Friday 1/29/10

I Charter School

We met with K from the Grant program to discuss projects that the students will be completing, such as, blogging and composting.

I found links to websites for 1st grade curriculum topics requested by a teacher. I added each of the websites to the Port a Portal site for the school.

I observed a 2nd grade class that used a Smart notebook version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire to review the Water Cycle. Students took turns answering each question and cheered each other on as they got to the higher valued clues. They used a song (using the melody You are My Sunshine) they had created to remind them of parts of the cycle.
One verse was something like: Precipitation, Precipitation, when clouds get heavy, raindops fall

W set up the document camera for the 3rd grade teacher and modeled how to use it. The document camera allows a teacher to project student notebooks, papers, or other items onto the Smart Notebook. I watched as she excitedly integrated into her lesson.

Troubleshooting
W reinstalled notebook software, fixed MS issues using the administrative account, and fixed printer connections. He reconfigured the Smartboard setting to allow it to work with the remote.