The applications provided on the Mobile Internet Device with android would enhance this activity bringing real world experiences and curriculum skills together for students over the course of a marking period. The following applications would be used throughout this activity to support curriculum based standards and learning outcomes:
1. Students can use the Diaro application diary writing to support personal narrative skills introduced in reading classroom. Students will be able to record and write using Flat Stanley’s perspective to document his travels, feelings, opinions, and inspirations throughout his voyage across the United States. This application allows a calendar format including time, which would also help track Flat Stanley on his destinations acting as an itinerary for the trip. http://diaro.itesta.com/
2. Students can covert meters into miles using the Universal Conversion application that would allow students to easily identify the amount of miles between two locations rather than using paper and pencil algorithms that are not developmentally grade/age appropriate. Students will still get background knowledge on useful formulas that help use convert units.
3. Students will use Google Maps application to identify the amount of miles between two locations. This will help them track how many total miles Flat Stanley has covered and how many miles he has from one state to another. Students can figure out these distances using the Location opportunity this application provides. Students would use the ‘Distance to’ method to calculate the miles Flat Stanley will cover. http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/
4. Students will use the Weather Channel application to record the weather Flat Stanley is experiencing through his travels and identify weather patterns across the United States. With this application, students can access weather warnings if Flat Stanley is traveling though a snow storm or hurricane, record forecasts, or use radar maps to identify weather that Flat Stanley may soon be approaching while on his voyage. http://www.weather.com/mobile/pda/blackberry/
5. Students will use the Where application to search for interesting tourist locations for Flat Stanley to visit while he is in each state that he travels to. This application allows students to search by city or state and identify nearby petting zoos, museums, theaters, famous restaurants, etc that Flat Stanley may want to visit. http://site.where.com/download-where/google-android/
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