iPads in the
Elementary Classroom
Erika Herrera eherrera@ahisd.net
Maria Garcia-Rios mgarcia@ahisd.net
Ruth Jungman ruthj@ahisd.net
Alamo Heights ISD http://tinyurl.com/elemipad

iPad Pilot Project
2 classrooms
10 iPads shared on alternate days
Teachers applied to participate
Why do you wish to participate?
Examples of technology integration.
Attend summer professional development.
Assess project / share lessons

Project Study:

3rd grade Spanish immersion
3rd grade regular ed

Classroom management poll4.com

Teaching Examples
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Online Sites IXL Math / ThinkCentral (any site that doesn ’t use Flash)
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Research - acquire information from online sources ( Nettrekker , World Book Online) -
Safari / Notes

Teaching Examples
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Creating math problems- Doodle Buddy,
ComicTouch, Keynote, and Popplet apps

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Increase reading fluency using Voice
Memos or QuickVoice apps
Fun for the young

Sequencing with FlipIt
Any cycle (e.g., erosion)
Kinder examples: life cycle of butterfly or flower

Postcards with
PhotoCard
Lite

Number Walk- Students were asked to create examples of standard and expanded form
Apps: Notes, Pages, DoodleBuddy

For young students - books, phonics and basic math apps

Using Google Apps
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Family History
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Letters to Santa

Recorded slideshows with
SonicPics
Collect images
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Add to storyline and record audio

List of apps we use
Math Science
Social
Studies
Reading
Fractions
Pizza Math
Popplet
Find Sums
Find Multiples
FlipIt
Notes
Voice Memos
Comic Touch
Planets iLearn Solar
System Lite
FlipIt
Notes
Weather
Voice memos
FlipIt
Voice Memos
Safari
StoryKit
This Day in
History
Atlas of the
World
Voice Memos
QuickVoice
FlipIt
Notes
Safari
Writing
Notes
Keynote
FlipIt
Comic Touch
StoryKit

How-to ’s
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Web clippings
• pdf ’s into iBooks
• eBooks with http://www.epubbud.com
• folders
See website http://tinyurl.com/elemipad