May 14
Sock Puppet Music
Socks in Mrs. Howell’s class have been singing! Not student’s real socks, thank goodness, but virtual socks on the iPad app Sock Puppets! Take a look: Sock Puppet Music from Tina Coffey on Vimeo.
May 14
First Grade Needs and Wants
Students in Mrs. Atkin’s and Mrs. Glowenski’s classes created Needs and Wants Posters using Pic Collage on the iPads. They used the camera feature to take pictures of items around their classroom. Many students found creative ways to represent concepts, especially wants. I love that most any age can use Pic Collage. It is definitely one [...]
Apr 26
Who’s New at the GeoZoo?
Students in Mrs. Sharp’s 5th Grade class created creatures using their geometry skills to populate “The Geo-zoo.” Mrs. Sharp had done the activity years before using paper and shapes, but wanted to engage her students by using the iPads. We quickly were able to transfer the activity to a digital one. Thanks to the iPad [...]
Apr 17
Poetry Voicethreads
Mrs. Sander’s students created poetry Voicethreads with their orginal poems. Check them out!
Apr 17
App Spotlight: PicCollage
I absolutely LOVE Pic-Collage because it can be used in any subject or grade level. Think virtual poster. It’s safe (you can turn off the ability to pull pictures from the web in settings), and it’s FREE. It’s pretty intuitive if you play around with it, but just in case, here’s a tutorial on how [...]
Apr 17
Pic Collage in Fourth Grade
Students in Mrs. Mulvaney’s and Mrs. Downey’s class have been reading a book about the San Francisco Earthquake. Mrs. Downey created an activity where students used iPads to demonstrate their understanding of the parts of a non-fiction book, as well as a few concepts from the book itself. These students had worked with Pic Collage [...]
Apr 16
Famous People Glogs
Mrs. McGee’s class has been working hard on Glog using Glogster EDU to demonstrate their understanding of the famous people they have studied. After a quick tutorial on how to use the programs, Mrs. McGee and her students were off and running. Here are a few examples of their hard work. Click on the top [...]
Apr 11
Figurative Language with Second Grade
For the past few days, I’ve had the chance to work with a reading group in Mrs. Allen’s Class. This group of students had read the book, Punished by David Lubar. I had never read this book, but the kids LOVED it and were so excited to tell me about it. The main character of [...]
Mar 22
Getting Pictures from School iPads to Your Computer
Did you know you can transfer content from the school iPads right to your computer (with no plugs)? Using the dropbox app, it’s easy and simple. In order to have content transferred directly to your computer, you will first need to install dropbox on your computer. Be careful, though. Roanoke County Teachers will want to [...]
Mar 19
More Popplets!
Students in Mrs. Mulvaney and Mrs. Downey’s Language Arts Class are at it again! This time they created Cause and Effect Popplets about the book Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider. Many of them blog with different teachers, but you can see their work by clicking on the links below. Mrs. Downey’s Students Mrs. Mulvaney’s Students Mrs. Corbett’s Students [...]
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