Teachers shared previewed links with students who were able to browse, view videos and take notes with their Google Apps for Education (GAFE) accounts provided thru RRISD.
Ms. Wilson and Ms. McBride partnered up their classes and brought them through the steps required to sign into their RRISD Google email. Once the students had access to their gmail accounts, McBride and Wilson were able to share documents with each student via Google Mail and Drive to facilitate their Civil War research. Teachers shared previewed links with students who were able to browse, view videos and take notes with their Google Apps for Education (GAFE) accounts provided thru RRISD.
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Second graders were working on research skills using the Dell Netbooks in the classroom. Students were able to follow teacher movements in the World Book Online research resource. Being able to apply individually and immediately what they see and learn helps students reinforce and strengthen technology and research skills. Mrs. DeVeny's class started working with the Dell Latitude Netbooks and Lego WeDo Kits. Lego WeDo teaches students basic programming skills while incorporating the fun of Lego. Students build simple and complex machines with Lego pieces. Gears, motors and bricks fit together and spin, tilt, respond to keystrokes, timing and more as dictated by student created programs built using the software's dashboard tools. Ms. Chappelle's fourth grade class is using SpellingCity.com on the Dell Latitude 2110s in their classroom. SpellingCity's mission is to provide an efficient game-based study of literacy skills using any word list. Utilizing this website allows the teacher to differentiate instruction by providing students with individualized lists and self-paced practice and progress. The web-site provides spelling and vocabulary support that is engaging and effective. Ms. Galyon's second grade class published their Spider diamante poems in Microsoft Word. The students gained word processing skills such as centering text and changing font size and type for a specific purpose. Diamante poetry also requires language and grammar skills including knowledge of many parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and phrases. The students collaborated with their fifth grade buddies to write the poems and then published them on their own. Ms. Bertul’s 2nd grade students accessed the internet using our Dell Netbooks on Friday, September 14. After logging in using their personal usernames and passwords, students navigated to Ms. Bertul’s TeacherWeb page and browsed her links. They chose from a variety of websites – Reading, Math, or Science and Social Studies. Ms. Bertul has created a valuable list of websites that support learning both at home and in the classroom. |
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