April 14 4th Observation at Davis

My 4th observation was on April 14.  I am always here during math and this time they were going to use the iPads for their lesson.  Everyone got on IXL which is a 5th grade math website set up by state standards.  The teacher can log in to see how many problems they got correct, how many were wrong, and how long it took to solve them.  All the iPads in the room are synced together so they have the same apps.  Mrs. Johnston handed me an iPad so I could learn and experience one for myself.  This was one of my first times using them.  There were 11 pages of apps on the iPad, all educational.  Some apps that I used and explored were Analogy, BrainPop, Geoplay, iBooks, MathNinja, Lifecycles, Capital, DinoRush, PocketFrog, IQGym, and Geometry.  I continued to use the iPad while a language arts quiz was given on the smartboard and some students left for small group tutoring.  Mrs. Johnston said they use the grammar and 5th grade Vocab Prep apps everyday.  They also use StoryKit to do projects similar to powerpoint.  The other apps are used when they correlate with the lessons that are being taught.