Teacher Stories

The following stories are from experienced teachers who want to share their use of technology for student assessment and learning. These stories will provide you with ideas for using advanced technology for assessment and instruction.

GRADE ONE COMMUNICATION ARTS First grade students use technology to learn vowel sounds [open teacher story]

GRADE TWO LITERACY Students use Kid Pix to demonstrate learning in literacy activities. [open teacher story]

GRADE TWO SCIENCE Students use inquiry-based learning to research the planets from links provided on the teacher’s webpage [open teacher story]

GRADES TWO-FOUR COMMUNICATION ARTS Students research, develop and produce 20-minute television news programs [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE SPELLING Students do a word search puzzle in the Website of puzzlemaker.com. To arouse their interest for spelling. [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE READING Students identify, compare and contract character traits of book characters using Kidspiration [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE SCIENCE Third grade students use technology to sequence and label each stage of the life cycle of a Monarch Butterfly [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE WRITING Third grade students demonstrate writing skills though use of Power Point [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE MATH Third grade students study algebraic relationships through collection and analysis of word data. [open teacher story]

GRADE THREE SOCIAL STUDIES Students completed asocial studies project on emergency preparedness using handhelds and our website [open teacher story]

FOURTH GRADE SCIENCE Students gathered information about the tree population using handhelds to record data and images and then transfer data to Excel graphs [open teacher story]

GRADE FIVE SOCIAL STUDIES Students use Power Point and SMART board to present Civil War information [open teacher story]

GRADES SIX-SEVEN SOCIAL STUDIES Students learn geography and history concepts about Japan and Africa [open teacher story]

GRADES SIX-EIGHT MATH/COMPUTERS Students explore drafting and design by creating their dream house [open teacher story]

GRADE EIGHT SOCIAL STUDIES Students research major events/times from the 20th century and develop a Power Point presentation [open teacher story]

GRADE ELEVEN SOCIAL STUDIES Students use technology to learn about the immigrant experience in U.S. History [open teacher story]

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