Weekly Skype with Kindergarten

One of our  Kindergarten classes will  Skype every Thursday this school year with a Kindergarten class in Houston, Texas. The Skype will generally last 10 minutes. The children enjoy sharing about their week and asking each other various questions. Below is a Vimeo of one of the Skype sessions from last week. Enjoy!

Towards the end you will notice a little bit of technical difficulty. Part of working with technology is understanding that you will encounter set-backs at times just like with anything else. All-together, this was only their second Skype session and it went great!

Skype with Kindergarten from Kelli Anderson on Vimeo.

iPad Conference

I attended an iPad Apps workshop this past Thursday, September 16th. Below is a list of Apps that they suggested we put on our iPads. Most are free, but there are a few that require payment. It is fast to perform the downloads on your computer with iTunes then sync it to your iPad afterwards,but I just went through and downloaded them on my iPad individually.


Suggested Apps very useful for your iPad:

iBooks

Air Video Free

Adobe Photoshop Express

eClicker

Mecury Web Browser

Pandora Radio

Virtuoso Piano

Wolfram Alpha

Art

Keynote Remote

Remote

Studywiz Mobile

USA Today

World Countries

History: Maps of World

VLC Remote

Office2 HD Free

iDemoWeb

Recorder HD

Constitution for iPad

3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool

Dictionary.com

VideoScience

WordWeb Dictionary

Draw Free for iPad

Diet and Fitness Tracker

NPR for iPad

Flipboard

Art Puzzles HD

Jam Pad (Keyboard App)

Go SkyWatch Planetarium

Draw for iPad

Doodle Buddy for iPad

Inkling

3D Medical Images

Twitter

Globe for iPad

Bedtime Stories Collection HD

NASA App HD

Google Earth

Free Books for Education

Classical Music Lite

Nations

Toy Story Read-Along - Free

Alice for the iPad-Lite

Calculator XL

NYT Editorss Choice

Wikipanion for iPad

eTextbooks for the iPad

Dragon Dictation

MCS for iPhone

Sundry Notes

The Weather Channel Max for iPad

Pages - $9.99
Keynote - $9.99
Numbers - $9.99
Office2 HD - $5.99
Accuweather
Convert Pad
Touch Physics HD
Contig (Math Game)
MathBoard (Math Skills)
Intro to Math by Montessorium
TapTyping - typing trainer
The Elements: A Visual Exploration - $13.99




Here is the link for the ipad userguide: 
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPad_User_Guide.pdf

Junior Kindergarten- Oreo Voicethread

Laptop Review

This is the powerpoint laptop presentation that I present to both our Junior Kindergarten and Senior Kindergarten children each year. This is just a good basic visual review for everyone.

Laptop Review for Kindergarten Students from Kelli Anderson on Vimeo.

Introducing laptops to Senior Kindergarten

Today I will be posting a video of how we begin each year introducing the laptops to our Senior Kindergarten boys. I will be leading the presentation at 1:30 central time today, and then I will post the video of the presentation. Visit again to see for yourself.

Change of plans

I'm not going to post the Vimeo of the introductions to ipods to the Pre-K teachers. I think it will be more informative to you all if I post a video of the children actually using them for the first time. The Pre-K teachers are all very excited to get these into the hands of the children. I think we will all be surprised about how much they already know. So many of them already play with their mom or dad's iphone at home. These ipods will strengthen their fine motor skills and expose them to more technology that is used in the world around them.

Introduction to ipods with our students

Today, I observed our Lower School Technology Coach use the ipods for the first time with a third grade classroom. The boys loved it and already knew so much about the ipod. Our school purchased an ipod cart this year and we will be using it with all grades Pre-K through sixth grade. Tomorrow, we are going to introduce the ipod cart to the Pre-K teachers. I am hoping to use my flip camera and record the introduction to them. I will post it as a vimeo on the blog so be looking for it. As soon as I figure out all the apps we might use for the Early Childhood students on the ipods I'll be sure to post a list of them for you to check out.