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Students and Parents, We have begun to roll out devices to students. As of 9/9/2022 all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders have had the Responsible Use Policy lesson. All of 4th, 5th, and half of 3rd grade have also had an initial Chromebook login lesson. During the week of 9/12 the rest of 3rd grade…
Students and Parents, The Responsible Use Policy is the document that outlines, for all Scarsdale Schools users (students, teachers and staff alike) appropriate use guidelines for using district devices, accounts, and services. Every year I do this lesson with the students, usually in big grade-level groups, where we can talk about it, ask questions, and…
The Responsible Use Policy is a document that outlines, for all Scarsdale Schools users (teachers and staff alike) appropriate use guidelines for using district devices, accounts, and services. Every year I do this lesson with the students, usually in big grade-level groups, where we can talk about it, ask questions, and have a general back…
The following items are animated books created using Google Slides with Ms. Citron’s class… From Ms. Citron: The students in 2C researched a variety of animal adaptations, wrote introductions and created drafts of their findings. These presentations reflect a variety of interpretations of this assignment, and builds on a year long curriculum, devoted to this…
The students of 2-O researched animals and the adaptations that are crucial to their survival. After researching the adaptations and creating paper-based rough drafts of books the students used Google Slides to create dynamic, digital representations of their books. These books include all of the research and writing the students compiled as well as the…
2nd Graders, When we are typing we are entering our text using a particular font, or style of writing. But fonts aren’t just fonts, they are “typography” or the art or technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Before computers there were typewriters and before that, handwriting. In order to make writing…
Recently, two Second Grade classes, Ms. Higgins and Ms. Onofri, read Koko’s Kitten by Dr. Francine Patterson. To extend the experiences and add a technology component we decided to let both classes work in layered partnerships to create their own reflections on Koko’s Kitten as a group book. Students worked in teams of two to…
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…