Unplugged Coding

 Coding with Students! 

If you are thinking about implementing coding into your curriculum, you need to check out: code.org! 

Your students will create their own games, art, and digital stories that they can share - all while developing problem-solving, collaboration, persistence, and computational thinking skills. Do your students love to get up and move around? Half of the lessons are "unplugged" activities that teach computational thinking and digital citizenship skills without computers. 

Code.org is a FREE and lets educators create classes, distribute assignments, and see everything in one place. I absolutely LOVE it and I had never taught coding until this year.

Launch Update!  

So EXCITED to update you on the LAUNCH of PLTW (Project Lead the Way) into our curriculum...
Click on the link below for our newest Newsletter!
November Launch Newsletter

Create your own Channel!  

One of the best things I have done over the years is create my own YouTube channel.

I use videos to teach lots of concepts and this is a great way to store them for easy access and it also allows you to post them so kids can watch them as instructional tools.

Do you have lots of videos that you use in your classroom? 
Is it hard to find them and/or you feel like you have to search through a billion folders and files to find them? 

This is what I have used for years with all my classes and since I teach K-5th grade, it has been a lifesaver.

How can you use it in the classroom?
You literally have all your videos (both the ones you create and others) at your fingertips. You can create a playlist of links that can be shared - privately or publicly, if you'd like. The link will take students, colleagues and parents straight to your saved videos. YouTube will also generate you a embedded code to add to your blog, google classroom page, etc... It's perfect for students who might need to watch a video again for "extra practice" or to find important information during the school year.

Here's a link (below) to one of my favorite borrowed videos. I have playlists for both ART & STEAM!
Never Give Up! 

Technology Galore! 

What a great first rotation with all these amazing students. They have been hard at work learning how to use and navigate Google Chrome & Google Classroom! 

 Google Classroom is a FREE Google app that lets educators create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place.

All 2nd through 5th grade classes are now learning and becoming "digital learners". To learn more check out Google for Education! 

November 2018 Newslettter!

November STEAM Newsletter - To view the PDF, just click on the link and download the PDF to your computer. You don't need Dropbox, just download the file to your computer.

September 2018 Newslettter!

September STEAM Newsletter - To view the PDF, just click on the link and download the PDF to your computer. You don't need Dropbox, just download the file to your computer.

August 2018 Newslettter!

Welcome to our first STEAM Newsletter and some exciting things happening at our school. 

STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math

August STEAM Newsletter - To view the PDF, just click on the link and download the PDF to you computer. You do not need dropbox or to install anything, just download the file.

Google Classroom Learners

Here's a look at some great things happening in our classroom. Students are working hard learning their username and passwords. They are also learning how to join and use our "Google Classroom" page. This is where they will become DIGITAL LEARNERS! To learn more about "Google Classroom" check out this website: Ed Tech Teacher's Post