Reflection on Challenge 4

So I have been giving some thought to how I would use this weeks apps with kindergarten kids and this is what I've come up with. Either of the mapping programs would be good to use to make character maps or story maps; however, I would want to do this on my smart board more as a group activity since the kids can't type themselves. This means I would need to come up with an apple tv which is not a cheap expenditure with limited teacher $. As stated in my comments about write pad, it could be used to have kids practice letter formation or simple CVC words. NeuAnnotate is something that I might see myself using but not really an app that I could see kindergarten students using. I am sure that some of the kids would really enjoy the art programs... I still like the messy real life art mediums for young kids but this could have it's place. For instance when we did our plays in the spring the kids drew their characters and we had to photograph them to make our power point presentation with these art apps there would already be an electronic painting thus saving one step in the process. I think I liked the mapping apps the best because I like to be able to show how ideas link together and I find these visuals useful as a learner. I also think these tools will be useful in developing kids visual literacy skills. It just occurred to me that I could adapt an activity I had parents do, choosing 5 words that describes their child and use the mapping app to produce the results both electronically and in paper form for display.