iPads for Parents

The Wamego iTech Center is offering an “iPads for Parents” session where elementary teachers from USD 320 will demonstrate iPad apps they use with students in their classroom.  Parents are invited to see demonstrations, play with the apps, and find out how teachers are using the iPad to reinforce learning in the classroom. 

When?  April 2 OR April 9 OR April 23 (All Mondays) 

Time? 6:30-7:30 pm

Who?  Parents of elementary age children

Where? Wamego iTech Center located in the library at Wamego High School.  Come in the front doors of the high school.

Cost? $5 a session

How do I sign up?  Fill out the form, attach payment, and turn it in to the office at either Central or West Elementary Schools.  Checks should be made out to Wamego Technology Center, Inc.

Questions?  Contact Barbie Norton at nortonb@usd320.com

Second Grade - My Favorites

Second graders went back to working on their My Favorites PowerPoint.  I love this project because I get to know what they like!  Some of the slides ask for favorite store, favorite book and favorite thing to do with their family.  We learned how to find images on the internet so we could have an image of the exact book they like as well as store logo.  We will finish these up and I will post examples next week. 

First Grade - Doubles Rap

In computer lab this week, we revisited our Double Rap projects after taking time out to view education city and enjoy some St. Patrick's Day games.  Students continued to type out the words to the rap and added pictures to signify the number sentence.  We had fun choosing pictures to go with the concept.  We will continue with this project next week to finish up!  I will post examples when we finish.

Kindergarten - Counting and Numbers Websites

The kindergarten classes worked on number concepts this week in technology class.  We typed our numbers 1-10 for our typing warm up, then we visited several games re-enforcing number sense by going to the internet. 
We had time to visit games 1-9 during class.  One of the games is a subtraction bowling game which is a concept some are not ready for, so I encouraged them to stick to the other games if they did not want to try it.   Please visit these games at home - they are good practice for computer skills and math skills.

Counting Games
 

Education City

Students explored the Education City this week in computer lab.  Education City is curriculum content delivered online.  The site has games, testing features and can track student progress.  I am not sure whether we will purchase the program, but I wanted students to give me some feedback on the website.  They really enjoyed the games and I liked the fact it is tied to state and common core standards.  You can actually request a trial version to try at home.  Just got to Education City and sign up.