Everything is Great in Rm 248
A straight forward, halfway straight from my mouth look at my experiences as a special education teacher.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Monday, April 20, 2015
Growth
Growth is mastering all the your subtraction facts and having to work on multiplication facts...as a 2nd grader...in a Foundations 2 Special Education classroom...even if you don't want to have to work on multiplication because its something new and different.
Growth is not having to carry a bathroom bag (cute Dr. Seuss bag) to the bathroom because you now wear underwear.
Growth is going from being considered nonverbal to your teacher asking you to please be quiet.
Growth is getting to run errands for your teacher because the adults can trust you to come back.
In my classroom growth is not always measured by the letter or number representing a reading level, how many math facts you can solve in two minutes or a score on a standardized test.
Growth is not having to carry a bathroom bag (cute Dr. Seuss bag) to the bathroom because you now wear underwear.
Growth is going from being considered nonverbal to your teacher asking you to please be quiet.
Growth is getting to run errands for your teacher because the adults can trust you to come back.
In my classroom growth is not always measured by the letter or number representing a reading level, how many math facts you can solve in two minutes or a score on a standardized test.
Friday, January 3, 2014
What is in a name?
As I reflected on my past teacher blog, I decided it was time for a
fresh approach. That was the easy decision, the tougher decision was
what to name this new blog. "The view from Room 1" seemed like a good
fit for a few reasons. One, my new classroom doesn't have any windows
besides the ones in the doors. Also, I do enjoy the idea of being room
1, has a nice ring to it! :)
Like life, teaching is all about your perspective. As a special
education teacher for students with significant intellectual
disabilities, perspective is what you make of it. I have the coolest
seven students that I know and seeing what they can accomplish each and
every day is a blast! What you see at first glance does not represent
what you will see if you truly stop and enjoy the moment.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
iPad Educational App list
Rough draft of my iPad educational app list. I will continue to edit this list to
-add spacing between apps and creators
-add comments about each app
Anything:
Talking Tom related
See.Touch.Learn - BrainParade
I Like to Read books - GrasshopperApps.com
Starfall
PCS - DynaVox Mayer-Johnson
6 Little Ducks - Perplext™
3D Shape Sorter - Pronetis1st Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets App for Numbers, Counting, Addition, Subtraction and others [...StudyPad, Inc.
123 Numbers FREE - Apptility Software Pvt Ltd
#1 Chronological Age Calculator - FreeHome-Speech-Home.com
ZOOLA - Best kids Apps
Who Can Read? Book Reader - Pioneer Valley Educational Press, Inc
A Who Am I - Animal Game - Nth Fusion LLC
When The Lights Go Out - PocketZentric
What Goes Together? - Different Roads to Learning, Inc.
What's next? - Minimalist ToDo for iPhone - Ajfek Software
Waitstrip - JTB Apps
Visual Schedule Planner - Good Karma Applications, Inc
VisTimer - FreeMindfultools
Virtuoso Piano Free
Toddler Puzzle ShapesTechnolio Inc.
Toddler Flashcards (Free)iTot Apps, LLC
Three Little Pigs - Interactive Book iBigToyiBigToy inc.
This Is My Story (And I'm Sticking To It)Gramercy Consultants
Things That Go TogetherGrasshopperApps.com
Telling Time - Digital Clock by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com
Tell Time - Little Matchups GameGrasshopperApps.com
TapToTalk™Assistyx LLC
Talk AssistMubaloo
Story Time for KidsTeknowledge Software
A Story Before Bed - Personalized Children's Picture BooksJackson Fish Market
Spot the Farm AnimalGoodCore Software
Spot the Dot LiteRuckus Media Group
SpongeBob Tickler LiteNickelodeon
Splatter HDRadtastical, Inc.
Splash Math - 2nd grade worksheets of Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Time & 9 other chaptersStudyPad, Inc.
Spelling Bug - FreePower Math Apps
Spell Games by Tap To LearnTapToLearn Software
Spell-A-WordRJ Cooper & Associates, Inc.
Speak it! Text to SpeechFuture Apps Inc.
SparkleFishWhosagoodboy Partners
Sound Touch LiteSoundTouch
Sound Shakerzinc Roe
Sono Flex LiteTobii Technology
Virtual Manipulatives!ABCya.com
Verbally - Intuary
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - HDKids Games Club
A 'Twas the Night 3D - Free Christmas Preview - FlyingWord, Inc.
Toy Story Read-Along - Disney Publishing Worldwide Applications
TouchyBooks Kid’s Interactive Books HDGenera Kids
Touch! Toddler PianoiPanda Lab.
Social Skills Sampler HDThe Conover Company
SmartKids Picture DictionaryVietDorje
Smart CardsJoe Allen
Slilly Shape MatchSlilly Software
Skitch for iPadEvernote
Singing FingersBeginner's Mind
Simon Says – Classic All in One Vocal Memory Game for Kids HDKids Place
SightWords Free24x7digital LLC
Sight Words™eFlashApps
Sight Words by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com
Sight Words by Little SpellerGrasshopperApps.com
ShowMe Interactive WhiteboardEasel
Shapez MatchPartly Cloudy Handelsbolag
Shapes Toddler PreschoolToddler Teasers
Shape Puzzle HD Free - Word Learning Game for KidsNewness World
Sequencing!Miss Robin's Room
School Coloring Book Free by theColor.comTheColor.com
Read Me Stories - Children's books8Interactive Limited
Rain Rain Go Away - Find the ShapesTap Tap Slide
Puppet Pals HDPolished Play, LLC
A Present for Milo: A Touch-and-Surprise Story LiteRuckus Media Group
Preschool Games - Little Puzzles ToysGrasshopperApps.com
Music Sparkles – All in One musical instruments collection of Sound , Vocals and Fun Entertainment HDKids Games Club
Music Learning AdventureThe Juno Company
Moving Picture BooksMoving Picture Books
MotionMaze Trick or TreatDigido Interactive Inc.
MotionMazeDigido Interactive Inc.
MotionizeAyena LLC
Morpheus HDJason Martineau
MorpheusJason Martineau
Montessori Counting BoardGrasshopperApps.com
Money Counter Calculator FREEKing's Apps
Moms with AppsBabyBinks
Model Me Going Places 2Model Me Kids, LLC
Model Me Going PlacesModel Me Kids, LLC
Miss Spider's Tea PartyCallaway Digital Arts, Inc.
Millie Was Here, Book 1: Meet MillieMegapops LLC
Millie's Book of Tricks and TreatsMegapops LLC
MeMeTales - Children's Stories and Picture BooksMemetales Inc
MeeGenius! Kid's BooksMeeGenius!
Max's Big DaySaforian, Inc.
MathTappers: Numberline - a math game to help children learn whole numbers, integers & real numbersHeavyLifters Network Ltd.
MathTappers: Find Sums – a math game to help children learn basic facts for addition and subtractionHeavyLifters Network Ltd.
MathTappers: Estimate Fractions - a math game to help children learn to make sense of fraction sums an...HeavyLifters Network Ltd.
MathTappers: ClockMaster - a math game to help children learn to read clocksHeavyLifters Network Ltd.
Math QuizzerKen Development
Math KidAlex Drel
Math is Fun - I Like Numbers Kids BookGrasshopperApps.com
Math Bug FreeEmmy Chen
Match Pairs - Memory Game for Kids with Teddy BearsIrina Schens
Maria Counts Pumpkins - LAZ Reader [Level A-kindergarten]Language Technologies, Inc.
Marble Jar
winwin LLC
MagLetters Lite HDSanghoon Lee
Little Speller - Three Letter Words LITE - Free Educational Game for KidsGrasshopperApps.com
Little Matchups ABC - Alphabet Letters and Phonics Matching GameGrasshopperApps.com
Little Matchups - The Matching Game for ToddlersGrasshopperApps.com
Little Fingers Nursery Rhymes FreeFingerlings Ltd
The Little Bunny Visiting DentistDigibunnyTech
Literacy Skills Sampler HDThe Conover Company
Link The BulbsKell & Oggs Co. Ltd
Lil' Kitten Shopping Cart GamePODD Corp.
LifeLight South Dakota FestivalKevin Meylor
Letters Memory HDWuxi Haohai Information Technology Co., Ltd.
The Lettermen go to the ShopsSN Squared Limited
Letter Writer Space (Kindergarten ABC's)Barking Dog Interactive
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Preschool Games - Farm Animals by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com
Preschool - Animals and their young - Pad VersionNth Fusion LLC
Pre-K Letters and NumbersBrightStart LLC
Poppin GlideMotoValley Interactive
Pocket PenguinsCalifornia Academy of Sciences
PLAY-DOH Play-DatesHasbro, Inc.
PicturebookMaplekey Company, LLC
Picture Book for Kids - I Like SnowGrasshopperApps.com
Piccolo Picture Books USAUnieboek Het Spectrum b.v.
Pic a WordRed Mountain Labs, Inc.
Phonics VowelsEmmy Chen
Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe Interactive GameLakeshore Learning Materials
Phonics Consonants - Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade Learning GameAbitalk
Phonics Awareness, 1st Gradebugbrained.com
Peeping MusiciansInclusive Technology Ltd
PBS KIDS VideoPBS KIDS
Pat the BunnyRandom House Digital, Inc.
Old MacDonald HD - by Duck Duck MooseDuck Duck Moose
Old Macdonald Had a Farm - All In One activity center and full interactive sing along book for children : HD !Kids Games Club
The Official Lorax AppNBC Universal, Inc.
The Night Before Christmas – Read, Color, & PuzzleTwigsbury
NeoPaulNeoSpeech, Inc.
MyTalkTools Mobile Lite2nd Half Enterprises LLC
My Word WallEmantras Inc
My StoriesSimplifiedTouch
My Magic SongsiMobileMagic
My Little Suitcase by Moms With AppsMoms With Apps
My First Words - Flashcards by Alligator AppsInnovative Mobile Apps
My First 1,000 Words - Flashcards and Games by Alligator AppsInnovative Mobile Apps
Letter Writer Oceans (Preschool ABC's)Barking Dog Interactive
Letter of the Day Interactive ActivitiesLakeshore Learning Materials
Let's Name Things Fun DeckSuper Duper Publications
LEGO® DUPLO® JAMSThe LEGO Group
The Legend of Spookley the Square PumpkinOceanhouse Media
Learn to Speak - I Like Fall (Book for Speech Therapy)GrasshopperApps.com
Learn ABC; It's Munch Time
Ladybug CountJoe Scrivens
Kindergarten: 21 in 1 kids packDeepak Demiwal
Kindergarten for iPad - LITEDeepak Demiwal
Kids Puzzle Play - ElementaryRHOVS
Kids Numbers and MathIntellijoy
Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game ...GrasshopperApps.com
Kids Cars - flash cards car game for children HDKids Place
Kids Can Match – ABC 123 , vocal memory game for children HDKids Place
Kids Can Match - Animals , vocal memory game for children HDKids Place
Kids ABC Alphabet Puzzle GameGrasshopperApps.com
KidimalsInfusedDreams
Jungle MatchEducate Apps
JumpStart Preschool Magic of LearningKnowledge Adventure
JumpStart My ABC BookKnowledge Adventure
Jelly Bean CountJoe Scrivens
Jack and Jill: A Toddler Adventure LiteTiger Stripes LLC
iWriteWords Litegdiplus
iTouchiLearn Numbers for Preschool Kids FreeStaytoooned
iTouchiLearn Life Skills: Morning Routines Edition for Toddler, Preschool & Special Needs Kids FreeStaytoooned
iReading – Stories Collection I liteDam Chen
iReading – Classic Fairy Tales Collection IIDam Chen
iReading - The Little Horse Crosses the RiverDam Chen
Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventurezinc Roe
Interactive Touch Books - for KidsInteractive Touch, Inc.
Instrument SoundsEyad LLC
Inclusive Smarty PantsInclusive Technology Ltd
Flash Cards by Parents MagazineResolute Digital, LLC
Five Sharks SwimmingInclusive Technology Ltd
Five Little Monkeys Christmas HDLoeschWare
Five Little MonkeysLoeschWare
First Grade Reading - I Like WaterGrasshopperApps.com
Fingerprint Play MakerFingerprint
Finger Melody HDShanghai Otaku Home Studio
Finger Books-Little Bear And Friends HDVertra Animation Studios
Find My iPhoneApple
Fill the CupSolla Carrock
Farm Sounds Free - Fun Barn Animal Noises for your KidsTantrum Apps
Farm Flip - Memory Match for KidsSalvijs Bilinskis
The Farm - Color Your Puzzle and Paint the Animals of the Farm - Coloring, Drawing and Painting Games...DevelopLabs
Families 1MyFirstApp.com
Facebook MessengerFacebook, Inc.
FacebookFacebook, Inc.
Everyday Mathematics® Name That Number™McGraw-Hill School Education Group
eReadingToGo!eReadingPro
Elmo Loves ABCs Lite for iPadSesame Street
Educreations Interactive WhiteboardEducreations, Inc
Duck_SoupMarcel Kieser
DTT WordsZBobbApps.com
Drum KitCrimsonJet, Inc.
DropboxDropbox
Dress Up Fairy Tale Game - Learn Colors 6 in 1 - Princess - King - 3 Bears - Goldilocks - Warriors & Elve...TabTale LTD
Dress-up Freefishdog.net
Draw Free for iPadDavid Porter Apps LLC
Dragon DictationNuance Communications
Dr. Seuss's ABC - LITEOceanhouse Media
Dr Seuss Early WorksDevils Due Digital Inc.
DotToDot numbers & letters liteApps in My Pocket Ltd
Domino's Pizza HeroDomino's Pizza LLC
Disney ComicsDisney Publishing Worldwide Applications
Dimmernewforestar co,.ltd
Diet & Food Tracker by SparkPeopleSparkPeople
Diet & Fitness Tracker by SparkPeople for iPadSparkPeople
Die Ersten Worte - Bilderbuch zum Lernen - Jetzt GratisGrasshopperApps.com
DialSafe ProLittle Bit Studio, LLC.
Dexteria - Fine Motor Skill DevelopmentBinaryLabs
Cut the Rope HD LiteChillingo Ltd
Cut the Rope HDChillingo Ltd
Counting MoneyKing's Apps
Counting CoinsK12 Inc.
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iLiteZ-ProJon Barletto
iLEAP Touch Spot AdditionEpiphany Games
iHowTo-BookKensei Ikeda
IEP ChecklistNurvee LLC
iCongas LiteOutOfTheBit
iCommBappz
ICDL - Free Books for Children - International Children's Digital LibraryICDL Foundation
iBooksApple
iBaby ButtonsSoftware Smoothie
iAutism Toddler Screening TooliCrysta
Human Body Puzzles for KidsApptility Software Pvt Ltd
HellokidsCobalink SAS
Halloween SoundEyad LLC
Halloween counting & words gamesiKidsPad
Gulliver in Lilliput: 3D Interactive Pop-up BookDigital Aria Co.,Ltd
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss - LITEOceanhouse Media
Goosed Up Rhymes Lite HDBrain Freeze Entertainment
GoodNeighborsTrompho
GlowTunesChris Martone
Glow ColoringMobiTech 3000 LLC
Gingham GamesClassic Kid Productions
Giggle GhostsBusy Bee Studios
Ghostbusters: Ghost Invasion HDOgtus Media LLC
Geometry (Mathomatix)Emantras Inc
GasBuddy - Find Cheap Gas PricesGasBuddy Organization Inc
The Four Seasons - An Earth Day Interactive children's story bookTabTale LTD
Flat StanleyFlatter World, Inc.
Counting BoardEverQuiz
Barnes & Noble NOOK Kids - The Largest Collection of Children's eBooksBarnes and Noble Kids
BabyBandendlesol
Baby Rattle Plus - My First Colors , with Balloons, Fish, Butterflies, Happy Faces and Hot Air Balloons HDKids Place
Awesome XylophoneTHARTS
AutismXpressStudioEmotion Pty Ltd. Inc.
Autism/DTT ShapesZBobbApps.com
Autism/DTT NumbersZBobbApps.com
Autism/DTT LettersZBobbApps.com
Autism ColorsZBobbApps.com
Autism AppsTouch Autism
Autism 5-Point Scale EPThe Autism Society of Minnesota
Arithmetic Invaders Express: Grade K-2 Math Facts@Reks
Ant Smasher Free Game: the Addictive Action App - a Funny Game for Kids, Boys & Girls - by Best, Cool ...Best, Cool & Fun Games - Free Game App Creation S.A.
Ant Smasher Free Game for iPad - a Funny Game for Kids by the Best, Cool & Fun GamesBest, Cool & Fun Games - Free Game App Creation S.A.
Answers:YesNo HDSimplifiedTouch
Animals Zoo - Interactive Flash Cards - Jungle Wild Life Farm Pets Animal Sounds Kids Learning Game HDTabTale LTD
Animal Train - First Word FREE22learn, LLC
Animal Sounds - Fun Toddler GameInnovative Mobile Apps
Animal Kingdom ABC'sWorking Pixel
Animal FunBrian Pfeil
Angry Birds Seasons HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.
Angry Birds Rio HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.
Angry Birds HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.
Angry Birds FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.
Amazing Shape Puzzle(LITE)-Kids Favorite Word Learning GameJoy Preschool Game
Amazing My First Words - Shapes and FruitsAmazing eLearning LLC.
Alphabet ZooThird Rail, LLC
Alphabet Animals HDWuxi Haohai Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Alphabet Animals - Pad VersionNth Fusion LLC
Alphabet Actiondivmob
AlphaBaby FreeLittle Potato Software
All Sight Words -- the talking flashcards for all Dolch wordsSai Services
Alarm Clock 4 FreeAlarm Clock Company
Air DisplayAvatron Software, Inc.
Addition UnderSea Adventures Games HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts
Adding ApplesOperatio
Ace Kids Math Games HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts
ABCWheelsFreeDreamensions, LLC
ABCs and Me5pumpkins
The ABC song – All In One activity center and full interactive sing along for children : HD !Kids Games Club
ABC Sing Along with Gulliver - Learn The Alphabet English Education Song HDTabTale LTD
abc PocketPhonics Lite: letter sounds & writing + first wordsApps in My Pocket Ltd
ABC Phonics Sight Words HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts
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Counting Bills & CoinsK12 Inc.
Counting 123 - Learn to Count 4 in 1 : Fish Tap Challenge, Spot The Differences, Jumping Grasshopper a...TabTale LTD
Count Money - Coin Matching Game for KidsGrasshopperApps.com
Common Core StandardsMasteryConnect
Color UncoveredExploratorium
Coins Genius Lite – Crazy Coin Counting Flash Cards Game For KidsFunVid Apps LLC
Clean Up: Category SortingDifferent Roads to Learning, Inc.
Classic Nursery Rhymes Lite featuring Humpty DumptyOnce Upon an App
Chuck and Friends: Friends for the Long Haul LiteRuckus Media Group
Christmas Tale HDTabTale LTD
Christmas Fun –All In One , Holiday Spirit , Interactive Songs and Games for children : HD !Kids Games Club
ChoiceworksBee Visual, LLC
ChoiceBoard-CreatorTechno Chipmunk
Childrens Book - I Like ColorsGrasshopperApps.com
Children's Short StoriesSoumya Mohapatra
Children's Farm: Lite100 Proof Software
Checkers FreeOptime Software LLC
Cheats for The Sims 1, 2 and 3Chris Phillips
Chase The Ball HDEvan Bernstein
Catalyst HDCompass Solutions for Autism
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - LITEOceanhouse Media
Carve-a-Pumpkin from Parents magazineResolute Digital, LLC
Candy Count - Learn Colors & NumbersCamigo Media LLC
Can you countImagineer Mobile Pty Ltd
Bubbles Tap HDHugaoMobile
BrainPOP Featured MovieBrainPOP®
The BOX.Atomic Flavor S.L.
BitPianoBitplus
Big Top Circus FreeLoeschWare
Beginning Sounds Interactive GameLakeshore Learning Materials
A Bee Sees - Learning Letters, Numbers, and ColorsHeadlight Software, Inc.
Bee SafeEazySafe Ltd
BarnYard Stackem!Single Sparq
ABC Maze Litegdiplus
ABC Letter Tracing – Free Writing Practice for PreschoolCritical Matter, Inc.
ABC Funnimals LiteSynthego
ABC Alphabet Phonics - Preschool Kids Game Free LiteGrasshopperApps.com
ABC Alphabet Phonics - Alphabet Ordering, ABC Song, Letters Matching and Phonics SoundAbitalk
ABC Alphabet by Little SorterGrasshopperApps.com
ABC - Magnetic Alphabet Lite - Learn to Write! For KidsDot Next
Abby Train - Colors & Farm Animals FREE by 22learnCFC s.r.o.
Abby - Preschool Shape Puzzle - First Word FREE (Vehicles and Animals under the Sea)22learn, LLC
Abby - Animal Preschool Shape Puzzles - First Word HD (FREE) by 22learnCFC s.r.o.
Abby's Preschool Shape Puzzles - Farm Animals22learn, LLC
ABA Touch : MonstersSlingSpace, LLC
ABA Flash Cards & Games - EmotionsInnovative Mobile Apps
ABA Flash Cards - Things You EatKindergarten.com
ABA Flash Cards - AlphabetKindergarten.com
ABA Flash Cards - ActionsKindergarten.com
ABA – Problem Solving – What does not belong?Innovative Mobile Apps
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