Author Archives: Julie G. Goode

It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s a Meglatond?  What?  Yes!  Mrs. Rama’s 1st grade class at Crestview Elementary has created a Wonderful Wacky Zoo…a place where the most magnificent mammals on earth are gathered to stimulate your imagination. First graders … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today I helped out at Mehfoud Elementary for their Seussstacular Day! I ran a “techie” station with ITRTs, Sarah Green and Matt Caratachea. We used three MaKey-MaKeys which turn objects into touch pads that can interact/control the computer. On the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Third graders at Highland Springs Elementary have been learning about Ancient Rome. Yesterday we did a mini iPad project that touched upon (or at least we tried to!) the major pieces of information: located in Italy, on the continent of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today Mrs. Ketcham’s 2nd graders made animated gifs to tell a QUICK little story about Ancient China. Matt Caratachea (Mr. C), was requested by her class to come to Crestview Elementary so he helped plan and carry out this lesson … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today I helped Mrs. Abernathy, Chamberlayne Elementary’s librarian, run a small 4th grade novel study group who is reading the book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Her focus was learning new vocabulary words that the students would be coming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First graders at Highland Springs Elementary have just begun their math unit on coins. Students have to recognize the penny, nickel, dime and quarter as well as know how much each coin is worth. Today we did a mini app … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today Ms. Hand’s 3rd graders created talking photographs of a Famous American they had written a paragraph about during their language arts block. Using the Dell Webcam, students were asked to videotape themselves reading their paragraph. This was VERY hard … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last Friday the #TechTakeout crew went to Adams Elementary to do some awesome technology lessons with the fourth graders. As a group we planned four different interactive math stations for the students using digital tools such as Google Earth, Google … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today 3rd graders at Highland Springs Elementary reviewed reading temperatures using thermometers. We originally wanted to use the GoTemps but unfortunately they weren’t available this week. Instead, we had fun practicing and creating with the following tools… To warm up, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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