Reasoning Mind currently has two courses: Basic II and Basic
III. A third (more elementary) course, Basic I, will become
available in 2009.
Basic II and Basic III are designed as year-long core curriculum
courses. Basic I is usually taken as a supplement
in grades 2, 3, and 4.
You need a log in for this site, but it is a great resource to use in your classroom and for students to use as practice at home. You can create games or quizzes for students to practice or assess them on different content areas. You can also play/use other quizzes or games already created. Students LOVE this site!
I have seen students use this site and have seen positive attitudes about it as well. Anything that is interactive and getting the kids to study is great.
Dig into more than 700 dinos with Ultimate Dinopedia. Based on the award-winning National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, this app goes beyond any dinosaur encyclopedia you’ve ever seen, with more than 700 dinos, fantastic artwork, the latest discoveries, and amazing interactives and video! Download from iTunes for only $5.99.
Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
Educational Apps We continue to test out apps that are both fun and educationally useful for ELLs. There are several good ones. Flipboard allows you to customize and browse the web in a magazine layout that is easy to scan and fun to read. There are also many good word game applications. I like the traditional Boggle and Scrabble. There are also lots of flashcard apps, such as Index Card, that help students learn study skills. Apps like Stack the States and Star Walk help with content area studies.
TapToTalk™
iPad Education Application
Price: FREE Creator: Assistyx LLC
Give your non-verbal child a voice! TapToTalk turns an iPhone™, iPad™
or iPod touch® into an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device.
TapToTalk makes communication fun, like another “game” on this cool device. Just
tap a picture and TapToTalk speaks. Each picture can lead to another screen of
pictures.This free TapToTalk™ app comes with a fully functional album
that you can use with your child. If ...
How cool is this? I am almost finished reading the nonfiction book LEGO: a love story. Topic: ADULT fans of LEGO. Pretty darned interesting! Makes you look at LEGO as more than just a kids' toy.
20% of kindergarten through second graders said they owned cellphones. 29% of
third through fifth graders do. 51% of middle schoolers and 56% of high
schoolers do.
iPads. Interactive Whiteboards. Netbooks. Video games. Although educational
technologies are being implemented more and more in classrooms across the
country, we don't often stop and ask students - or their parents - what they
think their technology needs are. But the newly-released Speak Up 2010
survey has done just that