Thing 15: App-palooza

iPads in the Classroom was a good article.  I liked that it showed both sides of the issue.  Traditional hands-on paper and pencil are still important.  I used the goo.gl site to create QR codes for BookFlix and TumbleBooks.  I can use these to send to my teachers to include in their weekly newsletters to parents.  It was very easy to create the QR code and copy and paste it to a word document or a blog post.  Feel free to use these. I so wish I could have some iPads in my library to use.  The kids loved when I used my Cool tools iPad to show them the 3d heart app during the Hoops for Heart campaign in February.  I had a number of kids tell me they downloaded it to their tablets at home. 


This is the BookFlix QR code

This is the Tumble Books QR code   - well I tried to add both QR codes, but the insert photo function will seems to only let me add one photo to this post.

Thing 14: Social Reading and Book Stuff

Catching up on this snowy March evening.  What a winter it has been!  I have used Overdrive in the past for audio books.  I have looked for the books the 6th graders are reading like Dragonwings and Bud Not Buddy for the students, but so far no luck.  I will share Overdrive with the older students as many have phones they can use it on, hopefully to encourage more reading.  At my school we have a number of families from Bosnia and I looked for books on the International Children's Digital  library.  The DaybyDay Family Literacy  is a wonderful idea.  I am going to share it with my kindergarten and preschool teachers to put in their weekly newsletter to parents.