Melanie Ruiz – Page 6 – 21st Century Educator

Virtual Manipulatives

Mrs. Ruiz

February 26, 2015

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…

Apple Applications

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Spelling Story of the Week

Mrs. Ruiz

January 29, 2015

This week’s story is by… There once was a puppy named Melissa. Melissa had an owner named Ashlyn. They were perfect for each other. On Ashlyn’s birthday she and the puppy would blow out the candles together. When Ashyln would come home from school and her Mom opened the door handle the puppy would jump…

Spelling Stories

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Our Avatars!

Mrs. Ruiz

January 29, 2015

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…

Apple Applications, Class News, Classroom Ideas, Educational Technology

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Avatars!

Mrs. Ruiz

January 28, 2015

In an effort to make the class website and online activities more fun, I have decided to have the class make avatars of themselves that I can use when sharing their work publicly while protecting their identities. We are using the free iOS app called “Avatar Creator” in the Apple App Store. I did look in…

Apple Applications, Classroom Ideas, Educational Technology

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Sample Distance Education Mini-Lesson

Mrs. Ruiz

January 27, 2015

(This post is designed to meet the requirements for the Distance Education Mini-Lesson as assigned by GCU TEC 571) Lesson Format: Hybrid “A hybrid lesson is a combination of modalities and technology with face to face instruction.” I chose this format as it is closest to my actual teaching environment. The lesson is designed as…

Graduate Studies

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The Imagination Machine

Mrs. Ruiz

January 22, 2015

We recently had an assembly by “The Imagination Machine” brought to us by our PTA. The students really enjoyed it and afterward they were tasked with writing their own stories. After we brainstormed of “who, what, where” students wrote, and had a good time doing so. They practiced the writing process and improved their pieces.…

Class News

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Yoobi

Mrs. Ruiz

January 15, 2015

We were recently were gifted with a box of supplies from Yoobi. The class was surprised and thrilled to get such lovely new school supplies. They were just in time too, we were about to color and sort triangles and quadrilaterals! Thank you Yoobi!

Class News, Classroom Ideas

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Instructional Design Principles and Distance Education

Mrs. Ruiz

January 14, 2015

The following post has been prepared for GCU TEC-571 Distance Learning in Education and addresses the following prompt: “Select three instructional design principles (i.e., graphic cues, examples, combinations of instruction) that you feel should be more developed for learners within distance education courses.” My present academic experience in an online Masters program is my first…

Graduate Studies

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Introducing….Spelling Story of the Week!

Mrs. Ruiz

January 13, 2015

In order to promote better spelling, I have decided to publish a student spelling story to my website as a special treat to my students. As a proponent of educational technology, I would have preferred my students type and publish their stories themselves, but in light of the limited technology we possess in my classroom…

Spelling Stories

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Happy New Year!

Mrs. Ruiz

January 13, 2015

School is back in session and we are back at school learning and working on our Common Core standards for 3rd grade. I know how excited the kids are after a long break and I wanted to give them a couple of opportunities to share in fun ways. First I told the class they would…

Classroom Ideas

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