ITRT News and Updates
Elementary - March 2014
It's your lucky day! This month's newsletter features lessons, activities, and resources that have been recently added to Tech Ponds for Teachers (TPfT) as well as ways technology has been used across the county. Read! Enjoy! Get inspired! Contact your ITRT to get started on any of these ideas in your own classroom.
Kindergarten:
- ABC Match - Students circle the picture that goes with the beginning consonant. This lesson is available in the Notebook software, but can also be completed on Nearpod using iPads. Email tletter@hcps for the Nearpod activity.
- Creating an ABC Book - An app-smashing activity using Pic Collage and VoiceThread on the iPads.
- Sight Words QR Code Scavenger Hunt - List 1, List 2, List 3 and List 4
- Tally Marks- Students scan QR codes with an iPad to reveal numbers. They use the Doodle Buddy to draw tally marks that match the number.
- Numbers 10-20 - Students scan QR codes with an iPad to reveal a number. They use Doodle Buddy to add the same number of stamps and practice writing the number.
2nd Grade
3-5 Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
- Out of this Park - Web Searches Notebook Lesson (Under Research)
Technology Integration Examples
Padlet
Padlet - An online digital graffiti wall
- Kindergarten - Thanksgiving Wall
- 3rd Grade - Black History Month Honor Wall
- Kindergarten - Valentines Wall
Pic Collage
Pic Collage (iPads) - An easy way to create collages or posters
QR Codes
Students Creating QR Codes:
- 4th Grade - Black History Month using Vocoroo (an online voice recorder)
- All Grades - Books being read aloud on video - Gingerbread Boy Stories & Cinderella Stories
Thinglink
Thinglink - A way to make images interactive
- 3rd Grade Animal Research Links
- 4th Grade - American Revolution (Students created the Thinglinks)
Graphite App Flows
Are you in a rut? Can't seem to figure out how to incorporate technology easily. App flows on Graphite are lesson ideas that show how technology has been integrated in some or all parts of a complete lesson: hook, direct instruction, guided practice, independent practice, and wrap up. Click the link and get inspired!
Are you a 21st Century Teacher?
One of the signs of a 21st Century Teacher is that you share, share, share! Do you have any examples of effective technology integration in your classrooms? Email your ITRT with a brief lesson description and student artifact to have a chance to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.
- SMARTBoard: Level 2 - March 11 - 4-5 PM (CMS)
- Edmodo: Level 1 - March 13 - 4-5 PM (OKMS)
- iPads: Appy Hour - Level 3 - March 18 - 4-5 PM (OKMS)
- Microsoft Office Basics: PPT & Publisher - March 18 - 4-5 PM (HHS)
- Edmodo: Level 2 - March 20 - 4-5 PM (OKMS)
- Blackboard: Level 3 - March 25 - 4-5 PM (HHS)
Register here for any of the above sessions! View the full calendar here.
Funny HA HA!
16 things you can do while actively monitoring during standardized testing
(Disclaimer: For humor only!)
Good luck 5th Grade Teachers on the upcoming Writing SOL!