Teaching Math with iPads

I have been working on implementing iPads into math in my classroom. Slowly but surely I'm finding apps that the kids like that coordinate with my curriculum. I wanted to share a few of these apps and give examples of ways that I've used them with my class.

Math Magic App

This app provides an encouraging way for kids to work on their math facts! Students simply tap on the answer, and even if it is wrong a voice will express appreciation for the try. After 5 correct answers student gains a colored star. Teacher may adjust the level as well. The students love receiving stickers, cookies, and prizes when the get the answer correct. They will set goals to reach 100 correct and accomplish their goal within a few minutes.

I had the children use bear counters to demonstrate their understanding while working each problem.

The students used the iPad as a camera to take pictures of playdoh math work.

Doodle Buddy

I had the students to Draw a ten frame and add stickers on Doodle Buddy app to represent groups of 10's and 1's

Doodle cast app

This drawing app records students' drawing process as well as their voices as they are drawing! This easy to use app offers many colors and prompts to get students started. These can be shared with friends and family!

Popplet

We used popplet app to record different ways to make the number of the day.

 

Exploring Story Telling with iPads in Kindergarten

Exploring Story Telling

with iPads in Kindergarten

My name is Marisa Frederick and I teach kindergarten at Kilby Laboratory School which is on the campus of the University of North Alabama. My class recently received iPads to enhance education through technology. With help from Dr. Kinney who is a technology instructor in the education department, parents, and my administrator we were able to get 6 ipads for my kindergarten class.

Kaitlin Ashley, an education major, worked with our class to compile her Senior Honor's Capstone Project. She developed a blog named ikilby http://ikilby.weebly.com/index.html to record our journey and will be presenting this fall at a conference in Boston.

We observed what impacts iPads have on the Kindergarten teaching and learning environment. Our focus was on storytelling. After reading professional articles and reviews we narrowed our study to four apps that are pictured below- StoryKit, Puppet Pals, Doodlecast, and Toontastic.

I've provided the links to the apple store where you can checkthese apps out. I'll write more later about our process and findings.

StoryKit

Puppet Pals

Doodlecast

Toontastic