Just an Update

Hello Everyone,
I haven't posted for awhile so I figured I better record what has been going on with the Netbooks in my elementary age classes. The kids absolutely love the Netbooks and are becoming more confident with their computer usage. They have all made All About Me power point presentations that incorporated Flip Cam footage. My second graders are working on mysteries and using sources like readwritethink to aid them with online graphic organizers. My third graders have been using Google Earth to calculate the mileage and days it took the Ingall's family to travel pioneer journeys since we have been reading Little House on the Prairie. My fourth and fifth grade students are working on group webquest activities (one for Where the Red Fern Grows/Great Depression and one for the Civil War). We also enjoyed a visit from Vickie Mohnacky last Friday. She even helped the students create their own portaportals. The Netbooks really have been a blessing and my students have been learning a great deal.

"Snowblogger"

I'm not sure if you have heard, but where I am in the Eastern Panhandle has gotten record breaking snow amounts this winter. So, I had the kids communicate with me through a blog both at home on snow days and at school with the netbooks. I post assignments and they have class time to work on them and finish them up at home. It has been wonderful! You'll have to take a peek!

Snow

We've been off school for 7 days now because of the snow. We got around 45 inches here in Berkeley County. So, as you can imagine we're a little behind on our project.

Annnnnd We're Off!

Here at Tomahawk Intermediate, in Berkeley County, we have finally started our project. We had to finish a few other contests and projects first before we could start this. The kids are currently working on Power Point shows to go with their Social Studies Fair projects that are advancing to Regionals. They are very excited to add this piece of technology to their projects!