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Coding is a popular activity and skill. The “Hour of Code” is an international program aimed at sparking interest in computer science and the concept of coding. The “Hour of Code” week is December 7-13 and encourages teachers and students to try coding, with the tagline “an hour of code for every student.” Here at…
The Project: Using Google Slides 3rd grade students will create a 13 slide presentation, one month at a time, over the entire school year. The Why? It is never too early to start building a digital portfolio and not every portfolio will look the same. But one great way to show true growth and progress…
All 4th and 5th graders are given web spaces to create, and curate, their own digital portfolios. These sites are built, and maintained, by the students using Google Sites. These sites are initially only visible to the student and their teacher. The goal of student portfolio sites is to give students a space to develop…
Yesterday Google updated Chrome. One of the best features of Chrome is the ability to multiple Google accounts logged in simultaneously (previous tutorial post here) The feature is still there, Google just tweaked the visual… You no longer see the icons like this: It now looks like this:
The lab @HeathcoteTech has a new name… Before I explain I would love to hear guesses as to the meaning. Everything on the sign was done very specifically and intentionally and references both what happens in the lab and with technology throughout Heathcote. There is even a nod to a genre students are very familiar with……
As you can see HeathcoteTech has been updated! The page color scheme has changed to better align with the school colors (big thanks to Mrs. Mangan and the Heathcote Herald for visual inspiration) HeathcoteTech is now on Google Plus! The content on the Google+ page will mirror this blog, but since some people prefer Google+…
I have long told my students “there are only 2 things on the internet.” Two. Nothing more, nothing less. I use this, especially with elementary school students, as a way to explain, simply, the tenets of safe web use. The only two things on the internet are Good Garbage That’s it. Good and Garbage. Everything…
As the year gets underway one of the things everyone has heard me say a lot is “Google.” I am a huge fan of Google Apps as a platform. It does wonders for collaboration, communication, and efficiency. One of the biggest perks is that with our 4th and 5th grades on Chromebooks we can all…
As the 2014-2015 gets underway I wanted to give the Heathcote community a status update on technology, and when students will begin to access the resources (lab, Chromebooks, iPads, etc).We are in the process of re-imaging and configuring all Mac desktops in the building, so that they all have the latest available software and access…
Welcome! This blog is centered around technology here at Heathcote.