Category Archives: Padlet

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

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Matt Caratachea

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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Posted in 4th Grade, Context Clues, Google Slides, Main Idea, National Geographic, Nearpod, Newsela, Padlet, Popplet, shady grove, Storyboard That, Tech Takeout, Text Features, Videos, WeVideo | Comments Off

#TechTakeout Goes to Donahoe!

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Matt Caratachea

Today at Donahoe we focused on different math skills and had A BLAST! Stephanie Wright, the ITRT at Donahoe, met with the Title I math teacher to see which areas were in most need for 4th grade math. The Tech Takeout crew headed over to Donahoe to work on comparing numbers, rounding, graphing, fractions, and …

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Posted in Decimals, Google Slides, Kahoot, Math, Number Line, Padlet, scratch, Tech Takeout | Comments Off

#TechTakeout Goes to Donahoe!

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Matt Caratachea

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Dumbarton Measures Fun With Tech Takeout!

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Matt Caratachea

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

#TechTakeout is the Word at Montrose Elementary!

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

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

#TechTakeout Gets the Main Idea at Johnson!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

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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Posted in Children's Engineering, Clever, Details, Discovery Science, Google Docs, iPhone Fake Text, Johnson, Language Arts, Lino It, Main Idea, Makey Makey, Newsela, Padlet, PixiClip, Popplet, scratch, Tech Takeout, Todays Meet | Comments Off

Graphs and Padlet

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

Last year Jessica Robinson, an awesome Henrico County Elementary ITRT, blogged about using an awesome free online graphing tool on the Math is Fun website. This is a great resource because it is very similar to what the students will see at the end of the year on their SOL tests. I wanted to try …

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Posted in 3rd Grade, Graphing, Math, Padlet, Short Pump | Comments Off

#TechTakeout Rocks Out Reading at Glen Lea

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

Wow! Today marks the fifth day of 5 and 5, the Tech Takeout crew went to 5 different schools in 5 days to work in different grade levels on different math and language arts skills. As a group we discussed the areas of need in each of the schools we visited. The teachers provided us …

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Posted in BigHuge Labs, Bitstrips, Comic Life, Inferencing, Language Arts, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Padlet, Plickers, Reading, Synonyms, Tech Takeout, TodaysMeet, Trading Cards, Vocaroo | Comments Off

#TechTakeout Attacks Math at Ashe

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

Day 4 of our week long Tech Takeout extravaganza was AWESOME! We headed over to Arthur Ashe Elementary and focused on division, word problems, elapsed time, and line graphs in 5th grade. The students had a blast using a variety of technology while thinking critically. One more day left, and we are still excited! This …

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Posted in 5th Grade, Ashe, Division, EdPuzzle, Elapsed Time, Google, Google Maps, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Graphing, MaKeyMaKey, Math, Padlet, scratch, Word Problems | Comments Off

#TechTakeout Takes on Highland Springs!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

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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