This presentation provided teachers with iTools and resources for using iDevices in small group and whole class activities. Participants learned about apps like Chicktionary, Bluster!, and Number Line that can be used for English Language Arts and math apptivities. The presentation included a timeline of the apptivities, instructions for using the apps, and discussions on additional ways to implement the apps and share resources through Dropbox and Today's Meet.

1. iTools 4 the 1
iDevice Classroom
An NEISD
iDevice Presentation

2. Intro
This course is intended to assist
teachers a single iDevice in small
groups, stations, and whole class
activities. Participants will leave
with an iToolkit of resources
including task cards and recording
sheets for apptivities in Math and
English Language Arts.

3. Class Resources
“Appy Hours 4 U”: iTunes
Slideshare
Dropbox: all resources will be shared
with an invitation to a shared course
Dropbox
Today’s Meet: course discussion will
be archived and dropped in Dropbox

4. Apps You Will Need
Chicktionary
Bluster!
Number Line
Pizza Time

5. Today’s Timeline
Intro: 5 minutes
ELA Apptivity 1: 10 minutes
ELA Apptivity 2: 15 minutes
Math Apptivity 1: 10 minutes
Math Apptivity 2: 15 minutes
Closure: 5 minutes

6. ELA 1:Chicktionary Lite
Focus: Making
Words
Resources:Task
Card &
Recording Sheet
iPlaytime Task Card from Laura Moore

7. iBrainstorm
iBrainstorm:
Discuss and
brainstorm other
uses (Today’s Meet)

8. ELA 2:Bluster!
Focus: Word Matching
iTask: UCreate your
own task card and
recording sheet
(summary/outline)

9. iShare
iShare:share
summary of task
and what
recording sheet
would look
like(Today’s
Meet)

10. ELAR Games: Elementary
Story Wheel
Grammar Dragon
K12 Timed Reading
Practice Lite
Bluster!
Chicktionary Lite,
Chicktionary 300,
Chicktionary for iPad
Word Games for Kids - Futaba
Word-Blocks
Grammar Jammers

11. ELAR Games: Secondary
ESPN Spelling Bee Lite
Same Meaning Magic (Synonyms)
Word Bubble Free
Vocabulary Bubble Free
Poetry Magnets
iAssociate 2 HD Lite

12. PD in your PJ’s:
ELA Resources
ELA “Appy Hours 4 U” iTunes Shows:
HOT Apps 4 Brainstorming
HOT Apps 4 Literacy (ELA Games)
Words 4 Students
Puppets 4 the Classroom
Cautionary Apps

13. Math 1: Number Line
Focus: Ordering
Numbers
Resources:Task
Card & Recording
Sheet
iPlaytime

14. iBrainstorm
iBrainstorm:
Discuss and
brainstorm
other uses
(Today’s Meet)
iNewsletters
for Parents

15. Math 2: Pizza Time!
Focus: Probability,
Possibilities,
Fractions, Circles
iTask: UCreate your
own task card and
recording sheet
(summary/outline)

16. iShare
iShare:share
summary of task
and what recording
sheet would look
like(Today’s Meet)
Discuss
restricting in-app
purchases

17. Want More?
“Appy Hours 4 U”: Meet the iPad: Basics
iTunes
iPad: Beyond the
Appy Hours: Primary Basics
(K-2), Intermediate
(3-5), Secondary Math/ Reviewing Apps
Science, Secondary
ELAR/History ePubs
iBuild iPad Lessons Overdrive
HOT Apps 4 HOTS iTunes