6th Grade Laptops

The 6th Grade Laptops are up and running...due to the hard work and dedication of our awesome technology staff (Bob and Jodie). The laptops arrived later than expected and we have experienced a few bumps along the way but Bob pulled a couple of all-nighters and made things happen. I hope to be completely paperless beginning next Monday (8/24). My science students have already gathered data, inserted their findings into Excel and then created a graph. The same students also took a poll via www.polleverywhere.com and will now create a poll of their own for their classmates to take, followed by writing a report to support a newly designed graph. My reading students created a Venn diagram comparing similes and metaphors through a flash application at www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn and then converted it to a pdf to share with their classmates. Today my language students will create a word bubble at www.wordle.net so that their classmates and I can learn more about them. This is just the beginning...it's going to be an exciting year. I hope to hear (or read) about all the great things going on through out the corporation.