The past few weeks I have been doing some lessons with my K-2 classes on how to publish our stories digitally. We call this digital storytelling. Sounds hard, but its really now! Its FUN! You write sentences and draw pictures just like you would in a journal or on paper, but in the end you record the story and it turns into an awesome video. This first time we have used the Educreations iOS app and we hope to try some other apps before the end of this school year! Check out some of the student samples!! Feel free to comment and give them some feedback!
This past week we had some extra time to learn about rocks and we will be doing this with my other 4th grade classes this week. There is something powerful to be said about learning through songs. We had so much fun learning about the 3 types of rocks and how they form through song that we had to show off a little.
https://www.facebook.com/163017263741131/videos/1016056425103873/ We are starting Rock reports by choosing a rock sample that we are researching on Google and finding facts about our rock, where on Earth we can find our rock, its luster, and color. We have also learned to use he identification cards to ID our rock samples and their type. The 3 types of rock are Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary. See if you can hear how they are formed in our performance of Mr. Parr's 3 Types of Rocks song! In the past few weeks in my technology classes we have been using Nearpod to study our various topics. The students had some great feedback about Nearpod. A lot of them liked that everyone got access to what was showing on the screen and that they ALL got a chance to answer when it came time for questions, examples and the quiz. Several stated that it took boring stuff and made it fun! So what are we learning?
5th graders have been studying the different functions of cells and why the are important to our body. 4th graders are studying rocks and how they are formed. 3rd graders are learning about matter and its 3 states. Their favorite feature on Nearpod was the Draw IT application that let them draw examples and label pictures to show what they have learned. |
Melissa TedderThis blog is a place to share Tech Highlights and ideas for my SGE Cheetah team of Tech Nerds! I am also starting my Graduate degree in Instructional Technology so as I come across ideas in class that may be helpful....I will talk them out here, feel free to respond with your thoughts or ask more! Archives
November 2015
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