iPod+Centers+in+the+Classroom

=__Developing iPod Centers to Enhance Literacy__= Develop skills and use tools to build a technology center that will enhance literacy in your classroom. Participants will get an ipod touches to set up a center for various differentiated instruction. This workshop that will help participants discover educational apps that are available and how they can be used in classroom instruction.

**Materials:** Teachers **MUST** bring their own laptop. These laptops should have the latest version of iTune installed & create an Apple ID account separate from your personal, to use for school.

**Objective:** To provide Educators with the skills to integrate iPod technology into a literacy center.

**Class Description:**This workshop is being offered to educators. Participants will get a set of i-pod touches to set up a center to enhance various skills. They will also develop an implementation plan and use digital tools to organize resources.

**Common Core Standards Addressed:** K-5 **Key Ideas and Details**. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. **Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity**10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

**Agenda** Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
 * Introductions
 * Getting Started
 * Creating an iTunes Account for school use
 * Create a plan for your center
 * Apps, eBooks & Podcasts for the classroom
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pod-casting
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to organize and upload your pod-casts
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eBooks
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Setting up and making your iPod “master image”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Downloading and installing Apps, Books and Podcasts
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create and share your plan and instructions for the classroom iPod Literacy Center
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Syncing your student devices

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Work flow**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Day 1__ =eBooks= || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A LIBRARY OF KIDS BOOKS featuring many of your favorite titles. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED, each book in the MeeGenius library features READ-ALONG TECHNOLOGY that uses a combination of word highlighting and professional narration to promote word recognition in budding readers! || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The free Dictionary.com app delivers trusted reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. NO INTERNET CONNECTION IS NEEDED TO SEARCH WORDS. The app includes nearly 2,000,000 words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms. It also features audio pronunciation, voice-to-text search and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day and Hot Word blog. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Story Mouse is a growing collection of virtual books for children with audio, illustrations and text, bringing the world's favourite children's stories and fairytales to life on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Join the more than 2,200,000 people who have used Audiobooks to listen to over 3,535 classic audiobooks for FREE. In addition to all our free content, we also now include a growing collection of premium audiobooks for your enjoyment. Audiobooks is a fantastic way to access all your favorite audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod Touch. This application gives you access to over 20,000 hours worth of great audiobook content. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Read the classic poem of love so powerful it can turn a toy bunny into a real rabbit. Read along and record your voice with apps for families from Ruckus Media! || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Create an electronic storybook. Make use of the little gaps in life - on the sofa after dinner, in the back seat of the car, or on a train - to do something creative together. || =Audio Recording= || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Audioboo is an application for recording and sharing your voice with the world. This free version allows you to create audio up to 5 minutes in length and post that to your own account on the web. You can add titles, tags, geolocation info and a photo to the recording before you upload it and we'll save all that with the file. The audio can then be shared with your followers or via Facebook, Twitter & more social networks by managing your account at http://audioboo.fm. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Animoto turns the pictures on your iPhone into beautiful music videos! It takes just a few minutes to make one, and then you can share and collect them with your friends. Make as many as you like--they're totally free. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. || =Creating= || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">FlipBook and FlipBook Lite are the #1 animation apps for your iPhone, with well over 2 million downloads! Easily make your doodles come to life and share them with your friends. FlipBook has everything you need to get started animating, from an eraser to onion skinning (which lets you see a faint image of the previous and next frames) to layered drawing. Load images from your photo library, including images taken with your iPhone's camera, and draw on top of them. If you make a mistake, just touch Undo. Touch Play when you're ready to see how your movie looks. Share your movie by uploading it to flipbook.tv so that everyone can see it. FlipBook puts animation into your hands. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Friends can work together with multiple puppets and create hilarious conversations. While recording simply tap a puppet and that puppet will lip-synch, tap a different puppet and switch auto lip-synching to it. Switch backgrounds to take your puppets to different places, move the puppets, props and scenery to animate them while recording. Cartoon and photo realistic puppets are included. || || <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later. <span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This app is as fun as your own creativity. Act out a story of Pirates on the high seas, fight as scary monsters, or play the part of a Wild West bandit on the loose. You can even combine any characters however you want! || = =
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3:30-3:45- Welcome, Introductions & getting your device online
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3:45-4:00 Unwrapping your iPod Touch & associated paperwork
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:00-4:30 Your new ipod:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Apps
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Folders
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Quitting Apps
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Settings
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:30-4:40 Activity: What Lesson Level are you? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">poll <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">everywhere
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 1 : Standard Lesson: no integration of Technology
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 2 - Technology used to automate or simply present same material electronically
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 3 - Introduction of Web 2.0 Tools - Work being published to the Web
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 4 - Students beginning to collaborate with others locally
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 5 - Lesson/Project has gone global, student work is thriving and building legacy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:40-4:45 Reflection: How can the iPod help bring technology into your teaching practice?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Open notes app and jot down your thoughts
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">emailing notes to opalgrant1720@posterous.com
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:45-5:30: Apps
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What kinds of Apps do we need for our Literacy Center?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finding and reviewing apps
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MeeGenius
 * [|iBooks]
 * [|Dictionary]
 * [|The Story Mouse]
 * [|Audio Books]
 * [|The Velveteen Rabbit Lite]
 * [|StoryKit]
 * [|Audioboo]
 * [|Animoto]
 * [|Dragon Dictation]
 * [|Flip Book Lite]
 * [|Sock Puppets]
 * [|Puppet Pals]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity: Find 3 Apps that would be useful in your classroom.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5:30-6:00: Getting started back at school
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you introduce this to your students?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What will the instructions look like?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What will your rubric look like?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6:00-6:30 Independent practice
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Syncing
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluation

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Day 2__ First graders using the iPods in the classroom: media type="custom" key="10552416" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sample Literacy Centers: []
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3:30-4:00 **Creating Centers Discussion**

iPod Sample Videos:
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 * 4:00-4:15 Adding email accounts
 * Settings
 * Mail
 * Add Account...
 * Select the icon for your mail account
 * Choose Microsoft Exchange for DOE mail
 * your email
 * Domain is Central
 * username is everything before the @ in your email
 * your DOE password
 * next
 * You will get an error message that says you cannot verify server, continue anyway? Continue
 * Add Server: mail.nycboe.net
 * Save settings
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:15-4:30 Podcasting
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Equipment - iPod & microphone, a Computer
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Open Voice Memo App
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Record Audio
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Go into voice memo list
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity: Create a podcast of your own & email it us
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reflection: How will this look in your classroom?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Open notes app and jot down your thoughts
 * 4:30-4:50 Wikispaces for hosting your work
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:30-5:00 Creating your Center
 * Resources
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you use them in your classroom?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5:00-6:00 using Podcasts and eBooks
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluation

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Day 3__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3:30-4:30: Setting up your iPod “Master Image”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choosing the Apps & eBooks for your Literacy Center
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Standards are you meeting?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Syncing your devices with your itunes account
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4:30-5:00: Finalize instructions & activity Sheets
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5:00-6:00: Uploading and troubleshooting
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upload to our Gallery: http://kthru3literacycenterpodcasts.wikispaces.com/
 * 6:00-6:30: Syncing your student iPods to your "Master Image"
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluation

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Resources:** =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My Livebinder of iPod resources <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|iPod Touch in Early Childhood Education] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Getting Started] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|iPod Literacy] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Ideas for using the ipod in the classroom <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|iPod Touch in the Classroom- Do’s and Don’ts] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Common Core State Standards] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|NYC and the Common Core] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kid issues from a kid's perspective. Each show has fun discussions, stories, music, tips and a moral. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (good intro video) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (meet the author series; meet the expert;  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (article: Creating podcasts with your students)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Other Apps** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Brainpop] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TED <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**eBooks & Resources you have to pay for:** [] Search Ruckus Media Group in the App store - some are for the iPod, some are not.

[|Integrating Podcasting Into your Classroom]

__**Websites to host podcasts**__ PodOmatic Podbean Audioboo

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Games** ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|My Underwear] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Four games - early learning, shapes, colors, memory.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|PBS Kids]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Martha Speaks Dog Party, Mister Rogers' Makes a Journal, Curious George Coloring Book ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|KidClock] ==== ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|TeachMe Kindergarten] ====

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Kindergarten Apps]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A nice collection of apps for the early learner. What Rhymes, What Does Not Belong, and a collection of flash cards.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Tickle Tapp Apps]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Collection of apps for 3-5 year olds.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Pogg]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simple animation fun. Get Pogg to respond. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Read this review of Pogg.] ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Quibble for Kids] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Books**__ ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Ladybugs Bookshelf] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The app is 310 MB, so be ready for a long download. It's packed with free material for the 2-6 year olds. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Buddy the Bus] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Listen, read and then personalize the story by recording your own voice.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|PicPocket Books]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A great collection of picture books with audio and graphics. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Sesame Street Book Series] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Part of the "Where is the Puppy" series on Sesame Street.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Online Stories]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Onlines stories as well as some new apps ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|KidVid StoryTime 1] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They have a series of read-along classics. Must be online, and some point to YouTube videos ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|MobiStories] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A nice collection of easy to read stories, in Spanish and English. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Bob Books] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phonics and Early Reading ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Apps for Learning to Read] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An iTunes list of a variety of apps to support reading. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|ABC Magnetic Alphabet] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended by 1st graders at Burley Elementary in Chicago! ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Word Wagon] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4 levels, preschool to grade 1. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phonics ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Starfall ABCs] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">See, hear and interact with letters. Same as the starfall website. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|ABC Pocketphonics Lite] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Say it, write it, read it. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Bob Books Reading Magic Lite] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phonics based interactive game. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|iSpy Phonics] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Match phonic sounds with letters and pictures. Play and record. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|SightWords Kindergarten] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good list of vocabulary. It speaks each word. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|First Words] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Helps preschool and kindergartners build their vocabulary. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Early Reader] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">160 sounds with audio. Building beginning vocabulary. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Word Magic] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Add the missing letter. Teacher can control the level of play. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|iWriteWords Lite] ====

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|123 Color]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teaches upper and lowercase numbers and letters. In Spanish, German, French and English. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Food Cards] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">identify common fruits and vegetables. Each card includes a picture, and the name is pronunced. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Math ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Sam Phibian] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">counting game ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|1 2 3 Sheep!] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explore counting concepts! Advances to match their progress. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Fun Farm Patterning] ==== ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Little Patterns] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">recognize and complete patterns. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Intro to Math, By Montessorium] ==== ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Mathomatix: Measurement] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5 activities to teach measurement. ====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Park Math] ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Early math concepts.

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