Digital Citizenship Week

Digital Citizenship Week was the week of October 19th-25th. Digital Citizenship is really not much different than citizenship in person.  Each class has already signed their commitment to our District's Acceptable Use Policy, just like they signed their class social contract.
Remembering our behavior plan, the 3 Bees, we want to BEE Safe, BEE Respectful, annd BEE Responsible in real life, as well as in the digitable life. Always follow the rules that you have committed to:  Always get parents or teachers' permission and supervision to be on the computer.  Only go to safe sites that are for your age.  And, speak only to people you know, like your grandparents.  Be protective of yourself by never sharing your information.  One class created bookmarks as a way to remind them of their commitment.

SHOW ME!

CHECK OUT THIS FREE App! IT's AWESOME! Mrs. Jacqueline Garcia was very excited for her class to use this with their IPads! It's a virtual whiteboard.  Students can write on the iPad using their finger or stylus.  This App gives the students the capability to audio record! The learning opportunities are endless!  Students can immediately play back a tutorial that can be used over and over. Great to use with students who have been absent and missed original explanations and examples. 

Mrs. Garcia's class was working on division and the algorithm steps the first day they tried this app.

Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Mrs. Rivera's Dual Kindergarten Class completed their retell on The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.The students enjoyed this activity and wanted to share it with you!  Document Cameras are used quite a bit to document growth in kindergarten.  It is creative how Mrs. Rivera's class shared in English and Spanish.

Learning in our Dual Language 5th Grade Classroom

Our Next Geneation Digital Classroom is off and running, learning new things daily with our IPad Air devices.  Mrs. Garcia got her feet wet first by adding a technology component in with our Dual Language Student Created English Alphabet.  The students researched to find strong words to represent each letter of the English alphabet.  Then the students acted out their word and a classmate snapped the IPad camera.  There was great excitement stirring in the classroom!