Author Archives: Karen
Concept of Word with Puppet Pal Edu
One great app for teaching concept of word is Puppet Pal Edu. With this app, students can take a picture of their writing, select an icon to appear when they tap on each word, and read their writing as they … Continue reading → Continue reading
Scratch & Makey Makey’s
As part of our Tech Takeout at Baker Elementary on Friday, the students learned some basic computer programming in Scratch. They had a great time practicing their measurement skills while computer programming to make their characters come to life. When … Continue reading → Continue reading
Tech Takeout @ 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
Skyping with Bruce Strickrott
I had the pleasure of sitting in on a Skype session with a 5th Grade class at Trevvett. They Skyped with Bruce Strickrott, the Alvin Manager at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The students had researched all about … Continue reading → Continue reading
Readability Level in Word
One great resource for improving writing is the Readability Level in Word. It just requires a quick setting change in Word. Open Word and go to File — Options — Proofing. From there turn on “Show Readability Statistics.” Then your … Continue reading → Continue reading
Food Fractions
This is a quick example of how you can relate fractions to a Kindergartner’s world. Using the Story Kit app, the students can take pictures of the food items and then write on top of the picture. They can also … Continue reading → Continue reading
Shadows in YakIt Kids App
These Kindergarten students have been excited about shadows this week. On Monday, they learned about the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, and talked about how shadows are made. On Tuesday, the teacher constructed a KWL chart on the board and the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Tech Takeout @ 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
Using Prezi to Present Information on the iPad
Prezi is a great presentation tool. Next time you have information that you want to teach to your kids, you may consider using Prezi as your tool to deliver the information. Prezi captures your student’s attention because it jumps from … Continue reading → Continue reading
