Are the kids getting restless because of the quarantine? Looking for something fun and educational to do? Over the years we've curated lots of great apps and they're available on the student iPads. In the digital world, our kids are often "consumers" of content - they watch videos, play games, etc. This is a great opportunity to let them become "creators", so we highly recommend the coding and creation apps. Below we will be providing you with instructions on how to learn about the apps, install them, and use them. Unfortunately we don't have the bandwidth to help with tech support unless it is directly related to a classroom assignment. We hope you find this helpful. Enjoy! Click on this link to see all the apps that are purchased by ACDS and assigned on the First Grade iPads. Some of the apps are "installed" which means they are available to play and you'll see an icon on the iPad. Others are assigned, but need to be installed before they can be used on the iPad. The instructions to install an app are as follows: In the spreadsheet you will find a brief description of each app. If you want more detailed information, you can do an Internet search using the following search terms:
<name of the app> ios app Example: clips ios app That should bring up a link to the App Store Description. If you want to find out more information about the app, you can look for a Common Sense Media App Review. If you want instructions on how the app works, you can go to YouTube and put in the search term: <name of the app> ios app tutorial Example: fish school ios app tutorial Please also note that Common Sense Media is a great place to find reviews on movies, games, and books too. The students learned how to use the Apple Clips app to make videos. They used the caption and poster features to show off their knowledge of math facts. Here is a sample project I made of today's project: Click here for the Clips Users Guide.
The class made a video for Ms. Laing and baby Sienna... Enjoy! The students used Chatterpix Kids to make their Market Day ads for their businesses. They also made business cards using Drawing Pad.
This group is also working on their concert music. Here are the links to their two songs Somewhere Out There: FADE OUT at 2.10 After they have sung through those have them watch this Sesame Street clip about Ballet. After that you can show the students these two clips from the Nutcracker, one more traditional and one less so. Have them compare and contrast the two with a neighbor or small group. Share out with the class what they discussed. We started a song last week that goes
Oh my goodness look at all those toys, it’s the time of year for girls and boys They probably won’t remember the tune as we’ve only done it once, but you can say it as a short poem. Have the students take a moment and think about a toy or gift they would like. It could be for Christmas, a birthday, or just a special surprise! They should think of just ONE word rather than saying a full sentence. Say/sing the poem, then let 4 or 5 people share their toys, sing again, repeat until everyone has had a turn to share. If there is extra time after this students may play Ghosts in the Graveyard.
The Hour of Code is a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer I started the class by asking the kids what they like to do on the iPad. They talked about different apps that they like. I asked them where they think the apps came from? They weren't quite sure. I told them people wrote those apps and that apps is short for "applications". People have to write out everything they want the application to do. For example, if you play a math game and you get the answer right, maybe you collect coins or your score goes up. Someone has to write all of that into a program. A program is a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do. Instructions tell you step-by-step what to do. Here is a set of instructions on how to play Tic-Tac-Toe. Here's a set of instructions on how to bake the best chocolate chip cookies. Another word for "instructions for cooking" is called "a recipe". Recipes are written in a way that no matter who picks it up, if they follow the instructions, they will get the same result. The same is true for computer programs. Watch this video to learn more (we didn't watch this video in class): The kids tried their hand at coding by using the app "Box Island" where they write a set of instructions to help a "box" to collect 3 stars. I really like this game because it encourages kids to take risks. For example, what happens if you run into a red box? So what if you explode. If you don't try, you won't know. Then you take what you learn and try again. If you're too timid, you'll have a hard time advancing. For example once you know you can push crates around and it's not an immovable barrier, you can push them to block deadly laser beams. It really encourages critical thinking. The kids really enjoyed themselves. Here's a video that shows how Box Island works: Here are photos of the kids playing Box Island:
Did you know "deaf" people dance to music and play football? How do they do that?
Did you know that all sounds are made through vibrations?
What if you could see sound waves?
It's kind of like when you see a droplet hit a bucket of water. It makes little waves.
Did you know that computers can help you see sound waves? I used an app called WavePad to capture my voice:
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