Getting Ready for Research in Elementary?
Many elementary classrooms are gearing up for research this spring, and teaching even our youngest students to recognize and use quality resources is important.All district libraries have access to databases including TexQuest, National Geographic Kids, Britannica, and more. See your campus librarian for login credentials.
Epic Books offers many free non-fiction ebooks and videos. And thanks to an awesome Alkek first grade teacher, I was introduced to Ducksters last week. Wow! The teacher said that her first grade students clicked on Science, clicked on Environments, selected their assigned biome and were able to complete their assignment pretty independently. If you are working with primary grades, this easy-to-navigate website may be just the ticket for your students.
Using G-Suite For Elementary Research
Conducting research with a class can be a daunting prospect. Add in a technology component, and teacher stress levels can increase exponentially. Let G-Suite tools take away some of that stress in three easy steps while allowing students to create, collaborate, and share in a digital environment.
1. Create a Google Classroom, if you don't already have one. Post links to resources your students can use. Customize which students see which resources by sending them to selected students instead of all students.
2. Create a Google Slide template for the assignment that includes the information you want your students to locate. Send a copy to each student when you make the assignment in Google Classroom.
3. When the students are done, they turn in the assignment through Google Classroom, which makes collecting work a breeze.
Need some help getting started? Email me, and I'll be glad to help you get set up and be an extra hand in the classroom when you're ready to get your students started.
Free Icons: The Noun Project
When I read Brenham ISD's technology blog the other day, I wanted to do the happy dance. Gone are the days of searching Google images for an icon to insert into a presentation. Just visit the Noun Project, type in a search term, and, gloriously, you've got just what you're looking for.
This would be a great site to share with students who are sketchnoting or creating presentations, or you could provide a bank of the icons for students to use to digitally annotate text in a Google Doc or Google Drawing.
Conducting research with a class can be a daunting prospect. Add in a technology component, and teacher stress levels can increase exponentially. Let G-Suite tools take away some of that stress in three easy steps while allowing students to create, collaborate, and share in a digital environment.
1. Create a Google Classroom, if you don't already have one. Post links to resources your students can use. Customize which students see which resources by sending them to selected students instead of all students.
2. Create a Google Slide template for the assignment that includes the information you want your students to locate. Send a copy to each student when you make the assignment in Google Classroom.
3. When the students are done, they turn in the assignment through Google Classroom, which makes collecting work a breeze.
Need some help getting started? Email me, and I'll be glad to help you get set up and be an extra hand in the classroom when you're ready to get your students started.
Free Icons: The Noun Project
When I read Brenham ISD's technology blog the other day, I wanted to do the happy dance. Gone are the days of searching Google images for an icon to insert into a presentation. Just visit the Noun Project, type in a search term, and, gloriously, you've got just what you're looking for.
This would be a great site to share with students who are sketchnoting or creating presentations, or you could provide a bank of the icons for students to use to digitally annotate text in a Google Doc or Google Drawing.
