Author Archives: Julie G. Goode

Tomorrow is the BIG day! Come join us at Glen Allen High School for the Student 21 Fair and Henrico 21 Awards Ceremony!

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Today 1st graders at GAES were reviewing plants. We decided to try out a classroom response system called Class Responder. This was the first time I had used it and was excited about the “short answer” feature. Other student response systems like … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We are looking for presenters for our elementary technology conference that will be held at Glen Allen High School on August 13th! Fill out the proposal form below if you are interested. Email me if you would like to brainstorm … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today 3rd graders in Ms. Szakal and Mrs. Shaffer’s class created projects about the expeditions of the four European explorers: Christopher Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Jacques Cartier and Christopher Newport. We used ScribbleMaps to draw the pathway each explorer took on their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today 1st graders at Glen Allen Elementary and Echo Lake Elementary did a Google Hangout in which they ALL played the same 1st grade review Kahoot game. I worked with Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Waite while ITRT, Mrs. Robinson, worked with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today  Mrs. Robinson and I spent some time at Crestview Elementary working with our new MaKey MaKey’s in Miss Ketcham’s 2nd grade class. A MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. It allows you to turn everyday objects into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

ITRT, Jim Covais, put together this AWESOME website to help teachers understand and start up coding in their classrooms. Check it out:
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Mrs. Taylor’s first graders and Mrs. Waite’s first graders teamed up for a fun filled lesson about comparing fractions. This is a VERY hard skill for upper elementary students but the use of digital technology really helped these first graders … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Many teachers have been seeing Tech Takeout posts flying around the Henrico blog community and are still wondering what it is all about. Here is a small glimpse into what Tech Takeout is all about (a bigger movie is coming SOON!): Continue reading →

Wow! Last Friday marked the fifth day of 5 and 5, the Tech Takeout crew went to 5 different schools in 5 days to work in different grade levels on different math and language arts skills. As a group we discussed … Continue reading → Continue reading →