This presentation was created in Keynote and a version was uploaded in PowerPoint for SlideShare. iPads for Kids shows ways in which you can use the iPads in the classroom and ways to make searching for apps easier. The third slide is a YouTube video (that you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Zyc-ntZp4) it's quite funny and worth a watch.

1. iPads for Kids
Finding and Sharing Good Apps and
Applying them in the Classroom
by Laurette Sirkin
April 10, 2013

2. How can we best utilize these tools?
How are you using them now?

3. Funny right?!?
There are some things better left low tech...

4. iPads Aren’t the Answer
(But Still Important)
In his recent blog post for the Fred
Rogers Center, children’s media
specialist David Kleeman says,
“Don’t insert technology when the
real-world experience is better.”
If you have a garden full of bugs,
it’s better to go outside and
observe the bugs than to just look
at images of them on an iPad.
Later, the iPad could come in
handy to deepen the learning and
answer questions that can’t be
found in the garden, such as Link to Edudemic Article
“Where else in the world do these
bugs live?”

5. Objectives
What we would like teach with the iPads?
Subject matter teaching or using them in centers?
Is it student-driven or teacher-driven?
Are they individual, or group, activities?
How do you currently find apps?
Do you share with colleagues?
Do you ask colleagues for recommendations?

6. I’ve Got Apps...Now What?!?
More than half of the young children in the U.S. now have
access to an iPad, iPhone or similar touch­screen device.

7. Reading App
Ho w Ro ck et Le ar ne d to Re ad - by Ta d Hi lls
By Ran dom Hou se Dig ita l Inc .
Watch and listen as words are
highlighted while the story is
read aloud
Turn off the narration and read
at your own pace
Tap on the words to hear them
read back to you
Includes two additional games
(ALPHABET DROP and
BIRD’S WORDS) to help
children hone their letter skills
and learn to spell sight words Student-Driven/Individual Activity

8. Don’t Forget...
Check the “customers also bought” section
for great ideas about other apps.

9. Science App
BB C Ea rt h W on de rs
By BBC Wo rldw ide
Gives a fingertip tour of the world’s
most intriguing creatures and
landscapes
Full of the sounds of nature, natural
history clips, stunning images and
pieces from landmark series such as
Planet Earth and Frozen Planet and
Life
Explore Points of Interest with a
rotating 3D globe
There’s a new picture to enjoy each
day of the year, accompanied by a
little-known fact, maybe this is a job
for just the right techno-kid in your
class Teacher-Driven/Group Activity

11. Don’t Forget...
Take advantage of the VGA adapters available from the
Tech Department so you can display apps like these on
your Promethean Board for all to see (and hear).

12. Math App
Gr an dp a’s W or ks ho p
By Fai rlad y Me dia
This app provides seven mini-games in one
action-packed app
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT includes:
Number groups (quantities, numeral
recognition)
Colors (orange, purple, brown, red,
green, yellow, blue, pink, black, gray)
Measuring (measure items in units 1-
12)
Miscellaneous Vocabulary
Fractions (halves, thirds, quarters)
Spacial relationships (puzzles)
Observation skills (spot the
difference) Student-Driven/Individual Activity

13. Don’t Forget...
Check the “View More by this Developer” section for
other apps if you like one you download.

14. Curricular-Based App
Fla t St an ley
By Fla tter Wo rld, Inc .
Create your own Flat Stanley with
different flat shirts, pants, and shoes etc.
Give your new Flat Stanley a name and
send him/her off on his next big
adventure
New Flat Stanleys have been spotted in
Flatter World; if, you take enough
pictures, you can unlock the new Flat
Stanleys so you can take your own
photos with them
Stanleys can even visit countries like
Haiti, Cambodia, Malawi, Romania,
India, Peru and Armenia to learn about
the amazing things Heifer International
does to help people in need Student-Driven/Group Activity

15. Don’t Forget...
To go to Settings and turn off “In­App Purchases”

16. Where to Look?

17. Finding Apps
iTunes app store - Education Collections, by
category, what’s hot, new and noteworthy, etc.
the Internet, blogs, websites, articles and
magazines, RSS feeds
Friends, colleagues, students, and families
Subscribe to emails (iTunes, blogs, websites, etc.)

18. Search & Swap
ipad4kids
teachthought
iTunes App Store
iPad Curriculum
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Fun with iPads
Appitic
iOS Education App Reviews and Websites

19. What to Search
kids with iPads
fun with iPads
iPad apps
books for kids on the iPad
where to find iPad apps for education?

24. Let’s explore

25. Look what I found...
Reading Rainbow
Let’s take a look together
here
View children’s reading
progress (share with
parent’s for at home
reading)
Books to read or videos to
watch
Pay a monthly fee versus
per book download

26. Look what I found...
Curated by Apple Distinguished
Educators
Has an app search feature that
allows search by word or phrase
The site lets you browse apps by
categories like Flipped
Classroom, Multiple
Intelligences, and Bloom’s
Taxonomy
You can also search by more
common tags like subject areas
and grade levels
They even have downloadable
content available from iTunes U

27. Most importantly...
...have fun with them!!

28. Questions?