Author Archives: ajfavale
Kindergarten Spring Video
Kindergarten students in Ms. Brown’s class at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the spring and how it affects the weather, plants, and animals. So today I showed them how to create a movie about Spring using iMovie. First we opened up iMovie and they recorded themselves saying something like, “Hi, my name is Whatever, […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Magnets Animation
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about magnets (SOL2.2) and today they created Keynotes to explain how magnets work. Keynote is a great program to use for magnets because of its animation features. Students can actually show magnets being attracted to or repelled from each other. First we created the magnets. I showed […] Continue reading
4th Grade Civil War Timelines
Fourth graders at Chamberlayne Elementary are currently studying the Civil War. There are a lot of people, places, and battles they have to remember, and making a timeline helps keep everything in perspective. My supervisor, Tom Woodward, just told me about a cool webtool, TimelineJS, that can create a timeline from a Google spreadsheet. So […] Continue reading
4th Grade Talking Heads
Fourth graders at Holladay Elementary are reviewing all the famous Americans they have studied this year. Each student chose a person to research and they will present their information in a “Living Wax Museum” later on in the spring. I’ve been showing them different options to use for the technology part of their presentation, and […] Continue reading
ActivEngage in 2nd Grade
Recently I have been training the staff at my schools how to use the ActivEngage software. It turns the cart laptops into a student responders so that teachers can get instant feedback. You can learn more about it here. I’m happy to do a demo lesson in your class if you’d like to see it […] Continue reading
Shape Song
Mrs. Loden’s 3rd Grade Class as been learning about geometry, and while they have been learning about all the shapes, they have been rocking out to the Shape Song from HaveFunTeaching.com. This is a really cool website that has all kinds of activities you can use in your classroom. After so much fun with singing […] Continue reading
1st Grade Community Maps
Today 1st grade students at Chamberlayne Elementary created their own community maps using ScribbleMaps (SOL1.4 & 1.5). Since I knew it would be kind of tricky for 1st graders to find their school on the map, I put a direct link to it in their classroom folder on the computers. With ScribbleMaps, there’s no log […] Continue reading
Blabberize = #Fail – New Idea Emerges
I am a big Blabberize.com fan. I love it’s possibilities that allow users to make stagnant pictures “talk.” I love the fact that it is the student’s own voice that goes along with the project. I love idea of making inanimate objects “talk” and review content. All that being said, it is just not a […] Continue reading
iMovie Projects
I know I have discussed using iMovie before, but I wanted to throw it out there again. iMovie is a great program that we have on our MacBook computers. It is a quick and easy way for kids to present information they have learned. It is also a good way to hold them accountable for […] Continue reading
STEM Highlight
I am so very proud of two wonderful teachers from my schools, Jan Locher, 1st Grade Teacher at Maybeury and Elizabeth Lacy, 5th Grade Teacher at Baker. They were featured at the school board meeting for their work with STEM. … Continue reading → Continue reading
