Google 101 with Proctor Help Desk

Proctor Help Desk students have prepared a Google 101 tutorial for parents and students. Their goal was to make using google features more accessible. This group met twice a week in school and because this is a google slide presentation they also worked at home on their individual parts. They collaborated and guided each other through the entire process. Their skill set is amazing! Click on the arrows below to view their slides and learn more about Google use for students.

During one of our practice sessions we recorded each segment for those that couldn't make it to the live presentation.
Videos of students' presentations:

Noah talks about Devices in Topsfield

Sarah talks about Google Drive

Andrew talks about Collaboration

Elsa talks about Google Slides

Alicia talks about Google Read and Write

Ava talks about Google Classroom

Jack talks about Signing Out

FUN With Dr. Seuss

Students and Teachers are enjoying the month of March as they celebrate Dr. Seuss in many ways. Today the big green screen came out and everyone had some fun, Dr. Seuss style.
Click on the image below to see our Wacky Green Screen Pictures.

Tech Tip: Use the ipad to take your pictures. Save background images to the camera roll. Use the app GreenScreen by DoInk for the editing. The mask tool makes it easy to remove any unwanted sections. Have FUN! 

The Case of the Missing Gold!

Working on her own, Angie, a fourth grader created a google slide mini math unit for March. Work through each problem and help Lucky the Leprechaun get to the end of the rainbow. 

Be sure to View in present mode.
Give it a try! If you make one on your own I would love to see it. Please share. Tech tip: Each page in a google slide has a unique url. Using this url it is easy to link one page to another page in the presentation. Copy the answer page url first. Go to the slide page and highlight the text and insert a link. Paste the answer url.
Remember the keyboard short cuts?  ctrl+c=copy ctrl+v=paste ctrl+k=link

Oh the Thinks You Can Think!

The Dr. Seuss theme this year at Steward School is Oh the Thinks You Can Think.  All our doors and hallways are decorated. Students are reading each night and the class BIRD is moving around the track to show the class total minutes of reading.

Teachers had a little FUN recording this story for students. Click on the picture below to listen to the book, Oh the Thinks You Can Think. Tech Tip: This video was created using the app explaineverything. Using the iPad, pictures were taken of each page and added to the app. Each BIRD was added using the editing tool in the app. Teacher's faces were added using the editing tool. BIRD and Face were grouped. Teachers recorded their page while having BIRD move. Everything was uploaded to Google Drive to share.

Colonies in Grade 5

Students in Grade 5 have completed their study of the early colonies. The task was to share their new knowledge. One option was to create a green screen video to incorporate the facts they learned . Click HERE for a copy of the planning guide.
The stage was set.  The props brought in.  The iPad charged. Quiet on the set! Click below to view the final Oscar nominations.
Keeping Up With the Quakers The Wiggins Family The Journey Home

Every Vote Matters

Third Grade Visits Japan

Maddy in Mrs. Jordan's third grade class visited today from 6686 miles away. She was sitting comfortably in her hotel room on the 38th floor in Tokyo, Japan at 11:00 PM. Look at the view outside her window.

Mrs. Jordan's class was sitting comfortably in their classroom at 9:00 AM in Topsfield, MA USA.

Maddy shared some of the new words she has learned. 

Click on each picture to go to google translate.

Click on the sound icon and listen to the words.

Character Traits

Mrs. Ford had her class participate in a carousal activity to share character traits about each other. The month of March celebrates the Life is Good theme FUN! This certainly was a FUN activity.

As students moved around the room they each added a trait to that person's name sheet.

The next part of the project involved using the laptops and the website tagul. Students entered the characteristics, chose a shape, adjusted text and color.

Finished projects look Awesome!

Visit to Japan

When one student takes a trip, we all benefit.

Dylan from Mrs. Kelleher's class is on an extended family trip. This stop is in Tokyo, Japan.

Today we got to catch up with him via Skype.

It was 9:00 AM our time and with the 14 hour difference it was 11:00 PM in Tokyo.

We had just arrived at school and Dylan had been sleeping.

The students had some thoughtful questions:

What has been your favorite part?

Skytree

Food Dylan says the food is very fresh and healthy. Fruit is dessert.

Have you ever had whale bacon?

Money

10 yen =  about 10 cents

They are staying in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.  Dylan gave us a tour of the room.

Tomorrow they are off to visit a local school and will use google translate to communicate.

Help Desk Discovers Padlet

The Proctor Help Desk students have discovered the FREE sight padlet which allows users to create a bulletin board type wall.

Please add to their padlet walls.
Click on the + at the bottom of each post and add your thoughts.
Each post will not show on the public wall until they are approved.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Favorite Disney Movie

Favorite Pet or Animal

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss 2017

Steward School has decorated their entire school for Read Across America. Click on the video below to view all the doors and hallways. Enjoy your visit.

Add your favorite Dr. Seuss book to our padlet by clicking on the +