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LEARNING-defining directions ... Inevitable - using the iPad to customize learning. Issues to consider.. Preparing for school or life, or both? Life: Mind in the Making Tips for Parents and Professionals: Promoting Essential Skills[|, MITM Common Characteristics of Learning Communities] Worlds Apart. One City, Two libraries, and. Ten Years of Watching Inequality Grow CURRICULUM: Head Start- on the Road to School Readiness, NHSA, A Briefing Paper on Dual Language Learning Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines (under revision), Early Learning Standards & Guidelines, *Education Evolving:Maine's Plan for Putting Learners FIrst" Young Children, Apps & iPad, [|Apps iPads and Young Kids podcast]

INSTRUCTION: Dual Language Learners- Educator Resources [|AccELLerate- the quarterly review of the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition Young English Learners Winter 2012] [|Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) practices (Spanish)] Colorin Colorado [|Head Start Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness], publications such as [|Strategies for Supporting All Dual Language Learners] M[|igrant and Seasonal Head Start Quality Improvement Center] [|Portland Public Schools Language and Culture Bulletins] Revisiting Early Learning Standards with ELLs in Mind [|Sylvia Ashton Warner's work on strengths] (one philisophical viewpoint) [|Teaching Spanish to Preschoolers] (ideas can apply to learning English)

ASSESSMENT: Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems [|Assessing Young Children: Birth through Third Grade podcast]

TECHNOLOGY: NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center recently released a joint position statement Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8

ISTE NETS for Students SAMR Model when considering app evaluation Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps- Langwitches Blog iPad Support (and link to downloadable manuals, including overview diagrams, and in various languages) Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything-iPads in the Classroom (includes app eval rubric) [|Mobilizing Learning with iPods, iPhones and iPads] TPACK- mapping the journey, what do we need for the trip? [|NAEYC Technology and Young Children website]

App Reviews and Recommendations: Starting points... A Matter of App Apple in Education APPitic Common Sense Media I Education Apps Review Kindertown Jen's Gems Primary iPad Apps Moms with Apps Smart Apps for Kids

Free App Offerings: [|Digital Storytime] [|iHeartthisApp]

Resources for Families - Early Learning

Children: [|RIF Leading to Reading] and [|Semillitas de Aprendzaje] The Early Childhood Education Network [|ESCORT ELL page] ELE- Early Learning Environment (resources and suggestions for use with children, some in English and Spanish). example; [|Colorin colorado! Actividades para divertirse leyendo] [|Helping Your Child Learn in Two Languages] Math at Play NAEYC [|Lesson in a Backpack] (English and Spanish) [|Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework] Raising Readers Parent Handout on pre-reading skills and [|Literacy Explorer Kits] Reading is Fundamental Let's Read as a Family and iLeamos en familia [|Reading Rockets] Spanish Playground [|US DOE Resources] Wonderopolis- thinking more deeply and discussing everyday "wonders"

Other MIgrant Ed and/or PreK "readiness" projects: Abriendo Puertas: Opening Doors Calistoga, California Bridges Program Colorado Migrant Ed "Si Sail"

Adult Learning and ELL

http://voxy.com/ -This is a great online app but I am interested to see if it has offline potential