As mentioned above the reason for this site is to raise money so I can get each student in my class an iPad mini or have one for every two students. I want this technology not only for my class, but also for the community. I want to be able to use them during the summer for an early reading program.
I want to share just a little bit about the impact that these iPad minis could have on my class. I've been using an app called doceri on my teacher iPad. What doceri allows me to do is create custom designed lessons for my kids on the iPad and then play them back during class while walking around the room. The biggest advantage to this program has been something that I discovered just recently. I discovered that I can create a lesson and then record my voice over that lesson to create a video. I've been using this in my class to help a few of my children take tests. Each week they sit down with the iPad or iPod touch and they watch a video for each question on their test and they work at their own pace. The impact of this has been a huge improvement in performance for those students. My vision for using this app when I get every student an iPad is that I can create a customized lesson for my students depending on their need. If each student had an iPad they could pull it out and get a mini lesson to remind them of the lesson that was just taught. I will post an example of what this looks like soon.
If you are interested in donating to this cause, I have posted a link that will take you to Paypal and you can donate to a Paypal account directly. I will keep you up to date on how much we have raised. When we have raised enough I will post the project to donors choose and fund the project. If you choose to donate $50 or more you will get a customized book created by me and my class. We will create and publish a book using an app called scribble press. I appreciate your support and look forward to sharing updates.
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