1. SC EdTech 2014
Presenter Application
Presenter Name: Sarah Tolson
Title: Mrs.
Category Type: Educator & Student
Position: First Grade Teacher
School: Forest Lake Elementary School
Address: 6801 Brookfield Road
City, State, & Zip: Columbia, SC 29206
Business Phone: (803) 782-0470
Fax: (803) 738-7365
Email address: sarah.d.tolson@gmail.com
Equipment Needs: Screen, projector, standard wired microphone, a computer
audio connection, and a standard internet connection.
Title of Submission: Supplementing Phonics with Technology Integration
Intended Audience: General K-5
Track: Teachers
Presentation Format: Demonstration & Lecture with Technology Exploration
Submission Description: This session will investigate technology available for
teaching, supplementing, and differentiating phonics
instruction for young students. We will explore programs,
games, and apps that have a strong phonics emphasis for
technology integration, whether in a one-to-one classroom or
higher student-to-technology ratio classroom.
Expanded Submission Description: Supplementing Phonics with Technology
Integration will explore different technologies available for supplementing phonics
instruction in, especially, the early childhood classroom. In this session, we will
examine available programs, games, and apps that emphasize phonics aspects. We
will have a brief overview of each available technology and then have break-out
sessions where groups can investigate current phonics technologies, such as the iPad
apps Interactive Alphabet, ABC Spy, ABC Magic, Starfall, Alphatots, and ABC Circus,
which focus on letter sounds; firstwords deluxe, PB Phonics, Montessori Crosswords,

2. Phonics Fun 4, 5, & 6, Phonics Genius, Word Magic, Reading Magic, Spelling Magic,
and Word Wizard, which focus on sounding out and early reading skills; rEd writing,
Hairy Letters, and iWrite Handwriting, which focus on letter recognition and writing; DET
Out and About Sight Words, Cimo Spelling, Word Bingo, and Sight Words List, which
focus on sight word recognition; Howie Word Family, Kids Match Rhyme, and Pocket
Charts!, which focus on word families; and My Word Wall, which allows students to
create their own word walls. We will also explore Transport to Reading
(http://professorgarfield.org/transport/transport.html), Mindomo (http://www.mindomo.
com/), Curious George (http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/#1), Clifford (http://
teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/), Berenstain Bears (http://www.berenstainbears.com/),
and Tumblebooks (http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp),
which can be accessed through http://daybydaysc.org/. After exploring these apps and
computer games/programs, we will discuss pros and cons of each, as well as
brainstorm ways they can integrated into our classrooms, focusing on their relation to
Universal Design for Learning and differentiation with a focus on technology. Teachers
will have the opportunity to share how they use technology in their classroom to
supplement phonics instruction, and how they create groups or rotations in their
classroom.
Would you be willing to present this session more than once? No