Mr. Callahan stopped by first thing to help introduce the ipads and one of the apps we will be using this year. We were very impressed with how quickly our students picked up on the explanations. In just a few minutes the children were explaining what all the graphics and images meant in the Drawing Pad App. They instinctively knew how to navigate through the app and even demonstrated that they know the language of the tools!
Today Mrs. Parnell introduced Brain Pop Jr. We will be able to explore various topics, play games and watch educational stories! Students could not wait to start using the iPads!
Boys and girls also had an opportunity to touch the TouchIt board today! We hunted for and identified letters in a game. It was a great first experience for them.
It feels like only a few years ago that we were in school studying to become teachers. None of us would have imagine that on the 4th and 5th day of kindergarten our 5 year old students would be telling us how to get "home" never mind that to save their work they should click on the icon that looks like a "flash drive"!
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| Mr. Callahan connected an ipad to the TouchIT Board so the students could see the Drawing Pad App in action. It was pretty cool! |
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Kindergarten is really a very busy place to be! Students are practicing listening skills, and learning to cooperate and take turns. This week we have focused on getting to know one another and learning each other's names. We have jumped right in and have begun work on letter and numeral identification and formation. We have explored various versions of the same story (The Three Little Pigs) and have read and reread new and classic nursery rhymes.
In writing we are working to make sure that we hold our writing utensils with an alligator bite instead of a gorilla grip.
We have much to accomplish and teach this year but our students are off to a great start and will probably be teaching us a thing or two in terms of the technology!
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