Author Archives: Jim Covais
TechTakeout Brings Language Arts Excitement to Johnson!
Today was the #TechTakeout crew’s first day back at it, and we could not have had a better day! We delivered some fun learning to the fifth grade students and teachers at Johnson Elementary. These amazing teachers wanted to focus on Language Arts, and in Continue reading
Promethean Resources
Here is a collection of resources to get you ready for your Promethean Board. If you have some resources that I should include let me know about it. I’d love to add new items to the list! http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/jpcovais/promethean-resources/ Continue reading
How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Part 2
In the last post I talked about the first session that I taught called Digital Creations. If you didn’t read that one check it out. I have a few ideas on how you can use Photoshop and Premiere Pro in your classroom. The second session Continue reading
How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Part 1
I hope that you had a fun relaxing break! I’m beyond excited about this new school year. I’m ready to plan great lessons with you and try out some new tools! During my break I taught two summer enrichment sessions. I had a BLAST! It Continue reading
Bringing the Creativity to Carver
Today the #TechTakeout crew went over to Carver Elementary to work with some amazing kindergarten students and teachers! We had a blast working on some Math skills on both iPads and computers. As a group we made sure to focus on particular skills that the Continue reading
Henrico 21 is Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the BIG day! Come join us at Glen Allen High School for the Student 21 Fair and Henrico 21 Awards Ceremony!
Coding in the Classroom
There are some amazing things your students can do with coding in the classroom. If you are unfamiliar with coding it’s essentially writing a computer program. I know what you’re thinking, “Really? I don’t have time for this….” There are many real benefits to coding Continue reading
#TechTakeout comes to Glen Lea
Wow! Today marks 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 the areas of need in Continue reading
#TechTakeout Attacks Math at Ashe!
Day 4 of our week long Tech Takeout extravaganza was AWESOME! We headed over to Arthur Ashe Elementary and focused on division, word problems, elapsed time, and line graphs in 5th grade. The students had a blast using a variety of technology while thinking critically. Continue reading
#TechTakeout Takes On Highland Springs
Today was our third Tech Takeout this week! We are having a blast working with different schools and grade levels across the county. For our third adventure we trekked over to Highland Springs Elementary to work on word analysis skills. Each pair of ITRTs developed Continue reading
