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Great iTouch Apps for Primary Students

Yesterday here at NECC I learned about three fantastic applications for younger / primary age students from Jenny Ashby from Vic, Australia, who has 8 iPod Touches in her classroom currently. Here are the applications. These are ideal for students to use in center activities in a primary classroom.

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Evening reading with the iPod Touch

Here’s a new sight around our house this summer: My 11 year old son reading in bed using his iPod Touch. He just finished reading “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson over the weekend thanks to Project Gutenberg, and is now starting “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. These are two of the required summer reading [...]

iTouch and iPhone Apps for Education

The power of Twitter and personal learning networks continues to amaze me! Yesterday Oklahoma teacher Christy Paradise tweeted me a question about available workshops or training resources on iTouch and iPhone applications for education / classroom use. After retweeting the question, California educator Sandra McGonagle replied with a link to Tony Vincent’s upcoming live workshop [...]