Opportunities with Ozobots: Coding with Colors
I initially had plans to only use the Ozobots with students in grades 3-6th, however my younger students were very interested in them so we gave it a try! Ozobots are great for all ages from Kindergarten all the way up to 6th grade. I have designed my STEAM lab into stations which allows me to work…Read More

Here is a good resource for integrating formative assessments into your daily instruction and feedback. This PowerPoint “56 Examples of Formative Assessment” offers up some quick and easy formative assessments some using technology resources and others as easy as using the fingers on your hand. This is a great one to add to your “Teacher Toolb…Read More

Bringing programming to Life with Lego WeDo has been a wonderful addition to my classroom. I was able to purchase 5 sets and allowed students to work in groups to create and code with the legos. Students were assigned jobs and would rotate jobs- coder, engineer, manager, and piece keeper. Students are strengthening their communication skills and…Read More

I wanted to share another resource ” Total Participation Techniques” Making Every Student an Active Learner by Himmele.
The book provides easy-to-use alternatives to the stand and deliver approach to teaching. It provides different ways to engage students in active learning and allow them to demonstrate the depth of their knowledge and…Read More

Wanted to share a resource- 25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom.
This is a collection of quick, flexible, informal assessments that helps teachers take a snapshot of student learning. I was able to find the PDF version online of the entire book for FREE!…Read More

I was able to attend the Assessment and Accountability conference in Louisville and a there were a lot of questions about growth and how it will be calculated. They said they were meeting with a group of people to discuss growth. I was wondering if there were any proposed changes to the growth aspect of accountability?

Bringing Programming to Life with Legos is a way to introduce my students to programming and robotics while fostering problem-solving abilities in the areas of Science and Technology. My students lack problem solving skills. Programming is an interactive hands on way for students to solve problems and is an important part of learning and…Read More

Bringing Coding to Life with Robotics…. Students have been learning coding skills with the Dash and Dot robots. Many students even have these robots at home now. They had never been exposed to computer science or coding skills until I introduced these into our classroom. TIme was the biggest factor that I would run into with the implementation…Read More

I hope that I interpreted this webpage correctly. It contained a whole wealth of information.
While reviewing KY’s Uniform Academic Course Codes webpage, I only focused on those at the Elementary Level because I teach at an Elementary School. My first reaction was WOW! This would be ideal for students to have the opportunity to all of these c…Read More

After hearing Dr.Gusky speak last summer about Mastery Learning, it really opened my eyes to formative assessments. I have always used formative assessments but never as a tool to achieve Mastery Learning. This year at Flat Gap Elementary each teachers designed daily learning targets that are aligned with the standards. Then a formative assessment…Read More

Bringing Coding to Life with Robotics
The action research for this grant will focus on the evaluation and growth of fifth grade students’ problem-solving abilities in the areas of Science and Technology via the acquisition and refinement of coding skills as identified in the New Generation Science Standards. The question I am trying to answer i…Read More

Our “Swivl into Success” Project Summary: Students will access pre-recorded lessons their teachers have prepared using the Swivl. Students will have the opportunity to utilize the recorded lessons for a variety of purposes; initial viewing of the content delivery for those who were absent, re-teaching for those who need to revisit content delivery…Read More