Kathy+DeLucia

=Kathy DeLucia=

November 18, 2011:

I need a few more days like this! Updated all devices to the current iTunes and began exploring and downloading applications to try in the classroom.

Dragon Dictation:

Brainstorming, Writing, Notetaking...endless possibilities for all ability levels. I can see all students using this but feel that those that struggle will be most likely to benefit. I have several students that started the year below grade level and their letter formations and lack of spelling and confidence often stop them from getting started. This tool shows promise for them to get their ideas out and in written form to start the process. These students are fantastic thinkers and will be able to share their thinking with their classmates! We have been using QuickVoice to record but I'm jazzed about the potential of this ap.

MadMath:

This is about practice! They have repeated practice opportunities and you are able to check their stats by looking at the 'report card' which tells you their percentage score for different facts. Kids can even email you the results when they practice. The report card shows red where they haven't passed or practiced and green when they've been successful. Each game has three levels of difficulty so all of your students can play at their own level on each of three games mathBingo, flash cards and bubble math.

There are different games within the ap as well. Bubble math asks you to tap two bubbles to find the sum, difference or product. there is a timer running while you are working based on your choice of time 1, 3 or 5 minutes. When you are done playing it tells you how many you got correct and how many you missed..it also lists the problems. FlashCards has all four operations, whole numbers and decimals and you can have up to 100 flashcards! (it will even allow negative numbers) MathBingo. My students are going to be all over this ap. It is an exciting way to practice the facts that we need them to have solid and be able to answer in a snap!

There are more but I need to have the kids dig in to them to see how well they work!