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This is a cool article David shared. I bet some of our children would love to try it this year since many families have iPads at home.

I love this. Completely agree with the observation that students are doing this in the safest of places and have control as they decide how many recordings to make and which to submit. What a great portfolio assessment possibility. And parents would likely be in the know since the children are doing this at home...what a great place to start a dialogue with parents about independent reading.

I would also suggest that you click on the teacher links and the kids' videos.

Go to Browse and see a great sample of ShowMe  tutorials.  Wouldn't it be great for our students to start making a library of lessons?  Or perhaps posting directions to a complicated homework assignment or project?

Love this idea! Can't wait to try it!

Good preschool, junior k apps

Agreed about this site being for younger kids- though "grammar jammers" looks like it could be fun for LS kiddos (not free$)

Laura D, Some of these look interesting. Check it out!

Directions to sync multiple google calendars to your iPad

This could be very helpful for updating both your iPad and your iPhone.

I like that this article is specific to Pre-K children. It's simple and straight-forward. It makes sense.

Yes, this article hit home for me. Technology is here to stay and moving rapidly and as teachers we need to find the most effective and appropriate ways to use it to meet the needs of our students. With Pre-Schoolers, nothing can replace "hands on" experiences yet technology obviously has a place in the classroom. We just need to keep in mind the appropriate kind of screen time, the amount of time, the purpose and the specific child. I have my iPad at every morning meeting just in case some type of question or clarification arises.

So true, Dolly. It's great for children to learn how they can research or "look things up" if they can't figure something out for themselves. If you think about it, Google helps us all to become more independent learners. So, all the more need for collaboration, deep thinking and application of knowledge in the classroom.

Mind Leap makes sure that parents and educators know which apps are educational and which aren't, which keep kids engaged and which bore them to tears. And, we encourage developers to build great stuff that turns kids on to learning.

I checked out this site, especially to explore the book on tape they recommended, but "pamplemousse" wasa a bit too far out for my liking. I wasn't convinced it was good literature.

I found a good app that I can use with my third graders using Mind Leap. Appreciated the review.