1. Even Kindergarteners Can Use
Technology To Learn!
Caitlin Meseck, Kindergarten teacher
Laura Fogle, Technology Facilitator

2.  Centers that (practically) run themselves
 Paperless assessments
 Student created products
 Teacher tips

3. Why the “littlest learners”
 Lots of presentations for older students
 “What can I do with kindergarten?”
 Build skills one at a time and breakdown
complex tasks

4. Little Steps
 Model computer use on whiteboard
◦ Games
 Jeopardy
 Name the setting
◦ Web sites and programs for centers
 Starfall
 TumbleBooks

5. Predict what the setting is
by listening to the sounds.

6. Computer Basics
- Mouse and Keyboard
 Marty the Mouse
 Sticker on left mouse button
 Doubleclick – one, two
 “typing” homework
 Spacebar –
1 between each word
2 at the end of sentences
 Backspace
 Capital letters

7.  Centers that (practically) run themselves
 Paperless assessments
 Student created products
 Teacher tips

8. Computer Center
 Scholastic Computer Lab Favorites
 Oak Grove’s Kindergarten links
(Jennifer Martin)
 Literacy wiki
 DestinationSuccess
 TumbleBooks
 BrainPop Jr.
 Kid Pix

10. Listening Center
 Students share one CD/tape player with
multiple headphone sets
 Each day they complete a different activity
 Students manipulate
the equipment
independently

11. Moving Beyond the Basics
 Observe other teachers modeling
 Start small
 Build one step at a time

12. iCenter
• 4 iOS devices (3 iPods,
1iPad)
• Students find app &
complete the activity
• Students track their
progress and manage the
equipment

13. Logistics of iCenter
 Visual for students &
teacher
 1 carpet square/ iPod Before
 Wires bundled together
 Cart for storing &
sharing
After

14. Managing Apps
 Need a laptop to synchronize
apps, keep all devices the same
 Spreadsheet with apps and what they do
 Have a card for each app
 Log of what students
have done

15. Our Next Step
 Recorded center instructions with QR
code for easy playback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWJduI829k&feature=youtube

16.  Centers that (practically) run themselves
 Paperless assessments
 Student created products
 Teacher tips

17. Paperless Assessments
 Capture work w/ objects
 Students responding
to prompts
Video deleted for privacy resasons.

18.  Centers that (practically) run themselves
 Paperless assessments
 Student created products
 Teacher tips

19. Student Created Work Products
 Muffins with Mom
 StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
 StoryKit – Dental Health

20. StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
 Students use the StoryKit app on iPods to
create their own version of a story.
• Students wrote one page for
the story, drew a picture
• Teacher typed text & took
pictures
• Students read their page and
teacher recorded
http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-bin/view.py?b=o7prr4u4

22. Student Created Work Products
 Muffins with Mom
 StoryKit – Adapted Pete the Cat
 StoryKit – Dental Health

23. StoryKit - Dental Health Stories
 1)Learned to take pics on the iTouch
 2) Learned about adjectives and teeth!
 3) Made bubble map about teeth
4) Wrote a sentence or two
 5) Drew picture & typed sentence using
KidPix
 6) Learned iTouch's *FREE* app called,
StoryKit.
 7) Used StoryKit to take a picture of our
printed work.
 8) Recorded our voices reading our
sentences.

24.  Centers that (practically) run themselves
 Paperless assessments
 Student created products
 Teacher tips

25. Teacher Tips
- Work Smarter in Your Room
 Things you would write on your board over
 PowerPoint Lesson tools

26. Morning Routine
1. Go to the Carpet 2. Snack & Lunch Choice 3. Folder
4. Bookbag 5. Sign in 6. Chair

27. Thursday
March 31, 2011
Morning Work
• Unpack
• Sign-in
• Make a Lunch Choice
• $$- Habitat for Humanity
Choice 1 Choice 2
Write about an adventure a
Write about an adventure you penguin would have in
would have in Antarctica. Antarctica.

28. Teacher Tips
- Work Smarter in Your Room
 Things you would write on your board over
 PowerPoint Lesson tools

29. Teacher Tips
- Find Lessons & Ideas Online
 Google
 Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/
 Teachers Paying Teachers
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/)
 Teacher Blogs

30. Create 21 Century Classroom
st
 Take students into the world
◦ Students visited London using FaceTime
◦ Student reconnected w/ class while out
◦ Students emailed videos to teacher when she
was out

31. Special Thanks
 Little River PTO
 Daniel Moore & Jerry Williamson @
Durham Public Schools
 Donors Choose
 Patrick Tart, Jennifer Anderson & Angela
Sonntag @ Banks Road Elementary