Author Archives: ghbrowne

Students in Mrs. Marshall’s second grade class have been researching about animal habitats. After collecting their information, they chose pictures that showcased their animals. I helped Mrs. Marshall save these pictures to her Dropbox account which she was able to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Third graders at Skipwith Elementary are reviewing solids, liquids, and gases. To accomplish this, they used a template in Pixie and dragged the pictures to the correct category. They also found some of their own images using the stickers. Afterward, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Second graders at Donahoe Elementary reviewed their graphing skills by logging into their Google accounts. Not all of the classes have had the opportunity to visit their Google accounts yet so this was a great way to introduce them to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the opportunity to work with several fifth grade classrooms to introduce Google Tour Builder. We used the site to enhance student learning of the southeast region. I walked them through the steps of accessing Tour Builder using their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Third graders in Ms. Chitman’s class wrote poems about snowflakes.  Ms. Chitman wanted a way for the children to share their poems on the computer.  First, I had the class install the Dell Webcam and take a picture of themselves. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had an opportunity to work with several classrooms and introduce the Hour of Code. I began with a real world connection by asking the children if they played video games. I then asked if they wondered how the video … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This past Sunday and Monday several Elementary ITRT’s traveled to Virginia Beach to attend the 2014 Virginia Society for Technology in Education’s Annual Conference. While there participants were given the opportunity to sit in on various concurrent sessions, listen to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I got this fun idea from ITRT Jim Covais. Third graders were asked to create different ways to represent the multiplication problem 3 x 5. Some students drew arrays and used repeated addition. After drawing it on paper, they then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First graders used Pixie to create their own addition problems. They typed their number sentences and then illustrated them using the stickers. Afterward, they used the snipping tool to take a screenshot of their pictures. Then they uploaded it to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Do your students need a visual to remind them what the commands are with the keyboard? Here is a resource you can hopefully use. Print it out and hang it in your classroom or have your students keep it in … Continue reading → Continue reading →