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There has been a lot of new “buzz” about the flipped classroom idea all over the news, in conferences, and even on facebook. The overall concept is outlined below. Have you thought about doing this to your classroom?

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Third grade students in Mrs. Barnett’s class created their own flipcharts to share the information they learned about the frog and butterfly life cycles. They added actions, inserted videos, and used the screen recorder to record their presentations. If you have used Pixie and Keynote with your class then introducing ActivInspire should be a natural […] Continue reading →

Thirteen fourth graders took the challenge of impressing a group of astronomers with their knowledge of the planets. As part of the new science curriculum, all 4th grade students researched a chosen planet. Students were given a wide range of resources. These included nonfiction books, OneSearch, Sweet Search, and Ask.com. Using Googledocs, students recorded and […] Continue reading →

Submitted by: Mary Barnett, Emily Byrd, Kathi Charlson, Keri Richardson
Collaborators: Caroline Jonic, Celeste Young
School: Ridge ES
Summary
To address the current real-world social concern of bullying in our schools, monthly classroom meetings were h… Continue reading →

Submitted by: Amy Jefferson
School: Jackson Davis ES
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This lesson was created to help students have a deeper understanding of winter holidays around the world and in their own homes. Students researched winter holidays on the computer, generate… Continue reading →

Submitted by: Stephanie Biller
Collaborators: Nancy Essid
School: Ridge ES
Summary
Students were given a challenge to design a digital presentation of one state in the Southeast Region of the United States. Each group worked collaboratively to do rese… Continue reading →

I checked the DS106 website to get some creative ideas about projects that could be done with my students and found the assignment for the Movie Trailer Mashups.  I was instantly inspired by Oscar’s Transformer mashup.  I wanted to choose &#823… Continue reading →

Submitted by: Eric Hilton
School: Trevvett ES
Summary
This lesson will challenge students and allow them the freedom to choose which technology piece they would like to use. It also encourages cooperative group work by having students decide which roc… Continue reading →

So much learning takes places within the classroom walls, but how can we take the information and relate it to the world around the students? We can frame lessons around real world problems to allow critical thinking to take place at a deeper level, but we can also communicate in other ways. Students can communicate […] Continue reading →

Today’s The Daily Create asks users to take a color photo and make it black and white.  I took 2 shots of the Washington Monument and changed the color setting in iPhoto.               Continue reading →