Getting to Know Our Buddies Template

Building relationships and making connections with other peers is important for students of all ages! My kindergartners recently buddied up Meghan Curry’s fifth grade kids. The Littles and Bigs used a Google Slides presentation to record their first interactions and capture their first memories of being buddies. Getting to Know Our Buddies Continue Reading →

Introducing Chromebooks to Littles

Teachers know the first day of school is about making those initial connections with students and explaining classroom procedures, routines, and expectations.  An introduction to technology should be included in those beginning-of-the-school-year elements.  I was sure to include a brace map of the primary device my students would be using this Continue Reading →

Collaborative Slides in Small Groups

Students of all ages need opportunities to work collaboratively with their peers.  Through collaboration kids learn how to think, share, and work together.  Collaboration comes naturally to some children, especially during play.  Collaboration through the use of technology is also possible for little kids.  It starts off basic with the Continue Reading →

Alice Keeler’s Vocab Template – Modify it for Littles

Alice Keeler designed an awesome Google Slides vocab template for a math scavenger hunt.  In her version, students can use their mobile devices to take pictures of visuals that associate with math vocab terms and can demonstrate their understanding of terms through descriptions.  I strongly suggest you read her blog post: “Math Continue Reading →

Pixel Art in TK

Day two of TK (transitional kindergarten) using GAfE, and the kids were already in spreadsheets!  Credit for that fact goes to the EdTech specialist and spreadsheet queen, Alice Keeler.  She was so curious about what the kids could do in Google Sheets and passed along her Pixel Art template.  We were Continue Reading →