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The Three Most Important Weeks of the Year
We go in to survival mode at this time of year: counting the days until we can get an extended break. The Eanes school calendar is a challenging one. Waiting until December 19th before we get more...
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What Ghandi really said: “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We...
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Raspberry Pi
Yesterday was a GREAT day. I introduced classes to my Hour of Code Thinglink and got a Kinder class on Scratch Jr. I spent part of the latter part of my afternoon on Project GUTS and have started a...
View ArticleUsing Lego in Science
TEKS:3rd Grade6. Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that forces cause change and that energy exists in many forms. The student is expected to:(B) demonstrate and observe how position and...
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When First Graders Met Bob and John
I was lucky to be given the gift of Bob and John, formally known as Dash and Dot. When the students at Forest Trail first got a glimpse of these incredible 'creatures' the excitement was tangible. My...
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It's the Little Things in Life
Sometimes I wonder if teachers feel under pressure to always do the 'dog and pony' show when it comes to technology integration. I've been working with some teachers at Forest Trail showing them that...
View ArticleActing is HARD WORK!
I had the pleasure of working with Ms. Johnson's class this month as part of their Habitat Unit. Last year Ms. Johnson and I worked together to enhance this unit and this year we added a little extra...
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Teaching Thinking
Teaching programming to elementary age students has recently become a huge passion of mine. Since attending ISTE three years ago, I began to explore ways to integrate programming and robotics in to...
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