Do you use ipods in the classroom?

Welcome teachers! I am excited to begin this blog. If you are on the cutting edge of education (or want to be) the future of education is the use of the iPod Touch and iPads in the classroom. However, beginning this new adventure for your students can be challenging. What apps are the best? Should I buy apps? Should I only use free apps? These are the questions I have been regularly contemplating since I began using iPods in the classroom.

As you know time is everything in the classroom and what little time we have with our students is extremely valuable.The purpose of this blog is to help guide you to making better choices about which apps give you the most bang for your buck. Please use this site as a resource to help make your iPod or iPad experience in the classroom successful!

Just so you know a little bit about me. I am a second grade teacher and have been teaching for 11 years. I obtained my master's degree in Literacy. My focus has been integrating technology into the classroom and preparing my students to be 21st century learners. I began using iPods in the classroom in 2010 and have enough iPods for my students to be 2:1 (two students per iPod). The success and focus of I have seen in my students is phenomenal. The use of iPods comes naturally to my students and provides a "hook" like no other I have experienced in my years as a teacher.

I hope you find this blog helpful and visit often to read review of apps that I have used in the classroom. I intend to only share the apps that are tried and true. I will only blog about apps that my students love and apps that have an educational purpose.

Happy teaching!