Monday, March 5, 2018

Incorporating Technology into the Classroom

Sounds scary right? Think again! Technology is a great way to get kids invested in lessons, I have found that my students are more engaged when adding technology to the class. It might be scary at first, but don't be afraid to reach out to other teachers or your school tech person (if you're in RPS your ITRT) to get help with incorporating the 21st century into your class.
Still feeling nervous about tech in your class? Want to read up on some of the best resources? Click the links below to give you some ideas and help put you at ease:

Top 6 benefits of using technology in the classroom

7 Fun Ways to Use Technology in the classroom to enrich learning

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Revolutionary War Trading Card Project--Snow Day Update

Students--please continue to work on your Revolutionary War Trading Card Project during the snow day.  See below for instructions on how to save the cards you make onto the class google drive.  If you still have not finished researching the information for the cards, please see the post below this one for the information on how to do so.  Stay safe and warm!

*Please use this link to work on your cards:
Trading Cards How To

How to access and save work on the drive:
1. After downloading your trading card go to drive.google.com
2. Sign in using the e-mail alberthill112@gmail.com PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR THE PASSWORD IF YOU DO NOT KNOW IT--it is the same password that we use to log onto the computers in class
3. Then click on the 2017-2018 work folder and find your class period
4. When you have gone into your class period's folder press the blue new button to create a new folder
5.  After you have pressed new folder, name your folder with your first initial and last name
6. To upload your downloaded trading cards either drag and drop the card into your folder, or press the same blue new button and press file upload and then upload file and select the card you want to upload
7. Once you've uploaded your card right click on it to rename it and name the card based on the person, event, or battle it was made for