Tech 4 U
November 15, 2016
Design Thinking in Your Classroom
thelaunchcycle.com is a great place to learn more about how you can implement Design Thinking into your classroom. There are launch projects, Creative Classroom courses and resources, a How- To Webinar and a chance for you to participate in the Global Day of Design.
The LAUNCH Cycle: A Design Thinking Frameword for K-12 Students
Great Coding Resource!
Friday Code.org released their 2016 Hour of Code activities. This year instead of releasing one new activity, they organized all coding tools in one easy location. Be sure to check it out at Code.org.
Ask and Respond in Google Slides
Around the District
3rd Grade students work on their Chromebooks to learn more about GAFE.
Contact Us!
We would love to come to your room and teach a lesson. Here are just a few of the lessons we are teaching in the classrooms.
- Pixel Art
- MinecraftEDU
- BreakoutEDU A Bad Case of Stripes (Context Clues) 3-5
- BreakoutEDU Digital Citizenship sessions for grades 2-5
- General BreakoutEDU
- Create a digital post card using Google Slides
- Create a Mystery Number, Person, Place, or Thing with Google Slides
- Lesson on Tour Builder
- Create Student Portfolios using Google Sites
- Pick from a number of Google Projects
- Graph data using Google Sheets
- Research lessons
- Technology Playground Centers
- Code Lessons
- Google Drive lessons with the Do's and Don'ts of creating a Google Slide Presentation
- Read an Augmented Reality Digital Book with a writing extension activity using Google Docs
- Reading Centers with iPad
- Digital Citizenship Lessons
- Research Lessons
We would love to learn from you! Please invite us into your classroom to see all the engaging ways you are using technology in your classroom.
Need Help?
Sara Carpenter's Schedule:
Tuesday- Riverchase
Wednesday- South Shades Crest
Thursday- Shades Mountain
Tuesday - Deer Valley Elementary
Wednesday - Bluff Park Elementary
Thursday - Greystone Elementary
Contact Karen to schedule
Link to Help Form: http://goo.gl/forms/FSrkrKVktU
Melanie Haynes's Schedule:
Contact Melanie to schedule
Jamie Nutter's Schedule:
Tuesday - Gwin
Wednesday - Green Valley
Thursday - Rocky Ridge