First Grade Googlers!!

Amazed by these kiddos!  Thank you Mrs. Zelaski and Ms. Dykan!

Today this FIRST GRADE class...

1. successfully logged into their Student Google accounts
       (with a little help typing that mega username for the first time)
2. created AND Shared a folder with their teacher
3. created a new Google Doc and named it
4. inserted a copyright free picture using the built in Research feature!
    Oh and we also re-sized the image.

WOW Way to go Mrs. Zelaski's class!!  I cannot believe you are only 1st graders!

Digital Citizenship Week!

What a wonderFULL week of school!! 

I think it really is finally spring!!

Our schools are full of digital natives and an important part of being a 

21st Century Learner is learning about being a Digital a Citizen!  

Using lessons from Commonsense Media students explored their

 responsibilities in their digital community. 

View our Lessons 

Parent Newsletter and Additional Activities

Red Light ~ Green Light!

  

First graders decide whether a website is a 

Green-Go! Yellow-Wait, ask for help or Red-Stop! place to learn.  

We got up and played the game with example websites after we practiced on our sheets.

Virtual Field Trip to the Zoo!

 It looks like these kindergarten snakes are taking over Mrs Fisher's Gym!!

After comparing weather at the  National Zoo in cloudy Washington, DC

 with sunny SanDiego Zoo in California, students pretended to be their favorite animal!

After learning about creating safe usernames, second grade students logged-in to their student google accounts for the first time and shared a folder with their teacher! Well done! 

Have a digital day!!

Digital Learning Day 2015

Mrs. Jenkins' Kindergarten class took pictures and then used the pictures to make a book in the iPad app "Book Creator" all about their classroom!

  

Mrs. Patrick's 2nd grade class used Google Drawings to design drawings of themselves for a class book!

Mrs. Chaney, TES Media Specialist, followed up Digital Citizenship Week with a Digital Passport activity using Twalkers from Common Sense Media to "teach and test the basics of online life"!  

Thanks for sharing your photos and lessons with me!  I'm sure many more participated so please comment below the cool things you did to Go Digital on Digital Learning Day 2015!!

Powtoon Awesomeness on Digital Learning Day!

Using Google Apps for Education, 4th grade students at Trevilians Elementary 

DESIGNED animated videos about the Revolutionary War
 as a culminating project for their unit!

#collaborate #futureready

This isn't just a make a movie play date, students RESEARCHED and planned
their information, then brought their research to life by COLLABORATING with a partner
and EVALUATING the resources available to best animate their research.  

Teachers, want to learn more?  Visit the Google Apps for Educators (GAFE) page

 on the  ITRT Jackpot for tutorials and planning pages to get your class started with Awesomeness!