My students have really taken on this project and have been excited about teaching younger students. They are answering questions from their younger “students” with confidence, and checking on them from time to time to make sure they are successful in using them. They even took on the responsibility of talking to the teachers of the younger…[Read more]

It took a while for my students to get used to the idea that they were not only going to have to learn how to use the Rocketbooks for themselves, but master their use and learn how to teach others how to use the notebooks. They were nervous about it, but knew they needed to take it serious because the education of younger kids who needed some…[Read more]

It was a little more difficult that I first expected to get the kids and their general education teachers to buy in to using the Rocketbooks at first. They were so used to having a notebook for every class. Even though most of the time the notes in these notebooks were never used to study or refer to, and the assignments created in these…[Read more]

My students have been loving the Rocketbook notebooks they received. It took some getting used to. They felt as if they needed to still have several notebooks, but after time they started to realize how much easier it was to keep up with all of their assignments and notes. They get excited to write, which was an unexpected bonus. They want to…[Read more]

I was so pleased with how my grant “Alexa, Help My Students Become More Independent” turned out. I expected my students to become interested in using the Echo Dots in their classrooms and once more familiar with reaching out for, and using information, spread into using other technological devices to obtain needed information. I did run into a…[Read more]

The Echo Dots have been distributed to all of the classrooms now. The newness has worn off and they are now asking more serious questions instead of just wanting to ask Alexa to play their favorite song. They still will look at me before they ask something new, because they are still unsure of if they are allowed to use Alexa to help them. It…[Read more]

In my almost eighteen years of teaching, I have spoken with many eighth graders receiving specially designed services about plans for their future. As a result of these conversations, I have asked myself how often my students are reaching out independently for resources, and have come to realize my students are not setting goals, furthering…[Read more]