Math & iPad - Skitch Number Sentences

Today I finished up a project with a grade 1 class and we had a little time left at the end of the period, so we decided to do a quick task using Skitch (an amazing and must-have free app). We used Lego to create number sentences and Skitch allowed us to easily mark up the image and document our work.

Once finished, the images were saved to the camera roll then next time (we will do this again) we will share all finished and saved images via AirDrop to the teacher's iPad which can then be saved to a computer then uploaded to D2L or the AkkermanLC site. 

What a great and easy-to-complete task!

Kindergarten Labeling

Grade: Kindergarten
App: Skitch by Evernote
Student Learning Goal: Student will take a photo of them self and then label their body parts using a visual list on the Smartboard that we co-created together.

Learning Path:
Our kindergarten students LOVE working on the iPads. My original thought, when we introcuced them to center time was tey would have to work on an independent game style app and practice literacy based activities such as sight words and letter formation. While this was a good activity as far as engagement was concerned, I wondered if we could push them a little further than just 'practicing'.

Last year, I knew that Grade 1 students had used Skitch to annotate over the top of a photo that had taken. I wondered if kindergarten students could do something similar...

We tried it!

First we created a visual list of the words we could use to label our face. I wrote the words in upper case letters  so students could recognize them on the iPad keyboard when typing.

Here is what these students created in about 20 minutes. I can't wait to see where we can take this kind of learning task in the future with these students!

 

Gr1-2 Science - Eco Columns

Student Learning Goal:

To learn about the differences of living and nonliving things and how they affect each other.

App:

Skitch for iPad

Learning Task:

Through this inquiry, students explored living and non living things they could find around our school. They took photos of them using the iPads to show what they discovered.

Through the scientific process, the students explored how living and nonliving things affect each other by designing and making an eco-column. Each eco column had three layers in which each contribute to each other to make an mini ecosystem. 

Students observed their eco-columns daily and monitored their progress and time progressed.

The iPads were also used to monitor and document the progress. 

Skitch App by Evernote

The used an App called Skitch to annotate pictures they took using the iPad which was very easy to learn to use and gave an effective finishing product.