Author Archives: Julie G. Goode

Last week Mrs. Dawe’s students created Thinglinks on the ocean floor. This is a great Web 2.0 tool for labeling diagrams and pictures. Check out their work by hovering your cursor over the “hot spots” each student tagged: Kindergartners at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week Mrs. Pascucci invited me to her 5th grade classroom to do a lesson on making inferences. We first talked about what an “inference” is and why it is important to use our background knowledge to help us piece … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Need some ideas to beef up your vocabulary instruction? Yesterday the ITRT team gathered to come up with some fun ways to help you in your classroom with vocabulary development. We put together a blog with some ideas for your … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today I am doing three different Professional Development sessions at Glen Allen Elementary. One session is a How to Create a Sign Up Genius Sign Up for the November Parent Teacher Conferences. This is a quick video tutorial I put … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today Mrs. Cornfield and I did a lesson on weathering, erosion and deposition that involved her class creating informative brochures. I created a brochure template and a folder of pictures for them to choose from to use in each section … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today Mrs. Simpson and I did a fun patriotic symbols lesson in her first grade classroom using the app Tellagami. Students used an ipad to take a picture of the patriotic symbol they were going to make their project all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Thinglink is an EXCELLENT Web 2.0 tool that can make your students’ images interactive. If you put your cursor over the Water Cycle picture below and scroll over the target dots, different windows pop up. This is a great way … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have to share this story because it was such a powerful day for me as a technology teacher and really challenged me to think more about my role in the schools I serve… Last week a teacher asked me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This week I have seen many amazing things happening all around! Today Mrs. Lizotte  invited me into her 5th grade classroom to create Henrico History Timelines using Timeline Maker. First, students filled out a “brainstorming” timeline: click {HERE} for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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