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Educational Apps That Make Your Kids Smarter

Educational Apps That Make Your Kids Smarter. Presented by Melissa McPhee Family Night: February 23, 2012. Android: https://market.android.com Apple: http://www.apple.com/itunes. Can kids learn anything worthwhile playing digital games?.

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Educational Apps That Make Your Kids Smarter

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  1. Educational Apps That Make Your Kids Smarter Presented by Melissa McPhee Family Night: February 23, 2012

  2. Android: https://market.android.comApple:http://www.apple.com/itunes

  3. Can kids learn anything worthwhile playing digital games?

  4. “Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” Marc Prensky

  5. “Today’s students – K through college – represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology.”Marc Prensky

  6. Result: today’s students think and process information differently.

  7. Digital Natives • Used to receiving information really fast • Like to parallel process and multi-task • Prefer graphics before their text • Prefer random access – like hypertext • Function best when networked • Does this sound like your child?

  8. Critical Thinking Skills

  9. JumblineLiteApple & Android- free

  10. Language Arts Apps Songatron Mad Libs Wordventure Bluster ABC PocketPhonics LineEmUpLite – Word Game

  11. Interesting Science, Social Studies, and “daily” apps Nasa History Lite 3D Brain Science 360 History Maps Today’s Doc History Pin

  12. Math Apps Cash Cow Coin Math Unblock Me Factor Samurai Lobster Diver

  13. Multi-Disciplinary Apps Murky Reef Lite PBS Kids Popplet

  14. District 742 list of Apps for Elementary Schools Click here Or go to the District 742 website – click on Staff – click on Technology Integration in the lower section of the middle of the page in a blue-line box – click on Ipod/Ipad Apps by scrolling down and searching the left side of the screen in the orange box – click on Apps for Elementary Schools.

  15. Mrs. McPhee’s Favorite Websites • Go to mrsmcphee.weebly.com • Or click here

  16. THANK YOU!

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