This week's teacher feature comes from two amazing high school teachers working hard through the end of the school year. Ms. Ashley Coleman and Mr. Corey Bittle had their students create a project from any area of interest that they studied throughout the course of the year. Ms. Coleman explains it best, "The project was a review of all content studied in the ninth grade course Academic American Studies II this year. Students were asked to create any project of interest of any material studied in the curriculum. Students spent six days in class using technology, art supplies, textbooks and notes to represent their favorite era, decade, historical figure, or event. Project submissions included music videos, dioramas, paintings, journals, website creations, scrapbooks, comic strips, children's books, play skits, short novels, memory boxes, newspapers, and many others. Students then viewed all peers work in a gallery walk as a way to honor the work but also to revisit historical context from the entire school year." I was amazed that some of the students created Minecraft projects and others used Python programming language for their projects! Great job Ms. Coleman and Mr. Bittle!
This week's teacher feature comes from LHS and Ms. Lindsey Kress. Here is what she had to say, "My Keystone Biology students did an inquiry activity on lab equipment in the Chemistry classroom. They researched a chemistry demonstration that could be done in 1 period. They then collected a list of materials and equipment that were needed for the demo. They had to identify the lab equipment and explain how to use it during their demo. Students took pictures and videos with their phones. Using the WeVideo app, students were able to produce a short video with their demo and the lab equipment. Student then uploaded their videos to Google Drive to share their finished video with me." This is a great way to put students in charge of their own learning! Great job Ms. Kress and classes!
This week's teacher feature is no stranger to technology tools in the classroom and she sure showed us how to utilize them to engage her students! Ms. Tracey Willet and her sixth graders were using Padlet, Answer Garden, and WeVideo to learn about Southern Asia in a Blended Learning model of station rotation. Here is what Ms. Willet had to say: "The students were rotating as groups to different stations to learn about South Asia. Padlet was utilized for them to create and share a haiku about the population in this region. They created public service announcements about pesticide use and its effects and recorded them on WeVideo. To get a big picture of South Asia the students put three words or ideas into Answer Garden." I want to congratulate Ms. Willet and her classes on utilizing technology in an effective manner!
This week's teacher feature showcases how one teacher and his classes have transformed math concepts into easy to memorize and even hard to forget songs! Mr. Lonnie Myers and his 8th grade math students are getting creative in memorizing some important mathematical skills. These students used phones and iPads along with an app called Video Star to create these awesome videos. Congrats to Mr. Myers and his classes and these videos are truly amazing. The videos below really speak for themselves!
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AuthorThis blog has been created by Mrs. Gabrielle Sipe, the K-12 tech integrator in the Littlestown Area School District, for the purpose of sharing tech tips with the school community. Archives
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