Sunday, August 2, 2015

Back to School Giveaway

If you're a K-5 teacher, we know you're probably still relaxing in your beach chair, soaking up the sunshine, listening to the sweet sound of the ocean waves, while sipping on freshly picked coconuts served to you by some cabana boy in a grass skirt on a tropic island.  But the reality is, dare I say it, that back to school is just around the corner. 

Wait, what? You've been working all summer? Teaching summer school, attending professional development classes, lesson planning, shopping for supplies, prepping materials and decorating your classroom? Yeah we know. Don't forget we're teachers too. It was just wishful thinking. We do however hope everyone had at least a few days to sit back and relax without thinking about school work.

iPAD GIVEAWAY
Here at the iTeach Blogs we're excited to announce that we're teaming up to bring you a mega back to school giveaway this year. One lucky teacher will win an iPad Air 2 with a cute owl-themed case, stylus pen, and a $15 gift card to iTunes.You can use this iPad as a personal device, to lead whole group activities, as a small group learning station, an individual choice time, or as an enrichment activity. With so many great educational apps available, the possibilities are endless. No matter how you use it, we know it will become a favorite item in your classroom this school year.

HOW TO ENTER
To enter, just fill out the rafflecopter entry form at the end of this post and leave a comment telling us why you want to win, or how you would use the iPad in your classroom. We are accepting entries from Sunday 8/2 through Saturday 8/8. A random winner will be selected and announced here via the Rafflecopter on Sunday 8/9. Best wishes on this new school year and may the odds be in your favor for the giveaway!

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Best Wishes,
Your Teacher Friends at the iTeach Blogs

59 comments:

  1. I would love to win this as I have limited technology in my classroom.

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  2. My students have been using my personal aging iPad 1 and it would be great to have an iPad 2!

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  3. I would love to use the iPad toke class books using movie maker. Wonderful giveaway! Thank you ladies!

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  4. I would love to win the iPad! I just had to give mine up when I switched jobs. I would use it for remediation and acceleration during small groups. Plus I would use it with my SMART board whole group. It is such a great teaching tool! Plus we just got wireless in our school.
    Nicole Riggs
    Nicolemriggs@yahoo.com

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  5. I would love to win the iPad. I just had to give mine back when I switched jobs. I would use it for accelerating, remediation, extra practice and for 21st Century projects. It is such a great teaching tool. Plus our school just got wireless!
    Nicole Riggs
    Nicolemriggs@yahoo.com

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  6. What an awesome giveaway! I'd love to win to give my title 1 Kinder students technology access they might not have at home. Fingers crossed! :)

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  7. As a special education teacher, my students learn in many different ways, The variety of iPad apps allows me to use my children's talents to target their areas of difficulty in fun, hands-on ways.

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  8. I would love to have an ipadair 2 I love to tweet in the classroom and send pics of the kids via remind.com !

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  9. I would use the ipad air in my classroom...I could do record keeping while moving throughout my classroom! It would be a huge help!

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  10. I would use this iPad to help with getting a little student with special needs up to level as she has to repeat K5 through no fault of her own amazing heart and mind.

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  11. I would absolutely love to add another iPad to my classroom! It would be such a benefit to each of my students because it would help allow for more differentiation for each students needs. Thanks so much for having this giveaway!

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  12. Currently we have a small number of ipad minis that we can check out, but they are shared by the whole campus! I would love to have one that could stay in my room!

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  13. I was so excited when I found out about the giveaway that I came right here from Trillium Montessori. I'm a homeschool mom of 3 little ones. My oldest just started reading, so she could use the I-pad to play reading games while her brothers nap. I've also recently learned that there are Montessori learning apps that can be used on the I-pad, which would save me a lot of money and help keep the school supplies for overrunning my house.

    I'm off to look at the rest of your site. I'm excited to see your "freebie" button. I blog at inourpond.blogspot.com, where I also have a lot of free learning printables. Come visit if you have some time.

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  14. An iPad would be awesome to get some technology in the children's hands! But it would also help me with assessment and documentation. Thanks for a chance!

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  15. I'd love to win the iPad Air for my special ed kiddos, many of whom do not have computer or iPad technology available at home.

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  16. As I currently have no technology for student use in my classroom, this would be an awesome prize to win. I'd use it to foster independence in my special needs students. :)
    -Megan
    X is for Apple

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  17. I would use the ipad for alphabet activities and QR code activities.

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  18. I would love to win!! Having an iPad in my classroom for students to use throughout the day would be amazing...especially during center time! I will be able to differentiate what student do to meet their individual needs in a way that I can't do without it!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  19. I would love to win an iPad to use for anecdotal notes as well as student use!

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  20. I would use it in my new iPad center!

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  21. I used to have an iPad in my old classroom, but I switched jobs and have no technology! I used to use it throughout the day whether it was for anecdotal records during groups, intervention or enrichment, or, my personal favorite, as an educational incentive for good behavior! As a still fairly new teacher (my second year and my first in 1st!), I cannot imagine being without an iPad in the classroom. The owl case will even match my owl themed classroom!

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  22. I would love to use the ipad for literacy stations and math stations in my new 3rd grade class. :)

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  23. I teach a Reggio-inspired kindergarten class in a public school in S.C. As the schools in our state are encouraged to offer more parental choice, we see schools defining themselves by a particular methodology or approach. "We are an inquiry school" or "We are an arts school" or "We are a technology school." I believe that all these approaches are beneficial and can work symbiotically. I'd love to have an iPad so that I can foster students' natural inquiry, whether through conducting self-directed research projects using the iPad or documenting an arts-integrated project with the iPad serving as a tool for digital portfolios. In the past, I've approached technology in kindergarten trepidly, wanting to maintain the inquiry-based, hands-on approach that is such a part of early childhood. Thanks to the resources shared on iTeachKinder, I see that it is possible to use technology while honoring the heart of kindergarten.

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  24. Would love to put this to use during center time (phonics and reading apps and qr codes), listening center, and assessments and record keeping.

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  25. Would love to use during centers, in my listening center, and as an assessment tool.

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  26. What COULDN'T I DO in the classroom with an iPad!!!! No money available in budgets! Dreaming..................

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  27. I use it for reading rotations/centers. I love to let the kids play sight word games/apps.

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  28. I use it for reading rotations/centers. I love to let the kids play sight word games/apps.

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  29. I use it for reading rotations/centers. I love to let the kids play sight word games/apps.

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  30. I use it for reading rotations/centers. I love to let the kids play sight word games/apps.

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  31. I use it for reading rotations/centers. I love to let the kids play sight word games/apps.

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  32. My son is 7 and I have homeschooled him from the start. I am a single mom, I work full time and my family doesn't live close by (active duty military 30 years and counting, GO NAVY!) My son has to come to work with me every day until his caregiver can pick him up and the iPad would open doors for bringing work with us on the move, and what materials we could access. This would truly be a blessing to our family.

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  33. This iPad would be perfect for educational apps and for children with special interests for research!

    Thanks!

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  34. We would love to have an iPad in our classroom for digital story telling, handwriting help, and numerous math and phonics activities!

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  35. This would be extremely helpful in my classroom. I currently have no way of reading QR codes in my classroom, so this would allow me to have activities with QR codes for my students to get immediate feedback with center activities. This would also enable me to use Plickers with my students. I super excited for this giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  36. I would love to win this iPad for my kindergarten cuties! Unfortunately, the kindergarten students in my school do not have access to the computer lab like our older students. Having an iPad would be so fabulous as they could use it during center time to play all the wonderful learning apps!

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  37. I am moving to a new school that is so behind in the times with technology! I would love to use this for my listen to reading or word work center for daily five.

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  38. I would love to use the iPad for many reasons. First, students pairs can do "listen to reading" and story creating during Daily 5. Then, they can use the iPad to do research using QR codes for science and social studies. Plus, they can make some pretty cute chatterpix:)

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  39. I would use this to show the many places you can go when you have technology at your fingertips!

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  40. I would use the iPad to show students that when you have technology at your fingertips your world opens up and there are many places, many things and many opportunities for you!

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  41. I would love to win this and use it with my Kinders in their math and literacy centers. Technology is a great way to reinforce skills, the kids would have fun while learning, and there are some AWESOME apps out there!

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  42. I would use it during center time in technology center for students to research,tems and write about them. I would also use it to take AR test. I would use it as a reward for student that completed and done exceptional work throughout the week.

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  43. An iPad is a great multi-task learning tool. I would use it for manipulatives apps, early reading, as well as to stream fun educational videos and use online educational content, such as Starfall.

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  44. I would love to use it with my kiddos for a center time activity during reading and then during math. I would be able to use it for remediation and also to let my advance students progress further as their needs develop. sjoffey@aol.com

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  45. I would LOVE this Ipad! It would be great to use alongside my promethean board. I plan on purchasing an adapter (to connect the Ipad to the Promethean Board) and then displaying learning apps unto my board and using the stylus to operate them! I'm hoping it works and I win!

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  46. I would absolutely love an iPad in my classroom. We don't have very many resources in my music room and I could even use this as an instrument with the correct app! Please let me win!!!

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  47. Technology is so motivating for learners of all ages. There isn't anything my students wouldn't do to have a turn using an iPad. When my students were not using the iPad I would use it as a whole group lesson device and to collect data on my students learning.

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  48. I would love to win the Ipad! I'm a first year teacher teaching science to 1st and 2nd graders and I would love to bring in a form of technology into an urban city school. The Ipad would be used in combine with the different topics - brainpop, videos, virtual labs, games, and review strategies! Also, I would use it for Class Dojo to track and share students behavior with parents! For my use, I would use it to keep track of any anecdotal notes!

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  49. I would love love love to win!!! I would use an IPAD with my SPED kiddos for different communication apps and incentives!

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  50. I would love to win this so my kiddos can do QR centers. I love that they can use technology to scan the codes and find letters, words, rhymes... all kinds of things! They look so much fun and I've found so many for free. I really want my kiddos to explore with them!

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  51. I would love to use this for my intervention students to provide some additional practice without one on one support.

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  52. I would love to win this as I have no iPads in my kindergarten classroom and no budget for one.

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  53. I would love to win this as I have no iPads in my kindergarten classroom and no budget for any.

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  54. I would love to win the iPad! I teach Pre-K and I would use it as a center choice and to bribe them into being quiet for rest time!

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  55. I would love to use the iPad to assist with my whole group lessons. It would help my lessons to be more interactive.

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  56. I would love to win this so that I could take my students beyond the four walls in my classroom. We are primarily ELL and so they have limited life experience. I would like to Skype a class in a different country- use the great apps they have out there for ESL- and also use it to take pictures of my class for projects!

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  57. I am a first year K teacher and I am so excited for this school year. I would use the Ipad to support lessons taught during intervention time. I work in a high poverty area and my students would greatly benefit from the Ipad in the classroom. Thank you for this opportunity!

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  58. I haven't got any blackboard in my classroom so the Ipad would help me in early reading first of all! There is a lot of apps to make my class fun and interesting! Thanks!

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