It’s boggling
and overwhelming to keep up on the latest gadgets and games available for the
classroom. I visited http://ipadeducators.ning.com and I was impressed with the free resources. http://ipadacademy.com/ was another great site for newbies to the
app world like me.
If any of you
have a free app you’d like to share, please email me and I’ll post it on my
site. (FREE is the operational
word here!)
The thing that
impresses me most is that technology enables educators to “prescribe”
activities to specific skills for specific students. Instead of just throwing general information out there (like
giving an aspirin to everyone), teachers have the ability to match instruction
to individual needs.
REMEMBER! Balance is a key to life and education. The more time children spend in front
of a computer, the more they NEED to sing, play outside, talk, and have
concrete experiences. Dinosaurs
and techies can play in the sandbox together!
