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Running head: APPLICATIONS ASSIGNMENT

Theres an App for that Assignment

Dr. Mary Beth Scumaci
Miranda Laufman
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Medaille College
EDU 571 Technology for the Elementary Classroom
August 2, 2015

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1. ELA Reading App

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Reading
App Title: Sound Beginnings
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students to be able to strengthen their reading skills
through entertaining games. The focus is on phonics and identifying the beginning, middle and ending
sound of a word. There are six different games that students have access to. The app also not only
demonstrates learning sounds it explains how to properly use them.

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Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
2. Communication and Collaboration
B. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and
formats
ISTE Standards for Teachers:
3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
B. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to
support student success and innovation
New York P-12 Common Core Standards:
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills K-5
Grade: 1
Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition
Item Number: 3.e.
Statement: Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Reading
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading Unfamiliar Words
Item Number: 3.2
Statement: Predict the meaning of and solve unfamiliar words using different types of cues, including:
semantic (meaning) cues (e.g., familiar words, phrases, sentences, and visuals that activate existing
knowledge of oral and written language

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2. ELA Writing App

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Writing
App Title: Lets Do the Writing
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive too for students to allow them to be able to practice printing.
It allows students to use tracing effects to follow both upper and lower case letters. Tracing allows eyehand coordination, and will give beginner writers a positive experience. Students will also find pleasant
music with the app, and it provides easy instructions and directions for students to follow.

Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
D. Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternate solutions

ISTE Standards for Teachers:

2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
C. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students diverse learning styles, working
strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources

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New York P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Writing Standards K-5
Grade: 1
Topic: Production and Distribution of Writing
Item Number: 6
Statement: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish
writing, including in collaboration with peers

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Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Writing
Grade: 1
Topic: Preparing for Revision
Item Number: 2.6
Statement: Identify elements of their writing that need improvement, including content, organization, and
style, using feedback from the teacher and peers

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3. English Language Learners

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Learning English
App Title: Sight Words
App Price: $1.99

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students who are newcomers to the English language.
Many words cannot be sounded out, and therefore, are learned through sight. The sight words are
delivered through the use of an interactive flash card application. This specific application is targeted for
grade one students. It is visually appealing with many graphics and backgrounds.

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Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
2. Communication and Collaboration
C. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures
ISTE Standards for Teachers:
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
D. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and
others in face-to-face and virtual environments
New York P-12 Common Core Standards:
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5)
Grade: 1
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
Item Number: 1
Statement: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Reading
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item Number: 1
Statement: Read a few different types of literacy texts (e.g., pattern books, rhymes, books from home,
simple fiction stories), graphic texts (e.g., calendars, environmental print, signs), and informal texts (e.g.,
morning messages, strategy charts, instructions, simple non-fiction books, labels)

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4. Students with Disabilities

Subject Area: Mathematics
App Title: Sort the Socks
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students with physical disabilities. It is a simple fullscreen game that makes sorting fun for students. It assists students with their visual acuity and track-pad
skills. As multiple socks do appear on the screen this can be adjusted to suit the students preference. This
app allows students to practice life skills through the use of mathematics while still having fun.

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Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
C. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
ISTE Standards for Teachers:
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
A. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity
New York P-12 Common Core Standards:
Standard Strand: Geometry
Grade: 1
Topic: Reason with shapes and their attributes
Item Number: 1
Statement: Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus nondefining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining
attributes
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Mathematics 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Item Number: 2
Statement: Identify and describe shapes within other shapes (e.g., shapes within a geometric design)

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5. Content Area
Subject Area: Mathematics
App Title: 123 Number Magic Line Matching
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students to be able to strengthen their number
concepts from 1-10. It allows students to match a quantity of an object to another quantity of an object
with four types of counters. As well students can match numerals to quantities using the same method.
This is a good app to reinforce number concepts through addition and subtraction.

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Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
C. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
ISTE Standards for Teachers:
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
A. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity
New York P-12 Common Core Standards:
Standard Strand: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Grade: 1
Topic: Add and subtract within 20
Item Number: 5
Statement: Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2)
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Mathematics 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Number Sense and Numeration
Item Number: 1
Statement: Solve a variety of problems involving the addition and subtraction of whole numbers to 20,
using concrete materials and drawings (e.g., pictures, number lines)

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6. Content Area
Subject Area: Science
App Title: Water Circulation
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students to be able to learn about the water cycle. It
allows students to navigate over each of the pictures, which will then show them a blurb about the roles
that each picture plays in the water cycle. Some of the pictures include the lake, the river, the ocean, the
sun and a cloud. Water Circulation provides students the opportunity to go on their own water world
adventure.

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Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
1. Creativity and Innovation
C. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues
ISTE Standards for Teachers:
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
B. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and
resources
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:
Standard Strand: Science
Grade: 1
Topic: The Living Environment
Item Number: 4
Statement: The continuity of life is sustained through reproduction and development
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Science & Technology 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Understanding Basic Concepts
Item Number: 3.1
Statement: Identify environment as the area in which something or someone exists or lives

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7. Choice Item
Subject Area: Music
App Title: Music Notes
App Price: FREE

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for families and students to recognize music notes as
they appear in our world. There are two different modes to this app. They are known as the train or
learning and play mode. Typically, a student is able to train their ears and learn about different notes
in the first mode listed. In the play mode a student has 60 seconds to recognize as many notes as possible.

Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
1. Creativity and Innovation
D. Identify trends and forecast possibilities

ISTE Standards for Teachers:

1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
A. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

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New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Music
Grade: 1
Topic: Producing Music
Item Number: 1.b.
Statement: Read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in
listening

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Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Music
Grade: 1
Topic: Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing
Item Number: 2.1
Statement: Express initial reactions and personal responses to musical performances in a variety of ways
(e.g., move like an animal of which the music reminds them)

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8. Choice Item
Subject Area: Visual Arts
App Title: Kids Paint
App Price: $5.79

Rationale: This app serves as an interactive tool for students to be creative and imaginative. The clean up
is by the click of a button. Students will be able to add colors and elements to templates provided by the
app. Once students become comfortable with the app they may add detail to their own canvas. The app
provides various tools to allow this engagement. Students can express themselves in their own unique
way.

Standards
ISTE Standards for Students:
1. Creativity and Innovation
B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

ISTE Standards for Teachers:

1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
A. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

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New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Visual Arts
Grade: 1
Topic: Painting
Item Number: 1
Statement: Experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture,
ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective
experiences
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
Standard Strand: Visual Arts

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Grade: 1
Topic: Creating and Presenting
Item Number: 1.4
Statement: Use a variety of materials, tools, and techniques to respond to design challenges

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