We have recited our brand new iPad Air 2's from SetBC just over two weeks ago now. It has been a slow start as we are working on streamlining all of them before we start handing them out to the students. My class has been slowly learning what iPad expectations are and this week my students will be practicing how to properly handle and care for the iPad, what it looks like to work two to an iPad, and basic iPad navigation. In perpetration for all of this, myself and my two colleagues have been working hard to get to know the three apps given to us by SetBC. Pictello, Book Creator and Explain Everything where the three apps that came pre-installed into our iPad, I have to say I am so excited to get the ball rolling with these and my students.
I was overly excited when the iPad arrived and jumped right into using the apps with the whole class, that's to say I did the iPad handling and creating but they benefited from it. The first thing we did as a class was take one of their most recent writing projects and create a class book (see below) that I was able to publish using Book Creator and share with all of the students families. I also typed up all of the words they had written so they could listen to the class book being red to them. Another thing that I did right away was create a book of sounds, I recorded my voice saying different French sounds, and then wrought the sound on the following page. This way my students could listen to the sound, write it down and then self correct themselves when they had flipped the page. I shared this book on SeeSaw with my parents, encouraging them to work with their child at home using this book. Yesterday, all three of us attended a workshop on Apps for second languages. We got lots of resources to help our students and are excited to get our kids all ready to go with the iPads this week.
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Charlotte
11/3/2017 10:30:50 am
Love the books!
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Charlotte
12/5/2017 10:23:44 am
J'adore les livres.
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