Hanging Technology on the Wall
“All this technology stuff is great! How do I hang it in the hall?”
Let me show you.
iLearn Spelling Course Training Series
The Tech Coaches are excited to announce a training series for the elementary spelling course! We have had an overwhelming response to a spelling course created and shared throughout the district. What started out as a pilot for 4 fourth grade classrooms is now being utilized in over 30 classrooms in the district, and growing…
Elementary Moodle Courses Available – A Year in Review
Using iLearn (Moodle) for critical thinking skills, oral language development, vocabulary building and more at the elementary level just became easier! I have been busy creating some iLearn (Moodle) courses that elementary teachers can use immediately. Below is a summary of the courses that have been created and are ready to share. You can enroll in any…
Digital Alternatives to Reading Logs
We All Make Mistakes I recently read an article published on Shaelynn Farnsworth’s blog, entitled 6 Alternatives to Reading Logs. It piqued my interest because I remember assigning reading logs in my classroom, and how that plan didn’t always work out so well. When I assigned reading logs in my classroom, I found out a…
iLearn Courses for Elementary Students- Activities Teachers Can Use in Their Classrooms RIGHT NOW!
Ready-Made, Ready to Use Courses Over the past month, I have been busy creating a few courses that teachers could use right now. These courses were designed to be imported into a current iLearn course, so they can be edited to fit individual needs, or they can be used just as they are right now. Let’s take…
Digital Babies: How Lower Elementary Teachers are Harnessing the Power of Chromebooks with their Students
“My kids can’t do that.” This is one of the most common (and incorrect) statements I hear as a Tech Coach. But this isn’t what I see when I work with students. I witness students, as young as 5, logging into Chromebooks, navigating the internet, and utilizing apps- all with little or no help at all…
Technology Help for Parents of Preschoolers
Today, the Tech Coaches had the opportunity to assist at the GSRP’s Parent University held at River Oaks. We helped parents of preschoolers locate and download teacher-approved, interactive apps for use with their children at home. Upon recommendation from Julie Bass and other GSRP teachers, we compiled a list of apps that are teacher-approved and…
Online Classroom Help for Lower Elementary
#GAfE4Littles Recently, I was fortunate enough to stumble across a blog by a very talented elementary teacher, named Christine Pinto. Christine’s site, called #GAfE4Littles, is a treasure trove of Google Apps for Eduation resources geared towards lower el teachers to use with their students. On her site, Christine shares tips on getting your class started on…
An Interview with a District Moodle (iLearn) Superstar!
The Tech Coaches have had the pleasure of working alongside an exceptional teacher at William Ford, Ms. Jazel Fakhreddine. Jazel is using her Moodle (iLearn) course to help her ELL students and their families access information in her classroom. By using Google Translate and adding audio files of translations into her Moodle course, students have…
Calling All Google Classroom Teachers!
For those teachers who are utilizing Google Classroom, or thinking about utilizing Google Classroom, this post is for you! Updates This summer, Google rolled out a few updates to Google Classroom that will enhance the user’s experience and make the Classroom easier to navigate. One of the updates, Guardian Summaries, allows teachers to enter email addresses of…
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