The document provides an overview of how technology has been integrated into PPCD and PALS classrooms, including the use of a Mimio, Smartboard, and iPad. It describes the classroom setting and daily schedule, and shows how various apps and devices are used to support activities like morning activities, centers, handwriting, communication, and more. Examples of specific apps are provided for skills like letters, numbers, colors, and cause/effect. The document concludes with tech tips and resources for further information.
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8. Session’s Objectives
O Provide a descriptive overview of how
technology has been integrated into some of
our PALS/PPCD classrooms.
O Give our session’s attendants some ideas
that they could implement in their classrooms
using a Mimio, Smartboard and an iPad.
9. Classroom Setting
O Type of Class: Pre-School Program for Children
with Disabilities (PPCD) & Pre-School Academic
Language Social Skills (PALS)
O Two classes: A.M. full inclusion & P.M. (half-time
inclusion)
O Age group: 3 - 5 yr. olds
10. Technology Resources
O A laptop, and two desktop computers: for
instruction and for students to use during
centers
O Data Projector (In-Focus)
O Mimio
O I-Pad
O Flip Cam
O Augmentative Communication Devices
(assigned to specific students)
11. Daily Schedule
• Mimio
• iPad (Splashtop app)
Morning Activity
• TechSpeak
• Dynavox
• iPad
• Laptop computer
Centers/Language Development
• Mimio
• I-Pad
Handwriting without Tears
• Mimio
• iPad
Language and Literacy
Recess/YAP
• Mimio
• iPad
Story Time/Activity
12. Morning Activity
O Mimio activities:
Starfall:
Letter of the Week
Calendar
What’s the Weather?
O Software
Letter of the Day: Lakeshore
15. Learning Centers
O 4 to 6 structured learning centers are
introduced and open each day
O At the beginning of the school year,
centers begin very structured and
assigned; students progress to a more
independent level, where they make
choices and transition independently.
O Students use their pictures (a small 2X2
photograph) to indicate their center
choices.
17. Work with Teacher Center
O During work with teacher time, students
have an opportunity to work one-to-one
with teacher or paraprofessional, on
specific student’s IEP objectives.
O The i-pad has motivating activities and
direct teach lessons that can be used
during this time.
O Other students are moving through
structured learning centers, and
independent work time.
19. Communication Development
O Time is devoted to developing language with
students’ communication devices.
O Teacher spends time one to one with students;
other students get time to work with the iPad or
work in a center.
O Great time for the teacher to work on
communication with certain students.
O Speech Therapist also spends time working with
students during therapy time.
O Lesson Examples
21. Handwriting Without Tears
O Research based approach and developmentally
appropriate lessons that address different learning
styles
O Curriculum focuses on readiness, pre-writing, and
language
O Starfall alphabet activities and Letter of the Day
O Can be incorporated with additional letter
recognition activities, movement, music, and motor
games.
O i-Pad app: Letter Quiz
23. iPad apps: Splashtop
O Splashtop is a remote desktop app available for
the iPad and iPhone (even Android version)
O The app enables us to utilize the iPad as a
wireless slate with our students.
O It has increased accessibility for students with
limited mobility or who struggle with reaching the
Smartboard.
O Additionally, the app has allowed access to
desktop applications (i.e. Boardmaker) during table
time activities.
24. Things to know about Splashtop
O Price fluctuates throughout the year
(Currently the iPad version is $9.99)
O In order for the app to work, the iPad and
the computer its remoting into must be
connected to the same network.
O The app works best when the computer
it’s remoting into is connected to the
internet through an ethernet cable.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splashtop-
2-remote-desktop/id382509315?mt=8
26. iPad Apps: ABC Activities
O Kids Finger Painting- Learn Your Letters HD
O The ABC Song
O A is for Apple-RobotReader-ABC’s
O ABC’s and Me
O Finger Trace for kids(0.99)
O ABC Magic
27. iPad apps: Pre-K Skills Concepts
O Ready for Kindergarten Free
O Sight Words Pre-K Free
O Alphabet ! !
O BT Sightwords Free
O ABC MAGIC 5 Letter Sound Matching
O Abby Sight Words Games & Flash Cards for Reading Success
O Sight Words Flash Cards
28. iPad Apps: Colors & Shapes
O Learn Your Numbers HD
O SpeakColors
O Color Drops-Children's Animated Draw &
Paint Game HD!
O A Color Learning Tool Game HD
O Colors and Shapes: learn and play
O Learn Colors with Zootty-Snootty
O Abby –Train- Learning Colors HD Free
29. iPad Apps: Cause & Effect
O Touch Follow FREE
O Tappie Game
O Baby Finger HD
O BeeperBallHD Lite
O Little Toy Box
O Balloon Darts Challenge-Finger Target Practice Game
O Kids Finger Touch
30. iPad Apps-Spanish/Bilingual
O ReadingSkill-Español
O ABC Mágico
O ABC Mágico 2
O Todas las Letras
O DIME Lite
O My First Book of
Spanish Alphabets
O CI Niños
O SimpleSort ($0.99)
O Leo Spanish Lite
O Learn Spanish for Kids
(Bilingual Child)
31. iPad Apps: Content Creation
O Snowball HD
O Story Creator
O Doodlecast Pro
($2.99)
O ShowMe
O Bitsboard
O ChoiceBoard-
Creator
O Sock Puppets
O I Know
Quiz Creation App
O Book Magic
32. iPad Apps to use for Math/ESL
O Letter School
O My Play Home
O Sensory Meter Lite
O A Bee Sees
O Math, age 3-5
O Hungry Fish
O Math 3-4
O iTouchiLearn Numbers
O Count and Write ($0.99)
O Magnetic Pages
33. Technology Websites
O http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_es.php
O http://www.storyplace.org/sp/preschool/other.asp
O http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/bookflixfreetri
al/index.htm
O http://www.starfall.com
O http://tarheelreader.org/
O http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_l
ogin.asp
O http://www.youtube.com/
34. Tech Tips: Mimio Tools
O To activate Mimio
Tools, press the 2nd
button on your Mimio
or open up the Mimio
Notebook software and
select “MimioStudio
Tools” from the Tools
option in the menu.
O The tools offer many
different options for you
but we are focusing on
only these two.
Insert screen clipping
Screen Annotation
35. Tech Tips: Smartboard-
Adding Pages to Gallery
O There is a way to save pages from SMART
Notebook files into your gallery.
O This makes it easier to import frequently used
pages.
O To do this, locate the necessary page on the
page sorter.
O After doing so, right-click on the page and then
scroll down to select “Add Page to Gallery”.
O Circle Maps: Letter Activity
37. Resources
O SMART Exchange website
O Mimio Connect website
O Boardmaker software & Boardmaker Share
website
O http://www.starfall.com
O Handwriting without Tears
O For app suggestions:
- App Shopper
- Mark Coppin mailing list
mark.coppin@annecenter.org
- TCEA on Twitter
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