About a month ago, I had the pleasure of creating a new annual family event for my school called BUILD WITH ME. I synced this event with NJ makers day. We became designers with the Engineer Design Process, manipulating materials to afford new uses to them. I think my favorite part was watching the families enjoy the time with their children creating. After reading the story ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER, my 2nd grade students, along with their family designed their own paper balloon hovercraft. My 3rd grade students and families read the book BUILDER BROTHERS BIG PLANS. Our school is currently adding an addition, so in this activity students got to design their own version of the school. Then, using green screen and the Doink app, lay it over a photoshop version of our school lot, where only their model exists.
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I was thrilled to collaborate with the second grade teachers at my school and participate in the first annual multicultural night. Students, families, and staff beautifully showcased their cultures. I added a tech spin by using Nearpod to take them to various places throughout the world! Truly a night to remember Students learned the importance of research and sourcing the information they find. We are in process of creating of interactive power-points which we will turn into a podcast.
Today, my 3rd graders were challenged with code to create a maze for their Ozobot robot. Working with a partner, students will rotate in a STEAM station, focusing on creating algorithms through various visual programming. Immediately, students were anxious and excited, collaborating together to come up with a plan.
In my other centers, students worked on their code.org coursework, learning about loops and repeated patterns. It was a wonderful classroom experience for the students; to be able to effectively solve a problem and explain their solution... ...As I stepped back and watched them become the class leaders, I saw their enthusiasm towards the subject take hold, as the excitement was contagious! I look forward to their next project.
Really enjoyed the project-based learning podcast activity. Grade 1 and Grade 2 students took full force by writing their own script, and brainstorming images to search for online to help the project.
Where do you start? My first step is taking a look at the standards in technology with the particular grade level.
Think about what skill you are trying to accomplish? In New Jersey, we work off of the NJ Technology Standards (2014) 8.1 and 8.2. ( http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/2014/tech/8.pdf ) Now that you have this ready, and you have pulled what you need, it's time to ask the classroom teachers what the their theme is in various subjects. Once you have this, you can start to connect the dots with the Common Core Standards (http://www.corestandards.org/) and the NexGen Science Standards. (https://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/k-2-ets1-engineering-design) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/topic-arrangement/3-5engineering-design) Now that you have a connected project, plan out your time. You'll need to make sure you have everything you need to be successful, Robots and IPADS would need to be checked for updates. Inventory your circuit boards to ensure you have everything you need for a small group. When implementing the lesson in a K-3 level, you'll need to demonstrate the activity for the lower levels. This gives them an idea of how to move forward, because they are early emergent readers K-1 may not be cognitively ready (based upon my early childhood development research) to handle higher-cognitive thinking until they have had ample practice with basic skills. Don't forget to just have fun with this too! My favorite part of lesson planning is connecting how to use the technology skill to further an educational concept. Cooking up Codes- |
Lindsey PietrocolaSince 2010, I've been incorporating technology (in some form or another) into a classroom as a teacher. Archives
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