Friday, November 9, 2012

CHVE Tech


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CHVE Technology

What are students doing in technology?  Each week, come here to take a peek...The tools students use: CHVE Links.



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Week of: Nov 26, 2012

Kindies - Education City: Practiced Language Arts and Math, began exploring how to look at your scores in Education City to improve your "Success Graph".  If parent or teachers want access to this graph, contact Mr. Krulish!

1st Grade - Ms. Valentine
  • Dance Mat Mondays!  
  • Education City: click here to gain access at home.
  • Wixie: Began researching a topic through Tumblebooks.  Students looked at the section on Non-Fiction and Videos to investigate something they are curious about.  After taking notes, the students followed a template on how to build an online book in Wixie.  Contact me and Ask for help if your child lost his password to get into Wixie.  Students did not finish this book and will continue during the next rotation.  Eventually all "books" will be linked so students can view each other's work.
2nd Grade - Mrs. Malone
  • Dance Mat Mondays
  • Began 2 days with Math Lines
  • Education City: click here to gain access at home.  Goal: self-monitor: Their job was to look at the assessment chart of their Education City activities and find a score they would like to improve.  Their work syncs with the scoreboard giving them immediate feedback on their performance.  If a parent or teacher ever wants to the scoreboard, please let Mr. Krulish know and he will give you directions.
  • WixieBegan researching a topic through Tumblebooks.  Students looked at the section on Non-Fiction Books and Science Videos to investigate something they are curious about.  After taking notes, the students followed a template on how to build an online book in Wixie.  Contact me and Ask for help if your child lost his password to get into Wixie.  Students did not finish this book and will continue during the next rotation.  Eventually all "books" will be linked so students can view each other's work.
3rd Grade - Mrs. Gallagher 
  • Dance Mat Mondays
  • Worked on a book poster in ComicLife & learned the new way to save ComicLife projects in GoogleDrive.  Students designed posters of their favorite book.  They also learned to use the 3 different safe image searches for kids.  (Click here to see "Image search 1, 2, and 3").  Learned some design techniques.  Goal: to add more posters to our library to promote books.  Get ComicLife at home for $4.99 on your iPad!  Click here to download it to your computer for $30.
  • Spent one day using a new program: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.
  • Spent one day take the Safety Survey.
4th Grade - Mrs. Yoffe 
  • Dance Mat Mondays
  • Started a Google Earth, Holiday Tour project:  With a partner, students collaborated on 4 different winter celebrations.  They each worked from their own computer but edited the same page using Google Drawing to create a diagram of their research.  Then, they copied and pasted their information into Google Earth "pins" to build a tour around the earth of the ways different cultures celebrate the holidays.  For resources they used the "Holidays from around the world" box to find their info.  But how did they save their Google Earth "tours"?  Google Earth saves "pins" as .kmz files.  They saved these to their Google Drive so that they could work on this at home.  Saving this way is a new process and we do not have 100% mastery...yet.
  • For those that finished their Holiday Tour, Students spent one day using a new program: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.

5th Grade - Mrs. Kirby - A GREAT WEEK...
  • Dance Mat Mondays!
  • Finished document formatting practice in Google Docs (left vs right jusify, Font tools, use "Research Tools" to add images [discussed plagiarism], used the drawing feature).  
  • Created Badge by using the video as a guide and each other as resources, NOT AN ADULT!!  Photos stored in GoogleDrive.  Discussion: Didn't Mr. Krulish say to NEVER put your photo or anything personal on the web?  So why are photos in gDrive?  Issue with "Sharing".  Rule: cannot share without Teacher or Parent permission.  Discussed issues with Sharing (ALMOST all problems with sharing happened because students forget to logout of their account at home or at school.  Kids don't realize they are in someone else's account; Another issue is the mischievous older brother or sister).
  • Began a News Broadcast project focusing on the 13 Colonies:  
    • First they answered 2 big-picture questions by creating their own thinking map in GoogleDrawing.  Here was the best part: Since everyone was on the same big-picture page, we opened up the chat box to USE AS A RESOURCE!  If kids needed to know how to do something in GoogleDrawing (how to change the color of a box, etc.,) they posted their question in the chat room.  It was AMAZING how well they responded to that.  Kids are natural multitaskers.  While they were working on their own diagram, they kept an eye on the chat room.  Whenever someone posted a question, several kids were right there to post answers.  The entire class was completely interdependent.  I, the teacher, was simply a facilitator.  I jumped in the chat room and clarified directions but did not respond to any "how do I" questions.  For 30 min. straight, you could hear a pin drop in the room.  THIS TOOK GROUNDWORK!  In the beginning, I told them they needed to monitor each other.  If someone posted something silly or goofy, a peer kindly walks over to them and respectfully asks them to stop.  Initially, they wanted to post that in the chat box.  I told them, the chat box is reserved for positive posts only.  Telling someone not to do something is negative.  When kids start critiquing one another, the beginnings of cyber-bullying take shape.  Anyway, If the "silly chatting" continues, I take away their laptop for 2 min.  The time doubles for each additional infraction.  We discussed, is there a time to be Goofy?  SURE!  But not in a place of learning.  Everyone has a right to learn without distraction.  If you are causing distraction by posting silly things, there are consequences for that.  If you want to be goofy, great!  Get with a buddy at home and knock yourselves out (this also led to a conversation on cyber-bullying and gossiping).  When they finished their responses (after watching a BrainPop video on the Colonies), they "Shared" their diagram with me, I inserted Comments on their diagram letting them know if they received an A for their work or guided them (through inserting comments) if there were any misperceptions.  When they finished, they moved onto the next task:
    • Students work in small groups to research information about the 13 Colonies (resources provided in Learning Links. Look in the "Colonies" box for the different resource links).   They take notes using a template Mrs. Hemphill created in Google Drive.  They can print-out the template and write on it, take a copy of this GoogleDoc template and type right in it, or they can build a diagram using Google Drawing to help them best organize their information.  Whatever works best for their learning style.  Most chose to print out the note-taking template and just write using a pencil.
    • Next, they took this information and built a presentation using GooglePresentation (directions here).  We want students to learn how to use a presentation to practice their public speaking skills.  Presentation programs are not designed to have multiple sentences.  ONLY key words/concepts should be visible.  The student learns to have a "conversation" with the audience.  The building of the presentation is designed to be collaborative.  All group members shared one presentation.  Were there issues?  YOU BET!  Lots of strong-minded kids that wanted everything to look their own way.  We used this analogy: Let's say you are sitting at a table with a peer and you have your materials on the table and so does your neighbor.  If you don't like how your neighbor has organized their stuff, would you stand-up and organize it for them?  Everyone enthusiastically and overwhelmingly responded with no.  We applied the same thinking to collaboration.  If you don't like the image your group member placed on a particular slide, do you delete it?  Absolutely not.  your job is to turn away from the computer, stand up and go talk to them (some of them seemed appalled by this...).  Yes, that's right, actually stand up, turn away from your computer and have a face-to-face conversation about the issue.  Collaboration means there is going to have to be some give-and-take.  Your jobs are to assign work fairly and then LET GO.  Trust that they will get it done.  If it doesn't happen, it's the teacher's job to intervene.  For this week, no group finished their presentation.  That will be done in the Library with Mrs. Hemphill.
    • When they are finish with the presentation, they will use iPad's to create a News Broadcast.  Their Google Presentations will sit on the "Anchor" table similar to the ESPN broadcasters (they always seem to have a laptop sitting off to the side as they deliver stats, etc.)  App: TBA
  • We didn't have time for: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.  




Week of: Nov 12, 2012

Kindies - Education City: Practiced the Language Arts and Math zones, began exploring how to look at your scores in Education City to improve your "Success Graph".  If parent or teachers want access to this graph, contact Mr. Krulish!

1st Grade - Ms. T.Walker

-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.
-Wixie: Began researching a topic through Tumblebooks.  Students looked at the section on Non-Fiction and Videos to investigate something they are curious about.  After taking notes, the students followed a template on how to build an online book in Wixie.  Contact me and Ask for help if your child lost his password to get into Wixie.  Students did not finish this book and will continue during the next rotation.  Eventually all "books" will be linked so students can view each other's work.
2nd Grade - Mrs. Jaynes
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Began 2 days with Math Lines
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.  Their job was to find an activity they did not do well in and see if they could make some improvements.  This improves their overall score on the scoreboard.  If a parent or teacher ever wants to see the scoreboard, please let Mr. Krulish know and he will give you directions.
-Wixie: Began researching a topic through Tumblebooks.  Students looked at the section on Non-Fiction and Videos to investigate something they are curious about.  After taking notes, the students followed a template on how to build an online book in Wixie.  Contact me and Ask for help if your child lost his password to get into Wixie.  Students did not finish this book and will continue during the next rotation.  Eventually all "books" will be linked so students can view each other's work.
3rd Grade - Ms. Berner 
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Used GoogleDrive to Finish Badges: nearly all finished.
-Worked on a book poster in ComicLife & learned the new way to save in GoogleDrive.  Learned some designing techniques.  Goal: to add more posters to our library to promote books.  Get ComicLife at home for $4.99 on your iPad!  Click here to download it to your computer for $30.
-Spent one day using a new program: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.
4th Grade - Mrs. Yoffe 
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Started a Google Earth, Holiday Tour project:  With a partner, students collaborated on 4 different winter celebrations.  They each worked from their own computer but edited the same page using Google Drawing to create a diagram of their research.  Then, they copied and pasted their information into Google Earth "pins" to build a tour around the earth of the ways different cultures celebrate the holidays.  For resources they used the "Holidays from around the world" box to find their info.  But how did they save their Google Earth "tours"?  Google Earth saves "pins" as .kmz files.  They saved these to their Google Drive so that they could work on this at home.  Saving this way is a new process and we do not have 100% mastery...yet.
-For those that finished their Holiday Tour, Students spent one day using a new program: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.

5th Grade - Ms. Breen
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Finished document formatting practice in Google Docs (left vs right jusify, Font tools, use "Research Tools" to add images [discussed plagiarism], used the drawing feature).  When finished, signed a shared document for me to see who completed task.
-Created Badge by using the video as a guide/eachother as resources, NOT AN ADULT!!  Photos stored in GoogleDrive.  Discussion: Didn't Mr. Krulish say to NEVER put your photo or anything personal on the web?  So why are photos in gDrive?  Issue with "Sharing".  Rule: cannot share without Teacher or Parent permission.  Discussed issues with Sharing (ALMOST all problems with sharing happened because students forget to logout of their account at home or at school.  Kids don't realize they are in someone else's account; Another issue is the mischievous older brother or sister).
-Began a News Broadcast project focusing on the 13 Colonies:  
--Students work in small groups to research information about the 13 Colonies (resources provided in Learning Links. Look in the "Colonies" box for links).   They take notes using a template Mrs. Hemphill created in Google Drive.  They can print-out the template and write on it, take a copy of it and type right in it, or they can build a diagram using Google Drawing to help them best organize their information.  Whatever works best for their learning style.
--Next, they take this information and build a presentation using GooglePresentation.  We want students to learn how to use a presentation to practice their public speaking skills.  Presentation programs are not designed to have multiple sentences.  ONLY key words/concepts should be visible and the student needs to learn to have a "conversation" with the audience.
--Finally, they will use iPad's to create a News Broadcast by using their Google Presentations.
-Students spent one day using a new program: Timez Attack.  This will soon be available at home for no cost.  Directions will be added to GoogleDrive via the Learning Links very soon.  This is an AMAZING program to increase recall speed with Multiplication and Division.  Requirement: 3-4, 20min sessions/week.  





Week of: Nov 5, 2012
Kindies - Education City: Practiced Language Arts and Math; TumblebooksABCya.  Want to have access to all this at home?  Click here.
1st Grade - D'Angelo

-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.
-Wixie free play; Contact me and Ask for help if your child lost his password.
-Tumblebooks
2nd Grade - Swanson
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.
-Addition Day!  Worked with a partner to figure out sums.  Then worked on Addition fact speed.  Finally, they competed against each other in an addition competition using Education City's "Play Live".
3rd Grade - Gully 
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Used GoogleDrive to Finish Badges: nearly all finished.
-Started book poster in ComicLife & learned the new way to save in GoogleDrive.  Get ComicLife at home for $4.99 on your iPad!  Click here to download it to your computer for $30.
4th Grade - Schultz 
-Dance Mat Mondays!
-Finished Badge, several will need to proofread next time.  Videos on how to do this at home are on our Learning Links in the "How to" section.
-Started the "Celebrations from around the world" project.  Students are building circle maps/diagrams in Google Drawing from research about how different cultures celebrate the holidays.  They will then build a "tour" in Google Earth containing the  information they discovered.
5th Grade - Regalbuti
-No Dance Mat practice this week due to short week.
-Finished document formatting practice in Google Docs (left vs right jusify, Font tools, use "Research Tools" to add images [discussed plagiarism], used the drawing feature).  When finished, signed a shared document for me to see who completed task.
-Created Badge by using the video as a guide/eachother as resources, NOT AN ADULT!!  Photos stored in GoogleDrive.  Discussion: Didn't Mr. Krulish say to NEVER put your photo or anything personal on the web?  So why are photos in gDrive?  Issue with "Sharing".  Rule: cannot share without Teacher or Parent permission.





Week of: Oct 14, 2012


Kindies:  Education City: Practiced Language Arts and Math; did not learn how to keep track of scores.  Want to have access at home?  Click here.
1st Grade - Wilkinson
-Dance Mat Mondays!  
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.
-Wixie free play; Wixie About Me project: 1 word for each answer, sticker to go with work, paint a design, picture frame.  Learned how to connect to GoogleDrive.  Did your first grader forget their password?  Help is here!
2nd Grade - Malone
-Dance Mat Mondays
-Began 2 days with Math Lines
-Education City: click here to gain access at home.
-Worked on Wixie project: must have full complete sentences with caps & periods; paint a design, relevant sticker, frame, leave background white, connect to GoogleDrive, add photo.  9 finished.  Does your kiddo need access to their Wixie account?  Ask for help!
3rd Grade - Weiss 
-Dance Mat Mondays
-Used GoogleDrive to Finish Badges: nearly all finished
-started book poster in ComicLife & save in GoogleDrive.  Get ComicLife at home for $4.99 on your iPad!  Click here to download it to your computer for $30.
4th Grade - Borchert 
-Dance Mat Mondays
-Wax Museum: researched notable Revolutionary War person, typed info in GoogleDrive, discussed synthesizing, plagiarizm, copyright violation. 
-Tried to finish Badge, several still need time to finish.  Videos on how to do this at home are on our Learning Links 
-Finish Voki of "about me" paragraph
5th Grade - Chavez 
-no Dance Mat 
-Generated graphs from their own class surveys by using Google Spreadsheet: Goal - support Science Project 
-3 days of Mrs. Hemphill's Explorer Glogster project: write explorer facts (Who, When, Where, Why) up in GoogleDrive.  3 facts on each category.  Must login to Glogster through GoogleDrive.  Had difficulty with pictures (just need to refresh browser).  





Week of: Oct 7, 2012
Kindies - Education City
1st Grade - Valentine: Dance Mat Mondays!  Education City; Wixie free play; Wixie About Me project: 1 word for each answer, sticker to go with work, paint a design, picture frame.
2nd Grade - Jaynes: Dance Mat Mondays! Began 3 days with Math Lines; Education City, finished Wixie project: must have full complete sentences with caps & periods; paint a design, relevant sticker, frame, leave background white.
3rd Grade - Gallagher: Dance Mat Mondays! Finished Badges; worked on Word (learning how to upload/download evacuation poems to GoogleDrive); started book poster in ComicLife & save in GoogleDrive.
4th Grade - Blauman: Dance Mat Mondays! Wax Museum: researched notable Revolutionary War person, typed up , Finish Badge, finish Voki of self paragraph.
5th Grade - Kirby: very little Dance Mat: 2 days of using Google Spreadsheet to learn about Science graphing; 3 days of Mrs. Hemphill's Explorer Glogster project: write explorer facts (Who, When, Where, Why) up in GoogleDrive.  3 facts about each.  Login to Glogster through GoogleDrive.  Had difficulty with pictures.  Did not see Lauren's Glogster video.  Kids need more time to finish: due date Oct 16.




Week of: Oct 1, 2012
Kindies - Tumblebooks
1st Grade - Walker: Dance Mat Mondays! EdCity, Tumblebooks, k-2 math; Wixie free play, need to start Badge.
2nd Grade - Swanson: Dance Mat Mondays! did 1 day of math lines, edCity; finished Wixie Badge; free play
3rd Grade - Berner: Dance Mat Mondays! finish badges; started ComicLife project on building book poster on favorite book.  Saved in GoogleDrive
4th Grade - Schultz: Dance Mat Mondays! Finished Wax Museum research and built Voki.  Many started on Badges.  need new videos!  Need to check finished badges, need to create a list for them that they can add their name to (start a google drawing where they sign their name and add a "sticker" (create your own sticker)
5th Grade - Breen: Dance Mat Mondays! Started Badges, did not finish; Created Survey; Started Form, need to finish



Week of:  Sept 24, 2012
Kindies - Tumblebooks
1st Grade - Di'Angelo: Dance Mat; EdCity; Tumblebooks; free play on Wixie, started Wixie project
2nd Grade - Feltz: Dance Mat Mondays! EdCity, Math Lines; need wixie badge finished (re-design?), did not add name to list of kids finished.
3rd Grade - Gully: Dance Mat Mondays! 7 finished badges; did NOT start comicLife favorite book project.
4th Grade - Yoffe; Dance Mat Mondays! Most finished badges, but only some had no errors…go back and check!  Began surveys…did they start Forms?  I think so.
5th Grade - Regalbuti: Dance Mat Mondays! worked a TINY bit on badges.  Not close to done.  Finished Survey; nearly finished Forms…but need new video since they could not fill out each other's forms!



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