Category Archives: Ideas
Technology Portfolios
I am so thrilled with the growth I have seen this year, not only from the students but from the teachers as well. We all grow daily as teachers. Kelly Tenkley introduced me to a cute website to make videos, so I made one about the technology portfolios. I made this on the site: Zimmertwins.com. […] Continue reading
Facebook Profile for Robert E. Lee
A member of my PLN saw the post about the Facebook Template that Brad and Frank created. Yesterday, Nick Provenzano posted on his blog an example he created in Power Point for Romeo in his literature study at his high school. I opened his PowerPoint in Keynote and sent to Brad and Frank to show […] Continue reading
What does 21st Century learning look like?
While reading a wonderful post on the “What Ed Said” Blog, I saw this great graphic on what learning looks like. The picture was made on the site www.toondoo.com, and I wanted to share it with others. As we have just finished submitting our best practices examples for Henrico 21, I thought this graphic […] Continue reading
Released 2009 SOL Tests
Teachers, As the end of the school year approaches, I know you are always looking for different reviews to prepare your students for the end of the year tests. DOE has just released many of the 2009 SOL tests from last year. Click on the picture to get the link to the site.
4th Grade Civil War Comics
The fourth graders in Mrs. Goode’s class at Varina Elementary used Comic Life to create comic book pages dealing with the Civil War. They added pictures and explained what the pictures were about through speech bubbles and narration boxes. They really enjoyed using the program.
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“Facebook” profile Template in Pages
Frank and Brad from my ITRT team are so clever. While studying Generals from the Civil War, they decided that each General should have a facebook-like profile. Now you know that the students can seriously relate to this!!! Who would General Sherman’s friends be on a social network? How clever. Here is a screenshot of […] Continue reading
Scientists- Grade 4
Mrs. Cook had both of her science classes make a Comic Life for Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo. She got cute pictures of babies and a dog to “speak” with these scientists. What a cute idea, and these turned out great. Click here to download this template.
Longan 5th grade Podcasts
The fifth graders created podcasts dealing with sound at Longan. They collaborated in small groups and communicated what they knew about sound. They drew examples of sound concepts in Pixie and imported their pictures into their podcasts to illustrate what they knew about sound. They also added music and sound effects to enhance their podcasts […] Continue reading
Google Earth SOL Pushpins
The attached file contains the pushpins that are covered in Virginia’s SOLs. Just download the file and click twice on the grade level that you would like to load. Click here to download the Google Earth bookmarks. Continue reading
Varina 3rd grade video conference with Mehfoud
The third graders in Mrs. Caird’s class read stories to a kindergarten class from Mehfoud… by video conferencing! They acted out “The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig” and “The Little Red Hen” for the kindergarten students. We all had a great time and hope to be able to do it again!!
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