Oceanway

Oceanway Elementary

**Ms. Simmons- 2/3 STAR classroom**

Ms. Simmons’ class really knows their stuff! Ms. Simmons let me have her class for the hour that I was with them and we hit the ground running! I began my work with the students by showing them [|Nettrekker] and how they can use it to search out activities and games that will help their learning. The students and I began to talk about what Reading Strategies are and why we need them, for their exploration of Nettrekker, the students had several topics to search. They were easily able to talk about them because they had been working on them in their classroom already. From there the students were given an account on the website [|Xtranormal] where they could make their own movie. I walked the students through the tools on the website and modeled an example of how to implement the tools. The students were then given time to create their movie in which they would have two characters having a conversation about their assigned reading strategy with an example. On one of our days together, the computer cart we were using had been checked out so we were without our laptops. Luckily, I had brought a set of iPads with me. Each of the groups worked together to research their topic so that they would have more information and examples to add to their movie. They really enjoyed working on their projects and were asking me to come back as soon as I could. [|TonyaKaitlyn] [|YolandaTyler] [|EmonyeLilian] [|DeonteTyrone] [|ZacharyWyatt] [|BrittanyCheyenne] [|MarvenTroy] [|ChrisTrenton] [|KarmenKanijia]

Second Round- The students were not given a specific topic about math that they had to use. I offered up several topics the students were very familiar with and certain websites that they were to use. During my time with them we practiced searches for math topics and how to improve our searches. The students were given a time frame that they were to practice with their searching tools and could play math games. The only thing that was asked of them is that they not go to their same sites that they always to go until the time was up. The students found new sites that caught their interest and said that they would like to use them in addition to the ones they already use.

Ms. Gordon- 4/5 STAR classroom

Due to scheduling, I was only able to meet with Ms. Gordon's class for a few days. We made the best of it though! The students used the class set of iPads to research and play games about the solar system. All of the students were super behaved and enjoyed their technology time. We even had a scavenger hunt using the iPads to find the answers to specific solar system questions that I asked them. They were engaged with the iPads and computers for the time that I was able to work with them!

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Second Round-

Similar to Ms. Simmons’ class and her activities, but their focus was in regards to water and the water cycle. They seemed to enjoy using their search tools and finding new sites that pertained to water and the water cycle.