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 This month’s featured product in the Apple Digital Learning Series is Key Skills for Math by Sunburst Technology Corp. It’s been designed to help students master math number and operational skills through standards-based, progressive, multi-level practice and reinforcement activities. It comes with a powerful management tool that enables teachers to assess progress and quickly identify potential at-risk students.  More than 30 free English as a Second Language podcasts are now available through iTunes. These podcasts take on a variety of learning styles for all levels, ranging from “ESL Teacher Talk,” which provides tips on activities to motivate and energize ESL classes to Archie Comics that help students practice reading and speaking skills. Whether your needs are comedy sketches and songs that make learning fun or new lesson planning tips,these podcasts are sure to inspire both teachers and students. There’s nothing quite like a true story. And the middle school lesson idea “Biographical Stories and Poems” from the Apple Learning Interchange is a great way to help your students learn the true stories of their own lives. Using iLife, students gather stories from family members, practice storytelling skills, and then tell their stories to an audience of their peers. Then each story is condensed into a ten-line poem, which they showcase in a digital class portfolio using Keynote. Apple eNews for Education February 2007 Volume 6, Issue 2 We hope you enjoyed reading this month’s issue of Apple eNews for Education. We’ll be back next month with more exciting news about Apple and the valuable role it’s playing in education. Apple eNews for Education is a free, monthly email publication. Event dates are subject to change. Some products, programs, or promotions are not available outside the U.S. Visit your local Apple site or call your local authorized Apple reseller for more information. Prices are estimated retail prices and are listed in U.S. dollars. Product specifications are subject to change. |
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  Apple Mobile Learning Labs provide the best solution for schools that need an affordable way to increase student access to the latest technology. Ready to roll into any classroom, these complete labs conveniently bring innovative digital tools right to where learning is taking place. 
The Bretford mobile carts included in the Apple Mobile Learning Labs have been upgraded and are
now even more durable. Heavy-duty casters make the carts much easier to move around campus, the
cord management area has been enlarged to allow for efficient organization of all Apple AC
adaptors, and a new mat on the top shelf provides extra stability for the printer and AirPort
Extreme Base Station. New laptop compartments are now taller, to allow for easy and secure storage
for all sizes of Apple notebooks. Best of all, these carts ship completely assembled so that setting up your Apple Mobile Learning Lab is as easy as A-B-C. 
 
The Elementary Math
solution from the Apple Digital Learning Series has been designed to help students acquire a strong
foundation of mathematical understanding. The focus here is on exploring concepts such as graphing
and pre-algebra and then using interactive activities to apply classroom knowledge to real-world
situations.
Students from second to fifth grades will learn that math can be fun,
through tools such as “GO Solve Word Problems,” which teaches
students how to break down word problems into understandable
elements and lets them work at their own pace. Or there’s “Ice Cream
Truck,” which enhances problem-solving techniques by letting kids
become ice cream entrepreneurs. Students can also join “The Graph Club,” and plot numbers on four different types of graphs with a variety of data sets. There are also activities to enhance basic skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  Special Education students at John Long Middle School in Pasco County, Florida, used to be taken out of class at test time to have tests read to them. But University of South Florida Special Education student Allison Papke came up with a better way. 
Using the Notes feature of the iPod, she created an interactive experience that
allowed special ed students to listen to test questions at their own pace, and in the same
classroom as their peers. This enabled students to repeat the question as many times as needed, or
to refer to the screen to read the text version while they listened to the questions being
read. The program was so successful that other studends wanted to be involved as well.This initiative is a featured spotlight on the USF College of Education website, where you can watch a video about the development and implementation of this project.  
Since the Shoreline,
Washington, School District implemented a 1 to 1 learning program, something strange has
happened to the students. They’re volunteering for extra homework. “Since they received their iBook notebooks, they’re so motivated that they say ‘Can I do ten extra sentences?’” says Mary Koontz, principal at Echo Lake Elementary School. “Now students have all the tools they need to work on their projects at home, and the learning is just way up.” The students aren’t the only ones excited about 1 to 1 learning, the teachers are enjoying it too. They’ve found a variety of ways to integrate digital tools into classroom activities, and to use the technology to assess student progress. “Another huge piece of the equation was our curriculum mapping,” Koontz adds. “The idea was that the more our teachers can communicate with each other about the curriculum, and the more the curriculum gets aligned across grade levels, the better it is for our kids.” |
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