public education
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Avatars!
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…
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Sample Distance Education Mini-Lesson
(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…
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The Imagination Machine
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.…
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Happy New Year!
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…
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Objective Assessments
Are tests the only objective assessment of student learning? “If assessment is to be a positive force in education, it must be implemented properly. It cannot be used to merely sort students or to criticize education. Its goals must be to improve education. Rather than ‘teach to the test,’ we must ‘test what we teach.’”…
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Drug Free is the Way to Be!
Next week is Red Ribbon Week and my class made a poster for the school-wide contest. I had to find a way to get tech involved so I had the class make a movie about the effect of drugs. There is a QR code on our poster that will lead those who scan it to…
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Technology Infused Classroom
When thinking about what a technology infused classroom looks like, I found I agreed with what the Innovative Designs for Education Corporation published as it’s 10 core principles of successful “learner-active, technology-infused” (LATI) classrooms: Learning from a Felt Need High Academic Standards Higher-Order, Open-Ended Problem-Solving Student Responsibility for Learning Connected Learning Collaboration Individual Learning Paths…
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Red Ribbon Week
Hello Families! Next week is Red Ribbon Week at Dorothy Grant Elementary. The image above is what we have planned for the students to do to celebrate and reinforce the importance of being drug free. It is important to note that on Tuesday for sports attire day that we ask students to avoid wearing anything…
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3rd Annual Target Sports Lunch
Hello Families, Tomorrow we will have Target visiting us at lunchtime to teach the kids new games to play at recess. Please send them dressed ready for activity (sneakers, no sandals). Please click the link below for full details. Target Sport Lunch ~Mrs. Ruiz
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