Technology and Learning

Mrs. Willers, one of our Kindergarten teachers, gave this perspective to a school that came her last week for a visit:) iPad App: Seesaw  This is the first year that we have been using Seesaw, and I absolutely love it! It can be challenging to find great technology that is user friendly for primary grades, but Seesaw has really changed that for us! There are so many ways to implement this into your classroom, and I love the connection it builds between home and school. The app is easy to use for our students, and easy to manage as a teacher- simply watch then approve any students’ completed project or journal, and instantly it is sent to the family and archived. This app is also helping me go paperless for Daily 5- I can provide my students with hands-on activities and Seesaw keeps them accountable for staying on task and doing their best with each activity.  Student samples using Seesaw with D5 and writing:  https://app.seesaw.me/pages/ shared_ite...

I know that Mrs. Olson, one of our 1st grade teachers wouldn't mind me sharing this.  We recently had a school come and visit us about iPads in the K-2 classroom and this is what she had to say about apps in 1st Grade: Here are some of the iPad apps that we use a lot:  Seesaw: This is a great sharing app to allow parents to see some of the work the kids do each day. The parents can also comment on things so the kids can see it! Rocket Speller: Great for spelling practice.  This one can be set to different levels to differentiate for your class.  Sushi Monster: Great game for math facts. Flash to Pass: Great for math facts. You can set a time limit and a difficulty level.  Sail Through Math: Math facts HyperBlast: Very video game-like- the kids love that part. Great for math facts. Math Bingo: Fun math facts bingo game Story Buddy: This one is fun for individual practice for anything! I use it for spelling practice, wr...