Innovative Teaching with Technology

Observation: March 17, 2009
Audience: 22 second graders
Timeline: 50 minute class
Topic: Literature
The class was introduced to the scripts they will need to create an animated version of the book, The Mitten by Jan Brett.

Purpose: The students will be expected to create an animated version of the correct order the animals that go onto the mitten.

Scripts needed: go to x and glide to

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