BMS Life Skills reading to SMS Life Skills class.

Both Life Skills classes at BMS and SMS shared reading a favorite book to each other using the Video Conference equipment. SMS read T’was the Night Before Christmas and BMS read The Tacky Penguin. Both groups thoroughly enjoyed seeing each other and hearing the stories.

 Students in Mrs. Duran’s and Mr. Seibel’s Math classes are using the wireless Interwrite Tablets to work out Math problems on the screen.  The wireless tablets are passed around class for volunteers to work out their math problems being projected on the screen.  The wireless tablets are another means of getting technology into the hands of the students to assist them in their lessons.  The students really like to use the tablets in solving problems in class.

Math student using the Interwrite wireless tablet to solve problems.

6th graders in Ms. Vandeweerd’s TechApps class enjoyed using the Clickers to help them review for a test.

Using Clickers in a classroom can give you the quickest response back to the teacher in determining what needs to be retaught or not. The students get so absorbed into using the Clickers, that they don’t see the process as studying for a test!

The teacher showed the students how their response compared to others in the class. A graph is immediately displayed after each answer is scored to determine the percentage of right answers to incorrectly answered questions.  The students were more eager to ’study’ using a hand-held device versus reading!!