Learnzillion

Reprinted from the Summer Learning Blog:

Upper School Math Teacher and tech guru Polly Sileo recently attended a professional development conference, and discovered a cool new resource she would like to share with the HTS Community.


Learnzillion contains videos that review a range of math, grammar, phonics, reading and writing  topics that align with the new Common Core standards.  Our teachers recognize it will be a great resource to help prepare lessons and provide differentiation - to help struggling kids review,  or kids who need a challenge think about new concepts.  For parents or tutors, it could be a great resource for many of the same reasons.   This website is similar to Khan Academy,  but it is created by teachers and is more intentional, and far less procedural than KA.

I have provided a pair of screen shots to help give you a sense of what the lessons look like...

If the program sounds intriguing, you can read more it in the following news articles:

•  CNN Report
• EdSurge

Enjoy!

Mrs. Morell

iPads on Field Trips

I found this amazing little video on one of my Pinterest boards today.  I thought it offered some neat ideas to integrate iPads use into our Field Trips.  The video shows a class using iPads in two ways during a field trip in Chicago:

First, they filmed their adventures along the way and turned the footage into a video reflection of the day.

They also used the iPad as a reference/presentation tool in the The Art Institute of Chicago - it seems some of the students were assigned to be tour guides... which was all filmed as part of the reflection.

The video is only about 3 minutes long, so take a peek...

http://animoto.com/play/IEdk4zVDAGmch1qRhW1RLA