The online home of the computer lab & all things tech @HeathcoteSchool
Occasionally I will be posting things applicable to teachers as well as students and parents. Today is one of those days a post is applicable to everyone, and anyone, with an iPhone or iPad… One of the best ways to get use to the wide variety of possibilities of the iPad is to take advantage of free…
This post is a work in progress as students finish & tweak their animated books The following items are animated books created using Google Slides with Ms. Boyer’s class.From start to finish our Rocketry unit spanned eight weeks. The children read, researched, watched, learned, documented, designed, created, evaluated and analyzed throughout the entire project. These…
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’ve written a few posts over the last week about how we will be using Twitter here at Heathcote. A primer Our hashtag I also wanted to put up a post addressing the two most obvious sides of the same coin, the benefits and concerns. I recently co-authored an article with Lisa Nielsen, the Director…
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…
In the previous post, Twitter @HeathcoteSchool, I wrote about Twitter as a platform and offered a solution for following Twitter users without actually have a Twitter account, or even a smartphone.The previous post also listed all the teaches with Twitter accounts at Heathcote.This post is more geared toward people with a Twitter account looking to get…
Twitter is a great resource. It is no longer just Ashton Kutcher talking about what he ate for breakfast (although, I’m sure there is probably still a lot of that going on). These days teachers are using Twitter as another method of communicating with parents. There is a Heathcote School Twitter account that posts school announcements, shares…
As week three begins we are one step closer to getting all the technology up and running. But first I wanted to thank the parents who stopped by the lab during the Open House. It was great to meet so many parents and have the great conversations we did. Here are a few follow-up points:…
Welcome parents! Tonight is Open House, feel free to stop by the Computer Lab and say hello. If we don’t get the chance to meet face-to-face, here is a quick introduction… Welcome to HeathcoteTech Looking forward to a great year. Thanks!