Tiny Tap App
7September 13, 2012 by Kara
My friend Josh D. (French teacher) told me about this free Tiny Tap app the other day that he got from a TPRS share site. Basically you load a picture and record a spoken question. You circle the answer and it creates a little game. At first I thought that it was a great idea, but when am I going to have time to create the games?? And it felt like it was more appropriate for a younger audience.
Well today I had two students that finished early (as they normally do) and I asked them if they wanted to make a game on this app. They accepted and enjoyed it! They chose to say “where is the…” using food pictures of different food groups. One even staged her own pictures with my plastic food. They shared the game to our email and other students that were finished played it.
They made some little grammar errors, but I feel like they focused on and practiced their pronunciation (without me saying anything specific about it). In the end, I think they had more fun creating it than playing it. And less work for me!
Langwitches.org is a great site to read for techie and elementary ideas for the language classroom. She has a great explanation of how to use this app.
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Kara
It was probably better to have them create it. It helps them learn, Anyway Good job!
Very cool. This app will be great with elementary kids for me!!
Do you all do anything to talk about Hispanic Heritage month????
This would be a great one to throw out as a post!
Yesterday we had a “party” to celebrate el 15 de septiembre. The girls thought it was cool that independence day for Mexico and most of Central America had cookouts, parades, fireworks, etc. — just like here. We had cake, too — always a hit!
Awesome! Great way to get students to make something for the younger grades, if you have them in your school. How can the game be shared – you said by email? Where is it “stored” and what do students need equipment wise to access & play it (I mean, what platform did you use?) Thanks for sharing!!
Every iPad needs to have the app. After one student created the game they emailed it. In the email, click on the game icon, then it downloads it to that iPad. That’s all it took. Try sending one to yourself for practice.
I hadn’t heard of this App. Brilliant. I love it when kids can make their own activities, particularly to share with their classmates. Am downloading it right now to try out with my kids.