BISD #learningtogether: BISD on Social Media, Hour of Code, Google Slides and Apps

We still have just under two weeks to go in the first six weeks, but it's already time to start thinking about celebrating Hour of Code the first week of December.

Hour of Code can be celebrated in classes elementary through high school and in many subject areas. Susan Reeves at ESC-20 has put together a planning guide for campuses; however, the resources within the guide can help an individual teacher celebrate Hour of Code in a single classroom. Over the years @BanderaMiddle we have celebrated Hour of Code through English classes and science classes and technology classes and special programs. Need some ideas for integrating Hour of Code into your content area? Contact sgroff.

What? You Can Create an App in Google Slides?

Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning hit a home run this month when she hosted a guest post by Micah Shippee showing how students (and teachers) can create "apps" using Google Slides. Check out the post here. I am super excited to see how teachers use this concept in the classroom. Here are a few ideas to get your students started:

Social Studies: an app for a time period (people, places, events, significance in history, etc.)

Science: a scientific method app with icons for question, hypothesis, etc.)

ELAR: an app for literature analysis or for student-generated grammar rules, or for different types of writing

Like the idea but need help implementing? I would love to co-plan and co-teach with you!

For teachers, wouldn't it be awesome to create an app with links to your Google Classroom, your email, your website, your campus library, etc.