IPad Apps for Literacy and Math

iPad Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Spelling Instruction This session will demonstrate how to use iPad apps to teach foundational skills including: letter identification, handwriting, phonemic awareness, decoding and spelling phonetically regular and high frequency (sight) words. iPad Apps and Websites to Support Systematic and Explicit Math Instruction Children who struggle with math often have a combination of difficulties, including language concepts and memory. These students benefit from instruction that is explicit and systematic, with ample time for review to strengthen and free-up memory for higher-level problem solving. This session will present apps and websites that support instruction and mastery of foundational math skills, including number sense and computation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within a predictable and organized lesson format. iPad Apps to Support Vocabulary, Comprehension and Writing Instruction Comprehensive literacy instruction integrates systematic instruction in both foundational skills and text comprehension within academic content areas. This session will investigate iPad apps for vocabulary, morphology, text comprehension and writing skills. The presenter will demonstrate strategies to support language skills using a variety of apps, including drawing, flashcard and mind-mapping apps. Morning coffee and refreshments and lunch will be provided. After you register, you will receive a list of iPad apps you can download prior to the workshop. About the Presenter Dr. Elaine Cheesman is an associate professor at the University of Colorado and a Qualified Instructor of Academic Language Therapists. Her primary research, teaching, and service interests are teacher-preparation in scientifically based reading instruction and the use of technology in literacy education. She received the Excellence in Teacher Educator Award from the Teacher Education Division of the Colorado Council for Exceptional Children, the Teacher of the Year and the Outstanding Researcher awards from the College of Education at the University of Colorado. The reading courses she developed were among the first to be officially recognized by the International Dyslexia Association for meeting the Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading (IDA, 2010). In 2015, the Fulbright Scholar Program awarded her a Specialist grant to develop the Institutional Accreditation Standards for international organizations seeking accreditation by the IDA. Dr. Cheesman has a periodic column in the IDA Examiner, Dr. Cheesman’s App Chat. She has published in Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Teacher Education and Special Education Technology, Technology in Teacher Education, and National Teacher Education Journal. She is the lead author of “Technology Recommendations” in Woodcock Johnson IV: Recommendations and Strategies (Mather and Jaffe, 2016) and “iPad Apps for Reading, Spelling, and Writing Instruction” in Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management, 3rd Ed., (Mather, Goldstein, and Eklund, 2015). WHEN Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:15 PM (EDT) - Add to Calendar WHERE Commonwealth Academy - 1321 Leslie Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301