Innovative Teaching with Technology

Here is a cheat sheet I made for kids and parents to download software and directions on how to upload and download projects on the web.

Here are some vocab cards I made for SCRATCH

Before winter break I had the opportunity to observe Amy at her school just a few blocks away from my office!  It was so great to just step inside another school to see what life was like in another world.  Amy also teaches older students so it was great to be surrounded by students older than I am used to.  As I walked into the computer lab the students were just opening their SCRATCH projects.  They had been working on holiday greeting cards and were using this time for more work time.  It amazed me to walk around and see what the students had created.  I have b

Please help!  Our lab is older and when my students try to upload their projects onto the Scratch website it never finishes loading therefore I am stuck and I'd like to figure out a way that students can share their projects with each other.  Does anyone have any ideas???  Their projects are on the desktop right now and I am having issues using a jump drive and even uploading them to our server isn't responding well??? Thanks for any support ideas you can offer.

Wilson's class have been studying animal tracks.  They have learned that by following an animal's tracks, it leads to their source of food or shelter.  Ms. Wilson wanted the students to create a project to demonstrate this understanding of animal tracks.  See attached file for detailed lesson plan.  We've completed session one and two.  I will post a final student project when we're done.

Thank you! Thank you Keith for visiting Galtier on Dec. 10th.  We had 10 teachers who showed up to learn more about Scratch.  Keith did a great job at simplifying Scratch  and Pico Boards for the teachers and many have expressed interest in looking forward to exploring Scratch more on their own as well as working on future projects in the lab with me.  Again, a big THANKS!

Molly came for her observation time on Thursday. It was a hectic day with students coming and going but I think we were able to share some of the projects my 8th grade students were proud of.

This workshop will be led by the educators that have participated in the TwT project over the last 5 months. What kind of resources should be presented? What skill sets would you like to share with fellow professional educators? What can we learn from Keith's most recent Scratch presentations at TIES and at Gaultier? Share your ideas by posting a comment!

Let us know when you are available to meet in the Learning Technologies for our next meeting by visiting this doodle poll.  We will meet for the first 2 hours and then you will have an hour to post to our website. We will begin work on the dissemination piece. This planning will continue and finish at our meeting in the early part of February. Which dates work for you for the planning meeting? Please visit this poll.