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| The Brucker Bears writing their 3rd quarter report card comments in a Google Form. |
How cool is this picture?! Every year I have my class contribute their own comments for third quarter report cards. What started out several years ago as paper form slowly evolved into a
Google Form, for which I had to either reserve the wireless lab days in advance, cycle the students through the few classroom computers we had, or assign it as homework. As I deliberated this week over which method to use, it struck me that the kids each have their own
super-fast computer to use now! This novel idea struck me again when I realized that we were able to use the computers later in the afternoon to take a
pre-assessment on our Heritage Project, a virtual cross-country road race for US History and Geography. So fast - so easy!
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| temporary storage |
This notion has blown my mind every single day! Earlier today, we had a spontaneous moment of, "Go get your computers!" so that we could do some research for Heritage. As everyone scrambled over to our newly placed (and
very flimsy!) storage shelf, I had to have them screech on the brakes, go back, and try again in a more orderly fashion.
*NOTE TO SELF: Come up with a very specific and efficient way of calling the students over to get their equipment.
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| cord catastrophe |
*SECOND NOTE TO SELF: Come up with a less ridiculous way to manage all of the cords spewing forth from said flimsy storage shelf.
We have spent a little time this week browsing our
classroom blog to see what works and what doesn't. The students are accessing activities that I have linked, videos, and other resources to help determine the full capabilities of our new devices. Borrowing from Gabby's list:
Woo-hoos
YouTube
School Tube
Sound Cloud
Boo-hoos
Lead 21 resources that won't work:
- Virtual Field Trip
- Interactive games
- Theme and Differentiated Readers
Success Maker Online won't work; it's missing JRE 1.6.0_24. Obviously this type of file (Java) is not supported in the Chrome OS.
I am sure that both of these lists will continue to grow, and we are elated that we get to make that happen!
