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At TGS we use the apps below for instruction. The image and title are hyperlinked to brief description of each tool. You child will have most of them on their iPads and should be able to explain what they are and how they are used. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how they are used.
At TGS we use the apps below for instruction. The image and title are hyperlinked to brief description of each tool. You child will have most of them on their iPads and should be able to explain what they are and how they are used. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how they are used.
Core Software used in Most Classrooms
Core Software used in Most Classrooms
One App to Rule the All (mostly)
One App to Rule the All (mostly)
Clever is the app that allows students to login once and access many of the other apps they use frequently. K-1 students will use a QR code card that they hold in front of the pad camera. Older students will use their district username and password. Clever only opens apps that are also installed in the iPad.
It is How We Communicate (and teach some also)
It is How We Communicate (and teach some also)
Class Dojo is the way our school communicates with students and parents, the way we share school and classroom pictures and news, and the way our allied arts teachers and some specialists deliver remote or hybrid instruction. Class Dojo is a stand alone app not accessed through Clever.
Lexia Core 5 Reading Differentiation and Instruction
Lexia Core 5 Reading Differentiation and Instruction
Lexia supports the teaching of reading by differentiating for each student and building in existing skills. Your child accesses Lexia Core 5 through their Clever app.
Digital Books and Audio Books
Digital Books and Audio Books
This app provides students with digital books and audio audio books. Teachers can assign books and students can select them on their own. Students have the app and belong to a class. They do not access this through Clever.
Digital Teaching Tools for K-4
Digital Teaching Tools for K-4
Seesaw is an online instructional tool used by many of our K-4 teachers to deliver and collect digital content. It has many more features for kids than Class Dojo, and it is more suited to be used for the regular classroom environment. This app is accessed through Clever
Google Classroom A Digital Classroom using the G-Suite Tools
Google Classroom A Digital Classroom using the G-Suite Tools
Like Seesaw, Google Classroom provides an online version of the classroom. Our 5th grade teachers and some of our specialists will use this tool. Students use their district usernames and passwords to log in. This app is not accessed through Clever.
Digital Tools for Older Students
Digital Tools for Older Students
In grade 5 (and in some classes even earlier), students learn to create content using Docs, Slides, Sheets, and to store and share documents using Drive. These are the Tools students will use for the rest of their school career and in college and at work.
This app was purchased in June of 2019 through a grant from the Georges River Land Trust. It allows students K-5 to create their own digital books. They can add images, text by typing or dictation, include video and voice, and then share it. This is a stand alone app that does not require an account.
Software Used in the Library and Some Classrooms
Software Used in the Library and Some Classrooms
This app was purchased in June of 2019 through a grant from the Georges River Land Trust. It allows grades 2-5 students to make movies using paper, clay, objects, action figures to create stories, illustrate processes, or explain just about anything. This is a stand alone app that does not require an account.
This app was purchased in June of 2019 through a grant from the Georges River Land Trust. It allows 2-5 students to create a green screen effect for images or video, just like the weatherman does every day. They can put themselves on the moon, under the sea, in a volcano, or give the world a tour of the solar system. This is a stand alone app that does not require an account.
This is a website rather than an app, but students in grades 2-5 have a link to on desktop. I use it to teach the fundamentals of computer programming using a drag and drop language called Blockly. Students learn the correct vocabulary, the ides of sequencing, repeating or recursive processes, and they solve problems and create projects while they are at it. I have created classes and follow a curriculum, but feel free to use the website at home! Students are given an account.
This is a website rather than an app, but students in grades 2-5 have a link to on desktop. Students in grades 2-5 use this app to serch the library, select books and put them on hold, create wish lists, and write reviews. Students are given an account using their district username and password..
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