My Kinder GT students are learning about “Scientist Thinking.” This includes looking at things closely and trying to put them into groups based on their attributes. Around this time last year we had a plethora of ladybugs in the field behind my classroom, and my then-Kinder GT students had a grand time collecting them, examining them, … Read more
UPDATE: Photo Mapo is no longer free (.99). I have a bad habit of downloading apps that look interesting and then forgetting to try them. Photo Mapo is a free iOS app that should not be overlooked. Photo Mapo allows you to integrate any photo with a map and short description. It offers 13 different … Read more
Last August, I did a post on a new, promising iPad app (also available for use on PC) called, “TouchCast.” In my post, I offered some possible uses for the app, which allows you to create videos with special interactive features, in classrooms. I’ve been noting mentions of it on social media, and gauging the interest … Read more
“Everyone’s playing this new app called ‘Flappy Bird‘,” my daughter announced from the back seat. “So no more Angry Birds?” I asked. “Nope.” She tried to explain the app to me, but a description of a bird that has to weave through spaces between pipes (which are inexplicably hanging from the sky and growing vertically … Read more
I should probably confess right now that this lesson was pretty much a bust. “Then, why are you sharing it?” you say. Well, like most of my lessons, it was not a complete bust. There were some “boom” aspects to it. Plus, I think I now know most of the factors that contributed to the … Read more
One of the apps I am itching to try with my students this semester is one that I “field-tested” with my daughter over the break. It’s called Klikaklu, and it allows you to make scavenger hunts. Last Christmas, I got this crazy idea to “code” all of the gifts under the tree instead of writing … Read more