Author Archives: Karen
How A Book Gets Published Prezi
The students in Mrs. Pierce’s 5th Grade class at Springfield Park have been working on researching and sharing the many steps that go into publishing a book. They brainstormed the different jobs that are a part of publishing and selling … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posting Animoto Video to Your Blog
Animoto has made a few changes to the layout of their site this year, so I have created some new directions with screen shots that show how to get the embed code to post on your blog. Please let me … Continue reading → Continue reading
Probability with a Google Form
During spring Reflective Friends observations, I saw a teacher who had some great ideas for probability stations. The students were recording their results on a worksheet, but I thought it will be really neat to gather results on a Google … Continue reading → Continue reading
SCRATCH Force & Motion Review Game
After learning the basics using the SCRATCH task cards provided on scratch.mit.edu, the students were eager to create their own projects. Ravi, a student in Mrs. Moore’s 4th grade class at Springfield Park, decided to create a review game on … Continue reading → Continue reading
Mali Videos
The students in Ashley Marshall’s 3rd Grade class have been researching Mali and wanted to present what they had learned in a new way. They used their research material to write scripts for their group. Then they selected pictures from … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Explores Elapsed Time
The kindergarten students in Ms. Dunkum’s class at Baker have been learning about time to the hour. One of their activities involved the students working as a team to decide what a typical day looks like. They planned on a … Continue reading → Continue reading
Will It Dissolve?
Jan Locher, 1st grade teacher at Maybeury, was interested in learning more about Google Forms and using them with her students. In our planning session, we decided to create a Google Form for an upcoming lab that she had planned. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Popplet for Word Sorts
The students in Melanie Moore’s 4th grade class use Popplet on the iPads for their word study. After the students finish their word sort, they are able to take a screenshot and Dropbox it to their teacher for credit. Continue reading
