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Appsolutely changing elementary education--Jeremy Brueck

Session notes: Mobile IOS apps Who might use? My use:
 * Works with 300 preschoolers in Akron area, head start students, literacy and tech expert
 * Brueckei.org
 * Tech is shifting constantly, faster rate than ever, tricky to keep track and keep up
 * Traditional literacy--linear. New literacy--can link you to other things as you read, not linear,catches us off guard if we are still expecting linear literacy
 * Digital--Skype, twitter, Facebook, this is our kids' practice, what they have always known, our job to reflect world around us
 * The cloud--info available to kids is Immense and they know how to get it, "geosocial universe"
 * 500,000 plus apps available. 11% educational, 37% are free
 * "we are at the edge of a sea of change in how we interact with info, knowledge, and learning"
 * "Tech can be a catalyst for social interaction and rich conversations related to kids' work"
 * Turn a project like a class book into a book using voice thread, lets parents read, respond to for kids to read/learn fromLearning is layered with books, tech, and manipulatives
 * E-books such as digital storybooks, audio books, video books, interactive storybooks
 * Some are like PDF like, like an actual book that has pages to turn, etc (flat,static)
 * International children's library (flat)
 * Media e-books, tumble books to go,(online as well as app) pricey
 * Interactive -- the strange and wonderful book of ants (amazing nonfiction text with scaffolding)
 * Digital storytelling apps: audioboo to record voice, use with twitter, audio podcasting
 * Sock puppets, free app, set up stages, get puppets, tell stories, could set up classroom YouTube acct where kids canput their videos
 * Pictello (15 dollars) make book with photos, audio, text
 * every teacher!!
 * Try the class book idea, try one this year and then start next school year with one so that it sets stage for year and future books
 * learn more about making class blog/website and possibly kid blog pages
 * Look into e- books and integrate them into my class