Author Archives: Jim Covais
#TechTakeout Crashes Crestview
The Tech Takeout crew is continuing our 5 Schools, 5 Days week long extravaganza of fun! Today was day two and it was a blast! We headed over to Crestview Elementary and focused on fractions in third grade. Opening Activity: It is that time of Continue reading
#TechTakeout Comes to Lakeside
This week is our 5 Schools, 5 Days with Tech Takeout. The Tech Takeout crew is going to a different school every day and working on specific skills with students. Today was our first day and we kicked off 5 Schools, 5 Days at Lakeside Continue reading
ThingLink for Ancient Egypt
I had a blast co-teaching with Andrea Ferguson at Pinchbeck Elementary. Her second graders have been learning about ancient Egypt. She wanted her students to demonstrate their knowledge of ancient Egypt in a fun exciting way. During our planning meeting … Continue reading → Continue reading
Book Trailers for “Holes”
I recently had the pleasure of co-teaching with Brooke Davis at Pinchbeck Elementary. Mrs. Davis’ 5th graders have been doing a novel study on the book “Holes” and wanted to do a culminating activity that was a bit different. During … Continue reading → Continue reading
What Frozen 2 Can Show Us About Teaching
I could almost hear to collective grown from parents as the news of Frozen 2 came out. The fear has set in. Just as “Let it Go” was fading from your brain, what new song will stuck in your head … Continue reading → Continue reading
#TechTakeout @ Baker Elementary
Friday the #TechTakeout crew had the great opportunity of taking over 4th grade at Baker Elementary School! Math has been one of the focus areas of the school so we decided to bring the math in our activities. We had … Continue reading → Continue reading
Roundup from EdTech RVA
I was very luck to attend EdTech RVA which was hosted at VCU this year. I had such a great time learning from other educators. Here’s a roundup of the sessions that I attended as well as links to the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Promethean Support
Recently many of our schools have received new Promethean Boards. Out of my four schools 3 of them now have a Promethean Board in every room! We also have teachers on many different levels of comfort with the board and … Continue reading → Continue reading
Introduction to Google Docs
Here is a short video introduction to Google Docs. If you need any help schedule a meeting with me and we can walk through it together. Google Doc – Introduction from Jim Covais on Vimeo. Continue reading
The Adams Author Project – The Marketplace
FYI- This is the final blog post for the Adams Author Project. If you haven’t already done so read Part 1 and Part 2. Of if you want read part 3 then 2 then 1. It might be confusing but … Continue reading → Continue reading
