Students in Mrs. Jones class participated in a STEM activity! Using their choice of various materials, they each created a spider. Then they used the app ChatterPix Kids to bring their spiders to life! Check out a few of their spiders below!
See all the spider projects on the Oak Grove Digital Archive.
Over the past few weeks, students in 4th grade have been writing iBooks using the app Book Creator. This app has so many features, including the ability to open finished books in the iBooks app. However, this time we took it one step farther. Students (with parent permission, of course) had the option to try and publish their finished creations to the actual iBook store. The story, Wolves Win the Game, was the first to be accepted. Check it out! Wolves Win the Game
Mrs. Bralley’s Third Grade Reading Classes have been learning about Famous People. They’ve read stories, explored interactive iPad apps, researched, made story cubes, and even created their own Glogs on Glogster EDU.
They are very proud of their work. Check out a few of Glogster posters below or check them all out in the class Glog Book.
http://edu.glogengine.com/view/my5nDkQbX0geusPRHTRd:6k2gnafgmb2qv1vvok3brk3http://edu.glogengine.com/view/k5TvW6994PX9w6ORUcG0:6k2h0p61uucuknlg6s8sbuhhttp://edu.glogengine.com/view/ZZ2fQGSWuliTBdG5BaH0:6k2gncoiv7qnnl9srtg8a8dhttp://edu.glogengine.com/view/68qxwIftfWR2gRMOtntK:6k2gncqomu9rn95d0puktfl
Students in Mrs. Bier’s writing class researched and wrote interactive Science books on various topics like electricity, rocks and minerals, and magnets! Along the way, the took videos and pictures and even completed science experiments.
There are two versions of each book: epub and pdf. The epub contains videos and audio and can be downloaded in iBooks (on an iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch) or any other ebook reader. The pdf can be downloaded on a computer and printed but does not have interactive features. Check them two examples below.
Alisa Downey and I presented at the Virginia State Reading conference. We created a website, www.STEMCrazyTeachers.com, to house our design briefs, lesson ideas, and presentations. Feel free to check it out! Also, below is our presentation.
Teaching with Technology 