Category Archives: webtools
5th Grade Animal Comics
Fifth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about vertebrates and invertebrates (SOL5.5b), so today students in Ms. Hall’s class created comics to help explain the difference between these two types of animals. We used StoryboardThat to create our comics. StoryboardThat is the best webtool around for creating comics because of its huge library of…
1st Grade Animal Sentences
First graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about animals in science (SOL1.5) and how to write complete sentences with a capital and a period in Language Arts (SOL1.13e). Today students in Ms. Lucas’ class used ABCYa! Storymaker to draw an animal of their choice and type a complete sentence about the animal. First we…
1st Grade Animal Sentences
First graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about animals in science (SOL1.5) and how to write complete sentences with a capital and a period in Language Arts (SOL1.13e). Today students in Ms. Lucas’ class used ABCYa! Storymaker to draw an animal of their choice and type a complete sentence about the animal. First we…
5th Grade Green Screen Videos
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been studying the ocean (SOL5.6), so today students in Ms. Adamonis’ class created green screen videos about the ocean. A green screen allows you to place a different image behind the speaker, making it look like the speaker is standing in or near the ocean, for example. It was…
3rd Grade Create a Holiday Logo
Third graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about being a good citizen and celebrating national holidays, like Veterans Day (SOL3.11). Students in Ms. Robinson’s class created their own national holiday, and today she asked me to help them make a logo to represent their holiday. First we talked about logos. They are easily recognized…
4th Grade Fire Safety Diagrams
October 9-15th is Fire Prevention week in memory of the famous Chicago Fire on October 9th, 1871. Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary had a visit from the fire truck today, and students in Ms. Harlow’s class created digital fire escape floor plans for their homes. First we discussed the importance of creating a plan for…
4th Grade Fire Safety Diagrams
October 9-15th is Fire Prevention week in memory of the famous Chicago Fire on October 9th, 1871. Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary had a visit from the fire truck today, and students in Ms. Harlow’s class created digital fire escape floor plans for their homes. First we discussed the importance of creating a plan for…
5th Grade Animated Rock Cycle
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary are currently studying the rock cycle (SOL5.7a,b), so students in Mr. Hilton’s class and Ms. Catlett’s class created animated rock cycles using Biteslide and Gickr. First we went to Biteslide to design the rock cycle diagram. Biteslide is a paid site, but you can use the Demo for free (click…
5th Grade Animated Rock Cycle
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary are currently studying the rock cycle (SOL5.7a,b), so students in Mr. Hilton’s class and Ms. Catlett’s class created animated rock cycles using Biteslide and Gickr. First we went to Biteslide to design the rock cycle diagram. Biteslide is a paid site, but you can use the Demo for free (click…
Techapalooza 2016
Every August we host an elementary technology conference here in Henrico, Virginia. This year it was called Techapalooza, and it had a music festival theme. We had a full day of presentations by fantastic educators sharing how they use technology in their classrooms. There were also food trucks, great door prizes, and DJs spinning summer-vibe…
