Category Archives: Collaboration
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 …
Technology Buddies At Kaechele
In the elementary classrooms across Henrico County we have had a huge shift in technology this year. It was a much needed update, but change is hard. Teachers and students are have all gone from Macs to Dells. On top of new computers there is a new way for elementary students to use these computers. …
3rd Grade Collaborative Venn Diagrams in Google Drawing
Mrs. Reed’s third grade class read the story Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe. In the story Mufaro has two beautiful daughters who are quite different from one another. I thought that it would be a great activity to compare and contrast the two daughters using a Venn Diagram. To make the …
Appy Hour with YAKiT Kids!
Its Friday! Let’s break out a new App for “Appy Hour!” Today, I got to hang out in Mrs. Short’s class at Echo Lake Elementary. Her class has been learning about what makes day and night and information about the sun. I was originally going to do the same Keynote Movie Activity I did with […] Continue reading
1st Mystery Skype!
I have been following all kinds of posts about Mystery Skypes for years. When I was a classroom teacher, I really wanted to do one, but I was never bold enough to pull the trigger because I had never seen it done. I’m all about jumping in the deep end and trying something new, but […] 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
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
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
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
Jamestown Rockers!
I had an awesome time co-teaching with my fellow ITRTs at Chamberlayne Elementary. It was a fun filled hour of instruction. Check out the video below.
