3rd Grade using Tagxedo

3rd Grade students in Mrs. Turner's class used Tagxedo to create images using vocabulary to describe seasons.

Getting art class started

  Ms. Austen creates videos instructing the class on what they need to do to get class started.   This allows her class to self start while she is working to transition from one class to another.  

She has even left videos for teachers to show when they cover her classes. Not only are the videos full of instructions and directions so that everyone is prepared for their tasks -- they are fun, interesting and the kids respond to her on the video when she asked questions... even though they know she couldn't actually hear them. 

Owls

Hour of Code

Double File Trail joined millions of people across the world to participate in Hour of Code in honor of Computer Science Education Week.  Students and parents in Kinder-5th were engaged learning computer programming.  5th grade Robotic students loved helping Kinder and 1st grade students think through programming processes.

Using Symbaloo

Even after the school bell has rung for the summer, teachers are still looking for ways to use technology to simplify their life.  Mrs. Turner, created a Symbaloo for her third grade students to easily access resources that are relevant to them.

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.

Activotes for the Whole Class

Mrs. Bridendolph's third grade class was expanding their use of the interactive Promethean Board with the student response systems called Activotes. These devices are a great tool and an easy way to assess and include all of the students throughout the lesson. Miss Hintz went over Cause and Effect with the class to help review the different types of questions we can ask and vote on. Here a student is writing their opinion and the class will vote A for Thumbs up (they agree) or B for thumbs down (disagree). Great news, they all agreed that the causes would make the audience cheer!