09 March 2010

Online Flashcard Sites

This is from teacher/blogger Richard Byrne and his blog Free Technology For Teachers, but I think that parents and students will also be interested in this post of his. It gives a list of web sites that allow the user to create flashcards to help with learning something new.

Ten Places to Make and Find Flashcards Online

09 February 2010

Cirque Amongus

On Thursday of Catholic Schools Week the students, teachers, and volunteers took part in performing the Cirque Amongus. You can see the photos from that day at the Cirque Amongus Gallery February 4th.


02 February 2010

Become An Online Searching "Expert"

Here is a link to an interesting post on the Committed Sardine Blog about searching online.

How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert

29 January 2010

Third Grade "Moving Away" Project

This project was created by our third grade students using PowerPoint. Then all the classroom projects were uploaded to Voicethread where the students added the narration.


29 January 2010

Fourth Grade Venn Diagrams

Here are some samples of Venn Diagrams created by the 4th grade students comparing dogs and wolves. The students used Kidspiration software for this project.


29 January 2010

The Water Cycle Slide Show

Sample of slide show by first grade student.

Erich's Water Cycle Show from Madelyn Gawne on Vimeo.


28 January 2010

Penguin Show

Second grade students used the mobile lab to research different species of penguins. Then they came to the computer lab and created slide shows. Here is a sample of one of the penguin slide shows.

Natalie's Penguin Show from Madelyn Gawne on Vimeo.


06 January 2010

Patterns

Kindergarten students create patterns.

Question: Do you recognize the pattern in these pictures?



Answer: The pattern is A B B A B B


05 January 2010

Respect Nature

As part of their social studies curriculum the second grade students in Mrs. Boldt's room made posters reminding everyone to "Respect Nature".


04 December 2009

You Are Here - Web Site for Middle Schoolers

Most everyone is in the shopping mode now so this is a very timely web site. You Are Here is a good site for middle school students to learn about business practices, advertising, identity theft, and general consumer education.