Technology In First Grade

Technology in first grade this year has taken on a new and improved look!  Tuesdays and Thursdays, first graders go to the computer lab for a technology lesson with Mrs. Townsend.  Mrs. Townsend, comes into the classroom on Mondays and Wednesdays with the i-pads to integrate technology into our learning expedition "Everybody Has a Story".  Mrs. Townsend and I team teach a lesson and sit back and coach students as they independently create.
During our first 2 rotations of technology, first grade is creating stories using the i-Pad application, Puppet Pals.  On Monday, each student worked independently on the story.

Next, we revised our stories using a checklist and sentence starters to make sure that we had all the story elements:
~Characters
~Setting
~Beginning
  In the beginning.....
~Middle
   Then....
   Next...
   After that...
~End
  At the end....

Learning Target
I can create a story using all the story elements.