Category Archives: 2nd Grade
Fractions and Ancient China Movie
I want to first start off by saying that working with amazing ITRTs like Julie Goode make my job so much more fun. If you aren’t following her blog, you should be. She comes up with some great ideas to use in the classroom, and I modified this lesson to use with with Ms. Catlin‘s […] Continue reading
Fractions and Ancient China Movie
I want to first start off by saying that working with amazing ITRTs like Julie Goode make my job so much more fun. If you aren’t following her blog, you should be. She comes up with some great ideas to use in the classroom, and I modified this lesson to use with with Ms. Catlin‘s […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Famous Americans Animations
Second graders in Ms. Arnold’s class at Holladay Elementary have been researching famous Americans, and today they created speaking animated characters to share their information. First they drew their famous American in Pixie and typed his or her name. I showed them how to use the 3D brush to make “googly eyes” so their character […] Continue reading
Question Manager in ActivInspire
A video explaining how to make questions in Question Manager. This is great if you are using ActivExpressions or ActivEngage. If you have any questions on how to incorporate this into your classroom, sign up for me. We can plan … Continue reading → Continue reading
Flat Stanley Aurasma Project
During this school year, I have really enjoyed going over to Kaechele Elementary School about once a month to help teach and integrate the Augmented Reality App, Aurasma into some classrooms. Mrs. Hyman, the school librarian and information specialist, took the same Flat Stanley Project that most schools do to the next level. As usual, […] Continue reading
Historical Selfies–Finally!
I finally was able to do my Famous Americans Historical Selfie project with students today! I had a really fun time making Animal Selfies a while back, but this was the original lesson I wanted do with students. Ms. Armstrong’s 3rd grade class at Seven Pines Elementary rocked this out as part of their Henrico […] Continue reading
Padlet Walkthrough
Here’s a video to get you started using Padlet in your classroom. I walk you through how to create a wall and share it out with your students. Have fun! Padlet Walkthrough from Jim Covais on Vimeo. Continue reading
Wait….How Do I?
So want to learn something new without having to talk to me? (I don’t know why, I’m awesome.) Well you’re in luck. I created a new section on the top of my blog called “How Do I?” This section of … Continue reading → Continue reading
FETC 2014 AR and Aurasma Presentation
This week has been a blast here in Orlando, FL attending the FETC Conference. I have been to many local and state conferences, but this big national conference, by far, as been this most informative I’ve ever attended. I have really enjoyed meeting so many new people and Twitter-ers I follow. Some of my favorites […] Continue reading
Rocking Life like it was 2008
So over this past week with all the snow days I thought about sitting around watching TV and not doing a whole lot. My mini winter break didn’t work out like that. I did however do what all cool people … Continue reading → Continue reading
