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Minecraft Club Day 1
What an afternoon! After much anticipation (and three Skype orientations), the DGE Minecraft Club was officially in Minecraft together! I expected it to be chaotic and it certainly was. I spent most of the hour in tech support with parents who were not fully prepared for the amount of tech we are using, and I…
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New Apps!
Just before Spring Break I went to the CUE conference (CUE = Computer Using Educators). I have been to this conference before, but had taken some time off. I was so glad to be back. At CUE you learn a lot about what other teachers and schools are doing with technology in their classrooms. Part…
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Class Size Matters PSA
As a part of my online graduate studies in the area of Educational Technology, my assignment this week was to create a PSA (public service announcement) as a part of my Digital Storytelling class. The topic of the PSA was up to each student. I chose to do mine on one of my top three…
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Women’s History Submissions
The class worked so hard on their Women’s History Month assignment. The following students have been selected for submission to FTA’s Women’s History Month competition: Essays: Posters: Videos: “Leaders” “Artists” I appreciate all of the hard work of all of my students. More information will follow as to when the awards ceremony will take place.
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SBAC Test Practice
My class will be taking the state test (SBAC) on: Friday, April 10th Monday, April 13th Tuesday, April 14th Wednesday, April 15th Friday, April 24th Tuesday, April 28th Wednesday, April 29th Please make sure your child is at school and on time, have had a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast. There are practice…
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Virtual Manipulatives
Hello Families, I just wanted to share an app I found to use with the class for our work with fractions (it will also work with decimals and percents, so it will certainly come in handy for more than one use.) The app is simply called “Virtual Manipulatives” and is absolutely free. I found the…
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Our Avatars!
The class has been so excited to create their avatars, so of course I have to share them all! Each one of these was created by the individual student one of 3 of my own iPads that I bring to school to share with them, because I believe in the power of technology to engage…
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