West+Riverside



West Riverside Elementary

Ms. Saxton- 2/3 STAR classroom

I spent two weeks with Ms. Saxton's class. Our lessons on plants during the first week consisted of learning how to use technology to find information on a topic. In doing this we discussed what a search engine is and the students were introduced to [|Nettrekker] to research their topic. They were asked to gather information on their topics by using the search resources we learned during the week. In addition, the students had the chance to use my [|Flip Cams]. We took a walk outside to observe and take pictures of examples of plants and their parts.

On week two, the students were given a [|Glogster] account and a general template to build their project. Ms. Saxton's class used their technology resource time to add the information they researched on their topic into their Glog. Additional lessons for the students included how to change their text characteristics, use Google to find images, changing their backgrounds to help support their topic. The students completed their task and the teacher shared that she was going to continue using Glogster in the future. Below are a few examples of completed projects.

[|Jemme and Bradley] [|Abigail and Victoria] [|Shawn and Arturo]

Second Round- Ms. Saxton wanted the students to explore the planets and the solar system. From there she gave me the liberty to work with whatever technology tools that I wanted to. We explored [|BrainPop.com], which the students enjoyed! In addition, I shared several of my space/solar system websites with the students to explore for information and interactive games. The students also tried some of the space and moon apps on the iPad.

Ms. Scharps-4/5 STAR classroom I also spent two weeks with Ms. Scharps' class. Our lessons during the first week consisted of learning how to use technology to find information on a topic. The students were introduced to [|Nettrekker] to research their topic, which was matter. They were asked to gather information on their topics by using the search resources we learned during the week. In addition, we went exploring around the school for examples of matter (solids, liquids, and gases). The students used [|Flip Cams] to take pictures of their examples.

On week two, the students were given a [|Glogster] account and a general template to build their project. Ms. Scharps' class used their technology resource time to add the information they researched on their topic into their Glog. Additional lessons for the students included how to change their text characteristics, use Google to find images, changing their backgrounds to help support their topic. The students completed their task and the teacher shared that she was going to continue using Glogster in the future. Below are a few examples of completed projects.

[|Samantha] [|Orion] [|Ezekial] [|Tionna]

Check out the rubric we used to assess our work!



Second Round- Movie time! Ms. Scharps requested that I work with her students on Graphing. We discovered several activities that related to why we use graphs and what it takes to make a graph. The students were given an account on the website, [|xtranormal.com]. Then the students worked with their partner to create a movie that explained graphing and why we use graphs for math. They enjoyed creating their movies!
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