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

2. Android: https://market.android.com Apple: http://www.apple.com/itunes https://market.android.com 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.” Mark Prensky

5. “Today’s students – K through college – represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology.” Mark 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. JumblineLite Jumbline Lite Apple & Android - free

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

11. Interesting Science, Social Studies, and “daily” apps NasaHistory Lite3D Brain Today’s Doc Science 360 History Pin History Maps

12. Math Apps Cash Cow Coin Math Unblock Me Factor SamuraiLobster Diver

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

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 herehere