Category Archives: 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Orbiting Ozobots

Posted on January 10, 2018 by ssgreen

The fourth graders at Ridge worked with the Ozobots to make them orbit like the planets in the solar system! Before they could make them orbit, they first learned about the Ozobots and how to make them follow lines and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Makey-Makeys at Mehfoud

Posted on March 9, 2015 by ssgreen

MaKeyMaKey At Mehfoud from Matt Caratachea on Vimeo. Today I helped out at Mehfoud Elementary for their Seussstacular Day! I ran a “techie” station with ITRTs, Julie Smith and Matt Caratachea. We used three Makey-Makeys which turn objects into touch … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Copyright Free Pictures

Posted on November 26, 2013 by ssgreen

Copyright is an issue that I am seeing in a lot of classrooms. Instead of sending students to Google to look for images to use in projects, there are much better ways to teach students to search. Pics4learning.com and Encyclopedia … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Images in Google Forms

Posted on September 3, 2013 by ssgreen

Google keeps getting better and better! If you didn’t already know this, you can upload an image for each question that you create. This comes in very handy for assessments and SCA elections! Take a look at this video for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Social Bookmarking

Posted on July 10, 2013 by ssgreen

What do you use to keep track of your bookmarks?  I just started using Diigo this summer to help me organize and share sites that I find interesting.  Tags can be used to make searching for sites easier and groups … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tech Tips

Posted on July 10, 2013 by ssgreen

Henrico County has a site with a variety of technology tips.  If you haven’t already explored this site, then please go visit today.  There is a separate tab at the top of the page with Elementary specific information. Click on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Mapping with Google

Posted on May 30, 2013 by ssgreen

Google just announced a free, self-paced course for both Google Maps and Google Earth. Both applications are powerful learning tools for Social Studies, Science, World Languages, even Language Arts. This will be another MOOC-based course like the Google Search course. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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