Instructional Technology » Negley Elementary

Snowman Exchange

bradfielda — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:37:20 +0000

Snowmen from Mr. Brouillard and Mrs. Stapp's classes.

The cold temperatures on Friday, January 21st were perfect for snowmen, even if they were just made out of paper. 3rd grade students at Science Hall and Negley connected through videoconferencing to compare snowmen they created following directions from their partner class. This activity taught students the importance of detail and step by step instructions in how to writing. They had a great time comparing their snowmen and discovering challenges faced by their partner class while building the snowmen. Thank you to the following students and teachers for participating: from Negley Elementary the classes of Mrs. Stapp and Mrs. Bordeau and from Science Hall Elementary the classes of Miss Voges, Mr. Brouillard, and Miss Crawford. Another thank you goes to the Campus Technologists for facilitating this activity: Amy Bradfield , Michelle McCoy, and Meredith O’Bannion.

The snowman from Mrs. Stapp's class at Negley Elementary.

A very large snowlady from Miss Voges' class at Science Hall Elementary.

Negely has 4 classes participate in Monster Match

Mrs. Williams — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:28:04 +0000

During the week last of October Ms. Thomason’s class, Ms. Swearingen’s class, Ms. Rholes’ class and Ms. Gripp’s class participated in Video Conferences called M O N S T E R M A T C H

Last week each class create monsters using Math terms and then wrote descriptions that were posted on the Hays CISD Distance Learning Wiki. A partner class at another school did the same. Using the description of the other monster our students used those clues to create the other classes monsters.

During the video conference the students showed their original monster and the other class showed what they created from the description. Then a Venn Diagram was made to record the similarities and differences. This was done for each monster at both schools.

The students and teachers used skills in math and writing to create the monster. Then they used reading and math skills to construct the monster from a description.

Talking to NASA

obannionm — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:05:10 +0000

Our third grade was given an awesome opportunity to talk to NASA in Houston. The students were educated about satellites, astronauts, Google Earth, training facilities, and got to see astronauts moving around the space station LIVE. The students really enjoyed interacting with the Space Center and learning all about NASA.

Kindergarten goes to the Buffalo Zoo

obannionm — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:42:37 +0000

On Friday, February 19th, all 7 Kindergarten classes participated in a video conference with the Buffalo Zoo. All classes learned more about winter animals, how they hybernate, migrate, and deal with the cold weather. The zoo teachers were wonderful and engaging. The students saw animals such as polar bears, snow leopards, gorillas, turtles, and tigers. Students were able to ask questions and interact with the teachers from the zoo.

Robotics Club

obannionm — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:53 +0000

Students at Negley are learning all about robots. Every Monday afternoon the students get together and learn how to make a robot, program a robot, and make it do some sort of task. The students are fully engaged in the process everytime they get started. With the help of a few parent volunteers, the students are learning how to program the robots to perform small tasks. Who could ask for more, legos and robots. The Robotics Club is sponsored by Danielle Capps and Elizabeth Andrade.

Monster Match

obannionm — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:59:04 +0000

October 29th, Ms. Gripp’s 1st grade class participated in a video conference with another school in our district. The two classes partnered up to create Monsters for the Monster Match video conference. Each class was to design a monster and provide a supply list and description. The classes posted their description and supply list on the blog to share with each other. From the description and supply list, each class had to make the other classes monster. On Thursday, both classes shared the monster they created as a class and the monster they created using the other classes description. All the students did a great job and had a lot of fun. Thanks to all the students and to Ms. Gripp for participating.

Ms. Cauble’s- “Wild Rumpus”

obannionm — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:45 +0000

Ms. Cauble’s second grade class at Negley Elementary participated in a “Where the Wild Things Are” video conference along with several other 2nd grades classes from other schools in our district. The students were to come up with some sort of extension to the original story. This process began a couple of weeks ago. The class first read the story, discussed what it meant to them, did some map activities, and proceeded to create an extension of the story for this project. Ms. Cauble’s class came up with an extension and created a readers theater. The students created masks in their Art class, wrote their own story, acted out the story, and asked questions all about Max during the video conference. The students did a great job. Once the story was created, the class had to post the story on the blog. Negley’s Instructional Technologist, Meredith O’Bannion, assisted with the blog and the video conference.

5th Graders and Meteorology

obannionm — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:16:36 +0000

Adam Krueger, a meteorologist with News 8 Austin came and visited our 5th graders Tuesday September 15th. He came and talked to them about the different types of weather that we experience here in Kyle and how we can safely respond when it occurs. He also showed them what it was like to be a weather man and deliver the news reports live in front of the green screen.