Nov 08
Continent Books using Book Creator
Book Creator, a great iPad app, recently released a web based version and the ESL teacher at Crestview and I tried it out with a group of great third graders. The third graders researched continents and put together the books below:
Sep 08
Get Those Students Logging In!
So you have a new group of students that need a little more practice logging in? Try printing this keyboard out and making it a station or homework!!
Remember to click File –> Make a Copy if you want to edit it!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F04H0tikbKVbDumzhhXjrtUgmQjai0Ne81J0rRHzRb8/edit
Sep 01
Student Passwords
**In order to follow these directions correctly you MUST be in PowerSchool ONLINE.
Aug 09
Field Day of the Future – August 15th, 2017
Field Day of the Future is here!!
We are busy training and conditioning for the big day next Tuesday, August 15th at Deep Run High School! Have you registered yet? We are just about full, so be sure to grab your spot. The SRN for the event is: 20172928801.
Events included are “Lights, Camera, Selfie,” “To Infinity and Beyond with Virtual Reality,” “Get Me Outta Here (Digital Breakouts),” “End of Summer Pic Me Up,” and so many more! You can see the full schedule HERE!
Food Trucks will be on-site for lunch and all accept cash and cards! This year we are expecting The Grapevine, Continental Divide, Goatacado, Slideways, AND Gelati Celesti!
Click HERE for the Field Day Google Site to access all of the menus and more!
Let’s mix up our colors, please wear the following: (or your school spirit wear)
K/Ex. Ed.-Red
1st/Music-Yellow
2nd/PE-Green
3rd/Art -Pink
4th/Library -Orange
5th/Admin-Purple
Grab your Field Day buddy, charged HCPS laptop, and plan to arrive at Deep Run between 7:45-8:30am. We will have donuts!! (You must sign in and out to receive your $60!)
You will receive one more email telling you how to access the Schoology Course, all conference materials will be housed in Schoology this year.
We cannot wait to see you on Tuesday!
Mar 09
TEI Practice
Feb 20
Digital Learning Day is Coming Up!!
February 23rd is Digital Learning Day! That’s this THURSDAY!!!!
Digital Learning Day is a time to try a new digital tool with your class or use an old digital tool in a new way. Check out this short video about DLD!!
The Elementary ITRTs worked together to create various Digital Breakouts. Use the following website to complete a Digital Breakout with your students. Get with me if you have any questions!
ES Digital Breakouts
Dec 05
Ancient Greece Tellagami
Third graders at Kaechele went to ancient Greece using Tellagami! To kick off the lesson the students went to Britannica ImageQuest to get a background for their Tellagami. Britannica ImageQuest is an amazing resource that hosts millions of rights cleared images. I love using this site with students because I know that the pictures are age appropriate for the students and legally allowed to be used. The students searched for Ancient Greece to find an image that they liked. Once the students found their picture they saved it to the iPad’s camera roll.
After saving their picture the students launched Tellagami and added their picture as the background. The avatar is random when you launch Tellagami, and that’s the first thing the students want to change. I gave the students a couple of minutes to change their avatar’s gender, clothes, and emotion. We were using the free version so our customization options were a little more limited than the paid version, but the kids don’t mind at all. After the background an avatar were finished the students were ready to record their voices. Each student talked about different important aspects of Greece in their Tellagami. After they were finished the students saved the video to the camera roll and then sent it to me using the Google Work Collector. Check out an example below!
Dec 02
Hour of Code/Unplugged Scratch Blocks
The hour of code is upon us! Next week code.org hosts the hour of code. I love seeing how many teachers implement coding this week, and how many continue to get their students to keep coding throughout the year! My good friend Jim Covais shared a great resource from Scratch with me, and I couldn’t be more excited to pass it along! You can now download the Scratch blocks and print them out to use unplugged! This is such a great idea, especially in schools without 1:1. In Henrico the elementary schools still aren’t 1:1, so teachers have to share carts of computers with the whole schools. If you want to participate in the hour of code, but can’t get your hands on any computers this is a great alternative! These Scratch blocks can be printed and laminated to ensure that they have a long and happy life.
Check out the original blog post here.
I’ve also uploaded the pictures for you to download here.
Happy coding!