I will be presenting Tech-enabled Learning with Wixie and Makerspace at the GAETC Conference November 2 at 3:15 to 4:10. I hope to see you there!
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I am so excited to have the opportunity to present at this year’s Henry County Technology Fair on July 20. Here is a link to my presentation. 🙂
Coding with Elementary Students…
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Today I introduced my students to Eagle and Star, our new Sphero robots. Needless to say, the kids LOVE them and were very excited to see all the apps that can make these little balls come to life!
My favorite apps to use with Sphero are:
Sphero Draw n’ Drive; With this app, students can draw a simple design on the screen of the Ipad and then press play to see the Sphero create the design on the floor.
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Today, we took on CODING! It was frustrating, amazing and worth it! Checkout the short video below to see how excited the kids were when they got the hang of it.
To learn more about coding visit code.org/learn
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This is just a basic list of vocabulary strategies and sites that you can use with students to help with developing vocabulary. I pulled all these sites together after an AWESOME Twitter chat at #GAED last Thursday night. If you have the time, please join us at 8pm EST each Thursday.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Creative Educator – Make Comprehension Work Fun with Choice Boards
Below is a link to my article on Wixie and using student voice and choice for completing comprehension projects instead of quizzing students with less Depth of Knowledge questioning. I have also included some student samples for you to see what products the students at my school are producing with Wixie.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The War of the Worlds and Evaluating Reliable Sources
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was never a big seller. It sat on many a library shelf, never being checked out until the night of Oct. 30, 1938. Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater hosted a radio broadcast that night that scared Americans half to death.…
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I recently taught a lesson on Primary Sources to 4th and 5tgh grade students. This is a lesson that I have always struggled with. Not because it is difficult to teach, but because it can be difficult to keep students attention so they understand the concept. …
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Recently, I have seen many presentations where it looks like an artist is drawing during the presentation. I absolutely love these videos and have become somewhat obsessed with wanting to learn how to make one myself.
Below are some examples that I have recently made.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Feeling Spooky?? Here’s a mystery lesson I teach with 4th and 5th graders
A little background first
I hope all of this will make sense. I have tweaked this lesson a lot over the last few years. It can be changed easily to meet the needs of your students and to match your curriculum, textbooks or online webquest tools that you might use instead.
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