I can't tell you how excited I was that I was able to talk Mr. Mayer into particpating in this silly video commercial to pump up the kids about the Flippin' Olympics. What's that? Well, it is a pre-holiday math activity concocted to capitalize on the water-bottle-flipping obsession and teach the kids about converting fractions to decimals to percents. I wasn't sure if it was going to be a disaster or a ton of fun, and I'm pleased to report it went swimmingly. The kids seemed to have a bunch of fun, it was easy to set-up, and will make a darn-good math lesson when we crunch our numbers to find the winning team. Yay for strange ideas! (This one literally came to me in the middle of the night on a SATURDAY!!!) If anyone ever reads this blog and/or wants to use the files we created, I'd be so happy to pass them along. Happy Holidays!
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I have been using google classroom more and more this year. It started with just my GT kids and their projects. It was soooo easy to have them log into their google classroom through the AISD cloud, make a PPT or word doc via their google drive, and to have them upload it into different assignments I posted on my classroom blog. I could write them feedback while grading it and write in a grade, so I wouldn't forget what I gave them and so they could access the grade immediately. Now I have kids using it to submit extra credit assignments and optional digital versions of regular class assignments. Some kids are more inclined to the assignments in digital format, too! So in love with the easi ness. It's making my life better :)- by a 5th Grade Teacher
After finding quite a few stray iPads laying about the 5th Grade Commons and a handful of totally-unrelated-to-class-projects videos on the camera rolls, it became time to have "The Talk" with our sweet children to remind them of the Technology User Agreement they signed with their parents at the beginnign of the school year. We used a free contract from Teachers Pay Teachers, and doctored it to meet our needs. Highlights of the meeting included reminding kids that we worked so hard to compile this cart--the equipment needs to be treated with love. Further, "playing" in a way that isn't in the bounds of "creative exploration" would result in a loss of tech privileges. "The Talk" went well and it was good timing as we round the corner towards the holiday-mayhem. : )
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