Technology at use...

As most of you know, the PTO has been spending most of its gift money toward technology for the last few years.  This year, our main focus, has been on getting itouches in the hands of our students.  Colton, my first grader, had the opportunity with his class to get a set of 20 itouches last week.  I cannot begin to express to you how excited he was to go to school that week.  We got both kids itouches for Christmas and it was possibly the best money we have ever spent.  They use them all the time.  I download Disney shows for them from the tv and they watch them on trips.  They both love the nook feature and are reading more because it is fun on the itouch.  The apps are great (I am personally addicted to the Words with Friends app).  Anyway, to hear how they were using them in class was really fun.

The teachers are still learning all of the ways that the itouches can be used, but already they have found some great applications.  Colton particularly enjoyed the math and word bingo apps.  We downloaded them here at home and he plays them all the time.  He is getting faster and faster at his math facts everyday by playing a game.  Wish we would have had that when I was 7.

Anyway, Colton thought it would be fun if he took a video using an itouch of his class using their itouches to show me what they were doing (because I had so many questions).  I thought it was a great way for him to express himself, have fun and to say thank you to the PTO for purchasing them this year.  So, here is Colton's video, shot entirely by him (as you will soon see).  I hope you enjoy it.

You can see that during this first week the kids were most excited about the games on the touches, but it was still fun to see them so excited at school about anything.  Thank you to everyone who donated a dollar or time or a gift or anything this year.  Thanks to you, this was possible.....

I hope you had a wonderful Easter.  I am so blessed.  Thank you all.
Lisa