Sadie+Tillis



Ms. Burgess-4/5 STAR Class What a great class! Ms. Burgess' class was the first group to use the school's laptop cart and the laptops inside of it. On our first day of technology, I prepared the students for using the laptops properly and also how to use the cart for storing the laptops. The students were excited to finally log-on to the computers and begin exploring. The first topic Ms. Burgess wanted the students to work on was Multiplication and Division. The students were introduced to [|Nettrekker] where they began to explore different sites that would help them with their math skills. The sites were varied in what they offered, for example, some had games the students could play, where others had formulas and practice scenarios for the students to work out. I also introduced a fun site to them that would challenge their skills, which was called [|Oswego]. The next week, Ms. Burgess wanted the students to work on developing great stories. So I decided to teach the students how to use [|Kerpoof]. There the students would be able to build their own stories with as much detail as they could come up with. We started off by talking about what a story consists of. Then we moved into the structure of a story and how most times a story has a conflict, events to solve that conflict and a solution at the end. After discussing with the students what story structure meant they were on their way to creating their own masterpiece! Take a look at the wonderful work from Ms. Burgess' Authors. [|Besria] [|Deonte] [|John]

Second Round- Her class was delighted to see me and was excited that I had come back to see them. Ms. Burgess asked me to work with the students on ecosystems. On the first day, the students used the website [|BrainPop.com]. On the website the students search the topic they are given (Ecosystems) and then BrainPop! will provide the students with an educational animated video, in the video the students are given vocabulary that relates to their topic that they searched. In addition, the site also gives the students activities, reading and writing about the topic, and also links to similar topics. The students enjoyed exploring the site. On the second day, the students learned how create a [|PowerPoint]. I introduced them to the basics of how to create a new slide, search for information on various websites and add it to your slides, last I showed them how to save a picture from an outside source and insert it into their PowerPoint. Finally, on the last day, the students were given time to use the class set of iPads to use the educational apps that were previously loaded on the iPads. Even Ms. Burgess joined us!

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Ms. Penny-2/3 STAR Class Ms. Penny wanted her students to work on learning about plants and their parts. In addition, she wanted them to practice regrouping with subtraction. I shared with the students how to use [|Nettrekker] to search for exciting games and activities that related to regrouping with subtraction. The students also used Nettrekker to research plant facts. After a few days of using Nettrekker, I introduced the students to [|Glogster]. They were instructed that they would be using Glogster to make a digital poster, which they were excited about. Each student was assigned their own account to create their poster. We discussed how to use the tools to set up the poster. The students were to label the plant picture and also put three facts in the hearts below the plant diagram. Each poster was assessed using a rubric which you will find below. Sneak a peek at their posters.

[|Jonathan] [|Matthew] [|Courtney]

Second Round- Ms. Penny asked me to work with her students on the water cycle. As I always do, I shared one of my favorite resources with her class that they can use at home. I introduced the class to [|BrainPop], on which they searched out activities, etc. relating to the water cycle. Like Ms. Burgess’ class, the students were introduced to PowerPoint and how it can be used in their classroom for presenting something they have been learning about. I shared with them the “basics” of how to use a [|PowerPoint]and we found their information and images that they wanted to put into their presentation. The students created their PowerPoint and were proud of what they had accomplished. After completing their presentation, the students used the last day that I was with them to work on the iPads.