iPod+touch+and+iPad+in+Library


 * iTouch Work Stations: **

Our district, with bond technology funds, purchased ipod Touch and iPad devices for each library. They have been the HUGE hit of the technology purchases, and after exploring various options, we’ve found some great ways to infuse them into the fiber of our curriculum. Both the iTouch and iPad devices can be used as small group work stations. In the Elementary Library, this works amazingly well. Step-by-Step to using iTouch and iPad as a work station: 1. Teacher and Librarian collaborate on an appropriate time/day to send small groups to the Library. 2. Students come with a timer to let them know when to return to class. 3. 1 Library session is spent teaching students to operate the devices and establishing the routine of coming in, getting a device, and sitting in an area where the Librarian is not direct-teaching another class. 4. Students are given requirements for work station time… i.e. if they are coming during Math time in the classroom, they are only to use Math Apps, etc. 5. When the timer dings, students put up devices and return to class. It’s a beautiful way to get more students in the Library and teach them to work independently! Top 10 Best Free Math Apps (voted by the students): ArithmeTick Find the Sum ClockMaster Math Races Lite Pop Math Math Zombies Math Fun Rocket Math Zentomino Sea Math Space Race Lite


 * iTouch Listening Center: **

The old Listening Centers of the past are no more! With an iPod touch and some downloadable books (using the App store or the Nook app), stories for children can be downloaded onto an iPod touch and the iTouch becomes the listning station!

Classroom Needs: 1 iPod Touch 1 [|Belkin RockStar]device Nook app, Amazon Kindle App, or iBookstore in the iTunes program... there are also lots of free apps that will read stories to students, as well. 5 sets of headphones

Students connect headphones to RockStar, connect RockStar to iPod Touch, and a Listening Station is made! Works really well in PreK-2nd grade classrooms!