iPods+in+the+classroom

= Apps we have used in our classrooms =  *Already on iPod/iPad* Children can take screen shots from the iPod/iPad as well as photos. They all get saved in ‘Photos’. This is a great way to see what the children are doing as well as a great way for children to share their work. You can download the photos onto a computer and print them out.  Great for all years. ||=  ||=  *Already on iPod/iPad* The children have weather at their fingertips. They can look up current weather, as well as weather in advance for any country. There are many different ways you can incorporate this into your classroom. Needs internet connection.  Great for all years. ||=  ||= *Already on iPod/iPad* The internet is a great way for children to quickly access the internet. You can use this for numerous reasons, including searching for information or photos, or even getting onto a website like Reading Eggs or Mathletics. Needs internet connection. Great for all years. || *Already on iPod/iPad* Maps is a fantastic app to use, especially when learning about maps and location. The children can search locations and even get directions from one place to another. They can view the location by satellite or map. Needs internet connection. Great for all years. ||=  ||=  *Already on iPod* You need to purchase microphones to use this app. It is very easy to use, you just click record to start and stop. It saves the recording as a file, which the children can name and access at a later point.  Great for all years. ||=  ||= This is a free download and is very similar to Voice Memos. The difference is you can choose the quality of the recording. When you delete the recording, it goes into another folder called ‘deleted recordings’. This is great if the children accidentally delete it as it can be retrieved or deleted completely. Great for all years. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">These are different apps you can download. They range from interactive songs, songs with lyrics, and songs that just sing to you. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Great for early years. ||=  ||=  This is a fun game focusing on initial letter/sounds. The children need to match the upper and lower case letters and a picture that begins with that letter/sound. Great for early years. ||=  ||=  There are many apps that are similar to this one. It is a game of memory where the children need to match upper and lower case letters. This game says the letter when the children click on it. Some ABC memory games are only in one case and some do not have sound. Great for early years. ||
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Sentence spin is an app where the children can spin the start, middle and end to make a silly sentence. Once they are happy with their sentence, they illustrate it. The children can save their sentence to share it with others. This app does not make sound, so the children need to be able to read the words. Great for early to middle years. ||=  ||=

This is a great app for breaking words into sounds. There are four options to this app; initial, middle or end sounds, or random sounds. There are two difficulties you can choose from. The above pictures are on the easier setting. The children can keep track of their score and the app will give stars, flowers, ribbons etc after every 5 correct responses. Only negative - sometimes the letter does not correlate to the sound, i.e. _hone (phone) Great for early years ||=  ||= This is a phonics app. It has many different sounds, starting with simple single sounds to blends. The children practise writing the letter while they hear the sound it makes. There is a little 'test' at the end. It will say a sound and the children have to click the right letter to make a word. Great for early years. || Children need to follow the numbers to form letters of a word. Once they have formed all letters, they say the word and show a picture of the word. Great for early years and ESL children. ||=  ||= This is a fun game of hangman, but there is no man but apples on a tree that fall to the ground. There is a snake that will give you hints if you want/need it! There is no sound, so children will need to be able to read the word. Great for middle to upper years. ||=  ||= You can do anything on the EtchASketch, draw pictures, write words etc. It is a great app to get children used to using an iPod touch or iPad. Great for all years. || Great for number recognition. There are different settings to individualise the game (numbers up to 10-100). Every time you choose a card, it says the number. Great for early years. ||=  ||= Dot to dot with different settings. Children add themselves to the game and fill in their age. Depending on their age, the dot to dot puzzle could count by 1s, 2s, 5s, 6s, forwards, backwards...anything! Great for early to middle years. ||=  ||=   There are 3 different games in this app; This app has sounds so it tells the children what they need to do. Great for early years. || This app is very similar to Match (to the right). The children have to pop pairs of bubbles (sum and answer). It doesn't time the children and it keeps getting harder every level the children do. 'Lite' version has addition only. Great for all years. ||=  ||=   This app is a matching game with sums and answers. It is a timed game. 'Lite' version has only addition. The full version gives the choice of all operations. Great for all years. ||=  ||=  This app gives the children a sum and multiple choice answers. This shows the sum in a different way (vertical). This is the kindergarten app. There is an app for all years. Great for all years. || There are two parts to this app, a 'learn' part (where the children hear the tables and answers) and a 'play' part (game). In the game, children can choose which times tables to focus on and how many questions they are asked. They either do the 'drill' or choose to be given random questions. Great for middle to upper years. ||=  ||=  Another app with a sum and multiple choice answers. You can choose which operation you want to focus on. It doesn't make a big deal for incorrect responses. For early years, I like the children to use hands on materials to help them work out the answer. For older children, this is great for automatic recall. Great for all years. ||=  ||=  Basic Math is an app that gives the child a sum and three answers to choose from. There are lots of settings so that you can individualise it for your children. It keeps score and gives the child a percentage of correct responses. Great for all years. || This is a fun game where the children need to pick numbers that add to make ten. They don't have to choose two blocks (i.e. 4 & 6), they can choose many numbers to get rid of more (i.e. 1, 2, 1, 3 & 3). They have to work fast before the blocks reach the bottom. Great for early to middle years. ||=  ||= 'Lite' version only shows o'clocks and half past. Full version has 3 difficulty levels and presents times randomly down to 5 minute increments. The app shows three clocks and says a time. Children need to pick the right clock. Once they have, it shows the time in digital and analogue times. Great for early to middle years. ||=  ||=  This app shows an analogue clock and four digital times. Children are to choose the right digital time. It doesn't make a big deal if they get it wrong. O'clock, half past and quarter to/past times only. This app does not say the time. Great for early to middle years. || Sudoku for everyone! This app gives daily sudoku problems, ranging easiest to fiendish (11 puzzles) and 3 lessons. You can use pencil marks in this app. When you get really stuck, there is a hints button, which gives you different kinds of hints. Once you have completed the puzzle, it will tell you how long it took you and a percentage of people you solved the puzzle faster than. Great for all years. ||=  ||=   Tangram puzzles! Many different puzzles for the children to solve using the 7 pieces in a tangrams puzzle. Great for middle to upper years. ||=  ||=  This is a fun puzzle game for children. The children need to move the puzzle pieces to make the picture. It names the picture once they have completed the puzzle. Great for early years and ESL children. ||
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