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**iPads in Preschools** ==

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=The iPad, created by Apple, is a portable device which weighs about a pound and a half, measuring 9.5 x 7.3 inches and is just about an inch thick. The iPad is used mostly for games, books, newspapers, music and the internet. The iPad uses the same network connections as a phone carrier, it is available on AT&T and Verzion. The iPad already comes with apps that are built in to your iPad, but it also has the iTunes store which has many apps that you can download that would suit your needs. The iPad is available on Wifi or at 4g speed so your download time is a quick process. =

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**Tips for Integrating iPads in the Classroom**

**Using fun and easy to use apps found on the iPad for individual work. **

= **My Very First App**- A matching game = = **Thomas & Friends**- Puzzles, Mazes and concentration games = = **Curious George’s Dictionary**- Touch words on the screen to get dictionary definitions and have sample sentences read to them. Other featured concepts include colors, shapes, numbers, and opposites. = = **Colormixer**-Promotes creativity and introduces color concepts = = **Voice Toddler Cards**- Concepts include numbers, letters, familiar objects, games, sports, animals, foods, shapes, and colors. = = **Toddler Quiz Flashcards**-The app displays four pictures at a time and a voice names one of them for your child to identify and touch. = = **Catch & Count**-Catch some decorated eggs in a little red truck. It’s as easy as that. Set the game to drop 10, 20, 50, or even 100 eggs. A voice names the numbers as eggs are caught, or the voice can be turned off. = = **Tam & Tao in Numberland** -In addition to counting, children can learn to write numbers. Arrows show which way your child should move her finger to form the numbers on the screen. = = **Using the iPad during circle time, where both you and the students can interact while reading a story.** = = **Use the iPad for teaching music.** = = **Use the iPad for art** = =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;"> **Use the iPad to control the classroom computers** = =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;"> **Use it for math** = =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;"> **Use it for blogging** = =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;"> **Use the iPad to help children discover their world by using Google Maps.** =

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Website Resources <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">International Society for Technology in Education

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Teach Preschool

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Chicago Tribune- iPads are the newest classroom tools for some preschools <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Chicago Tribune- Interview with a preschool teacher using iPads in her classoom <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Ultimate guide to using iPads in the classroom

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">10 great iPads apps for preschoolers

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Apple Education Video

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