I am so lucky to have a Tap-It in my classroom. Do you have access to a Tap-It at your school? I have often been asked what are the best ways to use a Tap-It, especially with my population of students. Today, I am going to talk about 3 ways to use the Tap-it in the classroom.
What is a Tap-It?
If you don’t have access to one or are interested in getting one, I wanted to explain what a Tap-It is. A Tap-It is a large touch screen that is fully motorized. The height and angle of the screen are completely adjustable with buttons found on the side. It also has an intuitive touch screen, it can detect the difference between an arm on the screen or a purposeful touch. In short, it’s a great tool!
Boom Cards
I love to use the Tap-It as a learning center in my classroom. One of the ways that I do that is with boom cards. I love that the screen is large and students can actually see the activities on the screen. There are many CVI friendly Boom Cards for so many skills that you can put on the Tap-It. My students love Boom Cards because they feel like games.
PDF Activities/Unique Learning Systems
I love to use the Tap-It for PDF activities like the SSE Comprehension Bundle. I will use any virtual activity I can on the Tap-It actually.
These are especially great for the Tap-It because the Tap-It is large and backlit, you can adjust the screen to make sure the student can access that activity. We also have access to Unique Learning Systems and N2Y. I love to do those activities as a group on the Tap-It.
For Fun (that’s also learning)!
SENict is an amazing website to use on the Tap-It. I use this often to help students learn to engage in activities. They have many activities you can download. You can choose the mode of input (for a touch screen I just choose touch). We use music themed activities often. The music stops and a large switch is displayed letting the student know they need to touch the screen to get more music. The students love these games and they are learning at the same time.
These are my favorite ways to use the Tap-It in the classroom. It’s definitely used everyday in our class in so many different lessons. Thank you for reading about 3 ways to use the Tap-It.
Do you have access to a Tap-It? If so, how do you use it?
