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Technology Integration
Our Hopes and Dreams
We are doing our best to accommodate the needs of schools/3rd Grade teachers
throughout the district. We have already been in a few classrooms and libraries
across the district (assisting with login, website usage, Google Docs, etc.) We are
available to come into any classrooms if/when needed. This can be to assist with
lessons being taught, introduce or observe technology lessons, or help with logins.
Also, if you have lessons, apps or websites that you have used in the past and are
willing to share, we will be glad to include them in these newsletters. Please let us
know if there are topics or apps you would like us to research or subjects on which
to focus our efforts.
Math Links
Third Grade teachers throughout the district are using different
websites to promote basic facts with their students. Here are a few of
the more commonly used sites:
XtraMath
http://xtramath.org/
MobyMax
http://www.mobymax.com/
ScootPad (iPad app available)
https://scootpad.com/
IXL Math (iPad app available)
http://www.ixl.com/math/
This Issue
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Hopes and Dreams
Math Links
 Page 2
Science Apps
 Page 3
Reading Links
Social Studies Links
 Page 4
Missing Animal
News Report
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Tech Tips
Science Apps Screenshot—Food Chains
Inside PBS Kids, you can access the TV
show WildKratts. They have mini segments available (pulled from full episodes). Many of these include mimicry,
animal adaptations and camouflage.
Click the WildKratts Button.
Slide the Browse button to the left to
see the episode options.
A Few Relevant Episodes
Mimics All Around
Spots and Stripes
Creature Features
A Mighty Defense
Up the Food Chain
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Technology Integration
Social Studies Links
Government
Branches of Power This game allows the student to act as all 3 branches of government. They need to propose a bill, promote it,
defend it and then sign it into law.
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/branches-of-power
Executive Command This game has students carrying out the duties of the Presidency (signing bills into laws, diplomacy, wartime
decisions).
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/executive-command
Court Quest This game has students deciding whether cases should be heard in the federal or local courts. They also decide which court to attend and how to appeal (somewhat more advanced than the previous two games).
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/court-quest
Law Craft Game -
The students go through the process of creating and promoting bills (more advanced).
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/law-craft
Congress For Kidshttp://www.congressforkids.net/
Ben’s Guide to Governmenthttp://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html
Reading Links
A resource for Nights of the Pufflings:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/atlanticpuffin/
Resources for Trapped By the Ice:
If your school library has access to PebbleGo, there is a good biography of Ernest Shackleton.
http://www.pebblego.com/
Online photo journey:
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_pictures.htm
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/endurance/
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Missing Animal News Report (idea for using an iPad)
We wanted a project that would hold the students’ interest after the
completion of a novel study. Students read a variety of books from the animal genre. They were told to pretend that one of the animal characters
from their story went missing. They were to create the circumstances
surrounding the disappearance. The students were given a “Missing Animal
Report” to complete. This was the rough draft for a poster that would
hang behind their news desk. (We used the copy machine to enlarge the
poster onto construction paper).
The students were then instructed to create a script for their newscast. Their news report needed to be written down and practiced a few
times. We then used the iPad to record the newscast and watched them
later in the week.
Creating backdrops for “On Location” Reporting
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“On Location” Reporters
Desk Reporter
Technology Integration
iPad Tech Tips
Have you ever wanted your students to have access to a certain website on
the iPad, but didn’t want them to search for it? You can find websites and
then create a direct link from your home screen. This gives the students
immediate access to the “approved” link!
STEP 1
STEP 2
“I would like the students to research the
puffin during Nights of the Pufflings. I
found a website (through Safari on the iPad)
for them to use, and want to give them immediate access.”
Choose “Add to Home Screen”.
Find a website and click on the “Upload” symbol.
STEP 3
Type in a name for your link.
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STEP 4
An “app” will appear on your home screen!
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