Author Archives: Jim Covais
CovaisTech Roundup Episode 2!
Episode 2! In this episode I talk about 3D printing, the Hour of Code and literacy activities on the iPad.
Links to what I talk about:
3D Cell lesson
Hour of Code
Puppet EDU
CovaisTech Roundup Episode 2!
Episode 2! In this episode I talk about 3D printing, the Hour of Code and literacy activities on the iPad.
Links to what I talk about:
3D Cell lesson
Hour of Code
Puppet EDU
3D Printed Cells!
The time has come to teach animal and plant cells in 5th grade. I’m pretty sure it’s been the same lesson for a while now. “Look at this diagram of a cell. Here are the parts. Great, now label it on this handout.” Ms. Grigg Continue reading
#TechTakeout Arrives at Seven Pines!
Last Friday, the Tech Takeout team visited Seven Pines Elementary! The fifth grade teachers noticed that students needed some review with the fourth grade SOLs 4.7 and 4.8 (the solar system) with a connection to their fifth grade SOL 5.6 on oceans. Everyone was super Continue reading
CovaisTech Roundup Episode 1
I find it hard sometimes splitting my time between four schools. When you only see a staff once a week it’s difficult to tell them about new ideas or lessons they can do in their classroom. That’s the main reason why I maintain this blog. Continue reading
Hour of Code – December 5th – 11th!
The Hour of Code week is coming up December 5 – 11! The hope is you take one hour out of that week to do a coding activity. A ton of activities can be found on Code.org’s Hour of Code page. The hour of code Continue reading
Sound Patterns!
I recently had a planning meeting with Mrs. Grigg at Ratcliffe Elementary. We were talking about patterns in math and we were both over doing the same old thing with her 5th graders. Mrs. Grigg and I started planning it out and we decided to Continue reading
Sound Patterns!
I recently had a planning meeting with Mrs. Grigg at Ratcliffe Elementary. We were talking about patterns in math and we were both over doing the same old thing with her 5th graders. Mrs. Grigg and I started planning it out and we decided to Continue reading
Sound Patterns!
I recently had a planning meeting with Mrs. Grigg at Ratcliffe Elementary. We were talking about patterns in math and we were both over doing the same old thing with her 5th graders. Mrs. Grigg and I started planning it out and we decided to Continue reading
Sound Patterns!
I recently had a planning meeting with Mrs. Grigg at Ratcliffe Elementary. We were talking about patterns in math and we were both over doing the same old thing with her 5th graders. Mrs. Grigg and I started planning it out and we decided to Continue reading
