Session #5 - June 2, morning

Totally cool beginning to the day: 

Get AppleTV for $100, and use your iPad to take over!

What do you mean, take over what? YOUR CLASSROOM. Then we move on to the world.

 

New apps

As graphic as I'm willing to put on my blog

• Frog Dissection  - $4
• Woh! So realistic, I was queasy.
• Barefoot Books World Atlas - $8
• Interactive 3D globe
• Back in Time - $8
• Multimedia history app

More Apps

We continued by watching webinars, one each group. Our group was assigned "Executive Functions," which included an introductory section explaining executive functions, a good review from EDUC 5163.

Take a Chill, stressed teenagers. And others

These are the apps we really liked:

• Tools4Students
• Set of graphic organizers
• Take a Chill - Stressed Teenagers
• Several tools to manage stress
• Let Panic Go
• I presented this one. A scripted walk-through for de-escalating a panic attack. Excuse me, boys and girls, Ms. Megann needs to consult her iPad. Check back in 20 minutes.
• Pocket Pond
• I love fish, edible or otherwise
• Sound Curtain
• Ms. Megann, the former music teacher, did NOT like this one. Too many high-pitched overtones. But the others did.
• Student Life Organizer
• Electronic agenda
• iRewards
• Everything that a penny board can do, and more, without the laminating.
• Sosh
• A suite of apps to keep your teenager organized
• Conover Company Functional Skills Series
• Great examples of social stories on video form. Rather general, of course, but a good starting point. Could be used with groups or classes.
• Sock Puppets - This will either:
• help you connect with little kids and others who relate better to puppets than people,
• break the whatever tension is in the room by making everyone laugh. 
• Could have used this for my last parent meeting. It's not me saying that; it's Arygle!

Even Sock Puppets love Amelia Bedelia!

Some apps presented by other groups:

Alternate access to the iPad for physical disabilities

• WritePad – Use it to write by hand.
• Dragon Diction – Speech-to-text. Needs wifi.
• Touch Trainer – Refine ability to touch screen. The app you need first!

Early Learners

• Kiddie Question - W5 questions
• Bugs and Buttons - Fine motor practice
• JibJab - Add student's picture to a story

Communication

• Sign 4 Me for iPad  - Huge vocabulary for $10
• Speech Tutor
• Shows cutaway of face and how to pronounce
• For SLPs

Math
Do the Symmetry Shuffle! And Slide! And Flip! And Turn!

• Symmetry Shuffle – Investigate transformations.
• Number Line - Zero in on the right number.
• Math. As in Math Period. A collection of math lessons. Free!

Free apps for Special ed

• Pocket Pond - Splash around with the fish.
• Science 360 – Images and video collected by the National Science Foundation. No written text.
• TourWrist - View and create panoramic photographs. While you're saving up for your ticket, you can check out your destination now.

"Panos" are a thing these days. Who knew?