about 1 week ago - 3 comments
Mrs. Moore went to an awesome education conference this past weekend called, EdCamp Detroit. It was full of amazing Michigan educators who love helping students learn! We had many great conversations and shared a whole bunch of cool ideas. When I told Mr. Medvinsky we were creating How-To videos, he shared a cool app with More >
about 2 weeks ago - 5 comments
Here are a few more of our class’ first How-To Videos. There are many things we have learned through the making of these videos. We hope to build on these skills and make improvements. * The Distributive Property * Adding Fractions * *** Our music was remixed using the awesome website, UJAM! Watch for us More >
about 2 weeks ago - 8 comments
In celebration of Earth Day this past April 22nd, we made our third annual Paperless Earth Day books. You can see our past Earth Day books by clicking here (Earth Day 2011) and here (Earth Day 2012) . We used KidPix4 and TuxPaint to illustrate our ideas. Take a peek at some ways we take care of More >
about 2 weeks ago - 14 comments
Our classes are talking about making “How-To” videos. How-To Videos would give step by step directions for how to complete a task. The younger Techie Kids are thinking about time order words such as First, Next, and Last. They are also practicing following directions. * The older Techie Kids are considering storyboarding and how to More >
about 3 weeks ago - 4 comments
This is a student post by Emily and Claire for Mr. Mannell (and a short video for all of our readers!) You can visit Mr. Mannell’s site, Extended Comments for Students, by clicking here. * We are so thankful for the video you sent us! The student performers did a great job! We can tell More >
about 2 months ago - 7 comments
We love to read. So, of course, we are excited about March is Reading Month! Our schools have many fun activities planned this month like read a cereal box day, read- a shirt day, flashlight reading, and special guest mystery readers. We explore the different reading genres in our classrooms. Our students know that we More >
about 4 months ago - 27 comments
The Techie Kids have been working hard in our computer lab. We’ve learned about Internet Safety, avatars, digital footprints, keyboarding, word processing, presentations, animations, spreadsheets, research skills, images, and citations. Whew, that’s not bad for only 40 minutes once per week! We are finally ready to begin blogging! Last week, we discussed some of the features More >
about 11 months ago - 4 comments
Don’t you know that it’s all about the genres? The Techie Kids do. Here’s a project that we started back during “March Is Reading Month.” After seeing what Amy Burvall creates for her high school History students, Mrs. Moore was inspired to try a small scale version with our elementary classes. We hope you are More >
about 12 months ago - 2 comments
If you give the Techie Kids inspiration, chances are they’ll create something amazing! That’s just what we’ve been doing. Inspired by Laura Numeroff’s If You Give A Mouse A Cookie series, we decided to create our own version. This story is a collaboration between our Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third grade classes. Here is our More >
about 1 year ago - 18 comments
Our classes have been loving a new piece of technology in our lab. Learning Resources has given us a Luna Interactive Projection Camera and we have found so many ways to put it to good use! Take a look… *** We’ve used our Luna for choral reading, ** Peeks in our World Atlas, *** Reading More >
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Moore,
I have actually written a song! I am a singer/songwriter so i have experienced some difficulty with lyrics. I enjoy singing but I am getting my tonscils out during the summer so I will have to rest my voice! I think an educational song would be The Rain In Spain. I am not looking forward to resting my voice because if I do not get my daily dose of singing, Lord I don’t know what I’d do.
Have a great day
truly and forever a Techie Kid,
Jenna
about 1 year ago
Dear, 2 graders and Mrs. Moore
I liked the song, it was really fantastic. The only thing is that i didnt learn anything new. It looked like it took you a while to make the song. Did you guys have fun making the song?
Sincerely,
a Techie Kid, Ryan
about 1 year ago
Dear Techie Kids,
I was one of the kids in the plant song. I think that the plant song helps kids learn about plants. I hope you have leared a lot about plants after this song. I hope you guys learn about plants in your classes.plants are a living part of the world. Plants help us breathes. I love plants.Actully I have a hole garden of them.
Your friend,
Sydney
about 1 year ago
Dear Techie Kids
It sure is fun matching up words to music and making them fit.
I think your songs will really help you to remember all about plants!
Thank you for linking to our post about our daily 5 songs.
I think you were very clever because you made up your own words for the music. We used words that had been written by someone else!
warm wishes
Mrs MKenzie from B4
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. McKenzie,
Thanks for inspiring us! We really enjoyed listening to the students in B4 sing.
It helped us think about how music can help us with things we are learning. We are also working on a video about the different reading genres. We will let you know as soon as we finish it. What are some of your favorite genres?
Your fans in Michigan,
Mrs. Moore and the Techie Kids