A lot has happened in the last few months. After 32 years in the Charleston County School District, a new opportunity presented itself and it was too good to pass up. So, I retired from the school district and will be teaching kindergarten in the sweetest little preschool at Second Presbyterian Church here in Charleston, SC. I will have 9 five year olds and the freedom to teach just for the joy of teaching and learning. Y’all, I’ve died and gone to teaching heaven!
The preschool purchased 4 iPads for my classroom and I’m in the process of setting them up and working out the best way to use them. In my previous teaching life, I had one to one iPads for my 26 students and from that, developed this blog. Now, it will basically be 2-1 but there will be a lot of exciting things we can do. I’m in the process now of setting them up and pushing apps with Apple School Manager and Mosyle. Next, I will move the apps into folders. I will have an ABC folder for ELA apps, a Math folder, and a Create folder. I will put all of my creation apps (Sketches School, Book Creator, Drawing Pad, Clips, iMovie, Felt Board, Popplet Lite, Chatterpix) in that folder. I will also use SeeSaw for student work. I will use them in centers as well as in small group reading and math activities. One of our first big activities will be International Dot Day in September.
If you have fewer than 1:1 devices in your classroom, I would love to hear how you use them in your centers and for individual work
Cheers to new beginnings!
iTeach with iPads 
Hey Kristi,
I used Seesaw Class this year and loved it in PreK! I am an Ambassador for Seesaw and posted some of the activities I made. You can customize them for your students needs and skill level. And the parents see their work. If you are not an Ambassador you should look into it with your background! You have such an impact globally.
Thanks Jeanne! I used SeeSaw when I was at Drayton Hall but haven’t looked into being an Ambassador. Are your activities on SeeSaw so that I can look at them?