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3.08.2014
And the Crafty iPad Set Design Award goes to....
Envelope please!
The Crafty Award winner is Dorothy Frewald, Wheelock's Tech Support who was looking for a way to easily organize and charge the set of iPads in Wheelock's LMC. It didn't have to be anything fancy.. or expensive.
In fact, it could simply be homemade! Enter the Supporting Cast nomineee ....PINTEREST! The ultimate social media-visual pinboard where you'll discover a million and 1/2 DIY ideas for anything!
See for yourself:
Dorothy casted this DIY iPad dish rack storage idea as the set's design.
And voila! this less than $5 dish rack wins her the award!
Great minds find great ideas on Pinterest (that win you awards 😁)!
Feel free to follow me for technology integration ideas
and Memorial's Librarian Randie Grodon for suggested books and literacy ideas.
3.01.2014
In the Spotlight
There's so many innovative and creative ideas happening in Medfield's classrooms that it's hard to keep up these days. In this post, I wanted to spotlight a couple of those teachers who are making a difference.
First, we're very honored to be featured in one of Edudemic's recent blog posts on How to Start Using Augmented Reality in the Classroom- big thanks to Beth Holland @brholland!
Our 6th grade Science Ts, Marjorie Heim, Gina Muscatell and Kelly Dengos collaborated across cluster to create an engaging & interactive learning experience for students using AR on the Nexus 10 devices. AR has also made it's way into Cynthia McClelland's 8th Social Studies Classroom in connecting images with content- multimedia style as an alternative way to consume/learn information. Go ahead & check out the article by clicking on the image!
First, we're very honored to be featured in one of Edudemic's recent blog posts on How to Start Using Augmented Reality in the Classroom- big thanks to Beth Holland @brholland!
Our 6th grade Science Ts, Marjorie Heim, Gina Muscatell and Kelly Dengos collaborated across cluster to create an engaging & interactive learning experience for students using AR on the Nexus 10 devices. AR has also made it's way into Cynthia McClelland's 8th Social Studies Classroom in connecting images with content- multimedia style as an alternative way to consume/learn information. Go ahead & check out the article by clicking on the image!
Next up in the spotlight is Kristen Manning, one of our World Language Ts who is off traveling and
experiencing Madrid, Spain as we speak! A BIG part of her travels is to record and collect authentic images, audio and video to then create Medfield's own Spanish digital curriculum. You can follow her adventures on her blog that also incorporates her Daily Audio Boo Phrase of the Day so you can learn spanish too! Check out her blog by clicking on the image below.
Our last spotlight comes from another World Language T, Susie Boulos! Over the February break, she was involved in an amazing program. The website she created highlights the Quest Student Leadership program, which takes students on 3 distinct overseas service/mission trips every February. The blogs are used as updates for families and friends while the students travel to their distinct locations. Also, families and friends use them to send messages (comments) to their students while they travel. Please visit the Quest blog by clicking on the image below.
While this is only a start... it gives you a glimpse into how technology is opening the doors to imagination, creation, exploration and simply sharing with the rest of us! Definitely stay tuned for more...