Author Archives: Matt Caratachea
1st Grade Plant App Smash
At Mehfoud Elementary they are talking all about plants in first grade. Mrs. Jones always has her first graders do some hands on learning with plants during this time, and we had an idea to bring some technology into the lesson. While the students were inspecting the different parts of the plants and drawing/labeling their own …
#TechTakeout Delivers Some Math To Baker Elementary School!
Friday the Tech Takeout 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 such a great day filled with fun hands on technology infused stations. …
Adjectives With Google Slides
Today in 3rd grade at Short Pump Elementary we worked on adjectives using collaborative Google Slides. I wanted to give the students more exposure to the kind of collaboration that can be achieved through Google while working on language arts skills. These third grade students have not had a ton of experience with Google this …
Book Celebration Instagram Post!
At Kaechele today we made Instagram posts for book characters for our book celebration! Check them out below! Book Celebration Instagrams! by Slidely Slideshow Continue reading
MaKeyMaKey In The House at Mehfoud
Today I helped out at Mehfoud Elementary for their Seussstacular Day! I ran a “techie” station with ITRTs, Sarah Green and Julie Smith. We used three Makey-Makeys which turn objects into touch pads that can interact/control the computer. On the laptops we pulled up the Catch a Thing Dr. Seuss website: This is a game …
Read Across America Selfies
At Kaechele to get ready for Read Across America week and the birthday of the great children’s author, Dr. Seuss, students and teachers took selfies with their favorite books or book characters. I took the Selfie Song, made the words about reading, and Mrs. Gebhard the library assistant recorded the vocals. Check out all of our selfies …
MaKeyMaKey Workshop at Kaechele
Earlier this year our elementary ITRT team wrote a grant for a 3D printer and 27 MaKeyMaKeys. We haven’t received our MaKeyMaKeys yet, but luckily Kaechele Elementary, one of my schools has 3 already. I was able to pull small groups of 4th and 5th graders to do a quick introduction to how the MaKeyMaKeys work and what …
Preschool ChatterPix
Julie Smith and I did a ChatterPix lesson with Ms. Russell’s Preschoolers. I have to say that it was pretty amazing! Julie and I were so impressed with how all of the kids did. Even though they are so young, they were able to work through the app with us. They were supposed to record what their …
