Category Archives: Makey Makey

Makey Makeys at Fair Oaks!

I went over to Fair Oaks to work with my friend Jessica Robinson in 5th grade!  Check out this great blog post she wrote about it!   My good buddy Mr. Caratachea and I collaborated with 5th grade teacher Ms. Marz at Fair Oaks Elementary School on Monday. Ms. Marz had chatted with me the …

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Tech Takeout Pumps Up Language Arts at Chamberlayne

Last Friday we spent the day working with 4th grade at Chamberlayne Elementary. The teachers wanted us to focus on vocabulary, specifically affixes (prefixes, root words and suffixes). We find that affixes is a weak skill across the board in grades 3-5 so we were excited to come up with some “techie” activities that would …

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Kaechele MakerFest 2015!

Shannon Hyman, Kaechele Elementary’s librarian, invited #TechTakeout to her AMAZING MakerFest Day to run ten different stations. Each one of the stations highlighted a tool that the students would have access to in the Kaechele Makerspace located in the library. Every 4th and 5th grade student had the opportunity to attend the event and learn …

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Bringing Makey Makeys To Middle School!

I teamed up with Emily Roberts, an AWESOME middle school ITRT, to have some fun last week!  I went over to Moody Middle School with a few Makey Makeys in hand to work with a small group of 6th grade students.  These 6th graders are in a program that helps improve the choices and reactions to …

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#TechTakeout Gets the Main Idea at Johnson!

Today was the #TechTakeout crew’s first day back at it, and we could not have had a better day! We delivered some fun learning to the fifth grade students and teachers at Johnson Elementary. These amazing teachers wanted to focus on Language Arts, and in particular main idea and details. Each pair of ITRTs broke …

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Part 2

In the last post I talked about the first session that I taught called Digital Creations. If you didn’t read that one check it out. I have a few ideas on how you can use Photoshop and Premiere Pro in your classroom. The second session Continue reading

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#TechTakeout Gets Creative At Carver!

Today the #TechTakeout crew went over to Carver Elementary to work with some amazing kindergarten students and teachers! We had a blast working on some Math skills on both iPads and computers. As a group we made sure to focus on particular skills that the students had trouble with throughout the year. Even though we …

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