In an ideal world I would have a class set of ipads and ipods. If I didn't have access to a class set, I would have students work in pairs or small groups. Students would take turns doing activities on the ipods and ipads. I would give my students signals on when to switch turns using the devices. To make sure each student is actively learning, I would have a worksheet that students would fill out while waiting their turn for the devices. The first application I would have my students explore would be the ABC Lite application. On this application students learn the sounds that each letter of the alphabet makes. I would have the student quietly repeat the sound to themself. In this application there is a story. Students would engage in the vocabulary building activity . In this application students learn about rhyming. Secondly, I would have students explore the Trace Words application. In this application students get the opportunity to strengthen their writing skills. The application provides a path for each letter of the alphabet that students trace with their finger. Third, I would have students use the application called, 8 Men Who Discovered the World. In this application I would have students apply their writing skills that they practiced in the previous application. Students would write a postcard on their ipod/ipad to another classmate (In the application there are directions on how to write a postcard). I would assign each student a classmate to write to. This would prevent the chances of students’ feelings getting hurt. In addition, I would have students read the story on this application that talks about explorers who made discoveries on our planet. Students would learn about the explorers and get to see the different kinds of things that explorers wrote about. This application comes in different languages which would be very beneficial for my ELL students. In this lesson plan students would learn how to operate an ipod or ipad, learn the different sounds of the alphabet, practice their writing skills, build their vocabulary, practice finding words that rhyme, learn how to write a postcard and learn about famous explorers.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Lesson Plan for Using ipods and ipads
Grade Level: 1st
In an ideal world I would have a class set of ipads and ipods. If I didn't have access to a class set, I would have students work in pairs or small groups. Students would take turns doing activities on the ipods and ipads. I would give my students signals on when to switch turns using the devices. To make sure each student is actively learning, I would have a worksheet that students would fill out while waiting their turn for the devices. The first application I would have my students explore would be the ABC Lite application. On this application students learn the sounds that each letter of the alphabet makes. I would have the student quietly repeat the sound to themself. In this application there is a story. Students would engage in the vocabulary building activity . In this application students learn about rhyming. Secondly, I would have students explore the Trace Words application. In this application students get the opportunity to strengthen their writing skills. The application provides a path for each letter of the alphabet that students trace with their finger. Third, I would have students use the application called, 8 Men Who Discovered the World. In this application I would have students apply their writing skills that they practiced in the previous application. Students would write a postcard on their ipod/ipad to another classmate (In the application there are directions on how to write a postcard). I would assign each student a classmate to write to. This would prevent the chances of students’ feelings getting hurt. In addition, I would have students read the story on this application that talks about explorers who made discoveries on our planet. Students would learn about the explorers and get to see the different kinds of things that explorers wrote about. This application comes in different languages which would be very beneficial for my ELL students. In this lesson plan students would learn how to operate an ipod or ipad, learn the different sounds of the alphabet, practice their writing skills, build their vocabulary, practice finding words that rhyme, learn how to write a postcard and learn about famous explorers.
In my opinion, I would rather do these types of activities on the SMART board. If you did these types of activities on the SMART board, you would have more control over the material children are learning and you can easily watch to make sure that students are staying on task. With the ipods/ipads I feel like students could get off task very easy, because there isn’t direct supervision.
In an ideal world I would have a class set of ipads and ipods. If I didn't have access to a class set, I would have students work in pairs or small groups. Students would take turns doing activities on the ipods and ipads. I would give my students signals on when to switch turns using the devices. To make sure each student is actively learning, I would have a worksheet that students would fill out while waiting their turn for the devices. The first application I would have my students explore would be the ABC Lite application. On this application students learn the sounds that each letter of the alphabet makes. I would have the student quietly repeat the sound to themself. In this application there is a story. Students would engage in the vocabulary building activity . In this application students learn about rhyming. Secondly, I would have students explore the Trace Words application. In this application students get the opportunity to strengthen their writing skills. The application provides a path for each letter of the alphabet that students trace with their finger. Third, I would have students use the application called, 8 Men Who Discovered the World. In this application I would have students apply their writing skills that they practiced in the previous application. Students would write a postcard on their ipod/ipad to another classmate (In the application there are directions on how to write a postcard). I would assign each student a classmate to write to. This would prevent the chances of students’ feelings getting hurt. In addition, I would have students read the story on this application that talks about explorers who made discoveries on our planet. Students would learn about the explorers and get to see the different kinds of things that explorers wrote about. This application comes in different languages which would be very beneficial for my ELL students. In this lesson plan students would learn how to operate an ipod or ipad, learn the different sounds of the alphabet, practice their writing skills, build their vocabulary, practice finding words that rhyme, learn how to write a postcard and learn about famous explorers.
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