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How do we keep students safe while still allowing them access to the amazing tools available in 2016 and beyond? Today I am leading a Parent Coffee about Internet (and Technology) Safety geared toward the parents of K-2 students. Attending in person is not always possible, so to ensure the entire community has access to…
Here is the Padlet for today’s introduction: https://padlet.com/ccasal/dgmiuaz3v208 Fill in what you “Know” about Padlet and what you “Want” to know. When adding a sticky use the “Title” line to put K or W and your initials. For example, If I were to add a sticky about what I know my “Title” would be “K…
Here is the Padlet for today’s introduction: http://padlet.com/ccasal/mtme3xji5q0r Fill in what you “Know” about Padlet and what you “Want” to know. When adding a sticky use the “Title” line to put K or W and your initials. For example, If I were to add a sticky about what I know my “Title” would be “K…
We’ve been tweeting! The following message went out to parents from Ms. Stile on 10/20/16: We are a very active community on Twitter, we have even paved the way for a district-wide Twitter initiative! It is an amazing tool for our school community, to celebrate all the great things happening at Heathcote School. To see…
Heathcote students have access to a few online platforms in addition to Google Apps. While Google Apps and all the feature of Drive are awesome tools and resources, one can’t learn by Google alone. Students have access to 4 main online services; Kodable, Tynker, Typing Club, and Wixie. Kodable and Tynker are coding programs,…
Welcome parents! For the 2016 Open House all of the Specials teachers presented in the Auditorium. We borrowed a page from the Ignite style of presentations. Ignite presentations are 5 minutes long with slide that move every 15 seconds. We adjusted the format a bit to 3 minutes per teacher to ensure all our presentations were…
Every year the 5th graders of Scarsdale participate in Capstone. Capstone is the last two months of school, post-standardized testing. Students choose a topic, research it, and create a final product. It is designed to be a self-directed, passion/interest based assignment. And it ends with a tri-fold board… This year our school decided to turn…
It was the beginning of June and Ms. Conklin and I met to talk about a final project. A project the students could have a lot of fun with through the last month, but also a project that would also incorporate their cultural universal unit of study. We decided to take their research on a…
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…