Author Archives: Matt Caratachea
Hour of Code/Unplugged Scratch Blocks
The hour of code is upon us! Next week code.org hosts the hour of code. I love seeing how many teachers implement coding this week, and how many continue to get their students to keep coding throughout the year! My good friend Jim Covais shared a great resource from Scratch with me, and I couldn’t be …
First Grade Shows Animals Needs Using Pixie!
I’ve realized that this year has been a blur so far and that one of the things that has fallen off of my to do list is blogging! I have a lot of lessons to catch up on blog posts for, so hopefully I’ll make time to get to them all! The first lesson on …
Using Stop Motion to Animate Plot!
Today in Mrs. Pope’s class at Glen Allen Elementary School we used the app Stop Motion Studio to animate the plot of a story. We started the lesson by showing the kids how to use the app and stressed the importance of taking a lot of pictures when making your video. The students paired up …
All About Me With iPads!
Today I worked with Theresa Harris, the librarian at Glen Allen Elementary School to make All About Me flags with 1st graders. The 1st graders were talking about patriotic symbols so we thought this was the perfect time to combine Social Studies and the iPads! This was the first time that they had used the …
All About Me With iPads!
Today I worked with Theresa Harris, the librarian at Glen Allen Elementary School to make All About Me flags with 1st graders. The 1st graders were talking about patriotic symbols so we thought this was the perfect time to combine Social Studies and the iPads! This was the first time that they had used the …
Habitats with Pic Collage Kids and ChatterPix
Mrs. Potter’s students at Short Pump Elementary did a great job app smashing to show their knowledge of habitats. Since the 2nd graders had been learning about habitats we thought it would be a great idea to incorporate the iPads in the classroom. To start their project the students went to Britannica Image Quest to …
