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As a classroom teacher I use technology with my students everyday. This is my sixth year teaching fifth grade and my second year with a class set of iPads. I’m always finding new and innovative ways to use technology with my students and I’m excited to share these discoveries!
Feel free to contact me directly with questions or leave comments on individual posts!
Best,
Monica Burns
ClassTechTips@gmail.com
Monica,
I stumbled across your site via a Reading Rockets article. Thanks a million for sharing your amazing tools, tips and tech saavy. I plan to share it at my school and try out some of the apps with my third graders.
Debra Mason
3rd grade Dighton Elementary, Dighton, Massachusetts
You’re very welcome Debra – I hope that you and your colleagues find my tips useful! Don’t forget to sign up to receive automatic email updates for new posts, and “like” my page on Facebook :)
Hi Monica,
I always appreciate your help with my tech questions. Thanks so much for being so accessible! Also, great photo.
Tammy
Hi Monica! Tanya Coyle (of Yapp Guru) just told me about you, so I came over to check out the site. Love how creative you are with apps in your classroom! I review apps for SLPs over at SpeechieApps.com, and I’m so inspired by your out-of-the-box ways to use tech. Later elementary is my area of least expertise (I’ve worked more with preschool and adults), so it’s awesome to see how obviously fun you are making it to work with this age group. Can’t wait to read more.
I just learned about your site on news@edutopia.org and the wonderful work you are doing with iPads. I am looking forward to dissecting your site and learning new ideas to use in my classroom. I am wondering about the QR code scavenger hunts. How do they work?
Priscilla
Hi Priscilla, thanks for checking out my blog!
I have students scan QR codes using their iPads and answer questions specific to each website. It’s a great way to introduce a topic through informational texts, timelines, and other multimedia text.
Thanks so much for the quick reply. I would like to try this.
Priscilla
Dear Monica: What a wonderful resource this site is for teachers using iPads. We will most certainly share this site with other educators. Also, thank you very much for reviewing our Knowji vocabulary app on appolearning.com. Best, Emmie