I am excited about my items coming in even if it has been a trying time getting them. I am currently working one on one with students each day for 30-45 minutes. They are enjoying having their own task boxes and supplies to use at home and school. The students love the File Folder Games. I like that they are laminated so cleaning them is a…Read More

I am excited about being awarded three grants this year. I am beyond blessed to be able to give my students “school based learning tools” they can use at home. The Traveling Student Totes will allow my students have the tools we use at school. They are very tacticle learners and need some type of concrete learning tool to foster their…Read More

Extra Extra Read All About It update: It has not gone as expected and we had to make a few changes as the school wanted to go digital with most of the happenings at school. We decided that we would do a end of the year compilation this year for grade K and 2nd. Next year, we will be able to do all grade levels. The binding machine and extra…Read More

The students really enjoy using the Ipads, Kindle Fires and Chromebooks to help with their learning. The Ipads and Kindles have increased my students’ fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. It has allowed them to listen to the stories numerous times in order to help them with comprehension and fluency. My 5th grade student enjoys typing h…Read More

The students really enjoy using the Ipads, Kindle Fires and Chromebooks to help with their learning. The Ipads and Kindles have increased my students’ fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. It has allowed them to listen to the stories numerous times in order to help them with comprehension and fluency. My 5th grade student enjoys t…Read More

My students love to work with the chromebooks and using the camera to take photographs. We have decided to compile a book at the end of the school that incorporates all newsletters, photographs and writings from the students instead of doing a monthly newsletter for each student. Our school implemented a digital newsletter of information for…Read More

I am beyond blessed to have received two grants. This grant allowed me to order a printer in order to make learning accessible in all areas of the school such as hall way and stair steps. The large format printer has a major impact with students because we made anchor charts and motivational posters to hang for all to see and use. At this…Read More

Imit has been such a busy year. Time sure does fly when all the students are learning. My grant allowed us to obtain new Chromebooks along with external eve drives to issue. The new headphone jacks brought life to old headphone sets. The students enjoy the RAZ app and enjoy listening and interacting with the stories. It has increased fluency…Read More

My grant allowed me introduce alternative seating within my resource classroom. I am thankful for being able to participate in this group. There pros and cons to my grant. I found the students liked certain seating as compared to others. The low table and seats along with the standing were not a big hit with this group of students. They…Read More

My innovation grant has been for the most part successful. My students have their favorite place to sit and work. I am pleased with how the students and parents have reacted to the new seating.

My alternative classroom seating has had a positive impact on my students’ attention and focus. They have their favorite seats.

I am a strong supporter in keeping the focus on what’s really important: my students. If student motivation and increased interaction is actually the chosen end game, then we must adapt right along with t our students in our classrooms. Our classroom setting should be encouraging to problem solving, creativity, collaboration and critical t…Read More

Hoping to see a lot of progress after implementing my new classroom design after Christmas.

I really enjoyed working with my project even though it was very time consuming. It was very rewarding. The attached Powerpoint shows the process and progress of my project entitled Step on Me Think Outside the Classroom.

I have found that my project is time consuming and a lot of work but the end results and reactions from students and adults is awesome.

Step on Me to Learn – Thinking Outside the Classroom
Benjamin Franklin stated “Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn”. Retention of information is vital and for struggling students it is a deficit. Students who have deficits in working memory need to interact with information several times in order…Read More

Step on Me to Learn – Thinking Outside the Classroom
Benjamin Franklin stated “Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn”. Retention of information is vital and for struggling students it is a deficit. Students who have deficits in working memory need to interact with information several times in order…Read More

Excited to get my project underway. Waiting on my supplies and equipment. My project title is Step On Me To Learn. I am hoping that placing academic strips on stairs will help with retention of information and increase student motivation through positive statements.

I am sorry about posting it twice.

My students are using the technology to help with fluency using free apps, and reading/listening comprehension is continually being worked on using Epic, Storyline Online then taken a teacher made assessment or an AR test. I have found the tablets to be useful for my students to practice letter and number tracing especially my little group that…Read More

My students are using the technology to help with fluency using free apps, and reading/listening comprehension is continually being worked on using Epic, Storyline Online then taken a teacher made assessment or an AR test. I have found the tablets to be useful for my students to practice letter and number tracing especially my little group that…Read More

For the Love of Reading Project update: The purpose of the For the Love of Reading project was to get useful handheld assistive technology devices into the hands of students with general cognitive disabilities or specific learning disabilities. Students with cognitive and specific learning disabilities in reading often have difficulty with…Read More