Author Archives: Jim Covais
The Adams Author Project – Marketing
FYI- This blog post is a continuation from yesterday’s post. I would read yesterday’s post first. However, if you enjoy being confused then just read this one. As you remember from yesterday, the students just Skyped with author John David … Continue reading → Continue reading
The Adams Author Project
I recently had the pleasure of co-teaching with a wonderful reading teacher, Kelly Arkwright. Mrs. Arkwright, the Title 1 reading teacher at Adams Elementary, wanted to take a select group of student’s writing to the next level. We quickly planned … Continue reading → Continue reading
Henrico 21 Reminders
The due date for submitting Henrico 21 lessons is coming up fast. If you plan to submit a lesson, I will need your lesson turned in by the end of February. This will give us time to evaluate the lesson … Continue reading → Continue reading
Instagram Template for Students
Click Here for the Template Here is an Instagram template made in Google Slides that you can use with your students. I totally stole this idea from Tyler Hart. His template was in ActivInspire and I ported it over to Google … Continue reading → Continue reading
#TechTakeout Invades Adams Elementary
Last Friday the #TechTakeout crew went to Adams Elementary to do some awesome technology lessons with the fourth graders. As a group we planned four different interactive math stations for the students using digital tools such as Google Earth, Google … Continue reading → Continue reading
Native American Review Videos
I had the pleasure of co teaching a lesson with Mrs. Ferguson at Pinchbeck Elementary a couple of weeks ago. During our planning meet Mrs. Ferguson discussed how she didn’t want to do the same old thing for her second … Continue reading → Continue reading
Native American Review Videos
I had the pleasure of co teaching a lesson with Mrs. Ferguson at Pinchbeck Elementary a couple of weeks ago. During our planning meet Mrs. Ferguson discussed how she didn’t want to do the same old thing for her second … Continue reading → Continue reading
Plickers is a Super Easy Response System
Learner response systems are fun and engaging, but can be a hassle to setup. You have to make sure each child has a device, and that the battery is working and fully charged. Then you have to make sure the … Continue reading → Continue reading
VSTE 2014 Recap!
This past Sunday and Monday several Elementary ITRT’s traveled to Virginia Beach to attend the 2014 Virginia Society for Technology in Education’s Annual Conference. While there participants were given the opportunity to sit in on various concurrent sessions, listen to … Continue reading → Continue reading
Flipped Classroom PD
This is the presentation for this afternoon’s professional development. Continue reading
