Category Archives: scratch
#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 …
Get Those Students Coding!
Are you interested in getting your students to begin coding? I know that it sounds like a daunting task, especially if you don’t know how to code yourself. Never fear, there are TONS of resources that you can use to jump start coding in your classroom! I know what you’re thinking, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Matt, …
#TechTakeout Comes to Lakeside
This week is our 5 Schools, 5 Days with Tech Takeout. The Tech Takeout crew is going to a different school every day and working on specific skills with students. Today was our first day and we kicked off 5 Schools, 5 Days at Lakeside Elementary School. We were so excited to work with the …
#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. …
MaKeyMaKey Workshop at Kaechele
Earlier this year our elementary ITRT team wrote a grant for a 3D printer and 27 MaKeyMaKeys. We haven’t received our MaKeyMaKeys yet, but luckily Kaechele Elementary, one of my schools has 3 already. I was able to pull small groups of 4th and 5th graders to do a quick introduction to how the MaKeyMaKeys work and what …
5th Grade Coding with Scratch
Computer Science Education week is coming up (Dec 9-15) and the goal is to give students the opportunity to practice coding and computer programming in a fun, simple way. The motive behind it is that computer programming jobs continue to be in high demand, but few students are exposed to writing code in school. So […] Continue reading
5th Grade Protractor Project
Fifth graders at Chamberlayne Elementary have been learning about angles and how to measure them with a protractor. They also have to know how to use a virtual protractor for their online SOL tests. So the teachers wanted me to practice these skills with their students. I thought what better way than to have the […] Continue reading
