as you water the wheatfield. Harvest the crops in a cool combine tractor. There is so much to explore!

TREASURE HUNT
The fun doesn't just end there. In every scene there is a hidden surprise waiting to be found. Can you spot where it is? Collect all objects to create and customize your own rabbit house.

ENCOURAGING CURIOSITY
Children naturally ask questions. It is important to support their curiosity and encourage them to further explore how things work. Happy Little Farmer is a good way to start interesting discussions about how things grow in real life and to inspire kids to go into the garden and find their own answers.

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It is sooooo fun!

I love it becuse it lets me garden l love to garden!

Music doesn't work

This was the favorite app for my grandkids, but now the music doesn't work which is so disappointing. I thought at first it was my device, but I have it on my phone and 2 ipads, and there's no music on any of them. I have sent feedback but never get a response.

Erin england review

I love this game my kids love it too

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Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 8.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 8.0 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Languages

English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese

Age Rating

4+, Made for Ages 0-5

Family Sharing

Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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Technology use in the classroom is important because students need to learn how to navigate, use, explore, and create with technology for their future jobs and lives. I want to use technology in the classroom in a purposeful way where it will be used to only enhance student learning and promote deep and active learning. Depending on what grade I teach will depend on how much technology I incorporate into the classroom.

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You'll find games, trivia quizzes and help with map skills, plus you can delve into some fascinating topics about the world around you and find out how geography is evident in our day-to-day lives.

Mapzone brings geography and mapping to life and is a great resource to use as a teacher.

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Variety of games, and homework help for children about mapping and geography.

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We just had our school wide Engineering Fair and it was a HUGE success! My school is located in Albemarle County, Virginia which is home to the University of Virginia. Several classrooms in my building were working with The University's Curry School of Education and the UVA School of Engineering since the start of school last fall. We were given printers and fabricators to use with software (Fablab and Community Construction) that was designed by people in the Engineering department at UVA. I was one of the fortunate teachers that got to work with these talented people. We worked on several different projects but our favorite is the comparison communities we made showing Long Ago and Today. One of our state's Standards of Learning (SOL's) is comparing life from today with that of long ago.

Before I even began to teach this concept I showed the kids pictures and read books about buildings. We talked about the shapes that we saw in them. Then we did a wonderful art project I found on

http://www.deepspacesparkle.com

that had to do with shapes and buildings. Here are some samples of the finished product.

When I began to teach the SOL, I started out by reading the book "A Street Through Time" and having the kids tell me as we went through each era what they saw that stayed the same and what was different.

We brainstormed all businesses and buildings that we see here in Charlottesville and then made a list. We sorted them into different sections such as businesses that help us, ones that keep us safe, ones that are fun, etc. This tied into our Economics Unit of Needs and Wants and Buyers and Sellers.

We then designed our community and decided what "Earth" features we wanted in it. We knew that all living things need water, so the kids said we would need to have either a lake or a river. They ended up deciding that they wanted both. They continued to design the community putting in a railroad, roads and bridges.

Then we were ready to plan our community: where we wanted the buildings to go. We used squares of paper and the conversation the kids had doing this was awesome. They really thought out where things should go and thought about the problems that may come from a placement. It was really amazing to hear them at this young age problem solve together.

Now it was time to work with our friends from UVA. They came in along with our Gifted Resource teacher and the kids worked on the computers making their buildings. They used the Community Construction software and each child made 4 buildings. 2 businesses from today, 1 home from today and 1 home from long ago. The kids got to pick the size of their buildings along with the siding that would go on it. Again, they did a fantastic job thinking about what the building should look like. I went online and found different kinds of roofs and sidings for them to choose from.

From there we printed and fabricated the buildings. The kids loved watching them come out of the machine (it's called a Silhouette) and seeing the buildings go from a 2D shape into a 3D shape.

When all of the buildings were finished, we then went back to our community we mapped out and started to put the buildings down. The comparison between the Community of Today with that of Long Ago came alive before their eyes.

It was a very fun way to learn about the differences.

Here are what some of the buildings looked like close up.

Look at the details in the sidings and the roofs, pretty cool!

Then we wrote about all we did to make these communities, the struggles and the triumphs we experienced. We also wrote about the comparisons between the two communities, what would be the same and different from living Today and Long Ago.

Our final step will be to go on a field trip to a Living History Museum called the Frontier Culture Museum located in Staunton, Virginia that has houses from Long Ago. The cool part is my kids will be looking not only on how they looked, lived and dressed but also at the architecture of the buildings.

I've attached the design brief that I wrote for this project.

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Even though many of us view maps on phone apps over paper these days, kids still need good map skills. Fortunately, the same basic concepts apply for virtual and paper maps. Here are some of our favorite engaging map skills activities to teach kids about keys, grids, the compass rose, and more.

(Just a heads up, WeAreTeachers may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. We only recommend items our team loves!)

1. Read a map book

Storytime is the perfect way to introduce new map skills activities to little ones. Here are a few of our favorite books about maps.

2. Introduce map skills activities through imaginative play

Learning about maps comes naturally when kids experiment with them through play. Fill a box with felt roads, rivers, houses, and more. Then let kids build and play in an imaginary town map.

Learn more: The Primary Pack

3. Map out a fairy tale

Read your favorite adventure story and lay out a simple map of the main character's travels. This is such a cute activity to help young minds explore map skills.

Learn more: Science Sparks

4. Hang a map skills anchor chart

When you're ready to start tackling map skills in earnest, a colorful anchor chart is a great way to start.

Learn more: Mrs. Call's Campers

5. Learn to read a map grid

Finding items in a grid is essential for reading paper maps. This simple interactive activity shows kids how it works.

Learn more: Keeping My Kiddos Busy

6. Follow directions through a grid

This map skills game teaches kids to follow directions on a map grid. Lay it out with string or masking tape on the floor, then get into the map!

Learn more: Kids Activities Blog

7. Find your favorite characters' homes on a map

Make a list of your favorite fictional characters, then find their homes on a map of the world. For some you'll be able to locate the actual town or city; for others you may have to go with states or countries instead.

Learn more: NutureStore

8. Map your yard or playground

Turn kids into junior cartographers with this popular map skills activity! Kids can do this
individually for their own yard or bedroom, or do a giant group map of the school or playground.

Learn more: Tree Valley Academy

9. Put together a map puzzle

Did you know the earliest jigsaw puzzles were actually maps cut into pieces? (It's true! They were called "dissected maps.") They're still fun today. Try one of these favorites, or have kids make their own on the back of a dollar store puzzle for bargain fun!

10. Personalize the cardinal directions

Pick up a set of large wood or cardboard letters for north, south, east, and west. For each letter, personalize it with pictures of things you'd find if you went in that direction from your home or classroom. So cool!

Learn more: Carrots Are Orange

11. Make a salt dough map

Topographical maps are always a lot of fun for kids. Mix up a batch of salt dough, and have them sculpt your state, country, or even continent.

Learn more: We Have Kids

12. Master latitude and longitude with Battleship

Latitude and longitude make the perfect game board for a round of Battleship! Learn how to play at the link.

Learn more: The Room Mom

13. Solve a seek & find challenge

Give kids practice finding locations or landmarks on a map with seek & find challenges. You can do it on your own with a large road map, or check out the book Map It! Seek & Find Atlas of Brainy Challenges.

14. Craft a compass rose collage

Understanding a compass rose is key to mastering map skills. This pretty collage is a crafty way to get to know the cardinal directions.

Learn more: The Classroom Key

15. Bring the compass rose to life

Put the compass rose into practice by drawing one with sidewalk chalk. Then, lay out directional arrows to show the location of buildings or other items.

Learn more: Education.com

16. Practice compass skills with a treasure hunt

Compass skills are the next step up when it comes to maps and way-finding. There's no cooler way to practice them than a treasure hunt!

Learn more: The Reinert Adventures

17. Go on a Google Maps scavenger hunt

These days, kids are more likely to encounter maps online than on paper. Send them on a journey through Google Maps so they can familiarize themselves with how it works and all its benefits.

Learn more: Erintegration

18. Map out a travel route

Sure, nowadays we usually just map out a route with GPS, but what if your phone dies? It's still good to be able to map a route by hand with map skills activities like this one.

Learn more: Steamsational

19. Put map skills to use with geocaching

The geocaching fad is still going strong! Learn how it works and ways for kids to participate at the link below.

Learn more: Explore More, Clean Less

20. Build a 3D map of your community

Here's the ultimate map skills activity: a giant 3D map! Create a 3D map of your local community, or map out a fictional town instead. Either way, it's so much fun.

Learn more: 1st Grade Learning Stars

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20 Hands-On Ways for Kids to Learn Map Skills

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Learning to read a map is an important skill. These hands-on activities teach kids all the map skills they need to get around.