Getting I.T. Right!

Ms. Burris’ TAG students are going on a webquest to research information about their current unit of study: The Middle Ages.

These students from Ms. Vandermeer’s kindergarten class were totally engaged in learning, working on their letters and sounds using StarFall.com. Students from every grade level can access pre-screened online resources by going to “Student Resources” on the FB website, and then selecting “Fern Bluff Online Resources.”

Students in Ms. Denkler’s 3rd grade TAG class had the unique opportunity to play Math Jeopardy against students at Cactus Ranch Elementary without leaving campus. To do this, we used a webcam connected to a projector cart and the “shared screen” option in Skype. This allowed the classes at both schools to see the same screen with the questions/answers, as well as see and hear each other. Click here to see it in action! The large portion of the screen is the shared screen from the Cactus Ranch computer. The smaller window on the upper right is the feed from Fern Bluff, and the one below it is the feed from Cactus Ranch.

Mr. Benfield’s 5th graders are studying the colonization of America. One of the resources they are using is an interactive site where they answer how they would have handle situations (like prioritizing cargo for the sailing acroos the Atlantic) to see how they would have fared. They are also exploring three-dimensional digital replicas of the colonial-American towns to see what life was like then.

After using the Smartboard to navigate through Envision Math (online math textbook) to learn about greater than/less than, Ms. Carneiro’s second graders logged onto their own computers to explore the array of virtual manipulatives (e.g. place-value blocks, counters, money, etc.) that are available in the “Tools 4 Math” area.

Ms. Ormesher’s fifth graders are currenlty using online resources to research people who lived during the Depression. When they are done with their research, they’re planning on creating digital stories to share that person’s biography.

Ms. Pettit’s 2nd grade class is having a blast using “coolmath” games to practice their addition and strategy skills.

Ms. Scully is helping her students with math by giving them “on demand” access to math tutorial videos that they can access whenever they want by going to the TAG website. The students in the picture are watching a tutorial on dividing decimals.

Our 4th graders are studying weather in science. Here, Ms. Strmiska’s and Ms. Rodriguez’s students are going on a weather webquest, where they have to find out what are the ingredients of weather, what the main process is behind cloud formation, and more

Pictured here are some the clouds that Ms. Barrett’s students are researching before they go outside and try identify them.