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The Kindergarten is developing  a  site  for parents and teachers, listing most of the apps the teachers and children find are working best. Look in the iPad apps section. There is also a general section which may help teachers (handy IT tools). The home page has a few funny video’s. Overtime we will add links [...]

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On Wednesday we learned to tweet, on Thursday we started to teach our parents.

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Young learners in charge of their own learning. Kindergarten kids use Twitter by themselves to share their ideas.

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Find out what the children did- it is impressive!
The children were given a video camera and told they could do what ever they wanted with it. One of the things they produced was a ‘how to’ video on using the iPad.

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The children have started to want to use the blog. They wanted to post the iPad concerts I found via twitter, the concert is quite amazing.

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This photo story starts the journey of sharing the blog with parents. I am waiting one week and then asking for feedback. The launching party was wonderful, I love teaching my class… it also helps to have such fantastic parents to work with and learn from.

We are collaborating with the Japanese department on our new unit of inquiry. Tasha suggested we use Goggle earth to explore Japan. Whilst exploring the apps Anton (aged 6) found Goggle maps in strip designer, he thinks it is easier to use. He taught me, I showed one Japanese teacher and Anton helped another teacher. [...]

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Are iPads stopping children developing their social skills?