LIFT 2014

Here is the online link for the LIFT 2014 handout.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqSwJe3EE7ZYEMdVcZXWe44YnZhEuNBcSDFLf8y1nx8/edit?usp=sharing

Using Flash Sites on an Ipad

Many of us would like to use websites that require Flash on our iPads.  For example, you might want to use a website that has online books but it tells you that you need to have Flash installed.  There is a solution!  If you download the app Puffin or Puffin Free, you can type the website in as with other browsers. 

Podcasts in the Classroom

Click here to go to an article on Easy Podcasting Ideas for your classroom.

Site to Find Apps

This site has many descriptions of great apps to use with kids.  Thanks Andrea for sending along the link.

http://smartyearsapps.com/

Some of the focus is on:

Language & Vocabulary

Articulation & Phonology

Social Skills

Reading Comprehension

Phonological Awareness

iPad Apps

This is a great little visual by a teacher to quickly refer to when looking for an app.

PikMe App

This is an iPad app that lets you choose individual students, create groups and record observations.  It is FREE!
Click here for more information.

iPad Apps for Nutrition and Health

Click here to go to a site that gives a number of iPad apps that would be helpful for teaching Nutrition and Health.

Kids Discover Apps

This is a series of apps that are interactive. 

Great Slideshow about Apps for Education

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XHmfxbbO2aettN44FpfFFGylmBu_uivGPF309sKF5uU/present#slide=id.i0

A Guide to Twitter

This is a great place to learn about Twitter.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/twitter-for-educators-beginners-guide.html

eLearning for Kids

This is a great resource for online learning.  There are engaging videos and lessons.  Click HERE to visit the site. 

Google Tips

 

Click HERE for a link to the post this image came from.

Science-Interact with Your World

This is a site that has a variety of science videos and interactives. Click the link HERE.

12 Roles for Google Drive in the Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/12-roles-for-google-drive-in-the-classroom/

Record MP3

This is a website that records from a microphone and makes a link to an MP3 that can then be used for various things such as QR Codes.  Thanks to Allison for finding this great site.

Click HERE for the link.

Article on iPads and QR Codes

This is a nice visual for using iPads and QR Codes.

http://ipad4schools.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/make-qr-hunt-2013v2.pdf

Newspaper Map

http://newspapermap.com

This is a map with dots that are links to many, many newspapers around the world.

Go Noodle

This is a great site for Brain Breaks for kids.  You have to sign up but there are many activities once you do.

Click here to go to the site.

Bobo Explores Light App

Discover an app that takes fundamental scientific concepts for school-age children and injects them with humor, astonishment and whimsy.

Oh Life!

This is a great website where students can go in and write an email to their future selves. Click here to go to the site.  A great idea would be to have grad students write themselves an email on the first day of school and have it set to send an email on the day of Grad. 

BYTE 2014

Here is the link for the handout for the BYTE session Technology Tips and Tricks.

Easy iPad Projects for Elementary Students

This is a slide share done by a teacher to show the many ways you can use the iPad in your classroom.  There are some great ideas here.
Click here for the link.

Newsela

This site lets you choose current events stories and select an appropriate reading level for the text. 
Click here for the link.

Developmental Stages App Wiki

Thank you to Andrea who sent me the link to this wonderful wiki that lists appropriate apps for each stage of develpment. 

Click here to visit the link.

Slideshare

We all probably run across these in our searches but I thought I would share the site again.  If you do a search, you can find many sideshares that relate to education.  Click here for the link.

10 Ways to Use Your iPad's Camera in your Classroom

Click here to go to an article on 10 ways to use your iPad's camera in your classroom.

Free Educational Movies

This site has a large selection of Free Educational Movies.  Topics vary from Acids and Bases to Verbs. 
Click here to go to the site.

Clickable Collages

MeMe Tales allow you to make a collage that is interactive.  It helps to watch the video first to see how it is done.  

Click here to go to site.