Some of our special education teachers will be receiving iPads or iPod Touches over the next few weeks set up by Devlopease, a company from Radford, VA who specializes in writing apps for special needs children, setting up devices, and training people on using them. If you are one of the teachers receiving a device, here are some handouts that might help you navigate some of the ins and outs of using your device with Roanoke County Schools’ network and computers.
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Voicethread Subtraction
Mrs. Devlin’s class has been at it again…this time explaining subtraction with regrouping using Voicethread! Check out their awesome projects (and leave them a comment or two)!
Stacking Oreos! (and graphing them too)
A few weeks ago, students at Oak Grove and Clearbrook went Oreo crazy! They brought in packages of the yummy cookies and tried to stack the tallest towers. But it wasn’t just for fun…it was part of a global project with students all over the world participating! You can learn more about the Oreo Project on Jen Wagner’s website. This was the 12th year of the project, and this time 15,501 students participated from 719 different classes.
After stacking oreos, different grade levels participated in different activities with the oreos, from science to math to writing. Many classes created Excel Spreadsheets showing the average cookie stack, or the mode, median, mean, and range of the stacks. They even used excel formulas for their calculations!
A few examples of their spreadsheets are shown below!
Mrs. Beir’s Class (Clearbrook — 3rd Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/jbvts7i9vv0drnk.swf
Mrs. Hushour’s Class (Clearbrook — 3rd Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/8uxgefi4fhqylcz.swf
Mrs. Bralley’s Class (Oak Grove — 3rd Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/ffvtfngm36n4soa.swf
Mrs. Sharp’s Block 1 Class (Oak Grove — 5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/m0584jah192g8es.swf
Mrs. Sharp’s Block 2 Class (Oak Grove — 5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/20veykortu0qnde.swf
Mrs. Mortez’s Block 1 Class (Oak Grove –5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/5dzx3hzj54xmkji.swf
Mrs. Mortez’s Block 2 Class (Oak Grove — 5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/ufijsvnfudk2xjp.swf
Mrs. Grave’s Class (Clearbrook — 5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/x5aloxuaova6kua.swf
Mrs. Hudson’s Class (Clearbrook — 5th Grade)
http://www.box.net/embed/v8rmj830gq6q0jo.swf
Interactive Achievement
Our division is starting to use a new online system, Interactive Achievement, to help teachers with data collection, SOL test prep, and Benchmark Tests. Here are handouts to help you out with the new system.
http://www.box.net//static/flash/box_explorer.swf?widget_hash=0jhpmc9dhl&v=0&cl=0&s=0
StoryRobe Digital Stories by Third Graders
Third Graders went on a trip to Apple Ridge farms this month. Despite camera difficulties, they were able to get enough photos to use for digital stories! The day after the field trips, we loaded the pictures into the iPod Touches, grabbed some microphones, and had students quickly create a “What we learned videos” using the StoryRobe App. Here are all their stories, together in one video. Check it out:
Teaching with Technology 