Category Archives: Nearpod

#TechTakeout Kicks off the Year With Reading at Shady Grove!

Last Friday at Shady Grove the Tech Takeout Crew went to Shady Grove to work with around 160 4th grade students for our first Tech Takeout of the 2016-2017 school year! Tech Takeout is when a group of ITRTs travel to different elementary schools once a month to teach a technology infused lesson. This group …

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Dumbarton Measures Fun With Tech Takeout!

Today the #TechTakeout crew headed to Dumbarton Elementary to hang out with their AMAZING 5th graders. We started out by introducing the students and their teachers to Nearpod. Mrs. Hues led the students through a Measurement Nearpod. She was able to control their computers and send them lots of practice items straight to their screens. …

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Posted in ABCya Talkify, Area, Build With Chrome, CheckThis, Circles, Lego, Measurement, Nearpod, Padlet, Perimeter, Storyboard That, Tech Takeout | Comments Off on Dumbarton Measures Fun With Tech Takeout!

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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#TechTakeout Has Fun With Fractions At Ratcliffe

Last Friday #TechTakeout had the pleasure of going out to Ratcliffe Elementary. We had a blast doing computation with fractions! We first started off doing a Kahoot to get everyone warmed up. It was 5 easy fraction questions, just enough to get everyone excited. Here’s the link to the Kahoot if you want to use …

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Posted in 3D Printing, 5th Grade, ABCya Talkify, Board Thing, Fractions, Google Slides, Kahoot, Math, Nearpod, Tech Takeout | Comments Off on #TechTakeout Has Fun With Fractions At Ratcliffe

#TechTakeout is the Word at Montrose Elementary!

Today the #TechTakeout crew headed over to Montrose Elementary to work on language arts! Mrs. Hues, the ITRT at Montrose, met with the Title I Reading Teacher, Kathy Rohr, to find the grade level and topic with the greatest need. The winners of the #TechTakeout party were 3rd grade! We came in to focus on …

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Posted in ActivInspire, Board Thing, Image Quest, Language Arts, Movie Maker, Nearpod, One Search, Padlet, Tumblebooks, Word Study | Comments Off on #TechTakeout is the Word at Montrose Elementary!

#TechTakeout Takes on Highland Springs!

Today was our third Tech Takeout this week! We are having a blast working with different schools and grade levels across the county. For our third adventure we trekked over to Highland Springs Elementary to work on word analysis skills. Each pair of ITRTs developed different hands on technology lessons to get the kids pumped …

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Posted in 3rd Grade, Antonyms, DoodleBuddy, Google Docs, Highland Springs, ipad, Language Arts, Nearpod, Padlet, Prefixes, Quizziz, Shadow Puppet, Suffixes, Synonyms, Tech Takeout, Vocaroo | Comments Off on #TechTakeout Takes on Highland Springs!

#TechTakeout Delivers Some Math To Baker Elementary School!

    Friday the Tech Takeout crew had the great opportunity of taking over 4th grade at Baker Elementary School! Math has been one of the focus areas of the school so we decided to bring the math in our activities. We had such a great day filled with fun hands on technology infused stations. …

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