Tech 4 U
March 21, 2017
Gwin Tech Night
Students were able to show off their knowledge and hard work in the classroom from the past several months to their parents, family, and friends. Great job teachers and students!
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO......
Slopes
Students learn about slope in the Maker Space at Trace.
Car Making
Students learn how to build cars at Trace.
Car Making
Students are working hard to get ready for the car race on Wednesday.
Around the District News
SMES & SSCES Google Hangout
Kindergarteners enjoy a hangout with SSC kindergarteners to talk about their egg hatching project.
Live Stream Egg hatching at SSC and SMES
Ms. Constantine at SSC
4th Graders participate in "Where are we?" skype with a group of teachers from Missouri.
Teacher Highlights
- Amanda Walker, 2nd grade teacher, from BPES has been selected to represent our state as a PBS Digital Innovator. She will represent our state at ISTE in San Antonio.
- Ashley Waring, 5th grade teacher at RRES and Vinny Chiaramonte, computer science teacher at Bumpus, were selected to be part of the Digital Literacy and Computer Science Course of Study Committee and Taskforce.
- Daniel Schaeffel, 4th grade teacher at RRES, received a grant to participate in the NBCT for Alabama.
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