My students will share with you a few apps that they use regularly in the classroom. We will highlight the best math, language arts, science, and geography apps. In addition we will demonstrate student-created Prezis and discuss the possible uses in your classroom.
Student Showcase: At Alta View Elementary in Sandy, Utah students meet for an hour each week to engage in learning about technology. This is an after school program that works with 5th and 6th graders.
First Lego League excites students about science and technology. They are tasked to build an autonomous robot that can complete missions. They also must create an innovative solution to a real world project relating to a theme. Six elementary schools in the Granite School District participated in this program this year. All but one of these schools had never done it before. After hours of work and real world lessons in "gracious professionalism" and "coopertition", students learned that the journey is more important than the destination and that failure can lead to success. They learned the excitement of science and technology and the importance of working together. Students have brought their robots to show what they can do and explain the frustrating, yet fulfilling process it took to get the robot to do what they wanted.
I am a library media technology specialist. I love books and technology so naturally Maker Space was the perfect fit for me. I love working with robots and learning new things.
Apple’s iAuthor is a great tool for students to be in charge of their own learning and provides them a way to be creative about how they display information to others. This group of 4th graders from Ellis Elementary in Logan, Utah created their own ebook on the water cycle so that the rest of the class could view and learn from it on class iPads. Ask them about what made the task fun, hard, challenging, and educational. Talking to the students will help you develop your own plan based on their successes and failures as you try to integrate this new technology in your own class. Great for any Gifted and Talented class or differentiated instruction.
A 4th grade teacher from Logan,UT. I'm currently in my sixth year of teaching and have recently obtained my Master's Degree in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences from USU. I love theater, digital media, and anything with the Property Brothers or Stephen Colbert. I enjoy... Read More →
Come and see how Sketchup has transformed the way that my students build and think about the world around them! Students are integrating multiple subject areas as they focus on their surroundings.
4-6 Teacher, Ephraim Elementary School, South Sanpete School District
I like long walks along the beach, candlelight dinners...OH WAIT! Not that kind of site...sorry! I love teaching 4th grade, and I've done so for the last 5 years. I really love integrating technology in to my curriculum. My hobbies include playing racquetball, photography, and spending... Read More →
Want to learn how to create a student newscast with a limited budget? Come see how students at Brighton High School built their own studio and used their own resources and creativity to create a school newscast.
For this student showcase, we will be looking at how to effectively utilize resources like blogs and forums to create an online community for the students to take part in. These resources are easily shared with parents and the community to really bring a creative group of individuals who are given the opportunity to learn from each other. We will be discussing how to best facilitate discussion and ask the right questions, rather than just providing all of the information to the student. The student showcase will walk you through examples of how the students are able to not only adapt, but also to excel at this online environment. There will be many student work samples that will demonstrate how they are able to post their own work and also comment and leave each other feedback, thus reaching a much larger range then even a team of teachers could. This information is all very data-driven. Self-critique and self-examination are important parts to this online community. While using blogs and other techniques, you also as an educator open up the door to learning that can go beyond your specific class you are teaching and actually be continued on past your time as the student's instructor. The student might continue to use these same resources throughout his/her life to share information and images. That ability for the students to stay connected is of vital importance as we move forward in finding the best uses of technology in the learning process!
Electives Dept Chair & CTE Teacher, Mountain Heights Academy
Ashley Webb is a graduate of Brigham Young University, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Technology and Engineering Education. She holds Utah teaching endorsements in Multimedia, Commercial Art, Commercial Photography, IC3/Computer Technology, & Technology and Engineering Education... Read More →
Well, here is a little bit about me. I moved to Utah from Minnesota to pursue a teaching career at a charter school. Throughout my life, I have always had a sneaky enjoyment with technology, and it happened to work out that I got a job at the Open High School of Utah. It has been... Read More →