Rain, Rain, Go Away!!

Hope you all enjoy your "rain" day at home today! :) I will be here working and cleaning! Don't forget you can login to Kidblog and respond to all of your ArtStudio pictures you made yesterday! :) You can all even respond to my NEW post about the Rain Day!

IXL is always on your ipads as well! Have a great day and I will see all of you tomorrow!

                                             

           

iPad Shuffle!

Today we talked about collaboration and working together while using the iPads! We used the app ArtStudio! I gave the kids about 10 minutes to "explore" the app. It was amazing to watch them share "tricks" and ideas by mirroring up (having their ipad screen show up on the board) for all to see. I then told the kids that they would be making a picture today, but that all their friends at their table group would help!

Each child started to draw their picture on their own iPad. I turned on music and then said "iPad Shuffle"! They stopped drawing and then handed their iPad to the right. We did this until each student got their own iPad back! They loved working together to create a picture! :) I wish I would have taped the process in the brushes app because it was so cool to see the picture change!

When they were done we did the following: Warning: Yes, each 1st grader was able to do this!!!

1. Save as jpeg
2. Export to camera roll
3. Email their picture to me
4. Upload their picture to their Kidblog account!!!

Yes, I know.....AMAZING!!!! You can see the group photos below! :)

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

So PROUD!

This is what I walked into after lunch today (no prompting at all)! I love my kiddos! So proud of how hard they have been working! :)

Math Thinking Cap

I can't believe how quick the kids are with the iPads! They have truly embraced this technology! Today we had indoor recess and I had a lot of students create a picture using the app Brushes! Your finger acts like a paintbrush and the best part...it records the whole process! :) They had a lot of fun creating different paintings and sharing!

In Math we worked on the Thinking Caps! Today lesson was especially neat because it called for the kids to find out what the missing numbers were on the cards below (see picture). Except the kids couldn't move them in the book! 

So, I decided to create an Explain Everything project using the cards!  In my project the students could move the cards around to solve the problem! I had them work in partners and record their thinking process. Click on the movie below to see one in action! :) I loved watching them share and listen to them collaborate with each other, not only about the math problem, but how to work through the app they were using!

I am loving every second of this opportunity and I know the kids are as well! :) 

Connecting to your Internet, Explain Everything and more!

Hi Families,
 We had a wonderful day learning while using our iPads! The kids were exposed to a lot of new apps and caught on very quickly. I LOVED seeing what some of them created over the weekend! Some of the kids told me they couldn't connect to the Internet. If you click on the movie below I created a tutorial about how to do this. I also included what the kids need to do for homework! :)

(Note: I pulled this from my educational YouTube page. Once it is finished playing you will see about 4 different movies you can watch...I have not published these. They are a part of "Edu YouTube" as what I think is an advertisement. Please remember, you should always be monitoring your child when they are on the Internet.)

If you have questions please email me or leave a comment below! I love hearing what you have to say! :) Thanks again for taking this journey with us!

Mrs. Ring

iPads, iPads, iPads!!

What a day! The kids were surprised this morning by the delivery of our classroom set of ipads! I have never seen them so focused to get through all of our testing that we do on Fridays! My goal this weekend is to give you some quick overviews of the apps that are on the kids ipads! Although, you kids might be able to tell you more at this point! :)

I gave the kids time to "explore" today for about 30 minutes! I had kids all over the place: Creating music and songs in GarageBand, using Large Text to retell our story for this week, POW-comic strip, Whiteboard, Educreations and Explain Everything! Just so much for them to look at! We also took pictures of ourselves and made them our home screen...they LOVED this part! They learned how to "mirror" (make their screen show up the projector) and so much more.

I also made a quick little movie trailer as the kids were exploring! They were super excited to see this and I hope you like it! :)

Please check back for the next 3 weeks as I will be posting a lot of information in regards to what is going on in the classroom! Your child should be able to show you as well since they will have our website sitting on their ipad like an app! :)

***If you want your child to access to your internet access you will need to connect them to your server at home: 1) Settings 2) Wifi (2nd line down) 3) Choose a Network (find your wifi name) and enter your password

Thanks for all your support during this really exciting time!

Mrs. Ring