Author Archives: jlrobinson3

Mrs. Clipp, Mrs. Gorenflo and myself sat down a few weeks ago to discuss iPad usage in Mrs. Clipp’s class. They shared with me that often times they think that the iPad station becomes nothing more than a game station. They didn’t feel like the students were having meaningful experiences while working with the iPads. […] Continue reading →

Last week Ms. Aveson invited me into her classroom! Now if you are fortunate enough to know Ms. Aveson then you will know that I got super excited when she signed up! I always have a great time in her class! She is one of the most creative teachers I have ever worked with! She […] Continue reading →

Before Thanksgiving Break I spent some time with Mrs. Meier and Mrs. Clever at Johnson Elementary. We worked on two totally different projects! It made for an awesome day! I started the morning with Mrs. Clever. Her students had been working on mastering past and present concepts. She decided she wanted them to make a […] Continue reading →

Today the #TechTakeout crew headed over to Montrose Elementary to work on language arts! Mrs. Hues, the ITRT at Montrose, met with the Title I Reading Teacher, Kathy Rohr, to find the grade level and topic with the greatest need. The winners of the #TechTakeout party were 3rd grade! We came in to focus on […] Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent some time in Mrs. Atkinson and Ms. Moore’s rooms reviewing the seven continents and oceans. I remembered reading a blog post from another ITRT, Julie Smith about how she reviewed continents and oceans using Google Slides. She shared the presentation with me and we were ready to roll. I started by sticking the […] Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent some time in Mrs. Atkinson and Ms. Moore’s rooms reviewing the seven continents and oceans. I remembered reading a blog post from another ITRT, Julie Smith about how she reviewed continents and oceans using Google Slides. She shared the presentation with me and we were ready to roll. I started by sticking the […] Continue reading →

Yesterday was a busy day at Echo Lake Elementary! I spent time time with Mrs. Aloma’s class discovering the endless possibilities with the Makey Makey’s. A Makey Makey is an invention kit for the 21st century. You can turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It’s a simple invention kit for beginners and […] Continue reading →

The HCPS Elementary ITRT team has been hard at work connecting math standards to the real world.  As a team we received a grant from The Henrico Education Foundation!  They are helping us fund this project so that we can make a big impact on the students here in Henrico County.  We have a blog where […] Continue reading →

On Monday my mind was BLOWN while hanging out in a 5th grade class at Fair Oaks Elementary. Mrs. Greenday invited me into her classroom as an extra set of hands. She had recently been introduced to Discovery Science and was told that there was a feature within Discovery Science called Board Maker. Last week […] Continue reading →

Student’s in Mrs. Spevak’s third grade class have been working hard to identify non-fiction text features. Today we collaborated to make short videos using Windows Movie Maker. This program is already installed on the Dell laptops. The students started this project by accessing Mrs. Spevak’s classroom folder inside Server Shortcuts. In this folder I had […] Continue reading →