This is the fourth episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share what they want to be when they each grow up.
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This is the third episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share about the reasons our class is awesome.
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This is the second episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share about their favorite parts of our first day together.
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This is the first episode of a new classroom podcast I’m starting this year, using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode I discuss the new learning spaces I’m planning for my 3rd and 4th grade classroom this year.
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Wes and I had a great time at Mobile Learning 2015. We connected with many friends and made several new connections. I am looking forward to having Cori Araza’s HS students partner with my students to learn how to create games! I am also planning on redesigning my classroom thanks to Erin Klein. Awesome weekend of learning.
This month I’m having several opportunities to lead free technology integration workshops for OETA, our PBS affiliate station in Oklahoma. These workshops focus on how to use the free videos and lesson building tools included on the PBS Learning Media website. (@pbslrnmedia) If you live in or near McAlester, Tulsa, or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, please join me in the morning on June 8, 9, or 22nd. The registration link to sign up (it’s FREE) is linked from OETA’s education page. The dates and locations for remaining workshops are:
I’ve linked the Google Slide presentation and other resources for these workshops on my classroom website. If you have questions in advance about the workshops please contact me via Twitter @sfryer, or leave a comment here.
My 3rd and 4th grade students spent a month researching different people as a part of our Black History Month project. In our 1:1 classroom students did their own independent research from web, video, and print to create narrated ebooks about their chosen person. Students used Book Creator for iPad to record their final reports. One student chose iMovie and created an iMovie trailer. I’m so proud of how hard they worked and how well their reports turned out.
Today after school Wes and I filmed my short 2 min video for the PBS learning Media “Digital Innovators” program. I am amazed at how comfortable I have become with integrating iPads into our everyday learning. My students love making, creating, and sharing what they know.
This week my students are discovering a new iPad app called News-O-Matic. It is a wonderful app for reading daily nonfiction stories based on current events. Students read articles that they’re interested in and then respond by either writing to the editor or responding with a picture. My students are eager to read the news every morning! One student Kevin was super excited when the editor wrote back to him!
We have been having a great time in our Makers Studio time learning about electricity. Several of my students have really learned about circuits by using the LittleBits to create their own machines. Kevin and Heaven made this automated Hand to wave to all of their friends. I’m amazed at how quickly they have figured the components out and been able to apply their learning to their different inventions. Their inventions are way more complicated than anything I would have assigned!
