Posted on : 29-10-2009 | By : grykat | In : Wallace Middle
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Wallace Middle School journalism teacher Jonathan Campbell followed up on a suggestion by Instructional Technologist Kathy Gryta to bring the first online newspaper to our school. Third period journalism students have been writing and editing their stories, locating and tagging photographs, and submitting their drafts to their section editors to create a very professional-looking effort published on the new Hayscisd Wordpress server. Take a look, I think you’ll agree, these kids have a future in news reporting!
Wallace Middle School's online newspaper
What’s Up at Wallace
Posted on : 22-10-2009 | By : grykat | In : Wallace Middle
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8th Grade Students and Ms. McFarling pore intently over their measurements.
WMS 8th graders in Mrs. Jacobson’s classes are using digital probes to log real-time changes in temperature during chemical reactions using LabPro data loggers connected to their laptops. The probeware lab, facilitated by Texas State Intern Susan McFarling and IT Kathy Gryta, has the students excited and engaged in their science learning.
Posted on : 08-10-2009 | By : grykat | In : Wallace Middle
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The WMS Reading Club has gone digital. Wallace librarian Dianne Mueller, assisted by instructional technologist Kathy Gryta, have begun a new blog for Wallace students to discuss books and share their love of reading.
Lunch time learning
The first book club book was ‘How Angel Peterson got his nickname’, and more recently a group of students met during lunch to share and discuss graphic novels. Librarian Mueller posts an open ended question on the book blog, and students comment in response. Check us out at WMSBooks !
Spenser W. shares some of his favorite graphic novels
Posted on : 08-10-2009 | By : grykat | In : Wallace Middle
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The Wallace website got a facelift and some new tools for parent communication this year. Campus Instructional Technologist Kathy Gryta responded to suggestions and input from Principal Brenda Agnew, Assistant Principal Kevin Malandruccolo, and teaching staff to create a new look for the Wallace web site.
Excerpt from the new Wallace home page
The new site features easy navigation, a rolling slide show of students and teachers, easy access to the grade level teams, plus the Twitter feed from the Wallace Twitter account. Follow the Wallace Rangers (wmsrangers) on Twitter to receive weekly updates about the many activities on the Wallace campus.