It’s my second year teaching, so with that, I’ve been trying to incorporate a lot more technology in the classroom and help others integrate it also. This year we started using a new social emotional curriculum. I make videos weekly of the cooperative challenges our whole school shares. I use different students from different classrooms to create a cooperative culture throughout our school.

Using iMovie, I am able to easily design trailers and movies to share with students, classrooms, and parents. This week I presented two of my favorites to the board of education (see below).

One thing to remember when you use tech is that students almost always have good ideas, and they have been using the technology since they were young. However, just because they started at a young age doesn’t mean they understand safety on the internet and everything that comes along with computers, so you still have to model, tell them how to be safe, and help them practice!

The videos below show students’ own ideas and design thinking. They are creative and compassionate individuals!

 

Here is another one:

 

Also, today we worked on our Passion Projects. If you haven’t read my last blog about them, you should! The kids absolutely love doing them, and they are so much fun. I have three students researching different aspects about robots, and today our tech coach media specialist was able to stop by and show my kids how to code a robot. This is my favorite time of year. The students really grow and that growth becomes so apparent, especially as we start to do a lot of projects! This week they have learned about robots, volcanos, dance, dinosaurs, lotion, phones, football, and more! They’ve learned how to use google slides and google classroom, along with search engines that are kid-friendly and Symbaloo. I really am so proud of them!!