Sunday, June 8, 2014

June 9th-June 13th

Summer is almost here!

Dates and details
June 9th- Spare the air day. Afternoon recess in your classroom with you or the gym with Ms. D.
*Report cards sent home 6/12
June 13th last day of school- minimum day End of year grade level to-do list 
June 13th Walking field trip/family picnic at the park (depart at 9:10 am) Check out the activity doc :) Click here for info
Happy Summer!
June 17th and 18th 8:30-3 Blended learning summer tech camp!
Tuesday August 5th- first teacher work day :)

Tech Tips
Next year, all teachers will have an iPad that will also work as your document camera. If you don't have a personal iPad and you'd like to play around and learn this summer, just let me know and we can check out one of the minis for you.  Just in case you want to play around with iMovie trailer. It's so easy on the iPad. Here's a summer video I made with my niece and nephew last year.



Also, if you are recording with your iPhone or iPad, don't forget to turn your device sideways. I ALWAYS forget- and end up with the dreaded black bars on the side of my video. Here's a video to remind you...





Sunday, June 1, 2014

June 2nd-June6th

Food for thought....
Twitter inspiration strikes again. Here's something I found that I plan to do next year. Take a look at the two blog posts-- I can't wait to have a weekly...


No Office Day by Matthew Arend


Why we love “no office day”   Jessica Johnson & William King

Dates & Details
June 4th- Staff meeting 8:00 
June 5th Tech Time! Our last genius hour of the year!
June 6th Kinder promotion in the gym- both Kinders come 8-1, Star end of year staff get-together 
June 13th last day of school- minimum day End of year grade level to-do list *Report cards sent home 6/12
June 13th Walking field trip/family picnic at the park (depart at 9 am) Be sure to add a fun and easy activity to the doc :) Click here for info
June 17th and 18th 8:30-3 Blended learning summer tech camp!
Tuesday August 5th- first teacher work day :)

Tech Tip
Backchannel in the classroom: tons of great resources for engaging conversation in your classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/backchannel-student-voice-blended-classroom-beth-holland