Author Archives: jlrobinson3

Last week I hung out with Mrs. Regnary’s 2nd grade class at Carver Elementary. They have been working on Geometry concepts and wanted to practice with some symmetry shapes. We started by signing into our Google accounts and opening a blank Google Drawing. We renamed our drawing and got to work! We briefly chatted about […] Continue reading →

Want to rock out your classroom with incredible technology instruction? Want to experience cool collaborative vibes with other amazing educators? Well tune up your axe, grab your glow sticks, and head to Techapalooza! Techapalooza will be THE place to get some funky fresh technology ideas to jam out to with your students. This is the […] Continue reading →

Today the #TechTakeout crew headed to Dumbarton Elementary to hang out with their AMAZING 5th graders. We started out by introducing the students and their teachers to Nearpod. Mrs. Hues led the students through a Measurement Nearpod. She was able to control their computers and send them lots of practice items straight to their screens. […] Continue reading →

My good buddy Mr. Caratachea and I collaborated with 5th grade teacher Ms. Marz at Fair Oaks Elementary School on Monday. Ms. Marz had chatted with me the week before and said that she has recently heard about a sound activity floating around using the makey makey’s. I showed her Julie Smith’s video and she […] Continue reading →

Today at Carver we’ve been blowing up the bandwidth using ABCya!! I started my morning with Mrs. Hoy’s 2nd grade students. Prior to my arrival they had been studying 3D shapes. Mrs. Hoy had placed copyright free images in her Server Shortcut folder! Students logged into their computers and we headed over to ABCya Talkify. […] Continue reading →

You can certainly tell that Easter is just around the corner. Bunnies and eggs are popping up everywhere! Hopefully the warmer weather is here to stay! This week I had the chance to hang out in some primary classrooms. On Tuesday I spent some time with Katy Meier’s 1st graders at Johnson Elementary. Katy and […] Continue reading →

You can certainly tell that Easter is just around the corner. Bunnies and eggs are popping up everywhere! Hopefully the warmer weather is here to stay! This week I had the chance to hang out in some primary classrooms. On Tuesday I spent some time with Katy Meier’s 1st graders at Johnson Elementary. Katy and […] Continue reading →

Today at Donahoe we focused on different math skills and had A BLAST! Stephanie Wright, the ITRT at Donahoe, met with the Title I math teacher to see which areas were in most need for 4th grade math. The Tech Takeout crew headed over to Donahoe to work on comparing numbers, rounding, graphing, fractions, and […] Continue reading →

We are now into week two for the Chromebook Pilot at Echo Lake Elementary. Mrs. Koontz’s kids are having an awesome time incorporating them into their everyday routine! I am sure they are going to be sad when they head to Crestview next week. I got the chance to go back into Mrs. Koontz’s class […] Continue reading →

Last Friday we spent the day working with 4th grade at Chamberlayne Elementary. The teachers wanted us to focus on vocabulary, specifically affixes (prefixes, root words and suffixes). We find that affixes is a weak skill across the board in grades 3-5 so we were excited to come up with some “techie” activities that would […] Continue reading →