Understanding Shapes
Key understandings that were focussed on during this lesson – A shape has to be closed, if it has any opening then it is not a shape Reviewing shapes with straight sides Why is circle/ oval not part of...
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Kindergarten used the Draw Free app on the iPads to design Eric Carle paper. They watched the Eric Carle video as he created a red mural for The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book. Here are some samples...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Chameleon – a digital book by KG
Key concepts — Brings out the students understanding of concept of camouflage Students tell about — What is your chameleon doing? What’s happening to your chameleon?
View ArticlePhotography by First Graders
Students looked at Flower portraits by Irving Penn to understand some basic photography tricks – zoom, light, backdrop and angle. Students then took photos of flowers in the ES greens.
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week#1
Week of August 10th Follow Me Printers – In addition to ES Office, ES Counseling and Neem 2nd floor, the printer on Neem 3rd floor is also functional. PowerSchool Attendance – Mostly everyone reported...
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ES Tech Diaries – Week of August 14th 2015 — PlanbookEdu – Many-a-success stories with both new and existing users of this collaborative lesson planning tool! Please sign-up here if you are interested...
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ES Tech Diaries – Week of August 31st 2015 — FollowMe printer – The printer in Ashoka building, 1st floor is now working. We now have all ES followme printers functional. — MAP – MAP testing is...
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ES Tech Diaries – Week of September 7th 2015 — MAP – MAP testing starts tomorrow at 8:30 and runs throughout the day. The Tech Team will be wrapped up in MAP testing until Thursday. Please call #3255...
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ES Tech Diaries – Week of September 15th 2015 This week I thought of spotlighting some tech tools that are being used across ES. Maybe some of these will trigger ideas for Disruptive Innovation… —...
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #19
ES Tech Diaries – Week of February 1st 2016 — Reconnecting to wifi – Due to some hardware (server) issues, some or all student devices may need to be reconnected to the iPad ES SSID (wifi) on Monday...
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #20
ES Tech Diaries – Week #20 — Design Thinking – Cheers for your participation in the design thinking conversations at the last ES Faculty meeting. The presentation and resources are linked here. —...
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #21
— ‘Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it’ – The tools are changing, and so is the way we interact with them. What was fiction once is almost a reality now. The makers of Back to the Future...
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #22
— 3D printing – Check this interesting use of the 3D printing for social and environmental cause. — Making Thinking Visible – The Visible Thinking routines help promote active reasoning and thinking....
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #23
— Tech PD opportunities – We have lots of Tech PD coming up. Look out for more information and invites in the coming weeks. The next one is about cleaning up your hard drive – using DiskSweeper X or...
View ArticleES Tech Diaries – Week #24
— A reminder — AES Shared Network Drive Sunsetting – The shared AES network drive will be turned off this by March 11, 2016. The plan is to move towards full integration with Google Drive for file...
View Article# 26 ES Tech Diaries – Week of March 28th 2016
Welcome back after what I hope was a relaxing, rejuvenating Spring Break! — Design-and-Build Challenge of the week – Beginning this week, I will share a weekly D&B activity idea. Feel free to use...
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