At our last staff development day we spent the afternoon discussing ways to incorporate all of the new “tools” in the building. There are NOOK tablets, NEXUS tablets, iPads, iPad minis, & iTouches. Through grants & what we as a campus have added you guys are becoming techmazing! (Shout out to Tammy for attempting to […]
I have a great post on math stations boiling but before I can organize all those thoughts, I must introduce you to this site…or even more importantly, this game… 5th grade is talking about prime numbers right now, which would tie right into this, but I think with the mental math and model drawing that we are
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Had the opportunity last week to visit classrooms at a neighboring campus. It was SO much fun! I loved getting to see their different styles of hall way management, cafeteria crowd control, and even some fun math lessons! I wanted to share some of the center greatness that I saw. Why was I impressed? Well,
I was contacted by Craig Badura, a K-5 media/technology integrationist, also known from the That Guy in the Library Blog. He was interested in collaborating with different classes on a mystery skype/Voice Thread project. We set up a three way project amongst classes of second graders. Each student was asked to draw a landmark that could
That’s not a lolly pop offer, 🙂 I’m talking mysteries! Came across a great scholastic site this morning, that has entranced my Lion Leaders. It combines problem solving with their natural mystery loving tendencies. It’s a great site for teachers. It offers audio support for those who have difficultly reading and has the option to
We’ve been talking about writing LO’s and I walked around and saw some REALLY good examples on campus yesterday! I know that many of you are still unsure of what you’re actually writing so I did some research. I found many sites that supported the use of LO’s in the classroom, and even some
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There’s just no end to the great jokes I could make using the word “app”, is there?? 🙂 Last night’s #tichat was a fast and furious hour detailing some of the favorite apps that we’ve seen used in the classroom. One of the hardest thing with using the iPad/iTouch/iPhone in the classroom is finding the time
(caveat: I don’t like guns. my title does not endorse guns. or bullets. :)) (another caveat: this is also not about a blender.) One of the first conversations that my principal engaged me in was about the use of “workbooks”. While it wasn’t a practice that his mindset and philosophy embraced, he recognized that
the silver bullet… Read More »
Had the opportunity tonight to take part in a chat on Twitter, focusing on technology integration. It was a collective group of people, from ALL over, who had a vested interest in sharing and collaborating with other educators on the topic of…technology integration. Given my former role as facilitator and my passion as an assistant
Tech integration…need some ideas? Read More »
I have to get this idea down via blog so that I don’t forget to tell all you LL’s about it come Fall. If you weren’t already aware, our awesome PTA bought web cams for all the classrooms that didn’t already have one. (YEA!) I know several classrooms that had some Skypeccess this year, 🙂