Pre-First+Thoughts+About+the+iPad

//First Night ...//
 * Katie's iPad Research**

__Free Apps Downloaded__

- Clock master --- awesome. Can use in pars or whole group or individually. Can track progress of each student. - Math quizzer --- awesome. Can do addition, subtraction, or both. Very simple. - White board --- good and simple. Could use during math whole group instead of stinky markers - Chictionary --- fun ... Would be hard for girls to get all words. can you change difficulty? - Preschool memory match --- different pictures memory game (animals, musical instruments). When you find a match it makes the corresponding sound and says name (ex. kaw kaw -- hawk) - Shape builder lite --- like tangrams. Make shape, say name, hear sound; one was a letter (A says “a” like anteater). Can you do all letters? - Story book -- alright. Text box is small, not many drawing options but perhaps you could import pics from drawing pad. - Brain tuner --- too hard - Freddy Fraction --- too hard. Fraction to decimal equivalence. - Number line --- too hard. Fractions, decimals, percentages
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__Apps (not free) that look good__

//Language Arts// - Word Magic --- looks like some of the word puzzles we use ... F_SH - iWriteWords (Handwriting Game) --- 4 out of 5 stars

//Math// - The Ruler --- not awesome reviews but seemed cool ... drag finger to measure - Math Flash Cards HD Addition and Subtraction --- good review for our age group - Numerate: Count, Add, and Subtract --- like the picture flash cards .. would have been good for an Alexa - MakeChange: Money counting game --- apparently no feedback ... - Motion Math --- great reviews; math game for fractions - Math Bingo

//Other// - A section of apps for special education ... articulation

__Touch Screen Preschool Games__ ([|__www.touchscreenpreschoolgames.com__]) - Drawing Pad -- Awesome ... $1.99 the one dad has - Shape Builder -- like our tangram puzzles - Preschool Connect the dots --- $.99 - Mister Rogers makes a journal for preschoolers - $1.99 ... can create a library, can illustrate, focuses on emotions (maybe good for Shondra?) .. good reviews from mostly parents. not sure how helpful it would be in the classroom

__Questions__ - Can we get covers for the screens? .. already lots of finger prints - Could the iPad replace the tablet? (I think this is what Stacy W. is looking into) - How can you see homepage of e-mail or is it just your inbox?