Innovating ways to integrate technology into education
Coding in Kindergarten? Introducing coding to kindergarteners can be a challenge! Do you have devices such as iPads or computer for the students? Do you want kindergarteners to have extensive screen time? Can the students read the commands needed to learn to code? These are just a few of the issues that I had to…
New Graphics Art Space! Who doesn’t want to have a Graphics-Design Lab in their school? Porter-Gaud School recently redesigned their Fine Arts Department. One of the goals during the redesign was to integrate technology into the Arts. This meant creating a space for graphics and design. Currently in the new space, the students have access…
Minecraft in Education? Oh- yeah! Minecraft at Porter-Gaud School? Of course! Minecraft for Education is a program that is widely used at Porter-Gaud School. If you walk in a middle school computer science class, you may see students on computers programming and designing their own Minecraft worlds. Lower school students have designed rainforests as collaborative…
FLIPGRID is one of the coolest programs in education today! If you have not used it, stop reading this right now and go to flipgrid.com! Sign up and join the community! The program can be used on all types of devices, so anyone with access to the internet can use Flipgrid. The program gives students…
Making iMovie Trailers to Learn about Plants in Science Class Teachers are always in search of cool ideas to add to their lessons. I cannot remember a time in my 25 plus years of teaching that I wasn’t looking for something new to grab the interest of my students. How can learning be both fun…