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10 Reasons to Screencast in Your Class and 7 Best-in-class Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is a virtual whiteboard for direct teaching or explanations, complete with colored ink choices and the ability to import images. Best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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Pair Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

Pair Activities With the iPad from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Check out these Educreation monster drawings by elementary students. Have students use apps like Puppet Pals , Toontastic , Sock Puppets , Buddy Poke Pro (iOS/Android), Voxer (iOS/Android), or Piiig Walkie Talkie (for elementary) to practice role plays.

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iPad Basic Training for Teachers

EdTechSandyK

The Background Photo Used Under a Creative Commons License In the Spring of 2013, my school district committed to issuing an iPad to every classroom teacher. Most of the iPads would be in the hands of teachers by the end of the semester. We were about to distribute iPads to 800 teachers. Time was of the essence.

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An Educator's Challenge! iPads in an Elementary Classroom

MSEDTechie

Each year, I am seeing more and more students entering elementary school with technology knowledge greater than ever before. Our elementary students now, have never had a time in their lives where technology wasn''t present. One device our students are using more each day are iPads. First and foremost!

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Tips for iPads in Classroom

wwwatanabe

We are starting our second year of having iPads in our elementary classrooms, our Title I CCJH classrooms, and some of our AJHS classrooms. Tip 2: Marry the devices with the cart, and return them to their homes Each of our carts has its own MacBook Air computers dedicated to your iPads. When will the students get their iPads?

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27 Word Work Apps for the Elementary Classroom

Fractus Learning

Educreations – At the end of a unit have students create a short presentation with their words. Apps iPad book creator educreations moldiv pic collage popplet skitch' Students can write the words and their meanings plus add an illustration or a picture. ABC Magnetic Alphabet: make and read words!

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How to Craft a Learner-Centered Classroom – Guest Post from Ann Feldmann

EdTechTeacher

One area where I have focused over the past few months is integrating technology and math in the primary classroom with my colleague, Meagan Cinfel ( @mcinfel ), a first grade #iPadAcademy teacher at Central Elementary in Bellevue Public Schools. She controls the content from her iPad, and students learn and discuss the concept together.