Our Very Own Podcast

Spread the Word!Spofford Pond School Launches a Podcast!Spofford Pond School's podcast, "The Great Polar Bearier Riff",  has officially gone public with its first episodes.  Over time we plan to add episodes from more classrooms and...

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Professional Development

Professional Development Workshop was Anything but Scary!On Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, teachers from both Boxford schools spent the afternoon learning new ways to create, invigorate and curate curriculum.During part of the afternoon we reviewed...

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Blogging

Using Technology to Write for an Authentic AudienceStudents in Mrs. Valzania's grade 6 homeroom are getting ready to blog!  Last week, we spent time discussing blogging and writing for an audience outside of school.  Then each student...

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Augmented Reality With Google

Google's Augmented Reality Pioneer Program Comes to Spofford Pond!On Tuesday, Google Ambassador Caleb J. spent the day with students and teachers in grades 3 - 6 to demonstrate augmented reality.  In this beta version, students got to...

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Safari Live!

Grade 6 Students Go on Safari!Social studies students in all three of Mrs. Valzania's 6th grade classes had a unique experience this week.  They travelled to Africa and rode on safaris in Kenya's Maasai Mara and South Africa's Kruger National...

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Virtual Reality

Spofford Students Travel the World with Google Expeditions Thanks to a grant fulfilled by the PTO's Teacher Wishes program, several classrooms had a unique technological experience with virtual reality goggles. Using our new Google...

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Trying New Technologies

This week teachers and students throughout the building have been trying Kahoot!.  It was great seeing teachers attempt something new, find success and then brainstorm different ways the technology can be integrated into the classroom...

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Grade 4 Extensions for Google

Collecting the Pros and Cons with Read&Write for Google-Opinion Writing-Ms. Malo's Grade 4Students in Ms. Malo's 4th grade ELA class recently learned how to use a Google extension called Read&Write.  One great feature of the extension...

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Chromebooks in Grade 6

Thanks to a generous grant from BEST,students in Mrs. Sierpina's homeroom and science classesare piloting a class set of Chromebooks.Chromebooks are used on a daily basis during ELA, for conducting research, creating collaborative projects...

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AirPlay in the ClassroomThis is Mr. Duffy's homeroom using AppleTV during a writing lesson.  Each student has composed a poem in their Google Docs account on their laptop.  One way they can share it to the entire class is by AirPlaying...

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iPad Carts Are Ready to Go!Spofford Pond students are fortunate to have access to iPads as a digital tool for creating innovative and original projects through a variety of core Apps.Please check out my iPad Apps Page for an "Apps Revie...

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Green Screen Technology Comes to Spofford!

Summer 2015 was a busy time at Spofford Pond School.  We were fortunate to have two Masconomet High School students volunteer their time and help Spofford build its very own Green Screen Studio.The Green Screen studio is located in the...

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