FALL into Reading
Our focus on the ISTE standards entitled Empowering Student Learning with Technology continues with September's focus, the Empowered Learner. This week's post will also tie into our October standard: Global Collaborator
This week's focus is using EPIC books!
For those of you who may not be familiar with EPIC!, we have created a brief tutorial to help you get started. EPIC! is the Netflix of books! You can simply add students, and even create groups to choose specific books (collections) and levels for that particular group of students. For the week of October 1-5, they have challenged all classrooms to log 50 books, and those classrooms will receive a certificate for each student!
October begins the Global Read Aloud
If you'd like to know more, please click here.
Week 1: October 1-5- My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray SmithLucky for us, this story is part of EPIC! We encourage all teachers to read or listen to this book in their classrooms for this week. You can read it whole group, or assign it to your students!
You can also have the author read it to your class with this link.
Global Collaborator:
Once you've read the book, we encourage you to share your reading experiences with another teacher in the district. Perhaps your classes will share via FlipGrid or Padlet? Perhaps you'll all read the book and Skype together to discuss the book! Please keep Chris and I in mind when planning to collaborate with another class! Let us know if you're looking for a class to share with!Seesaw Corner: Week 1- My Heart Fills with Happiness- Seesaw Activity- click here!
Note: Week 2: October 8-12- Wild Berries by Julie Flett
The last 2 posts today are review from past posts, but are beginning of year reminders!
2. iPad Use and Cleaning techniques
It is very important that students close down app AND websites on the iPad when they are done using the iPads. Most students are familiar with closing down apps by clicking the home button 2 times, and then swiping the app up and off the screen. However, it's also important to close down any websites used, so student information, test scores, etc. is not shared. To close down a website, you will click on the website and see 2 squares at the top right (see picture). By clicking on them, it will show you all websites open and make it easy to "x" them out from there.
Please teach your students both techniques to "clean up" before the next class uses the iPads!
In addition, if you are a teacher who uses iPads often, please be sure to take a look at iPad Management! Attached here are iPad use posters you can easily print and display in your classroom! (All of these links are also found on the Tech Integrator's website under Tutorials for Teachers).
Please teach your students both techniques to "clean up" before the next class uses the iPads!
In addition, if you are a teacher who uses iPads often, please be sure to take a look at iPad Management! Attached here are iPad use posters you can easily print and display in your classroom! (All of these links are also found on the Tech Integrator's website under Tutorials for Teachers).
