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Tacos & Technology: a parent tech night!

December 17, 2013 by Amber Leave a Comment

Tonight is our tacos and technology night! We’re inviting parents in to hear where we are going as a campus using Twitter and to help them understand/get involved in our conversation!

My initial invite for Technology & Tacos spelled out the “who” should come, modeled after Sam LeDeaux, up in Chicago, who was so helpful while I was planning this event.

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We also mentioned it EVERY day until the event. A local mexican restaurant gave us a great deal on tacos (!!!) and we will be providing devices for those who don’t have one to bring. I have staff and an amazing number of parents helping facilitate as well as watching lil’wildcats that come with their parents.

I’ll be distributing this click sheet for them to take home Signing Up for Twitter (spanish: Cómo empezar en Twitter) and talking through this presentation, Final T&T tech night.

This site will also be able to be accessed through this QR code. 🙂 I plan on streaming this event and will link that broadcast back to this site as well, for those parents who are unable to make it.

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Amber

 

 

Filed Under: Leadership, Parents, Social Media, Staff Development Tagged With: #cpchat, #parents, #qrcodes, #twitter

Spelling fun for 1st grade

April 11, 2013 by Amber Leave a Comment

chartMrs.Bennet came down this week SO excited about a spelling activity that she had done with her students. QR codes have taken Luna by storm and we’ve seen some great lessons by both teachers and students.

Primary students can be difficult, I know some teachers are hesitant to let the little ones get their hands on these tools. Well, Mrs. Bennett isn’t scared! 🙂 She created a review to help engage her students with those boring ol’spelling words.

Each code revealed a clue to one of their words for the week. the students had to identify the word based on the clue and then spell it correctly on their paper.

If you’re interested using QR codes in your class room, but not sure how to go about it, see if you can find inspiration here. Plenty of ideas to get ya started!

More suggestions?

Award prizes by having students scan a code leading to fun message from you! An animated gif or classroom “badge”. When they master a concept on say fractions,  perhaps they get a code that takes them to a badge for Fraction Rockstar!

Put codes in different areas of the room that will take students to different online activities, videos or content. An easy center or “when you’re finished” activity!

A great way to provide optional activities for students who want to excel is to simply put the code on the class assignment and let them follow it to the extension activity or question. It won’t take up much space, and might facilitate a little excitement about the extension assignment.

Love that all of these activities have a purpose…remember that using technology for the sake of technology isn’t a benefit for your students. All of your activities should have a goal that ties into your learning objectives. 🙂

 

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Amber

 

 

 

Filed Under: Classroom Integration Tagged With: #qrcodes

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