Washington Tech Tidbits
Washington School - October 17, 2016 - Rachel Labuz
Vote!
The 2016 election is quickly approaching! Brittney and I have setup a forum through PebbleGo for your students to "cast their vote" in the upcoming election!
Voting is currently open! The voting window closes on November 8, 2016 at 5:00 pm. We will share our school's results on the morning of November 9.
If you are interested, here is how your students can participate in the PebbleGo election:
- Go to www.pebblego.com/vote
- Choose "Vote!" from the top navigation
- Select "My school is registered to vote"
- Type in our school's voting code: IL1409
- Select Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump
- Click Vote!
If you'd like to print these directions for your students, please click here.
Voting is currently open! The voting window closes on November 8, 2016 at 5:00 pm. We will share our school's results on the morning of November 9.
Election Materials
Check out this folder of election materials from PebbleGo. It contains:
- Worksheets that students can complete about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
- Lesson plans on the 2016 election and the democratic voting process (with accompanying student activities)
- Directions on how to participate in the online vote
Halloween Magnetic Poetry
Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning created a Halloween-themed magnetic poetry template on Google Drawing. There are nearly 100 words on the template. It can be used independently or as a whole-class activity. Feel free to delete words you want to omit. To add your own word magnet, make a text box, and fill it with a white background.
Click here to try it out!
Halloween Videos from SciShow Kids
Check out this blog post by Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers for 4 Halloween/fall-related videos by SciShow Kids.
Video topics include:
- bats (embedded below)
- spiders
- skeletons
- the changing color of leaves
Here is a direct link to the YouTube playlist that contains all 4 videos.
3 Fun Facts About Bats!