Tool 8

By 5th grade most if not all students are familiar with the usage of Netbooks.When my kiddos last year used the netbooks the mainly thing they were using them for was research and making presentations in Google Docs. Students were able to create their presentations and then utilize the connections to hook them up to the active board and display their assignment.  With the IPADS students were able to practice different subjects with the Apps. I have my personal itune account in one of the Ipads and i down load the apps that I feel that are appropriate for the subjects as well as books. Last year we "read" Pictures of Hollis Wood by Patricia Giff on our IPADS. Since some of the vocabulary was a little above level I also downloaded the audio book. Students were able to follow along on the ipad with the audio book. It was a very amazing thing to see when ELL students would repeat a word that they were not sure how to say from the audio part.