Book Creator & Drawing Pad

Grade 3 Digital Authors & Illustrators in the House!Students in Mrs. Coates's and Mrs. Guido's third grade class recently spent time learning to use two iPad apps:  Book Creator and Drawing Pad.They used Book Creator to write digital...

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iPad Apps

Our Favorite iPad Apps Get Busy!Students in Mrs. Hartley's and Mrs. Coates's third grade classes have been very busy using iPads to create their own digital stories.  Students wrote their stories using one of our favorite apps:  Book...

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Thanksgiving Fun

Students at Spofford have had opportunities to use our technology for some fun Thanksgiving activities this week.Students received a Google Slides assignment through Google Classroom where they watched a video reading of Turkey Trouble...

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Specialists' Night 2017

Specialists' Night 2017Thank you to all members of the Spofford Pond Community who came out to Specialists' Night last Tuesday, May 23rd.  We had a great turnout!  It is wonderful to be able to share student projects with you and...

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Hanging Out & Hi-Def Tutorials

Ms. Boyle's Grade 6&Ms. Estella's Grade 2present...Hanging Out & Hi-Def TutorialsGoogle Hangout with Grades 2 & 6, Explain Everything6th Graders used the app Explain Everything to create video tutorials of the life cycle of a chick....

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iPad Apps with Grade 3

Ms. Johnson's Class:Drawing Pad, Explain Everything and the Camera AppStudents in Ms. Johnson's grade three classroom recently used the iPad apps, Explain Everything and Drawing Pad, and the iPad camera to create "How To" videos.  Students...

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Grade 3 "How To" Videos

Creating "How To" videos using Explain Everything, Drawing Pad and the CameraStudents in Mrs. Holt's grade three classroom recently used the iPad apps, Explain Everything and Drawing Pad, and the iPad camera to create "How To" videos.  Students...

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Grade 5 Opinion Writing

Zoos:  The Pros and ConsMrs. Medugno's students have been practicing writing opinion pieces.  Their topic of focus was whether or not zoos should exist.  After choosing a side and supporting it with facts and ideas, students...

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Grade 4 Figurative Language: Life is Good!

Students in Ms. Davis' fourth grade have been studying figurative language.  Students created stanzas using figurative language in conjunction with the Life is Good themes.  Here are two examples of stanzas merged together into metaphoric...

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Grade 3 Nature Stories

Recently, in Mrs. Gibson's third grade class, students were challenged with finding "props" in nature to inspire their story writing.  Students brought in their items, created a nature scene and wrote a short story.  They then used...

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Grade 4 Explains Everything!

Students in Ms. Davis' math class recently used the app, Explain Everything, to demonstrate a math standard.  Students were challenged with the task of creating a video tutorial (Khan Academy-style) for a 4th math standard.  Check...

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Polar VorTechs & Green Team

Last month the Polar VorTechs video crew and the Green Teamworked together to create this public service message.Enjoy!Technology Essential Questions:How can technology be used to enhance a project and communicate knowledge?How can we use this...

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Grade 5 Explains Everything!

Students' in Mrs. Cummings Grade 5 math class recently had opportunity to use the app Explain Everything.  Explain Everything is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app.  Students were challenged with writing a word problem...

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Ms. Viviani's Social Studies Classes

Digital Postcards from the USAStudents in grade 4 created digital postcards to tell theirfriends and family back home all about their virtual trip to a U.S State.Check it out!Technology Essential Questions:How does this digital tool help improve...

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Grade 4 Explain Everything

Students in Mrs. Macelhiney's grade 4 class were tasked with creating screencasts to explain everything they know about the United States.  Each student researched a U.S. State andcreated their tutorials using the iPads and the app, Explain...

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Technology Demo Slam for Parents

Thank you to those who attended and a big thanks to the Polar VorTechs for helping!Presentation:...

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Green Screen in Grade 5

Technology IntegrationwithMrs. Wiles-Stasko's Social Studies ClassesStudents have been studying explorers during social studies over the past few weeks.  As a culminating project, they were asked to "interview" a famous explorer.Here is...

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Grade 3 Penguins

Students in Mrs. Estella's 3rd grade have been studying and researching penguins.They have been reading books about penguins and doing online research using Kids InfoBitsThey recently used the app "Book Creator" to create eBooks to show what...

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Grade 5 Explorer Holiday Proposals

Grade 5 Social Studies Students use Explain Everything Students in Mrs. Medugno's and Mrs. Bouffard's social studies classes have recently finished creating Explain Everything screencasts explaining why certainexplorers of the past deserve...

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Grade 3 Google Slides

Grade 3 Students:Discovering How to Collaborate DigitallyUsing Google Slides...Students in Mrs. Holt's third grade have been studying weather.Recently, they were tasked with reading books about various weather subjects andthen working in collaborative...

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