Remind 101

Several DFT teachers have been using an amazing tool called Remind 101 to communicate with students in a safe and secure matter.  

First a teacher sets up an account and creates a class.  The teacher then gives a code to students and parents that they can either text to a specific number or email to a specific address to be enrolled in the class.  Teachers can schedule reminders about upcoming assignments, last minute schedule changes, and anything else they might need to remind students about.  The teacher's phone number is kept private, and the students are listed by their name in her class list and not their phone number or email.  This help keeps both teacher and student information private between the two parties.  

Art Students use PhotoStory to tell about their art

In Ms. Austen's art class, students created a class Photostory to record an explanation of their art work.

Using Paper Slides to show what 1st graders are thankful for.

First graders created a Paper Slideshow to show what they are thankful for.  Thank you First Grade for sharing.

Mrs. Ross's Class

Mrs. Grimes's Class

Mrs. Grimes's Class Shows how good citizens are represented through symbols

Mrs. Grimes's first grade class explain good citizens through pictures.

5th Grade Students Collaborate with their Teacher Using Google Docs

2nd through 5th grade students and teachers are really excited that they can now collaborate on an assignment such as a reading reflection. Students and teachers can collaborate in real time, thus making instructional time and student conferences more efficient.

Mrs. Thompson class uses the ActivBoard to work their Daily Five math

Mrs. Thompson's 2nd grade class has been using the ActivBoard to work their Daily Five math. This allows students to compare answers next to each other and allows the teacher to save the work done on the ActivBoard

Using the "Bucket Buddy" system to learn to log on

Mrs. Small's 5th class and Mrs. Thompson's 2nd grade class are "Bucket Buddies". They took filling each other's bucket to a new level when Mrs. Small's class came down to teach their 2nd grade friends how to log on to the computer using the new log on credentials. The 5th grade students walked them through logging on and logging off and then turned the 2nd graders loose to try for themselves. Afterwards, the 5th graders helped navigate their friends through the new website to help them find the link to take an AR test.