Welcome to Spring!
If you are like us, you are ready for flowers, warmer weather and Spring Break! Ours is not until the middle of April.
April is National Poetry Month, but it also brings Earth Day and to celebrate we make sure our students understand the concept of an Eco footprint through the use of Digital Footprint activities.
Do your students know their Digital Footprint?
Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2019, is the perfect day for students to discover what their footprint shows. Choose Your Digital Footprint Adventure: Select a scenario, Make choices along the way and then Read how your choices affect your digital footprint and your career.
Digital Baseball cards? Yep. 2019 is the 150th anniversary of professional baseball and opening day was March 28th. The earliest it has ever been! Baseball trading cards were first printed in the late 1860s. Today, there is also a category called non-sports trading cards. The ReadWriteThink Trading Card interactive tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their knowledge and skill when writing about anything. It even gives a place for sources. Students can create trading cards about Artists, Coders, Scientists, Writers or their favorite Superhero.
April is National Poetry Month, but it also brings Earth Day and to celebrate we make sure our students understand the concept of an Eco footprint through the use of Digital Footprint activities.
Do your students know their Digital Footprint?
Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2019, is the perfect day for students to discover what their footprint shows. Choose Your Digital Footprint Adventure: Select a scenario, Make choices along the way and then Read how your choices affect your digital footprint and your career.
Digital Baseball cards? Yep. 2019 is the 150th anniversary of professional baseball and opening day was March 28th. The earliest it has ever been! Baseball trading cards were first printed in the late 1860s. Today, there is also a category called non-sports trading cards. The ReadWriteThink Trading Card interactive tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their knowledge and skill when writing about anything. It even gives a place for sources. Students can create trading cards about Artists, Coders, Scientists, Writers or their favorite Superhero.
81st International Technology & Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) Annual Conference
As we stated in March, we showcased, “Libraries: Bringing STEM to All through Collaborations: Collaborating with teachers from different content areas, Partnering with other schools and Community Businesses/Organization, Granby High School’s Librarians through Digital Learning and ALA International Games Day and monthly gatherings bring STEM activities, both plugged and unplugged, introduce students to career ideas and other opportunities.”
While at the conference, we saw some really cool things including some activities from NASA, college robot competitions and a mobile zSpace AR/VR learning experience, which was a bus full of computers using 3D technology to create experiences with everything to demonstrate virtual and augmented reality. We dissected a brain, did some virtual welding and left with lots of great ideas and advice for creating STEM/STEAM programs. All information about the conference is posted on the ITEEA website. As part of the STEM Showcase we exchanged information with people from all over the United States and the world such as Hangzou, China; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Taiwan.
May/Upcoming Events: Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day
Wishing you a Great Spring Break!
Deborah & Lisa
As we stated in March, we showcased, “Libraries: Bringing STEM to All through Collaborations: Collaborating with teachers from different content areas, Partnering with other schools and Community Businesses/Organization, Granby High School’s Librarians through Digital Learning and ALA International Games Day and monthly gatherings bring STEM activities, both plugged and unplugged, introduce students to career ideas and other opportunities.”
While at the conference, we saw some really cool things including some activities from NASA, college robot competitions and a mobile zSpace AR/VR learning experience, which was a bus full of computers using 3D technology to create experiences with everything to demonstrate virtual and augmented reality. We dissected a brain, did some virtual welding and left with lots of great ideas and advice for creating STEM/STEAM programs. All information about the conference is posted on the ITEEA website. As part of the STEM Showcase we exchanged information with people from all over the United States and the world such as Hangzou, China; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Taiwan.
May/Upcoming Events: Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day
Wishing you a Great Spring Break!
Deborah & Lisa