This week's teacher feature showcases Maple Avenue Middle School because, well, they deserve it! MAMS has been hard at work redesigning the middle school experience for students. The teachers decided to use a Pineapple Chart to open up their classrooms to each other and allow continuous professional development to take place throughout the workday. By definition, "A Pineapple Chart is a systematic way to put a “welcome mat” out for all classrooms--a central message board that lets other teachers know that you’re doing something worth watching today, and if they’d like to come by, your door is open." To get a better understanding, watch the video below created by Kasey Smith. Way to go MAMS! You all should be proud of how hard you are working to make teaching and learning better for our students!
This week's teacher feature comes from Maple Avenue Middle School where Ms. Janelle Koontz uses quite a few educational tech tools to engage her students. She started off by using Plickers to assess her students on statistical and non-statistical questions. This seemed to be a review of the lessons from the days before. The beauty of Plickers is that you only need one iPad!! That is right folks, one iPad! Then she brought up a Padlet that the students had created in the days before containing different questions. They had to pick a question and use it to create a graphical representation of their question by polling their classmates. They used a QR code to get to chartgo.com to create their graphs. The final product was a class collaborative Google Slides presentation with their data. I am proud of Ms. Koontz and her class for seamlessly integrating so many tools into one lesson! P.S. By the way, the students were focused on every aspect of the lesson! Great job Ms. Koontz and class! What a great example of how tech tools can change your teaching!
This week's teacher feature is no stranger to enriching her classroom with technology inspired projects. Ms. Kasey Smith and her class (@ksmithsclass) are at it again with an augmented reality app called Aurasma. Here is what Kasey had to say about her experience: "I don't know about you, but my students absolutely despise packet-based reviews. This time they were drawn in with Aurasma! Students spent time really owning a topic from the marking period and then used clever "target" images to anchor their review videos to. When someone uses Aurasma to scan an item in my classroom a student created video pops up that reviews a Non Fiction concept. In order to direct their classmates where to find the images, students created their own scavenger hunt clues and note sheets. They loved learning from each other and seeing themselves on video!" Kasey also plans to utilize Aurasma for Spring Achievement night! All of the student work in the hallway will be live with videos of the students talking about their work. Great job Ms. Smith and class!
This week's teacher feature comes from Maple Avenue Middle School where Ms. Janet Wagner and students worked hard to create iMovie trailers about the different body systems. Students had to first research their body system, then create a storyboard for their trailer, and finally they could get to filming! We selected iMovie trailers instead of regular iMovies because they made the students concisely represent the most important parts of their body systems. The students were COMPLETELY engaged while creating these trailers as well as having fun. Great job Ms. Wagner and class! Check out some of the samples below.
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AuthorThis blog has been created by Mrs. Gabrielle Sipe, the K-12 tech integrator in the Littlestown Area School District, for the purpose of sharing tech tips with the school community. Archives
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