The intention of this blog is to provide an avenue for sharing resources gathered at this year's VSTE conference. Please feel free to post comments so your thoughts can become a part of the networking experience.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Taking IT Mobile: iPad Apps for Teaching and Learning

Speaker: Lisa Heaton Amy Cottle
Great Presentation by Marshal University. Listed Apps for use in education.
Free Apps- Lists free apps for the day
Jib Jab Jr.-Puts your picture in the story, motivator for early readers
Blobble Write - Free - Trace letters and numbers
All Sight Words - Has Dolch sight words and allows student to record the word, can tag the words for later practice
Make a Word - From Starfall - Practice making words
Brain Pop Featured Movie - Free -
Sock Puppets - Create a sock puppet avatar, then record a message...Have two puppets talk together
Flash Cards - Create list of flash cards that can be shared among machines via account
Show Me - Interactive Whiteboard, lets you record and share drawings; Community of videos created, can follow other teachers
Groupboard - Connect up to 5 ipads for group drawing
Edmodo - Interactive blog app, connected to edmodo.com
Toontastic - Create a story with characters, narration, uses story arc
ABC Notes - Sticky notes, very customizable
Popplet - Create graphic organizer
TeamViewer - Remote Control App; Another good one is Splashtop
Disney Digital Books - Voice over disney books with puzzles, sold by the book
Color Uncovered - Teaches Art concepts
Hello Crayons - Uses different media (crayon, paint, markers)
How to Draw - Step by step drawing lessons
Adobe Photoshop Express - free version
Nasher - Virtual art museum tour
Stickman - Draw a stickman and it goes into an interactive story
Classic Books - Free Books
eCove -Admin - ESL - observation apps
inClass - Student class organization
Teacher Pal - Place to do grades, attendance
3D Brain - Interactive model of brain
Spark People - Diet and fitness tracker
iTranslate - Translates
Living Language -Spanish one is free
Newseum -Front Pages from different newspapers
Trade Nation - Simulation game about natural resources
www.marshall.edu/supersaturday/vsteipadapps.htm
http://stevebfw.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps+BFW

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Virtual Conference Sessions Announced

We are counting down the days until the conference, which begins Sunday, December
4. For those who are unable to attend in person, VSTE will be offering several virtual sessions as part of the Digital Sandbox events on Monday, December 5. These are free and open to all. Visit
the online program at http://2011.vsteconference.org and search on virtual sessions to learn more. You may know teachers in your buildings who would be interested in this information.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Annual VSTE Conference

We will depart form the Frederick County School Board office at 8:30 AM on Sunday, December 4th. Looking forward to seeing everyone!