Pre Lab #7 Leap Pad

I reviewed Leap Pad, which is a tool to teach basic reading skills to young children. I want to teach both elementary and special education and this is very realistic tool for both. Leap pad consists of a base holder, to hold the books, and a touch pen. There are many different books offered that can be inserted into the leap pad learner. After the book has been inserted, all the student must do is touch the green go sign on each page and the book will automatically know what page it is and what to read. The book will start by reading the page, but the great part about leap pad is that if the student is having trouble with a certain word or words on the page, they can use their touch pen to go over the word, and the Leap Pad will sound the word out for the child. Also with this tool, there are games offered at the bottom of pages to drill and practice what was learned on that page. And in some of the books, children can even use the touchpen on the illustrations and they will make noises or reveal surprises. This really increases the enhancement of the students learning.
I could use this tool with my students who are just barely beginning to read and still have trouble sounding out tough words.
Other instructors have used this tool in classrooms of beginning readers to make reading more fun and interactive for the children.
This tool is an open ended tool because it provides students with information but has no specific goal, the students can accomplish what they will with the leap pad. There is an interactive a part of each book. This tool has great educational value.

Wall of Words- Family Education Network

This website is an early elementary word game website. Here is the link: http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html

This website increases the effectiveness of learning to put together sentences. It also times the student and creates a challenge. This game is an excellent place to begin putting sentences together and for elementary students to learn sentence structure.

Count On - Sum to 10, 20, 100, etc

This is a website for a basic elementary math game using addition. Here is the link: http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus3/sumtox/index.html

This website is another basic, early elementary addition site. This website increases the effectiveness of learning by making addition into a game. It even provides different levels of difficulty, so that learning continues into the next levels of addition. Enhancement is also increases because students recieve a visual confirmation if they get the correct answer.

Ambleweb Addition Machine

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/additiontest.html

This website is useful because it increases effectiveness, by turning addition into a game children are more motivated to learn the material. This game also provides a check answer service to help students achieve accurate answers. I also believe that this site increases the enhancement of the learning by providing a visual and offering different levels of difficulty. This is a fun game that increase the comprehension of addition.