| — Digital Assessment – Fifth grade is using the “GRASP” model for the Earth System assessment where the “products” include a blog post and commenting on the posts of others. Check out the Blog Commenting presentation and student blog posts here and here. |  |
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— Digital Assessment — Second graders used the voice-to-text feature for the Habitats unit assessment. |
| — Hour of Code – The coding festival is here once again! There are now |  |
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– Family Tech Night – is on Tuesday, November 8th. The event is open to students and their parents in Grades 5. Some of our 5th Graders are serving on the event’s planning committee. |
| — Arcade games – Some 4th grade classes have made Cardboard Arcade games, and these are setup in the ES tech office. Please call/ email if you would like your classes/ students to try these out. |  |
| Here’s a thought – Empower your Students as Contributors to your class blog. Allow them to take on a more meaningful and an active role by deciding the content for the class blog. Assign roles like Photographer or Videographer, Official Scribe, Social Media (Twitter, Instagram) manager and more. | |
| — Tech PD opportunities @ AES
– LEGO Robotics Drop-in PD focuses on robotics as a strategy to develop skills like project management, problem-solving and collaboration. Explore the use of LEGO WeDo Robotics kits and learn more about how coding and robotics provide opportunities for: — Asking questions and solving problems. — Hands-on innovation. — Using design skills and practices. — Developing Habits of Mind. — Student agency. |
When – November 7th
Time – 11:45-12:30 and 3:45-4:30 Venue – The Learning Lab, OoL |