I began thinkingabout the content of this post last night at my dinner table. I was thinking about our opinion writing unitand suddenly my mind traveled back to last semester when we read the MikeRibble book Digital Citizenship in Schools. Mike talked a lot about the importance ofhaving students provide feedback and/or review the technology that is availableto them. Then I got thinking… if I amasking my students to review entire stories, why don’t I start by having themreview the apps we use in our classroom. Today was all about having an opinion; students discussed the apps theylike and why.
Our Favorite Apps
*My favorite Appis Story Buddybecause I can write stories.
*My Favorite Appis Cookie Factoryis fun because it helps me practice value
*My Favorite Appis Math Zombiesbecause you can do multiplication, division, and subtraction.
*My Favorite Appis Lexia Core 5because it is fun to play on
*My Favorite Appis Teach Me becauseit has fun math games and shows you adding
*My Favorite Appis Math Zombiesbecause there is easy and hard levels and I like to do both
*My Favorite Appis Sushi Monsterbecause it gives you hard numbers
*My Favorite Appis Sushi Monsterbecause they give you hard number sentences to solve. Like what is 400-300?
*My Favorite Appis Lexia Core 5because you can get a certificate at the assembly and you learn how to readmore
*My Favorite Appis Math Zombiesbecause there’s times and dividing, plus and take away and I like doing math.
*My Favorite Appis Math Bug becauseyou can do place value to the thosands place and I like doing big numbers
*My Favorite Appis Xtra Mathbecause it makes me learn more and makes me get better and better at math
*My Favorite Appis RazKids becauseyou get to learn different things and build and design a robot with your points
*My Favorite Appis Lexia Core 5because it helps you read and make words
*My Favorite Appis Cookie Factorybecause you get to count and add
*My Favorite Appis Math Zombies. Do you know they have a zap button that zapsthe zombies when you get an answer right. You can also do multiplying. Thenwhen you pass all the levels a big monster comes out.
Next step is towrite a review of that app citing specific reasons and providing arecommendation.