District+-Wide+Applications

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 * The following is a list of district wide applications. These applications can be found on all or most laptops and desktops. If there is something here that you do not have in your building, please request it using trouble tracker, through the IT department. **

=** Tux Paint -** = = = **Tux Paint is a free painting program that all macs should have. It is an easy program that all kids can use with just a few demonstrations. This program can be used during center time to help students express themselves. Students can draw about what they have been learning, their favorite part of a story, things that begin with the letter "s", etc. Work can be saved and printed.** **Click** here **to see some examples created by our students.** [|Tux Paint Basics]   Kidspiration3  and Inspiration - ** = = = = **Kidspiration provides a cross-curricular visual workspace for K-5 learners. Students use visual tools combining pictures, text, numbers and spoken words to develop vocabulary, word recognition, comprehension, reasoning and problem solving skills.** **Kidspiration works the way students think and learn and the way teachers teach. As students make visual connections, they build fundamental skills in reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Kidspiration offers activities in all curriculum areas, so students use visual learning** ** naturally and confidently. Click here to see a few examples I've created. Click here for links to Kidspiration templates already created to match our Trophies curriculum. ** ** **Inspiration Tutorials:** [|Webcasts]
 * Kidspiration3 Tutorials: ** [|Webcasts]
 *  ELA  [|Templates] created by Vermillion Parish, LA 

** Photo Booth ** Photo Booth is a application on macs that lets the user take both pictures and videos. This can have lots of applications in the classroom. It can be used to tape reader's theater, math strategies, or oral storytelling. I like it for the ease of use factor and that it is a built in application. Try out Photo Booth in your classroom.

The following are just a few ideas on how to use Photo Booth in the classroom:
• **Reading Improvement/Assessment**- Make a movie of your students as they read out loud. Do this a couple time through out the year. Videos show how their reading has improved through out the year. • **Teaching Symmetry**- Use the mirror effect to show symmetry. • **Student Newscast/Daily Announcements**- Students can use video to create daily announcements or a special newscast. Use a photo of the school as the background. • **Make a how to video**- Make a short video reinforcing concepts learned in class. Post them on a class web page to be used as homework help. • Help get to **know student’s name and face**- Take a picture of each student and create a class directory or seating chart. • **Video Blog**- Create a video blog of what was talked about in class. • **Book Review/Report** for project- Allow students to use the video to do a book review or report. **Click here to see some examples of how my students and I use Photobooth in the classroom.** = = = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Both PhotoBooth and iMovie are excellent tools that students can use independently during literacy workstations. Both are simple to navigate and students will be able to use them independently in only a few short demonstration lessons. I would recommend using PhotoBooth with Kindergarden and first graders because it's options are simpler. In my classroom PhotoBooth is set up as a "Recording Studio" where students record themselves reading, presenting information that they learned, explaining how they solved a problem, or sharing the results of a science project or piece that they were working on. This is a great way to keep running records of your students' fluency and a electronic portfolio of their work. Teachers can also use these applications to "clone" themselves and create "Talking Worksheets" and center directions. Click here to see some examples of how my students and I use Photobooth in the classroom.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**iLife 09 Tutorials** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**@http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 192%;"> **iMovie** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**In my classroom, we enjoy making movies to extend our learning. Writing scripts and working together to display our knowledge in a creative way are both benefits of movie-making in the classroom. We use the movie-making process to help us understand, reinforce, and review new concepts we are learning in different areas of the curriculum. We also make creative movies to enhance our ability to write interesting stories. I have found that movie-making is a great way to build community among students, hone students’ writing skills, engage students’ creative imaginations, and instill confidence even in those students who might begin the school year afraid to be in front of the camera. Movie-making is a certainly a collaborative and exciting way to make learning come alive in your classroom!**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Click [|here] to watch some of our class movies. [|Lesson Plans for using iMovie in Classroom] [|KidsVid] [|You Oughta Be In Pictures]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 192%;">**iWeb** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">**iWeb is a user friendly website and blog creating tool. Users of iWeb do not need to have knowledge of web language.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">

[|iWeb for Teachers]


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%;">Activities made on these applications are easy ways to get students actively using technology in the classroom. Once a template is created and saved, students can manipulate it easily. Smart Notebook and Power Point Presentations are interactive software programs that can be used as whole group or in centers. All computers should have Smart Notebook and Power Point software installed, if your computer doesn't have this software, please contact trouble trakker. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> ** Need a tutorial?-- click here-- Using Powerpoint in the classroom Click here for ways to use PowerPoint with the Trophies Reading Program ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%;">. To see examples of templates I've made, check out my eBoard.
 * [|Pete's PowerPoint Station]***** A GREAT site to find ready made power point presentations.**

 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">**iPods** -- **The iPod has become the new "Listening Center" in my classroom. Although to be fair, it's more like a "Multi-Media Center". I use the iPods in conjunction with worksheet and journals so that my students are active listeners. There are many sites on the web and in iTunes that can be downloaded to the iPods and used in a center. Supplies are limited, please see you librarian for more information. For an example of how we have used iPods in the library and in the classroom, click here.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">**[|Online Aduio Stories]** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">**[|Learn Along With Sesame]** media type="file" key="VocabPodcastTeacherSample.mov" width="210" height="210" **[|iPods in the Classroom Celebration Page] is where teacher in Cave Creek Unified School District in Arizona share project examples and resource links for using iPod classic and voice recorders.** media type="custom" key="6508319" width="207" height="207"
 * [|Apple Learning Exchange]**
 * [|Pod-O-Matic]**
 * iTunesU** - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Tennessee State Department of Education- The Governer's Study Partner Program**
 * [|Learning In Hand]**
 * || [[image:http://learninginhand.com/storage/Podcast_Icon_rtwhite.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1265958795664 link="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=254270774"]]  || Listen to iPods #12: Podcasting Booklet for an overview of this booklet ||   || [|Podcasting for Teachers & Students booklet] ||

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