Handout to accompany the Using Technology for Hands-on Exploration presentation at the Georgia Association on Young Children conference, October 2011.

1. Using Tech
U g hnolo fo Han
ogy or nds-o
on
Invest
I tigation in Pres
schoo
ol
Dian Bales (dbales@u
ne ( uga.edu)
Phillip Baumg
garner (ph
hillipb@fcs
s.uga.edu
u)
Child and Fam Develo
mily opment
The University of Georg
U y gia
To view portions of today presen
s y’s ntation, g to: http
go p://slides
sha.re/qJTRBR
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Using iPa with Young Ch
ads Y hildren
• Learn abbout – and purchase – iPads (ww ww.apple.coom/ipad)
• Reviews of iPad ap for child
s pps dren (a sam
mpling only!
!)
o iPad for Kids (ippadforkids.c
com)
o Best Kids Apps (www.best tkidsapps.c
com/)
o Fun Educationa Apps (ww
al ww.funeduc cationalappss.com/)
o Learning Today blog (bit.ly
y y/qknZIt)
o Apps for Childre with Spe
s en ecial Needs (a4cwsn.c
s com/)
• ProScop HR Mobile digital microscope (www.bode
pe m elin.com/pro
oscopehr/p
proscope_m
mobile/)
• Flip Vide Camera (www.thefl
eo lip.com/)
• iPad Graants site (w
www.squidoo.com/ipad d-grants)
A
Apps We Have Us (all fre
sed ee!)
• Photo Booth (instal
lled on iPad
d)
• Safari web browser (installed on iPad)
w r
• Doodle Buddy (drawing progra
B am)
• Kid Bloc (building with Lego
cks g o-type block
ks)
• LEGO photo (turnin photos into Lego cr
p ng reations)
• Monkey Preschool Lunchbox (learning games)
• Giraffe’s Preschool Playgroun (letter an math gam
s l nd nd mes)
• Fish Fre (fish tank feed fish and watch them grow
ee k; w)
O
Other Online To
ools for Use with Childr
h ren
• Animoto – photo slide shows: animoto.co
o om
(“Reed Grows Up”: animoto.co
G om/play/YEEvcFoUmRV V00txqisXnnGVA)
• Blogging Blogger, WordPress LiveJourn etc.
g: s, nal,
(“Miss Erin’s Presc
E chool Class” hmisserin
”: nsclass.blog
gspot.com/ /)
• DoInk – animating images: ww ww.doink.coom/
• Storybird – story cr
d reation: storybird.com
• Voice Thhread – sha aring and commenting on photos and video: voicethrea
g s ad.com
• Wordle – creating visual images from wo
v ords: www.wwordle.net/c
create