Our grade level has been awarded a partial grant for iPod Touches so this idea was a good one to investigate. Seattle teacher David Lowe has created an app for his iPhone to help him manage conferring notes needed for tracking student progress in Readers and Writers Workshop. He recently released a free version for others to use in order gather feedback as he works on a full release. Confer is an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that allows teachers to take and track notes on the students in their class. Confer Lite is the free preview version, prior to the full release of Confer this summer. His website has more details about the features of this app as well as a link to download it in iTunes.
Mr. Lowe checks his notes prior to conferring sessions in order to keep himself on track with all students. He quickly reminds himself about the details of prior individual or group conference and makes notes after each session. He’s currently thinking about ways to transfer the data he collects to his desktop, because now all his notes stay on his iPhone. He’s a pioneer, willing to step out and see how mobile devices might making teaching in a workshop classroom more efficient and effective.
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