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Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to Roanoke, VA to present at the Virginia Children’s Engineering Convention. Matt Caratachea and I were presenting on 3D printing. Take a look at our presentation titled “Tinkering with the Curriculum.” We … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After attending an optional PD, Mrs. Hill, 4th grade teacher at Montrose, approached me about doing a digital breakout with her class. I had heard chatter about digital breakouts, but I didn’t really know what they looked like in an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. King’s Kindergarten class have been learning about shadows. We used the Pixie app on the iPads to demonstrate how an object blocking the sunlight creates a shadow. The students first selected a background in Pixie. Then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. King’s Kindergarten class have been learning about some important people from the past. For this lesson, they used the PhotoSpeak app to have Abraham Lincoln, Betsy Ross, and Pocahontas talk and blink their eyes. Take a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Ms. Dix first grade class have been learning about adjectives. Using the Seesaw app on the iPads, students took a picture of an item in or around their desk. Then they used the text tool to label … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Ms. Stansberry’s first grade class used Scratch Jr. on the iPads to create a winter scene. The first group of students selected a background and added a bunny. They programmed the bunny to explain how he grows … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. Wrighter’s 2nd grade class conducted an experiment today in which they were trying to answer the question “Do mints change the temperature of the water?” To begin, the students assembled into groups and each group was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Scratch Jr. is a great option to introduce our youngest students to coding. It has less options that the full Scratch site and lot of easy to understand picture clues for the blocks. Today, the students in Mrs. King’s Kindergarten … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Scratch Jr. is a great option to introduce our youngest students to coding. It has less options that the full Scratch site and lot of easy to understand picture clues for the blocks. Today, the students in Mrs. King’s Kindergarten … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Ms. Parrish’s 2nd grade class at Montrose were provided with a template that has the map of the world and two sprites, one to show the continents and one to show the oceans. They logged into their … Continue reading → Continue reading →