So, it is the middle of the year and my kids love the IPads. They are using so many of the apps for things I would have never thought of and love seeing them get excited.
The first app I want to discuss is Seesaw. I love this app and have found that it is very kids (2nd grade) friendly. My kids know how to access, utilize and play back with this app. We originally used this app so they could show and justify their addition and subtraction problems. It was a good tool for me to use to check for understanding. I was impressed that so many of them would self correct themselves while justifying their work.
I have noticed that my kids like to use this in my reading IPad station. The LOVE recording themselves read and then they will replay it and then try again and want to improve their time. It has been great for fluency and good for comprehension when they give a book review of what they have read.
The second app I want to talk about is the geoboard app. We have been using this and my kids really love this app. The love creating their shapes and identifying the name of the shape. Talking with others about the sides and vertices.
I am really enjoying having this technology in my classroom and I look forward to being able to integrate more amazing apps and technology into my classroom.
It sounds like you are doing some great things in class. I would not have thought about Seesaw helping fluency until you brought it up at URLearning and now here. That is a great idea for my guy who needs that!
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