Yesterday was a wonderful discussion on the multitude of uses for the iPad. Loved it! There are so many apps, many times I don't know where to start because the choices can be overwhelming. It's nice to get recommendations for useful app to help you sift through the many choices. Dr. Dunn mentioned several apps that I could utilize personally, professionally, and for my children.

My son is in second grade and has dyslexia. There were several apps that would be great for him to increase his reading ability in a non-traditional way. I also have a kindergartener who would get a lot out of the phonics games, which were both fun and helpful.

My partner and I created our instructional video on Voice Thread. We found Voice Thread fairly easy to utilize. It is a really interesting program, and I can see the value of this program. However, we did struggle with using Screenr. Unfortunately, with technology sometimes it's more difficult getting to the program than actually using it. (Java this, download that, this isn't compatible, yada yada yada...) Once we were able to get Screenr going the video began to fall into place. We struggled with the sound too. It took about 2.5 hours, but we finally got it and that was a great feeling of accomplishment!

My group and I spent the afternoon working on our literature review presentation. I am so thankful for my group. They are all great collaborative workers, intelligent women, and were really enjoyable to work with.

This has been a challenging, exhausting, stretching experience. I have learned so much. I wish I could take this course once a year to keep current!