Tech Talk at LTPS
K-3 Elementary Technology with Mrs. Miller
Spring 2015 - Ben Franklin students increasing their technological content knowledge!
The last marking period of our school year is in progress and our Ben Franklin students are engaged in technology.
First grade students are creating online stories and publishing to the web using Carnegie Mellon's My Storymaker (link below). Digital storytelling is a dynamic way to select characters, settings, and write adventures using their own words. My Storymaker was selected as one of the "Best Websites for Teaching & Learning" by the American Association of School Librarians.
Second grade students will be introduced to robotics in preparation for their third grade WeDo robotics experience. We will share videos from BrainPop and discuss the importance of robotics in manufacturing, medicine, engineering and how it is transforming our world.
Third grade has been fine tuning their word processing skills using Microsoft Word which aligns with many of the features students will be using with Google Docs in 4th grade next year. Formatting, inserting pictures, paragraphs, aligning text, are just some of the functions they are using. Third grade is also getting ready for their final robotic build using WeDo Legos. They will be connecting, playing, constructing, and programming their robots.
Bee-Bot Robots in Kindergarten
Kindergarten students are exploring robotics using Bee-Bot Robots. They are creating algorithms, and programming the robot to go forward, backwards, left and right. This unique experience for kindergarten is teaching them about coding, directions, problem solving, estimation, sequencing, and collaborating with their classmates. Watch the video of Mrs. Zegarski demonstrating how to program the Bee Bot with her students. We thank the LTEF for funding this grant.
Mrs. Frederick's Students use sight words with the Bee-Bot Robots!
Free Web Sites for K-3
Interactive Sites for Education
Best curriculum sites for K-5
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/My Storymaker
Create Online Story and Publish to the Web
Suggested iPad apps
Vocabulary and Spelling City
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id538407602?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8
Contact Information
Email: lamiller@ltps.org
Website: http://www.ltps.org/webpages/lmiller/
Location: Lawrence Township, NJ, United States
Phone: 609-671-5595
Twitter: @LindaAKMiller
Winter Blast 2015
http://technnologywithmrsmiller.weebly.com/ben-franklin-winter-blast-make-a-robot.html