APPS:

WELCOME

WHAT DO WE KNOW

WHAT IS IT?

• Used to develop reading comprehension
• Group students according to reading levels or similar skills
• Explicitly teach reading comprehension strategies (e.g Inference, Prior Knowledge)
• Groups - teacher, SSO, independent
• Not just students listening passively to a book

APP CRITERIA

FITZROY READERS

READING A-Z

• Free books
• Library a, b, c etc.

SPELD-SA

• Phonic based readers
• Download as PDF

WHAT TO DO WITH 1 iPAD...

• Belkin headphone splitter
• Stream to IWB or laptop

TAR HEEL READERS

DIGITAL STORY BOOKS

• Collins collection
• Nosy Crow and Loud Crow digital books
• Hairy Maclary
• Wonkey Donkey
• Activities, animations, music

eBOOKS

• Designed to run within an eBook reader
• iBooks, Kindle
• iBooks supports ePUB & PDF format
• Convert PowerPoint/Word etc with PDF converter
• Bookstore

iBoOKS

• Speak selected text
• Highlight text (directionality)
• Adjust brightness, font, size
• Dictionary, search
• Customise bookshelves

LITERACY/LEARNING CENTRES

• What type of activities do we already set?
• What strategies do we want to target?

LANGUAGE & VOCABULARY

• 'Collins' collection
• 'Sight words'
• 'Eggy 100'

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

• 'Animalia'
• 'Pocket Phonics'
• 'Phonics Genuis'

COMPREHENSION

• 'Sentence Builder'
• 'Clicker Sentences'
• 'Making Sequences'

OPEN ENDED APPS

• 'Kidspiration'
• 'Doodle Buddy'
• 'Art Maker'
• 'PuppetPals HD'

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BOOK CREATOR

ASSESSMENT

• Screencast capture
• 'Educreations'
• 'Explain Everything'
• 'Record of Reading

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