Technology and preliteracy skills An exploration of apps

Technology and preliteracy skills An exploration of apps and Internet technology to engage preschoolers.

Learning Outcomes • Learn about sources for apps • Use criteria to pick an app • Review a framework to assist in implementing technology • Review phonological awareness skill development and apps to support it • Build an app • Please download nearpod app for teacher and student

How to pick an app 1. Screen shot 2. Dates-release and last updates 3. The ENTIRE description 4. Try the links for the developer's website and for app support 5. What's new list 6. Ratings

Which app would buy? • Compare Gopher's finding: Sight Words $2. 99 • Abby sight words free

Great sources for apps • www. crazymikesapps. com • Digital-storytime. com • www. iear. org • www. funeducationalapps. com • momswithapps. com • Children's technology review • www. childrenstech. com

Great sources for apps • www. appsineducation. blogspot. com • learninginhand. com • www. bestappsforkids. com • www. smartappsforkids. com • educationtechnologyblog. com • anappforthat. yolasite. com • theiphonemom. com • www. lunchboxreviews. com

Great sources for apps • commonsensemedia. org • appysmarts. com • appymall. com • apps. edudemic. com • www. a 4 cwsn. com

App deals • Consider becoming a fan of the app on Facebook • Some app blogs have app reviews on Fridays and offer a discount with the reviews • App sales, sign up for appshopper and put the apps you want in your wish list

The "Killer" app? • Is YOU!

Use a framework • It is a structured way to stay focused on the children's needs and helps to avoid being overcome with the thrill of new technology • SETT Framework (Zabala, 2005) is useful to streamline the decision making process when integrating learning technologies. • S is for student, know them and assess their abilities and needs • E is for environment, consider the context and other factors • T is for task. What do they need to do? • T is for tools. What app? How will they use it? What kind of supports are necessary?

Phonological Awareness skills • Rhyming • Syllable awareness • Knowledge of words and sentences • Phonics awareness

Continuum of Complexity (Chard & Dickson, 1999) • Rhyming and songs • Sentence Segmentation • Syllable segmentation & blending • Onset-rime blending, & segmentation • Blending and segmenting phonemes

Rhyming and songs • Kids song collectioninteractive, playful nursery rhymes for children HD free • nursery rhymes with story time by ustwo $. 99

Rhyming • Rhyming words free • Auditory rhyming AR $2. 99 • Bats in the cave $1. 99 • Phonics Rhyme sort free • What rhymes? By kindergarten. com

Sentence segmentation • Apps to make your own stories • Little bird tales-easy digital stories for kids $2. 99 • Book creator for i. Pad $4. 99 • My stories $2. 99 • Jibjab jr. Books free, subscription required for some storiesh • Story dice $1. 99 • Sentence magic by preschool university free

Syllable segmenting and blending • Syllable awareness (food) $4. 99 • Syllable counting Sm $29. 99 • Bug brain. ED phonics advanced $2. 99

Onset-rime blending and segmenting • Abc phonics word family free • Phonics rhyme sorting free • Bugbrain. Ed phonics awareness $2. 99

Blending and segmenting phonemes • Cvc reader $. 99 • Last sounds- the Fab phonics "up, up and away". 99 • Beginning sounds-Louie's letter challenge -free • Learn the letter free • Sound sorting beginning sounds from lakeshore learning • Magic reading 3 letter words preschool university free • MELs Phonics blending sounds lite free, full version $9. 99 • Beginning Blends word builder $1. 99

Concepts of Print • I like books 37 books for $1. 99 • Tumble books to go • Leveled readers $9. 99 • Moving picture books for the i. Phone. 99 • Icarus swinebuckle • My Dad drives a roller coaster • i. Storytime • ICDL Books for children

Concepts of Print • The story mouse talking books-free • The stories of Bertie the Guinea pig read along books for children free • Tales 2 Go free audiobooks • Booksy school edition learning to read platform k-2 9. 99 • Biscuit's birthday $2. 99 • Little critter collection #1 $11. 99 • Wee A B See 2. 99 • Imag-n-o-tron. 99

Vocabulary • Noodleworks $1. 99 • Vocabulary builder 1 & 2 free • My preschool words deluxe free • Action words free • Vokidulary $. 99 tracks vocabulary • Vocabularry's things that go game free

Vocabulary • My first words flash cards free, good for 1 to 4 year olds, can add your own cards and record your voice • Adventures for kids $3. 99 • Lingui. Kid free • Drag & Tag nouns at home 0. 99

Letter knowledge • Over 1477 abc apps in December 2011 • Now 2286 • Just because it's an app doesn't mean it's better

Letter Knowledge • ABC Magic series free by preschool university • Abc shakedown plus • Abc lite • Magnetic letters • Abc pocket phonics 2. 99 • Little finder abc free • Abc spy. 99 • Toddler school: alphabet & numbers free

Letter knowledge • Elmo loves ABC’s for i. Pad 4. 99 • Kids Abc alphabet puzzle game free • ABA flash cards-alphabet. 99 • Alphabet game deluxe. 99 • Scout’s ABC garden. 99 • Cartoon ABC-free • ABC Alphabet phonics-alphabet ordering, Abc song letters matching and phonics sound free • Abc games 2. 99 • Abc house 2. 99 • Abc a go-go free

Decoding • Sight word apps • Word families

Encoding • Free the bee • Little sky writers • Spelling magic • Little speller • Word wizard • I write words lite

Fun. . . • Lola's abc • Word play

Framework • Literacy • S • E • T

Remember the • The OERB Internet ? • www. starfall. com • www. abcya. com • pbskids. org • www. tvokids. com • www. readwritethink. org/files/resources/interact ives/abcmatch • www. readingrockets. com