Mr. Richardson’s 1828 Campaign Posters

Mr. Richardson's 8th grade Social Studies students created campaign posters for the 1828 election.

The students created using iPads and any App of their choice.  Several chose to create Smores, Pages documents, or Google Docs.  Students had to create a campaign slogan, declare their political party, voting targets, time frame political promises, and have a time appropriate look for the overall campaign.

Remember it is always beneficial when you offer students the choice in the medium they are using.  The goal is the end product so they can show what they know, not the medium they are using.  Students often show more ownership and engagement when they have some input in how they will create the end product.

Adobe Slate App

AppAdvice.com named Adobe Slate one of the top 10 new apps of the week!  Recently I spoke about Adobe Voice, a quick way to easily make videos.  Adobe Slate "turns any document into a beautiful visual story in minutes".  I set up a free account and in a matter of minutes had a story containing pictures (either from the internet or pics you have taken), and text.  It was very simple to create the visual story and this could be used with elementary as well as up to high school students.  The presentations are very professional looking.

Check out Adobe Slate if you are looking for a new way for students to share what they know!

Miss Stucky's 2nd Grade Class Blog

Check out Miss Stucky's cute class blog!  

You can visit it to see all of the creative things she is doing in her classroom!

http://www.2fabulousinsecond.blogspot.com

Remember, class blogs are an easy way to increase parent communication!

Contact me if you would like to set one up!

Mrs. McGuire's Student ThingLink

Mrs. McGuire's Extended Learning students integrate technology into their projects regularly, including presentation tools as well as other tech tools such as ThingLink.  Here is an interactive image a student created for their stop motion presentation.  I have blogged about ThingLink several times before...and we still love it!  We have used it as young as 3rd grade, up into high school.

Click here to view the image interactively!

Handouts App

Miss Wiebe and I were honored to be part of a conference call this week with the CEO of the Handouts App.  I have blogged about using the app before, here are more specifics:

What is Handouts?

A Learning Management System (LMS) for your classroom that does all of the following:
1. Teachers set up a class.
2. Teachers distribute work to students electronically.
3. Students complete work electronically by annotating directly on the document.
4. Students turn-in work to teachers.
5. Teachers grade the work electronically.

Here are a few reasons why we love this app:

1.  VERY easy to use for the teacher!
2.  VERY easy to use for students...a much easier version of Notability, GREAT for younger students.
3.  All in one app...distribute, students complete and turn in, teachers grade.
4.  Can log-in using their student school gmail accounts which we love! Not another login to remember.
5.  Can filter assignments based on student, assignment, etc.
6.  Free for a year/low-cost.
7.  Their customer service is amazing...I can call and speak to someone as well as email and get a quick reply if we are having issues.
8.  They listen to their users....US, the teachers!  They are continuing to update and improve the app!

If you are interested in setting up Handouts for your students with iPads, talk to me!  It can save you a ton of time and help you organize your electronic classroom!

Miss Wiebe's 5th Grade Twitter Exit Tweets

After Miss Wiebe's 5th Grade Social Studies lesson on The Boston Massacre she had her students complete exit tickets based upon what they would post on Twitter.  I love Twitter, but still struggle with the hashtag thing sometimes!....not these kiddos, kids are so creative!

HHS State FBLA

Mrs. Goevert, Mrs. Simpson, and I ventured off to Topeka with our State FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) kids last week.  These students had qualified from the district competition in February.  The 3-day event was full of hard work, late nights, and fun!  State FBLA has thousands of students in attendance and we are always so proud when our students compete and make it on stage to place in the top 10.  19 of our 36 students we took placed in the top 10 and 10 of our 36 students qualified for nationals to be held in Chicago this summer.  Below are the results, if you see one of these students be sure to congratulate them!

National Qualifiers: 

Business Ethics Team (3rd Place): Makaiya R, Kaitlyn O, and Ivy L 

Digital Video Productions Team (2nd): Jake W, Zack L

E-Business Team (2nd): Katelyn H, Abby D

Public Speaking I (1st): Paige K

Social Media Campaign (2nd): Caylee R, Brady M

State Top 10 Placements:

Emerging Business Issues (5th): Katelhy H, Abby D, Sofia

Intro to Business Test: Kitt R (6th our of 347 students)

Management Information Systems Team (5th): Zach R, Kendrick W

Public Speaking II (6th): Sofia G

Sports & Entertainment Marketing (4th): Logan M, Collin S, David G

Possible events to compete in:

Many of these students visited the Middle School and gave their presentations to the 8th graders.

They spoke a little bit about their event and then some of them gave their presentations.

HHS Video Productions' State Basketball Video

HHS's Video Productions, taught by Mrs. Simpson, created a 

video for the pep rally when we sent our boys' and girls' basketball teams to state!

Miss Gaston's HS US History WWII Projects

Miss Gaston's US History classes completed research projects for WWII and put together museum displays.  All of their artifacts had QR codes on them that connected to the research they had done on their topics.  The interactive museum was on display for students and teachers to visit to view these projects.