Ms. Jones’ first graders watched this BrainPopJr. video about Thanksgiving. After discussing what it means to be thankful, they used StoryboardThat to make a picture and write a sentence about what they are thankful for. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Jones’ class used either this virtual jack-o-lantern maker or this online alien maker. Then they used Pages on their Macbooks to write about their pictures. Their work is displayed via Yumpu. Enjoy their work!
Mrs. Jones’ first graders learned about White Oak symbols and history by using videos on this Symbaloo webmix:
Then they worked with a partner to make ChatterPix videos about what they learned. Their videos were compiled using iMovie on a Macbook. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Jones’ first graders discussed how everyone is AWESOME at something. We watched this video by Kid President to be inspired:
In this video, Kid President is introducing a guide to being awesome. Here is our digital version of how we ARE awesome. Enjoy their work!
***To complete this project students first drew their pictures with the Paint Go tool by abcya.com. Next we compiled their pictures using the 30 Hands app and recorded their voices.
This week in the Technology Lab students made a digital present for Mother’s Day. Student chose their tool using this Symbaloo webmix. Enjoy their work!
Recently, we learned about some famous Inventors via this Symbaloo webmix.
Students used a recording sheet to take notes with a partner. (In the interest of time, students were given a cloze recording sheet.) Next, we played a Kahoot game with partners, using their notes to aid in answering questions. To view the Kahoot game we played, click here.
This week in the Technology Lab students learned about rocks via this Symbaloo webmix.
Some students choose to Tweet about what they learned about rocks.
Ms. Jones’ class went on a virtual field trip across Texas by visiting this Symbaloo webmix:
Next, we took a survey of which places we’d like to visit.
Finally, we made a graph from the data using this site. Enjoy their work!
This week in the Technology Lab we are learning about famous American inventors. First, Ms. Jones’ class worked with a partner to explore this Symbaloo webmix with 6 different inventors. Next, we played a Kahoot game to see how much we learned. (If you have a Kahoot account, you can view the game we played here.) Students had tons of fun answering questions about what they learned!
